by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing
It’s cathartic to get in touch with all our emotions, good and bad. Music is a safe way to do this. There is always resolution in music, from dissonance to harmony. We can identify with that since life is a series of ups and downs, conflict-resolution, sadness-joy,...
by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing
Love Inspires Musical Composition It’s no accident that so much music, from country music to operas, is about love. The lyrics to country music songs often have a theme about the composer’s awesome partner or the loss of a love. Well-known, beautiful classical music...
by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing
MOZART REBELLED AGAINST TRADITION. Born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician capable of playing multiple instruments who started playing and composing at the age of 4. He was known as a prodigy, and unlike any other...
by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing
QUOTES FROM GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN ABOUT MUSIC “A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.” “Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music.” “Refrain means don’t do it. A refrain in music is the...
by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing
Musical Hallucinations (also Known as “Earworms”) Advertisers, film and television producers love to use catchy tunes that will stay in listeners’ ears and brains and instantly make you think of a certain product or show. But if a tune or jingle gets stuck in your...
by vickie | Mar 24, 2018 | Music and Healing, Music and Spirituality
Create Your Own Spiritual Place. Anything beautiful, whether visual art, music, nature, flowers, or love can be sacred and remind us of the awesomeness of life. Even when a piece of music isn’t formally labeled as religious, it may bring us to a spiritual place....
