In my youth, I believed music was true to an aching soul--in that I felt it mended my sadness and grief in ways medicine or other treatments could not. Even Jim Morrison said, "Give an ailing heart a song and see how it recovers."
After recently delving into a similar concept--in which I have been using music as a tool to get me out of the house and, literally, moving--so have other musicians heeded the therapy of music as a standard for medical practice.
Mike Garson, a touring pianist to the likes of David Bowie, No Doubt and Nine Inch Nails, also values the science and theory behind music as therapy. In an effort to really take this up a notch, Garson has implemented his own tactics to help relieve trauma in patients with brain deficiencies such as strokes, Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders.
Dr. Christopher Duma, in association with Garson, have a ground-breaking mission for their charity organization:
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