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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia, Drake, Facebook, Instagram, Kennedy Center, Lady Gaga, Metadata, Music Festivals, Music Therapy, Musical Taste, Pat Benetar, Pete Seeger, Ricky Martin, TikTok, U2

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

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Ongoing History Daily: The healing power of music

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Therapy, Ongoing History, Soleggio frequencies

Scientists have known for hundreds of years that sound has an effect on the human body. Even inaudible high-frequency sounds

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The Road to Recovery starts at the ElMo

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Covid, El Mocambo, Lemmon Stage, Music Therapy, music therapy month, Shad, Taya Marquis

The Canadian Music Therapy Fund is kicking off a new initiative to help those struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic: The

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Stressed? Here’s how music can help.

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Therapy, Stress

Everyone knows that music can help regulate your mood.  It can get you pumped up and inspired–or it can be

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Random music news for Saturday, February 19, 2022

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Counterfeiting, Dallas Good, Drake, Heavy Young Heathens, Iron Maien, Justin Bieber, Miles Davids, Music Therapy, Piracy, Sadies, Super Bowl

Need someone to flirt with you? Try this AI voice actor. Sliding over to music news for February 19, 2022…

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Music News 

The Make Music Matter auction was a big success!

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Make Music Matter, Music Therapy, NGO

Make Music Matter is an NGO that uses music as a form of therapy in war-torn nations and in some

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Universal partners with MedRhythms for prescription music platform for patients with neurological impairments

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments cognitive impairment, MedRhythms, Music Therapy, musical therapy, neurological impairment, prescription music, Therapy, Universal Music Group

The healing power of music is nearly miraculous, helping evoke emotion and reaction in people struggling with Alzheimer’s, dementia and

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Get ready to dance in support of Music Therapy Awareness Month

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Association of Music Therapists, Certified Music Therapists, Music Therapy

March is Music Therapy Awareness Month and the Canadian Association of Music Therapists has a dance party ready to go. 

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 3, 2021

March 3, 2021March 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Bee Gees, Bunny Wailer, Dave Lombardo, Eurovision, Fleetwood Mac, Iced Earth, Jon Schagger, Kings of Leon, Linds, Mick Fleetwood, Music Therapy, Netflix, Phil Collins, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Slayer, Spotify, T.I., Taylor Swift

How much oxygen do we have left? Oh. Think about that when you browse through music news for March 3,

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Songs for a Blue Day aims to provide cheer, music therapy

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Amber Healy 2 Comments Awesome Music Project, Blue Monday, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Choir Choir Choir, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Covid, COVID-19, Daveed Goldman, George Elliott Clarke, Jennifer Buchanan, Lia Pappa-Kemps, Long & McQuade, Music Therapy, Nobu Adilman

January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday

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ASD Kicks Out the Jams for Canadian Autism Awareness Month

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASD, ASD Band, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Canadian Autism Awareness Month, Music, Music Therapy, special needs

Looking for a little musical joy in your life? Meet ASD, a very cool Canadian band of really talented musicians

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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