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Gently lowering the blockades:
music therapy at the
Swiss Paraplegic Centre
The art of pain relief using sounds
and vibrations is almost as old as mankind itself. With the
mechanization of mdicine in modern times, this type of therapy fell
into disuse – but is now experiencing something of a Renaissance. At
the Swiss Paraplegic Center (SPZ) in Nottwil, music therapy is well
established as part of the rehabilitation program for patients with
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Links -
Videos - Interviews with Musicians - New Equipment - A
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THE 2010
NAMM SHOW I WILL GET THE NEW FLYER UP
SOON!
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This book 'STOP HUGGING ME'
by Chris Cox is a look into the life of a man, husband, father,
musician, who has MS. MS does not have him. It is here because
one of the main things about his book is how he is able to
describe physical pain.
I am a Paraplegic who lives
with chronic pain 24/7 and fortunately for me I am able to
sleep, the only time that my body is pain free. Chris's book has
helped me find a way to work around my pain. If you have
neurological pain or MS or any other neurological malfunction: read this book!
Web Site:
http://www.chriscoxrox.com
http://www.myspace.com/chriscoxmusicproject
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This
is not a book written for musicians w/disabilities.
However; it is a must read for anyone interested in the history, concept,
and origins of music. it is written for Songwriters, Performers,
Music Students, Musicians, Producers, and answers questions such
as 'Why Is There Such A Thing As Music? I have been reading this
for weeks and am still not through the 3rd chapter. The
information in this book boggles the mind.
Chapters include: Evolution, the
Brain and Rhythm - Evolution, Music, and Emotional Arousal - Where
Chords Come From - and a lot about human evolution and both the
church's and Religions roles in suppressing certain forms of music
through out history. This book would serve as a music students
bible. -Bassinat66 |
How
Music
Really
Works |
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NEW!
U2's The Edge Announces
Music Rising
A Campaign to Aid Musicians Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Stay up to date with the Music Rising Blog
The campaign's goal is to put
musical instruments back into the hands of all musicians who lost
everything in the hurricane disasters and to help them regain their
livelihood while rebuilding the heart and culture of the Gulf
Region. Music Rising is administered by MusiCares.
Older Adults Benefit from Music Making
Results from an ongoing study strongly indicate that musical
activity carries significant wellness benefits for older
adults, according to study leader Dr. Gene Cohen. The
research project, called “The Impact of Professionally
Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults,” is looking at
a group of seniors averaging 80 years of age taking part in
chorale programs at The Levine School of Music in
Washington, DC. The study began in December, 2001.
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John F. Kennedy
OPENING STAGES
A Quarterly Newsletter for People with Disabilities Pursuing Careers
in the Performing Arts Published by the for the Performing
Arts...
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The Coalition for Disabled
Musicians
Using
Music to
Lift Depression’s Veil
--by Parker-Pope
21 articles about the benefits of
music
Electronic
Musician
explores how physically
disabled musicians
use technology to help
them record and perform
their
music ...
Greg Harry is featured in
this article.
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U.S. Congress Recognizes School-Based Music
Education.
NAMM
efforts lead to unanimous vote
for U.S. House resolution 121 and first-ever Senate
resolution proclaiming support of music education;
Senate calls for study of access to arts education.
In an important victory for music education, members
of Congress unanimously passed House Concurrent
Resolution 121, a bipartisan resolution stating that
learning music in schools is important because it
develops skills needed by the 21st century
workforce, such as critical thinking, creative
problem solving, effective communication and
teamwork; keeps students engaged in school and makes
them more likely to graduate; and helps students
achieve in other academic subjects such as math,
science and reading.
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Robert Wyatt:
Musician, Drummer, Writer, Paraplegic A 54-year-old
communist and veteran of the psychedelic era, may be the
most compelling pop musician working in 1998. Flagpole's
Phil Waldorf caught the artist on the phone at his home in
England...
A
hard road to travel
Kavelle Anglin Christie - Jamaica Gleaner -
Talks with 3 musicians who are disabled. Picture
on left: Popular duo Father and Son. - Photo by
Herbert McKenis
Are You at risk?
It's not cool when You can't hear.
HEAR NET |
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COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION
ON
carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Eight Causative Factors
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome in Guitarists - Trigger Finger:
Explanation and Prevention - Repetitive Injuries Continue to
Plague Musicians
The
Coalition for Disabled Musicians
Designed in part to: Introduce disabled
musicians to each other who have an
understanding of disability-related problems. The
Coalition for Disabled Musicians
is a nonprofit organization of musicians with
disabilities. It produces and performs music,
conducts workshops, promotes community
awareness, develops adaptive techniques to
address physical limitations, and maintains a
National Referral Service connecting disabled
musicians around the nation and the world.
NAMM Welcome to the EM,
Mix and Remixmagazines Winter NAMM exclusive site,
brought to you by Intel. We've packed in all of
our trade show coverage in one easy-to-find
spot. If you're at the
show, see Winter NAMM through the editors' eyes
with our Tech Minutes video, listen on the
podcast and read about all of the happenings on
our blogs.
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HEARING LOSS IT'S A DRAG... do
yourself a favor... use hearing protection devices
when on the stage.
Disabled Drummers
Association
Father Time |
Evelyn Glennie
Percussionist Solo Drummer & Deaf (We
are of the understanding that Evelyn is 80% deaf?
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*J.P.
Williams
Singer Guitarist
- Blind - JP is considered by
many
critics as one the best emerging artists in the
Southeast.
*David Gregory Lee:
Singer -
Multiple Disabilities
*Neil Murray:
Drummer; cerebral palsy
R.D.A.
Recommended Drumming Allowance The Beat
by Christine K. Stevens |
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Father Time:
The
Disabled Drummers Association
a non-profit organization dedicated to serving drummers with disabilities and
helping them to be a positive part of the music industry, as well as to help
change the way the disabled musicians are viewed and treated in the industry
today.
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Dancing Dots
serves blind musicians and their educators
through technology and training. "Where Music Meets
Technology for the Blind" |
American Music Therapy Association is an established healthcare profession that
uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive,
and social needs of individuals of all ages. Music
therapy improves the quality of life for persons who are
well and meets the needs of children and adults with
disabilities or illnesses. |
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HEARING!
I
want you all to think about your hearing. I began to lose
mine in a noticeable way about ten years ago but did nothing
until about 4 years ago when I bought my first hearing aids.
My ears are wearing their 3rd pair now and my hearing has
gotten worse as time passes. Protect your hearing now!
HEAR NET
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Drumming: "It's time to stop
thinking of the drum as just a musical
instrument. Start thinking of it as a unifying
tool for every family, a wellness tool for every
retiree, and an educational tool for every
classroom." -Remo Belli Founder & CEO, Remo Inc. |
The
Rhythmic Arts Project & Hammerax
Present the 5th annual
benefit concert for music art & life skills in
Carpentaria California June 3rd. It is over but the
information may apply for future benefits. |
Now Hear This!
New findings by the US National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health show that there are
significant differences between the hearing abilities of
people from different ethnic backgrounds as well as between
men and women.
Specifically, people of
African decent hear better than people of European decent,
and women hear better than men, the government study finds.
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Music and
Healing:
The therapeutic power
of music
Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie
Wonder and the View From Mescaline
Mountain
A surgeon is
struck
by lightning
and becomes
obsessed
with Chopin.
An eminent
psychoanalyst
is kept
awake by
hallucinations
of a singing
rabbi. An
amnesiac
musicologist
incapable of
remembering
anything
that
happened
more a few
seconds ago
finds refuge
from his
disoriented
existence by
performing
Bach fugues.
Music,
writes
neurologist
Oliver Sacks
in his new
book, Musicophilia:
Tales of
Music and
the Brain,
opens a
window into
almost every
aspect of
life and
brain
function.
Steve Silberman, (digaman@sonic.net) who has written one of
the best
profiles
of
Oliver Sacks to
date,
interviewed
the
doctor for
Wired
magazine. He asks him
about the ways in which
music can aid healing.
"The therapeutic power
of music hit me
dramatically in 1966,
when I started working
with the Awakenings
patients at Beth Abraham
in the Bronx. I saw
post-encephalitics who
seemed frozen,
transfixed, unable to
take a step. But with
music to give them a
flow, they could sing,
dance, and be active
again. For Parkinsonian
patients, the ability to
perform actions in
sequence is impaired.
They need temporal
structure and
organization, and the
rhythm of music can be
crucial. For people with
Alzheimer's, music
incites recall, bringing
the past back like
nothing else." - Steve Silberman.
SWEET RELIEF
MUSICIANS FUND
Sweet Relief
was founded by
Victoria
Williams,
and is guided by a board of directors
comprised of members of the music industry.
It is funded by the music community and a
variety of individual donors, as well as
through benefit concerts, auctions and
albums.
When Victoria was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in 1992, she, like
most musicians, had no health insurance to
help defray the mounting cost of her
illness. Consequently, she faced the
possibility of not getting adequate
treatment. to maintain her health.
Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has helped
preserve our most profound art by becoming
music's most compassionate and generous
charity. Chances are, we have touched the
life of someone you know.
http://www.sweetrelief.org/
AND NOW HERE COME
THE AD'S!
No, Future Link does not have
sponsors; we do have favorite music sources though, listed
below
Beaver Felton at bass Central
4 your bass equipment
Love My Bass player Magazine!
For all you guitar players
Play Keyboards?
Great reading on Zen & Music
Based on the
spirit and principles of the Japanese dojo, it is a participatory
community that seeks to elevate the human spirit through music. The
Zen Guitar Dojo is a gathering place for artists who want to explore
the possibilities of cyberspace under the umbrella of the Zen Guitar
philosophy.
Victor's
ground-breaking novel, The Music Lesson
is now available from your favorite book store. (If it's
not, ask them to order it!) I loved this story!
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DRAKE MUSIC PROJECT
provides opportunities for disabled musicians of all ages
and abilities to explore, compose and perform music and
brings together disabled and non-disabled artists...
Special
Music by Special People
A program of the Chicago Park District
for children, teens, and adults with developmental disabilities
(such as Down syndrome) Participants in the program use music
through performances song writing and music writing - as
creative and social outlets.
From the United Kingdom
"The
Guitarist"
England's Guitar magazine
From England- a different take on music "Q"
This site
uses only 100% Recycled Electrons ...
because we care about
our children's tomorrow...
(Borrowed
from Steampunkworkshop.com)
HEALING AND MUSIC
20 ARTICLES
HOW & WHY
MUSIC BENEFITS
(From Fender)
ABOUT THE FENDER MUSIC FOUNDATION
The Fender Music Foundation, formerly
named The Guitar Center Music Foundation, is an independent 501c3
organization that awards grants in the form of musical instruments
and equipment to music education programs across the country.
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Paul Music Project
Well, what's the music project about? It
is about my dream to be recognized as a
singer/songwriter and musician. It is a hope
that I can inspire the able and disabled to be
creative, and not to give up on their dreams
because they feel their disability limits, or
prevents them in some way....Its about creating
a better understanding between the able and the
disabled.
Rhythm
Gym Programs combine movement activities and
drumming in a creative environment that promotes
teamwork, socializing, healthy lifestyles and
fun. We believe that properly facilitated group
music-making and movement activities can result
in: stress reduction - improved fine and gross
motor skill functioning - more
self-confidence in artistic abilities - and
social skills - enhancement of expressive and
receptive communication skills - improved
hand-to-eye integration. NOTE: Even though this
organization does not specifically work with the
disabled community it does work with the
disabled community.
Chazz deMeyer
Derek Mortland
THE WIRE in the UK
Okay, I love
Neon art
Ghost of Chuck Berry
Lakich Neon art Studio
A "MUST READ"
(The book)
Disabilities & Musicians
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