There is so much that each genre of music has to offer and I try not to pigeon hole everything I hear into a specific category. I also try to approach composing in this manner as my compositions borrow from many styles of music.
I compose my music with the support of my my wife Deirdre and am usually surrounded by my two Labrador retrievers, Popcorn & Timbre.
member of the family - Cheddar.
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by Soozie Cotter-Schaufele
Music touches us physically, psychologically and spiritually. Ever ready to comfort, motivate, praise, celebrate, mourn or simply be present, music has provided human beings with a presence unlike any other. As Aldous Huxley said, "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
Music therapy can be defined as the intentional and compassionate use of sound and rhythm to facilitate the healing process and address the needs of the human spirit. In music therapy, interventions are planned and implemented to reach the well part of a person while still attending to that which is ill, lonely or out of balance.
The presence of song---melody and rhythm---has been a part of human existence since time began. Humans use music to celebrate, worship, and praise as well as to mourn and sympathize. Psychologically, our bodies testify to the importance of rhythm. If our hearts beat irregularly, medical interventions bring stability back to our rhythm. Similarily, if our hearts are heavy with depression, music can comfort and restore harmony. In music, timing is everything, and yet so much of music is timeless.
In his book, The Music Man, Yehudi Menuhin wrote, "In any event, I feel it is the musician's role to maintain our trust in the world and the world's trust in us, to help us express genuine emotions. When music takes on the responsibility, it draws upon the best kind of human effort and is deeply therapeutic, harmonizing the physical and the spiritual, the intellectual and emotional, joining body and soul."
David Rothenberg said, "Music will not save or end the world, but it reveals a small part of the pure beauty accessible to humankind." Music brings companionship to those who feel abandoned, comfort to those in pain, and love to those who fear.
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