Apart from knowing a great deal about music, Noah also creates and performs music that he composes. His favorite music is repetitive, predictable and memorable. Once he sat and listened to a repetitive song he liked on repeat for 6 hours, "and Ii drank root beer, thus combining the dramatic with the repetitive and the not-leaving the house. Also, I wrote terrible poetry," said Noah.

Noah Britton prides himself on knowing all the members of the Wu Tang Clan. He knows that Robert Smith used to play in Siouxsie and the Banshees before The Cure formed, Kurt Cobain used to listen to a lot of Iron Maiden, and Sophie B. Hawkings had two hit singles off of two separate albums. He also knows the chronological release of music ranging from the Spice Girls to Tom Waits.

 To say that Noah Britton knows more about music than the majority of the population is an understatement. Asperger’s Syndrome carries with it superior intelligence and a tendency to become very interested in and preoccupied with a particular subject. Since he constantly indulges in fascinations with music and the internet, it is safe to say that Noah knows obscure facts about bands you have never heard of.
                      
 When he was in seventh grade, Noah recalls hearing the last 10 seconds of “Bad as they seem” by Hayden on an MTV special about underground musicians. His strong intuition set him on a search to find that song. After his father found it in the free bin at the radio station in the college he worked for, Noah listened to the song everyday.

 “‘Bad as they seem’ is one of the most repetitive songs ever written. One riff over and over and the same vocal melody the whole time,” said Noah. “It is one of my favorite songs ever.”

	Noah and his former roommate Jonathan dance to music. Jonathan claims to have learned a lot about music from Noah. "He "would have the music on his computer on random play and I’d hear some amazingly good music that I’d never heard before and then ‘who let the dogs out’ would come on next," Jonathan said. "He never changed a ‘bad’ song because to him, it was just as ‘good’ as the song before."

 When he was 12 years old, Noah made a list of the top 50 bands of all time. Essentially, the list included every band he knew of at the time. He listened to a lot of classic rock radio and heard people discuss how much they loved Led Zeppelin, so they made the top of his list.

 “That was the year Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunited so there was a lot of propaganda on the television,” Noah said. “But part of it was my sincere appreciation for the music. I liked the times it was repetitive, memorable and predictable.”

 For about two years, “Immigrant Song” held the spot as Noah’s absolute favorite song, but it “was still more complex than I wanted it to be. I didn’t like it when Plant started the melodic part. I really only wanted the intro to continue for two minutes. Then
 it would have been ideal,” he said.

 Many people with Asperger’s have a tendency for repetition. Noah shows this, along with other traits of aspies, in the ways his brain responds to music.

 At 13 years old, Noah would tell people that “Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time. He claims he "had no idea what this meant. Hendrix’s guitar, or any guitar, elicited no emotional reaction from me. It was just that it seemed to be what people generally agreed upon.”

Noah compiles lists of bands that he thinks no one is interested in but him. But unlike some music aficionados, he does not discriminate between music. Noah can spew facts about critically acclaimed musicians, but is just as likely to mention details behind the song “fish heads, fish heads.”

Jonathan Rotberg, Noah’s former roommate, said they “talked about music every day. We talked mostly about the very best and the very worst music. That’s what he’s most interested in. He hates mediocrity.”

Noah has performed with many of his favorite musicians. In the picture above, he is performing with Phil Elvrum of the Microphones

 Anyone who has ever known Noah Britton can tell that he is anything but mediocre. In 2003, Noah reached what he believes to be the apex of his musical feats when he formed a band called “The Best Thing Ever”. Comprised of Noah and three of his best friends, “The Best Thing Ever” toured subway stations, played college campuses, and performed radio broadcasts. Although “The Best Thing Ever” has since broken up, Noah continues his musical pursuits. In the summer of 2004, he sang with one of his favorite music icons, Calvin Johnson, in the west coast festival “What the Heck fest”. He has also put out a solo CD and maintains a do-it-yourself record company. 

Before Noah figured out he had Asperger’s Syndrome, the characteristics he experienced left him confused. Yet, now Noah knows his quirky behavior goes beyond that of walking to the beat of a different drum. With a better understanding of how his own brain works, Noah can use his knowledge on music, psychology and Asperger’s Syndrome to enhance his life.