The article "Music as medicine for the brain" tell us that music is used for patients with mental diseases or stroke problems.
The music works as a medicine because help to the patients to feel better and moving.
The researchers says that music stimulates areas of the brain, but this improvements are not the same for all patients and they suggest some sessions for achievement a good result.
Sonia Velázquezof CA1:02AM October 13, 2009
I was diagnosed with MS in '94. I had great difficulty walking, or standing, and most other activities. My eyesight and cognitive abilities were compromised, as well as my ability to drive or write. After 2 years of alternative health care, I was able to stand more, and some energy had returned. Having been a chorally trained singer, I joined a band, thinking I would be able to contribute minimally, as I still felt weak. As a few weeks of rehearsal went by, I became much stronger, could belt out Aretha Franklin tunes, and eventually incorporated playing conga drums. It felt miraculous!
I remained in that band for 8 years. After it dissolved, I had a year spent without a band. Difficult times resumed somewhat, but I found a new band. This new band is a Salsa band. I am the main conga player in a group of hispanics that have been very familiar with Latin rhythms. I had not previously been trained in these rhythms. As lead singer, I am also required to sing all my songs in Spanish. I do not speak Spanish, or even understand the lyrics, but I can memorize them very quickly, as well as pronounce them to the degree that most of our hispanic audience thinks I'm a Latina.
We play very energetically, and I sing and dance and play congas simultaneously for at least 3 hours at a time, every weekend.
Many other physical aspects of my life have improved greatly, and it still feels miraculous. I continue to have physical difficulties, but when the music starts, I'm transported, and can really deliver!
These articles are the first I've read about music's ability to transform or overcome neurological challenges, and I'm glad to share my story, hoping to inspire others to try it as a way to regain or enrich their lives.
Rani Mooreof HI1:08AM July 18, 2009
I was diagnosed with MS in '94. I had great difficulty walking, or standing, and most other activities. My eyesight and cognitive abilities were compromised, as well as my ability to drive or write. After 2 years of alternative health care, I was able to stand more, and some energy had returned. Having been a chorally trained singer, I joined a band, thinking I would be able to contribute minimally, as I still felt weak. As a few weeks of rehearsal went by, I became much stronger, could belt out Aretha Franklin tunes, and eventually incorporated playing conga drums. It felt miraculous!
I remained in that band for 8 years. After it dissolved, I had a year spent without a band. Difficult times resumed somewhat, but I found a new band. This new band is a Salsa band. I am the main conga player in a group of hispanics that have been very familiar with Latin rhythms. I had not previously been trained in these rhythms. As lead singer, I am also required to sing all my songs in Spanish. I do not speak Spanish, or even understand the lyrics, but I can memorize them very quickly, as well as pronounce them to the degree that most of our hispanic audience thinks I'm a Latina.
We play very energetically, and I sing and dance and play congas simultaneously for at least 3 hours at a time, every weekend.
Many other physical aspects of my life have improved greatly, and it still feels miraculous. I continue to have physical difficulties, but when the music starts, I'm transported, and can really deliver!
These articles are the first I've read about music's ability to transform or overcome neurological challenges, and I'm glad to share my story, hoping to inspire others to try it as a way to regain or enrich their lives.
Rani Mooreof HI1:08AM July 18, 2009
I am an absolute music addict.
I listen to just about any type of music out there... Ambiance, Rock, Jazz, Rap, Oldies, Classical, Country, Electronic, World/Tribal, some Pop, Blues, New Age--You name it, I've heard it. I love it all and I listen to it all every day! I have done some research on the Art and Music Therapy, so I was delighted when my husband pointed me to this article. It pretty much sums up what I feel that I already knew in my head. I view music as a physical vibration with no boundaries or hold-backs. It crosses all communication and language barriers, and it can build up your emotions and then drop them to smolders with the change of a beat. I think it is one of the wonderful ways to cross cultural/racial/ethnic barriers.
I have been studying Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Dyslexia over the past few months. ADD is a disorder characterized by lack of prolonged focus on something and difficulty with organization and time-management. Dyslexia is a condition where language difficulties surface in reading/writing skills. Dyslexics use their right brain far more than their left brain to process language, making difficulties for letter/word encoding. Music and art can assist in therapy and remediation for both of these disorders. People with Dyslexia respond well to music and art, which are processed in the creative right-brain. Music also has a calming and rhythmic steadiness, giving people with ADD a way to "think along" with the music. Singing or playing instruments can also refine people with these disabilities, giving them a different approach to how they use words, numbers, and notes.
Abbadoodlesof FL2:44PM April 23, 2009
As an unschooled or trained individual, I have been emoting music on a keyboard/synthesizer for 30 years. I made my first album in 1977 and I discovered that music without rythmn had its own effect. It seemed to enhance concentration. After John Lenon was assasinated, I decided I did not want to fool with peoples' brains.
richardof MA11:39AM February 25, 2009
Good fine music from all walks of life is like recharging your whole mind ...you read poetry and with it you can hear music just from power and sonic value of the words...very few in this world can catch this melodys ...I try to do this for many years some original piano works you can hear here:
www.download.com/oleksaobriy
My Mom 81,got many mini strokes...she can't speak or write but she still enjoy playing piano in nursing home...it is much harder to play with left hand...to my suprise she plays only with left hand now.
Some music will make you sick out right...esp.Rap with bad words or all sorts of hard rock to promote hateness and destruction....
Enviro9:59PM January 14, 2009
This a reference to slightly different clinical settings, but I have performed numerous times with a variety of pop/rock bands at a local school for mentally handicapped adults. The response is always amazing. In general, they are the most appreciative bunch of people I have ever entertained in 40 years of of pro amd semi-pro performing.
It is very cool that clinical research seems to be finding empirical evidence for something a lot of us suspected - the power of music to heal.
Matt
Mattof WA5:42PM January 07, 2009
I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in November 1994. At the time I quit doing photography and got back into music. Pursuing music was immensely therapeutic for me. I made three CD’s and had my music played on the radio. Four years ago I was a candidate for deep brain stimulation, but didn’t want to do it. Two weeks ago I saw my neurologist and he thinks I’m doing fine. (I’ll be 56 years old next month.) Here are links to my music, which has positive themes for overcoming adversity:
Since brain is relevant portion it of course play a vital role.It goes like this-Country needs united individuals,individuals need positive strength,discovery needs self respect similarly brain needs music as well.
Alok Das2:15AM December 14, 2008
There is a wealth of information about the music therapy profession and about universities that offer a music therapy degree at www.musictherapy.org, the official site of the American Music Therapy Association. If you are interested in pursuing services for yourself or someone you know, be sure to look for a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC). You can find one (or learn more about this national credential) at www.cbmt.org
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Sonia Velázquez of CA 1:02AM October 13, 2009
Rani Moore of HI 1:08AM July 18, 2009
Rani Moore of HI 1:08AM July 18, 2009
Abbadoodles of FL 2:44PM April 23, 2009
richard of MA 11:39AM February 25, 2009
Enviro 9:59PM January 14, 2009
Matt of WA 5:42PM January 07, 2009
Stefan des Lauriers of NJ 2:26PM January 07, 2009
Alok Das 2:15AM December 14, 2008
Dena Register of KS 10:39PM October 06, 2008