Music may not be a substitute for supporting mental health and reducing anxiety with therapy Although listening to music can have many positive effects on your mental health, it likely can’t replace psychotherapy guided by a licensed professional. If you’re living with chronic stress, depression...
We discuss “Have You Ever Been in Trouble?” from Dr. Moan (2023), “Every 24 Hours” feat. Richard Thompson from Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (2007), “When You Find Out” by the Nerves from their self-titled EP (1976). End song: “Anything” from Torn Again (1995). For mor...
The thing is, while there is much fascinating and beautiful music to be made with samplers, for many people who adopt the instrument carelessly it becomes a crutch. When each button you press creates not just a note (with variations in attack, volume, etc.) but an entire complete sound, ...
I mean, “Closer” waseverywhereon MTV and the alternative radio stations for months after it came out. [And I’m 99% sure it was because us Gen Xers were proud of the fact we could get a song with “I want to f*** you like an animal” as a lyric on commercial radio. When in...
“We’re home for a little while and then you have to go back out on the road again.” He adds that Stills had an almost psychic understanding of guitar sounds and “always knew exactly what to do.” The drummer and Sklar spent years playing with the trio in different configurations ...
Many people live as if life were dress rehearsal for some late date. It isn't. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have,and the only time that we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we ...
Several strands to this kind of investigation can be distinguished in this regard: a strand that studies the feelings of liking, preference, pleasure, and beauty, embedded in Berlyne’s tradition of experimental aesthetics [10,11,12]; a strand based on emotional psychology, for example, ...
Recently, a large cluster-randomized controlled trial was designed—Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL)—to assess the effectiveness of music interventions on depression in care home residents with dementia (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03496675). To understand the pathophysio...