Song Spotlight: “Proud Mary”
Mood: Optimistic Themes: Jobs, Changes in Life, and Rock and Roll Tempo: Slow start to Up-beat Genre/Style: R&B/Soul Before her stunning comeback solo career, Tina Turner was known for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Starting in the late 1950s, the group made step after step towards fame, recording many songs and touring widely, including…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Make Social Connections
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, depression,…
Read MoreSong Spotlight: “I’ve Been Everywhere”
Mood: Cheerful Themes: Travel Tempo: Medium Genre/Style: Country Here’s a great song to celebrate travel, at any time of year. This song is also a great start to dreaming up all of the places you could possibly go. In 1959, an Australian songwriter named Geoff Mack wrote this tune to highlight many Australian towns. It…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Get Better Sleep
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, depression,…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Get Focused
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, depression,…
Read MoreSong Spotlight: “All I Have To Do Is Dream”
Mood: Contemplative, Sweet Themes: Love, Dreaming Tempo: Slow Genre/Style: Jangle Pop, 1950s Having beautiful experiences to dream about or something special to look forward to can boost our outlook on current life circumstances. Daydreaming about things we enjoy can give us a much needed rest from attending to all of the things that can be…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Get in Rhythm
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, depression,…
Read MoreSong Spotlight: “Till There Was You”
Mood: Peaceful, Love Themes: Musicals, Love Songs Tempo: Slow Genre/Style: Musicals Musicals come in all shapes and sizes. Musicals combine the elements of acting, singing songs that detail the story, spoken dialogue, and dancing. The stories convey a wide range of emotions and are sometimes adapted from book and plays. Musicals can be based around…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Make Music
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, depression,…
Read MoreTop 10 Benefits of Music Therapy: Connect to Memories
Why music therapy? While the answer varies depending on the person and what they need from music therapy, there are several benefits that music therapy provides over and over for older adult clients. This is true whether they are dealing with cognitive decline and/or physical limitations from conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, Parkinson’s…
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