Retro 'solo artist' tour post from 2010.
Often when I work with clients who are struggling with the overwhelm of the music industry (in particular touring) I find my own...
Being a musician: Blessing or a curse, in what context?
Being a musician; Being a musician in the commercial environment vs being a musician in the professional environment. Combining my work...
Reflections on mental health in the commercial music industry.
As a professional musician and therapist I am always drawn to the media hype around the subject. When I started ‘Music & Mind’ there was...
Musicing for survival?
Music and evolution I have often wondered how we as humans have come to engage, use and need music. Many of our human traits evolved...
Music and Attachment
I have recently been exploring the impact of how we attach to our care givers from an early age. From reading the literature and research...
Asking for help and crowd funding.
Crowd funding and the need to ask for help. I was recently involved in a conversation about being able to ask for help when it was...
Hummingbird Blindness and 'us'.
I was recently asked about the possibility of partnering up with the brilliant ‘We are Hummingbird’. Hummingbird provide a platform for...
NA, AA & Existentialists.
This weekend I was invited to attend an NA open meeting in East London as a psychotherapist. I sat and listened to the gritty realism of...
A musician...are you mad?
A career in music….Are you mad? As a professional musician and a psychotherapist I’m lucky enough to have some unique psychological...
Music & Mind begins - Reflections from the Help Musicians UK panel in Belfast.
Last month I was asked to take part in a panel to discuss mental health in the music industry. The panel was set up by Help Musicians UK,...
