I am going to start on a personal level. I was in hospital for over a month four years ago and it was awful! I was frightened and even though all my boys, my husband and lots friends visited me I was lonely. At that time I had a page on LastFM and all the messages of encouragement and kind inquiries after my health , helped me so much.
It was music that helped me I could not sit up and had to lie flat so reading and watching TV was difficult . Lots of music and books on my ipod . I truly believe that without the music I could not of got to where I am today . So to start here is one track that got me through, weeks in hospital months and months of physio and on going walking and gym. Thank you Imogen Heap you are a hero!
Imogen Heap
Next is a silly but truthful song from the Film Mary Poppins, Spoon full of sugar. Music is always a sugar does and it always helps the medicine taste better.
Julie Andrews from the film Mary Poppins.
Music as Medicine. Music in hospital , I would of been helped by this therapy.
Now Gregory Isaacs with the fabulous Night Nurse such a relaxed and in it’s own way happy song it just has to heal!
Gregory Isaacs
Healing music to sooth the soul.
Robert Gupta: Between music and medicine. A talk well worth listening to.
Nawang Khechog – Music as Medicine
Sound Medicine – Solfeggio Healing Meditation Music; Celestia
My Dad always told me music soothes the fever brow. My dad’s word is good enough for me
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Feb 27, 2014 @ 18:43:13
I liked Imogen and Gregory. 🙂 Dr IGupta’s TED talk, and violin were wonderful, too. I’m so glad you were able to get out of that bed and can now wear pretty boots and strut. And I hope DANCE. Thank you for this insightful blog.
Feb 27, 2014 @ 19:26:39
I can’t quite dance yet but I am working on it!! Thanks Bear!! I actually emailed Imogen Heap and told her my story and she was kind enough to answer me. xxxx
Feb 27, 2014 @ 19:32:53
That was generous of YOU to share with her her influence. You know how good it makes you feel for someone to let you know if your work has helped or inspired them. She must have felt good, too. I don’t imagine fan mail is quite the same as letting an artist know that you have been touched and helped. Thank you for revealing this. XXXX
Feb 27, 2014 @ 20:48:59
I have emailed you about this bear! 🙂
Feb 27, 2014 @ 23:17:16
Thank you, Willow.
Feb 28, 2014 @ 14:28:36
Thank you.
Feb 28, 2014 @ 14:28:43
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Feb 27, 2014 @ 19:42:01
Music is a powerful healer!!
Feb 27, 2014 @ 20:49:17
yes it is!! 😉 xxx
Feb 27, 2014 @ 20:32:31
I can’t play any of it on my work wifi but definitely checking it out when I get home 🙂
Feb 27, 2014 @ 20:49:55
I really hope you enjoy it !!
Feb 27, 2014 @ 23:25:19
Absolutely loving it! xo!
Feb 28, 2014 @ 14:27:45
That is good to hear!!
Feb 27, 2014 @ 21:01:18
This was good medicine for me, Willow. I’ll take it to the hospital tonight for L. I posted today, some about music, but without any music. It was what I was able to do under the circumstances. Thank you. 🙂
Feb 27, 2014 @ 21:15:40
Hi Johnny I am running so far behind on comments apologies I am catching up.I was busy yesterday I did not get to post!! Anyway I am so glad it helped you . I have put an extra Imogen track here especially for L. It full of hope and joy and is beautiful to watch and listen to. I wish you all the very best! hugs xxxxxxxxxx
Feb 28, 2014 @ 16:22:06
I hope it all helps Johnny!
Mar 01, 2014 @ 05:57:21
Can I have your permission to tweet this on my twitter?
Mar 01, 2014 @ 08:19:56
Hi not sure of the relevance of this one for reblogging but you can have my permission to reblog the Teenage car crash. Could you link back so I can see it. Please be mindful of the fact that I wrote the poem and I own it. All the best willow
Mar 02, 2014 @ 00:27:56
I believe music does have a healing effect. My youngest daughter taught herself piano and often came home from school and began playing immediately. She would be tense and stressed out but after playing for an hour she would be cheerful and relaxed. She also plays violin, cello and Irish whistles. Her cello gives me chills but the piano brings tears.
Mar 02, 2014 @ 07:18:07
Hi Jackie this is a wonderful answer. It is so good to hear how music has helped your daughter. What an amazing talent she has. You say she taught herself piano that in itself is brilliant. Do you mind me asking is or was she bullied at school, you say she would come home stressed. I only as because I was and I am so impressed that she found her own therapy. Keep well and happy and thank you for reading. xx
Mar 02, 2014 @ 16:34:51
My daughter was given an electronic piano (about 24 inches wide) as a small child and she began to blossom immediately. She did so well that my husband got her a larger one that still was not a full piano. One Saturday we were passing a music store going out of business and she wanted to stop and “just look.” She sat down and played this piano like a pro; people stopped to watch her. She has never had a piano lesson. I HAD to get her that piano even though my husband would flip because we did not have a lot of money.
She is just very musical; we watched “Waking Ned Devine” and she asked for two Irish whistles. She played alright but then she put them in her nostrils, one in each, and played.
She asked for a violin and I gave her a year’s worth of lessons and then she joined a philharmonic and got better. She decided to learn to read music and excelled.
Her passion was art so she went to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While she was there Yo Yo Ma came with his Silk Road Ensemble and she was chosen to be liaison to Ma and the group to RISD for a year. That is where she began to love cello. She did not get a cello until she graduated from RISD and went to another school for her PhD.
You asked about stress, school and bullies… Kelsey was well-liked by everyone; she had what many thought was the perfect life: friends, academic success, a great boyfriend with medical aspirations, etc. The problem with mood and depression came in cycles, it turned out it has to do with her period. She also has PCOS which affects the mood and cycles.
Music most definitely is her self-therapy. In school there was always pressures for reports, projects, tests, grades – and to do well. The do-well pressure cam from within her, not me or her dad. Kids have it harder now more than ever and that pressure shows in some as bad behavior, some as eating disorders, cutting, etc.
The thrill for me was to listen to her from another room as I worked from home or prepared dinner. I’d hear her come in, drop her books and begin to play. Moonlight Sonata, Rhapsody in Blue, etc. until she stopped and came in for her afternoon snack. The music transformed her every day.
Thinking about her several days ago I wrote and posted a short story about her second year in college as an exchange student in Italy. She was starving for her piano so I’ve included a link to that story here:
The Kindness And Trust Of Others
http://jackiesaulmonramirez.com/2014/02/01/the-kindness-and-trust-of-others/
Mar 02, 2014 @ 18:13:06
This is a beautiful story ( I know it is the truth) I am happy to hear how blessed your daughter is. I am sorry to hear of her mood swings ….. No one has everything and she does have the wonderful blessing of music. I read your other post thank you for redirecting me there. Be well and blessed! xx
Mar 03, 2014 @ 20:21:25
Hi willow–I’m catching up too.
We’ve got some common ground here. That’s good from my perspective.
Glad you were able to relate so directly to Heap for her music help with healing.
Great post with wonderful responses. 🙂
Mar 03, 2014 @ 21:15:14
Thank you I have missed you are you okay? 😉 xx
Mar 06, 2014 @ 04:37:10
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Mar 06, 2014 @ 09:04:58
I shall take up the torch from you .