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Actions speak louder than words
... enabled the worlds of science, psychology, dance and music to come together to present this breath-taking ... style. Although it appeared like Anna was dancing to the music (as you would expect), this was not the case. Anna was actually generating the ...
Music and science in harmony
There have long been links between music and science, from studies of acoustics at the ... Points himself suggests that rather than force parallels, music and science can exist exclusively but also ... and creative freedom essential for the most uplifting of...
'This project is a proper human interest story'
... when those with a background in psychology go on to make music. Sure, most songwriters will have a pretty good grasp ... but how about those (such as Floating Points ) who release music more professionally? Russian Linesman, who studied Psychology at...
Things not to say to someone with schizophrenia
... whether the bright yellow backdrop with modern jazz music played throughout portrayed the vibrancy of life, ... spans and promoted the therapeutic value of colour and music. These characteristics of brightness with jazz music perhaps challenge...
‘What is therapy’s value, and how do we decide this?'
... She initially studied the violin at the Royal Academy of Music, and later qualified as a music therapist. Her work in the field of music therapy led to an undergraduate degree in psychology ...
Dark peak
... of an enigma, not only because of their genre-defying music, but also because they wear masks. These are grotesque, ... from Preston, but we have no names, no context for their music. Despite having achieved the front cover of the ... privacy and anonymity...
How to get ahead in the psychology of advertising
... them with huge enthusiasm. The first looks at the role of music in advertising, which, as will become clear, is central ... or do the “incidentals” – the particular scene, the music – actually cause an advert to be successful or not? ... I’m researching “...
‘They’ve agreed to build something bigger than themselves’
... is on a mission to introduce new audiences to classical music, showing them that its relevance isn’t restricted to ... ‘Without that sense of coming together we can’t do music, so one of the things that’s really clear to me as a musician, is that music...
‘Psychology sang to me’
... isn’t particularly associated with psychology, but with music and creativity. It was celebrated by the folk singer ... multi-ethnic restaurants, coffee bars, street stalls and music shops. Jake Farr – the founder of Alchemy Personal ... of people write, play...
‘You don’t have to stay within the barriers’
... and semantic memory.’ Nick has written on the role of music in a variety of areas and, since I have music playing all the time while working in my office, I was ... his paper in Applied Cognitive Psychology on ‘Disliked Music can be better for...
One on one... with Dr Michelle Hamill
... dose of supervision. One composer I’d be lost without music. Einaudi is a favourite, especially I’m when travelling on the tube. I work with some brilliant music therapists, who are based on our inpatient wards. Their ... which sets the tone nicely. Thankfully...
An unlikely pairing of music and fabric
... members on bespoke instruments, resulting in collective music making. When Covid hit, Hewitt moved the workshops ... platforms and adapting the workshop methodology, so that music could still be produced. Hewitt then turned the hybrid ... different media, and...
‘See the great picture, and don’t get lost in the daily tasks’
... or Kirill Petrenko). It is one of my favourite pieces of music. I am a music lover, and most activities in my life have a music track. One alternative career path you may have chosen ...
Their song could be our song
... rent is coming from. Rent also saw the style of music change. Here was music that appeared to come from the charts, not from the ... as a protest song in Hong Kong (and has been removed from music streaming platforms in China), and an Arabic...
One on one... with Jeune Guishard-Pine
... Courtney Pine CBE, is pretty amazing! Oh, and his music’s not too bad either! Seriously, to hear great jazz ... hear outstanding musicianship. Jazz musicians are creating music instantaneously rather than writing and rewriting it ... career path I would have...
Tics in the room and tics on Zoom
... exercise, and meditation and calming techniques… music is the best thing for me actually, I never tic at all when I’m listening to or playing my music or my instruments. The worst thing for me is probably ... pandemic? What coping strategies have you used?...
One on one
... moment that changed my career Deciding that the career in music I was following was not ‘my first love’. I took the radical step to leave music college and take up a post as a Student Registered ...
Universalise that human experience
... . The album bridges modern classical and electronic music, with swelling strings offset by disquieting scratches ... and Goula tells me: ‘Unconsciously I always relate my music to a psychological experience by trying to universalise ...
Putting flesh on the skeleton of narrative
... narrative, loss, creativity and growing older, it is less music documentary and more carefully crafted and wonderfully ... being one single interpretation of our experiences. The music too play with rhythmic conventions, giving a sense that ...
The fringes of the human mind
... one-man show as ‘an exploration of the modern mind with music, anecdotes and medical notes’. He was able to create ... guitar and keyboard; the journey felt palpable as the music represented the ‘manic’ phase of bipolar disorder ...
'It is diverse brains and the consequent breadth of talents and abilities that are pivotal to our future'
... for boys, with some unqualified teaching in English and music, as the men were being called up into the Forces, ... Meanwhile I received a scholarship to Brighton School of Music and trained to be a singer. Peer pressure then led me ...
Eye on fiction: Heavenly and hellish - writers on hallucinogens
... experiments with LSD in this memorable description: The music vibrated through my body as if I were one of the ... of the sounds ran through my hair like a caress. The music ran down my back and came out of my fingertips. I was a ... now depicted through other...
Where does inspiration come from?
... of our creative output. I have studied both psychology and music for more years than I care to admit and I am presently ... adventure and listening to Philip’s mesmerising music made me wonder: what is the effect of formal education ...
Reviews
... Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music James Rhodes This book is the product of a child’s ... the need for child victims to find expression (classical music in Rhodes’s case), a meaningful narrative and attuned ...
Allan McNeill 1958-2016
... important. One thing that defined Allan was his love of music. In his teenage years and early twenties he had an ... were too good to let them get lost in the jungle of the music business and he became their manager. Later, Allan went ...