Music’s Effect on Mind and Body What does music do to the body and mind? What happens in your body when you hear music that you love? Do you feel energy, calm, great joy and happiness, sadness and grief, anger, love? Well, of course, it depends upon the music you’re hearing but all of the […]
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How early can baby hear?
Throughout my three pregnancies I wondered, “can my baby hear the music around me; can she hear my conversations with friends and family?” Well, I didn’t know the answer then, but I do now! The developing ear is beginning to be functional by the beginning of the second trimester! Research shows that around the beginning […]
Pay Attention to Music for Political Ads!
I don’t know about you, but I am getting so weary of all the political ads we’re being inundated with these days. The mud-slinging is getting really bad but there is one ad that I really actually like because of the music played in the background. This is the ad for an Indiana politician…Mitch Daniels. […]
A Mother Talks About How Music Therapy Helped Her Son
The following article appeared in the Fall 2008 edition of Parent to Parent, a quarterly publication of the Kentucky School for the Blind) and is reprinted with permission. If you had asked me ten years ago about music therapy, I’m sure I couldn’t have given you a good answer. Actually, there’s a lot that I […]
Music for Surgery Patent issued today from Washington, D.C.
More exciting new regarding my music for surgery patent. The patent office had notified us that the patent was approved but today it was actually issued. Here’s the letter: “We are pleased to report that U.S. Patent No. 7,xxx,xxx issued this morning. Congratulations! An electronic copy of this patent is attached, and we will review […]