Category: Music Therapy & Mental Health
Bouncing Back: How Musicians Can Overcome Performance-Related Injuries
Honing your craft as a musician requires plenty of practice. You’ll need to spend plenty of long hours plucking strings, striking hi-hats, or blowing on the oboe. Unfortunately, all this practice can lead to performance-related injuries. It’s all too easy to pick up a stress fracture or muscle imbalance in the lead-up to a big…
Mental Health Benefits of Music Lessons for Teens
As society grapples with the complexities of adolescent psychology, there’s a growing recognition of the unique challenges faced by this age group. From the pressures of academic performance to the tumultuous journey of self-discovery and social dynamics, teenagers navigate a labyrinth of experiences that significantly impact their mental health. Music, an art form as old…
Finding Musical Inspiration: How To Avoid Unhealthy Creativity Boosters With Your Band
Not all sources of creativity are created equal. While band culture may apply pressures to get high or drunk to be at your most creative, it may not offer the inspiration you’re aspiring for. Your bandmates rely on you to contribute your unique ideas when writing music. Instead of defaulting to what other musicians have…
Harmony for the Soul: Music Therapy’s Healing Power Across All Ages
If you enjoy listening to music in any capacity, you may find that it puts you at ease and often transports you to another place when you’re feeling stressed or concerned about everyday life. That’s not an accident. Music is special. It can be so impactful that it’s often used as a form of therapy…
5 Ways Musicians Can Overcome Performance Anxiety
For some musicians, performing is what they live for. Getting out there in front of a crowd gets their blood pumping and they genuinely enjoy every performance. For others, performing gives them crippling anxiety. Performance anxiety, also known as stage fright, is the fear of getting up in front of people and performing. Some musicians…
Preventative Care for Common Musician Ailments
The life of a musician can be very rewarding, but it can come with its fair share of health risks. Between the repetitive movements necessary to play your instrument to the constant touring and proximity to other people, there are plenty of opportunities to get sick or hurt. The good news is that there are…
Control Your Mental Health to Better Your Creative Output
When you’re a full-time musician, it’s easy to feel as though you always have to be “on.” Whether you’re performing every night, writing constantly, or trying to publicize your music with interviews and appearances, keeping up your physical and mental health is important. It can also be exhausting. Unfortunately, your mental health can take a…
Why Music is Crucial to the Humanities
If we wanted to talk about the benefits of music, you’d be reading this all day. Even then, music is so personal that it’s impossible to cover just how much it means to each individual who listens to it, plays it, or appreciates it. Because music is often referred to as the “universal language,” it…
Staying Healthy on a Musician’s Budget
The industry demands a lot from musicians. If you’re an independent artist that’s just starting out, you could run yourself ragged trying to promote your music, play shows, and get noticed. If you’re an established touring band, you could quickly burn out from playing shows every day, meeting with the press, or writing new music. …
