What is the advantage of using “musical anesthesia?” What exactly is “Musical Anesthesia?” This is my patented procedure for using music during surgery (or other medical procedures) wherein the patient has specially created wireless headphones that deliver specially chosen music during surgery for the express purpose of reducing (sometimes dramatically) the amount of anesthesia required […]
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CNN reports on Swine Flu "music"
This story appeared in 2009, but it appears not to have caught on? Fascinating idea, though. By Elizabeth Landau CNN Swine flu may be inspiring fear worldwide, but for Stephan Zielinski of San Francisco, California, it inspired a song. The genes underlying swine flu inspired one amateur musician to compose music based on it. The […]
Music for the "Zika Virus?"
Can music prevent the “Zika Virus”???? Of course, the short answer is “no!” but I did get your attention didn’t I? The serious answer is that music can help your overall state of wellness and many music therapy research has documented that listening to your favorite music for at least 30 minutes a day can […]
You now have the chance to study music as therapy with Dr. Arthur Harvey!
Announcing a new course on” Music as Therapy” I want to tell you about a wonderful new course that will be offered online this summer by my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey. The course will be quite comprehensive and cover many aspects of healing with music, how music affects the mind-body, the brain […]
Study suggests that musical training can shape brain development!
Commentary from Lutz Jäncke (Thanks to Dr. Ellen Taliaferro for sharing this study with me) This study supports my own interpretation of the brain’s capability for experience-dependent influences on brain anatomy and function. In concrete, this study demonstrates that 6-year-old children receiving instrumental musical training for 15 months not only learned to play their musical instrument but also […]