Today we’ll look at how some caregivers are using music to improve the quality of life for dementia patients. You’ll also learn how to access your brain’s “protective music room.”
Plus, you’ll discover the number one strategy New York-based recording artist and NYU lecturing professor Mike Errico relies on to maximize creativity and productivity—especially in these trying times.
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The link between music and the mind just got a lot more interesting, especially when it comes to helping patients and their caregivers cope with dementia.
A new study shows the power of music may help lessen symptoms and improve quality of life for those who suffer from cognitive degenerative diseases and conditions.
New York-based recording artist, writer, and lecturing professor Mike Errico has built his name on the strength of critically acclaimed releases and extensive composition for film and TV. Mike teaches songwriting at universities including Yale, Wesleyan, and NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
Mike and I both played at Woodstock in 1999 and toured together back in my Rusted Root days.
We recently connected to talk about the challenge of being creative and inspired during isolation, how his 80-year-old father keeps his brain clear as a bell playing classical piano, and the one thing all prolific artists do to refine their creative process.
Did you know there's a protected "music room" in your brain? A place where music goes that disease cannot touch?
Debbie Benkovitz, president elect of the American Music Therapy Association, joins Jim to talk about why music is critical to the treatment of brain diseases and how it impacts our development as babies.
Jim asks Debbie about how she uses music to bring relief to those suffering from cancer, and Debbie reveals a story about a time she wrote a song with a patient during surgery!
Find out how 5 minutes of music therapy a day can impact your life.