Songwriting Experience for June

June 2, 2011

Earlier this week, I posted a song spotlight on the song “June is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and with that, I left you a little teaser about its potential for songwriting. As promised, here is a songwriting experience based on this song. With the elders I serve, songwriting seems to work best with a familiar…

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"The Music Never Stopped" – This Music Therapist’s Perspective

March 21, 2011

Yesterday, I saw the new film “The Music Never Stopped” here in Kansas City. This film is based on a case study described by the neurologist Oliver Sacks, concerning a man named Gabriel who has significant memory impairments from a brain tumor. After the tumor is removed, Gabriel is left barely interacting with the world…

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