Freckles is an attentive boy, a beagle-mix rescued from sure death on Sixth Street some five years ago.He retains a strong food motive from his days of wandering the urban wilderness. So, Freckles was, as usual, at hand when my husband and I put a CD in the player and sat down on the designated […]
Entries from April 12th, 2008
Why is music so powerful in the “Golden Years?”
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Music and the Golden Years
Speaking as an almost 60 y.o., I am increasingly aware on a daily basis that music makes me happy and encouraged when I’m feeling down, it calms me when I’m feeling anxious and it brings back loads of happy memories when life seems dull and uninteresting! Why? Well, obviously a lot of it has to […]
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Do a sonic “Spring Cleaning” with vocal toning
April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Toning and Chanting
About this time of year many of us begin to think of Spring Cleaning. The weather is getting warm, doors and windows are staying open more and there is a strong desire to sweep away the accumulated dust, dirt, and pet hair that gathered over the winter. But have you thought about doing that for […]
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Have you heard about the musical pacifier for preemies?
April 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Hospitalization can stress out anyone, but especially severely premature babies, who are born neurologically immature. Florida State University music therapist Jayne Standley and her colleagues are reducing the trauma and speeding the pace of the infants’ progression with a simple tool: a customized pacifier and a round of lullabies. [paragraph] Babies born before the 34th […]
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Do you play the piano?
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Affiliate Promos
I started playing the piano when was about three years old. I wasn’t a prodigy but I did love the sound of the piano and would be mesmerized by anyone who could play. We didn’t even have a piano but I would go next-door to my father’s church and find an availabe piano and pick […]
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The Power of Music with Alzheimer’s Patients
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Music with Alzheimer's patients
You’ve probably heard of how powerful familiar music is with Alzheimer’s patients. When I first stepped into the field of music medicine, one of the first research studies that I did dealt with “The Therapeutic Use of Music with Alzheimer’s Patients.” In a nutshell, it seems that the music that you listen to during your “courting years” […]
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Have you seen this 5 y.o. Korean piano prodigy?
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Music Healing
I am blessed to have friends from all over the planet! One of these dear friends sent me a video clip last night of a little Korean prodigy and her appearance on Korea’s version of American Idol. They are calling her the “Korean Mozart” but the difference (besides the fact that she’s a little girl!) […]
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Surgery with Music: Now happening in N.J.
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Surgery with Music
For much of his life — indeed, for all of this and much of the past century — Victor Parsonnet has stood at the center of Newark history, especially in the fields of medicine and music. As a cardiac surgeon, he has been closely involved with such pioneering developments as the pacemaker, the transplant, and […]
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