As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, many people have to fight against depression. At the same time, more and more of my psychotherapy clients prefer not to take medication, if at all possible. Personally and professionally, I believe that antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications have really come a long way and are […]
Archive | music and the heart
Blue Moon: the song was right!
Blue Moon Lyrics: Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for Someone I really could care for And then there suddenly appeared before me The only one […]
Gold Medal Winners and their National Anthems
Are you watching the Olympics? Today is the 13th day and I’m thoroughly enjoying all of it, but after the races, the games, the dives and the jumps, I absolutely LOVE watching the Gold Medal Winners listen to the National Anthem of their country! So often, these charming young people start out beaming and sometimes […]
4th of July: How important is the music?
I guess that’s a bit of a loaded question. Since I am a professional musician who loves music more than the air I breathe and wishes that everyone else did to, of course I believe that you can’t even celebrate the 4th of July without music! Luckily, I’m pretty sure that many other people feel […]
Remember the Swingle Singers?
When I was in high school, I was introduced to the Swingle Singers, singing their fabulous arrangements of Bach preludes and fugues, Scarlatti sonatas, and all kinds of wondrous musical confections. Only in my later years have I even become familiar with the music of people like Jerome Kern and even then, only because […]