The Sunday Louisville Courier-Journal had an article that I found rather disconcerting; it was all about the concept of “getting high” on digital sounds that contain a binaural beat in the background. The article was posing the possibility that What was once considered ambient, atmospheric music is now being marketed as a “digital drug” to [...]
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“I-dosing” with MP3′s: the future of audio drugs
August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Announcements, Music in the News!
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Mitch Miller, RIP
August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Music and the Golden Years
“Follow the Bouncing Ball!” I grew up with Mitch Miller…that is to say, he was on the TV Screen when I was a child and I loved following the bouncing ball and singing along with Mitch! So did my grandmother and many of my siblings. As I got older I realized that it wasn’t exactly [...]
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More about Dr. Deforia Lane
July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Music and Cancer, Music in the Hospital
I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Deforia Lane. Actually, many people feel the same way and I wanted to share with my readers another wonderful article that was written about her. I met her early in my journey toward the filed of music medicine. I consider Deforia to be a dear friends as [...]
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Deforia Lane, Masterful Music Therapist!
July 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Music in the Hospital
Deforia Lane is a dear friend of mine. I met her when I was on the threshold of stepping into the world of music as medicine back in 1990. Deforia was just finishing up her Ph.D. in music therapy and was speaking at a conference in Cleveland about her doctoral research on music and the [...]
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Music helps to relax the troops too!
June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements
NEW YORK – Former Sgt. David Clemo understands the power of music. Although he wasn’t in combat, as a telecommunications specialist stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, he had to dodge plenty of gunfire and mortars going off around him. When it was over, he would turn to music to help him relax. Now, as a [...]
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More praise for “This is Your Brain on Music”
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements
This Is Your Brain On Music: understanding a human obsession Daniel Levitin BUY HERE NOW ISBN 978 1 84354 715 0 With a neuroscientist’s conviction that the as-yet inexplicable is just shadows and dust and cryptic meaning, Daniel Levitin sets out to explain why collections of easily-recognisable sounds have such a profound impact on our [...]
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Classes begin at Healing Music Enterprises
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements
This afternoon begins my series of classes at Healing Music Enterprises, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. Our first class will be “An Introduction to using Music as Medicine.” We’ll be looking at some of the history of the use of music for healing purposes and how the early Greeks used music with a wider variety [...]
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Top 5 Charities that Support Musical Education for Children
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements
Music education is so important in our schools and educational institutions and yet it is often one of the first things cut when budgets are being slashed. But there is hope; here are five charitable organizations that support music education for children
