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Hannah
In Friday Five

Friday 5! Shake it up with tunes and happy trails

Happy December, music friends! The Friday 5 is here with gear and music therapy ideas. If you like what you see and want to get these resources in your inbox every Friday, enter your email and hit "subscribe" in the grey side bar (or at the bottom of the page if you're a mobile user). Enjoy! Song Happy Trails as done by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans  Great closing song for older adults. In the past, I’ve substituted names and different ways of saying good bye. For example: "Happy trails to _______,…
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Hannah
In Friday Five

Friday 5

Happy Black Friday 5! As always, here are the things we've been using and thinking about this week. Feel free to read through, take a listen, and comment if you find anything helpful!   Song In My Mind by Amanda Palmer. I would recommend playing this live (with edits if needed) and doing a lyric discussion or songwriting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WZtxRWieM Product Mi-T Mist Mouthpiece Sanitizer. A client-friendly, non-toxic sanitizer. I still use this every day! Time-Saver HTML5 Video Speed Control. A Chrome (web browser) extension that lets you watch YouTube content…
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Hannah
In Clinical Insights, Professional Interviews

3 People Who Changed Careers for Music Therapy: When You Lose the Music

Welcome to the final segment in our three-part series! This week, Angie Biehl has been generous enough to share her very personal journey and her music with us. We are honored to post it here - it is an incredible story worth sharing. *** When asked what was going through her head when she heard about music therapy, Angie Biehl answered, “I was honestly thinking, 'How have I never heard of this before?!' "I had gone to school for music education and I was an educator. I always had trouble with the fact…
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Hannah
In Clinical Insights, Professional Interviews

3 People Who Changed Careers for Music Therapy: I Can Wait

This story is a part of our series "3 People Who Changed Careers for Music Therapy", where we interviewed music therapists about their unique journeys to music therapy. (Here is the first story if you missed it.) Welcome to the second segment, and enjoy! *** When Rhonda Miller heard about music therapy, she was a junior in high school. She shadowed a music therapist and brought the idea to her parents, who “didn’t know any music therapists and had never heard of music therapy before. It didn’t seem like a…
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Hannah
In Clinical Insights, Interviews, Professional Interviews

3 People Who Changed Careers for Music Therapy: It’s Never Too Late

3 People Who Changed Careers for Music Therapy People have been using music in healthcare for thousands of years. However, the profession of music therapy as we know it today is much newer. As music therapy comes more and more into the public eye, more people learn about the amazing power it can have. But what if someone learns about music therapy later in life? What if they already have a career in something else? Is it too late? To answer your questions, we talked with three people who made…
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Hannah
In Clinical Insights

3 Traits You Have to Have to Be a Music Therapist

Not all music therapists are the same – that goes without saying. However, there are definitely some characteristics that lend themselves to being a great music therapist. Here are some we think are really important. And just a note, this is definitely not an exhaustive list! Empathy It seems obvious, but it’s actually not that simple. In being empathetic, we are trying to experience what our clients experience, but remain separate at the same time. To put it another way, we try to inhabit their world for a time, but…
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Matt Logan
In Friday Five

Friday 5!

Hi there! Happy Friday! Here are some things I've been digging this week and wanted to share with you. Feel free to pass it on if you know someone who would be interested in any of the things listed below. Would you like to see this list of resources in your email inbox every Friday? If so, subscribe today! GUITAR Check out how to play Folsom Prison Blues including the cool intro. Classic country.   APP Guitar Tuna Free and great if you're like me and carry around a phone more often than…
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Matt Logan
In Friday Five

Friday 5

Happy Friday to you! Here's the Friday 5. You can also check it out on the website to see videos, listen to the music, and comment if you'd like. You can also reply directly to this email and say hi 🙂 GUITAR You know that cool melody at the beginning of Under the Sea (Little Mermaid)? You can totally play it. SONG Distance - Emily King BOOK Improvisation: Methods and Techniques for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators, and Students by Tony Wigram. This is a great book, I'm currently re-reading it.…
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