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How Music Therapy Supports Children with ADHD in Building Focus and Growth

September 26, 2025 / Music Therapy & Mental Health

If you’re raising a child with ADHD, you already know this: focus isn’t about effort, it’s about environment. And the environments children live in—fast-moving, overstimulating, full of noise—often ask them to sit still without giving them anything to hold onto. For UK parents searching for alternatives to rigid interventions or medication-only pathways, music therapy is […]

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The Role Music Plays in Your Mental Health

February 9, 2025 / Blog, Guest Posts, Music

Music, in all of its forms, can be a therapeutic experience. Listening and playing music can make significant contributions to your mental health. Throughout history, however, we have endured the premature deaths of musicians that have been the result of struggling with mental health issues. So, how can music be proven to assist in good

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5 Health Benefits of Music for Children

December 15, 2024 / Music, Music Therapy & Mental Health

Music has been one of the greatest therapy tools that experts have been using to communicate with children of all ages effectively. It has been known to have many benefits to children not only physically but also emotionally and spiritually. In this article, we will give you five of those health benefits in detail and

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Preventative Care for Common Musician Ailments

December 11, 2022 / Music Business, Music Therapy & Mental Health

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

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Solitaire: Rediscovering the Ultimate Destresser.

October 15, 2021 / Blog, Gaming

How the card game Solitaire is, and always has been, the ultimate destresser. Although the origins of Solitaire go way back to the 18th Century, mine, and I guess many others’ first experience of Solitaire was at lunchtime on our PC at work. But before I get into its many virtues, what exactly is it?

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Pigly: The Guitarists Friend

September 29, 2020 / Blog

Discover how Pigly can help with a problem most of us Guitarists face at some point: Debt. The cost of being a guitarist Before I reveal what Pigly is, a little background. Let’s face it. Guitars and guitar equipment are expensive. Luxury items if you will, and unfortunately I’m as guilty as the next man

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Goa: A Lesson In Life. Epilogue. N.E.M. Karate Club

Karate : A Rediscovery

April 23, 2018 / Blog

How rediscovering Karate restored balance back into my life. Life is all about balance. Over the past four or five years, I’ve been busy with a young family, moving home, changing jobs. The Blogging Musician seemed to be an ideal way to relax, switch off. As part of that, I discovered a love for writing,

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