This newsletter will offer you informative articles on health,
improving musicianship, injury prevention, and optimizing
wellness. Here's the latest information to help you work towards
a healthier body, mind, and spirit.
Stress in Piano Playing
For an excellent paper written in preparation of a talk for a
BAPAM conference in Edinburgh in 1999 read
Stress in Piano Playing
by Richard Beauchamp. It covers
injury prevention factors, causes of stress, posture while
practicing, and technique issues.
Cognitive Boost found from Exercising
with Music
Do you exercise while listening to music? A new study has found
that working out to music may give you a cognitive boost.
Listening to music while exercising helped cardiac
rehabilitation patients in this study increase scores on a
verbal fluency test.
The Interesting role of
Music and Spirituality from a Christian's Perspective
'About this time I began asking our music leader why some songs
seemed to spark something in us and others didn't. As we talked
about worship, we realised that often we would sing about
worship yet we never actually worshipped - except when we
accidentally stumbled onto intimate songs like "I love you
Lord", and "I lift my voice". Thus we began to see a difference
between songs about Jesus and songs to Jesus.
Hearing Loss- every
musician's concern
It's no secret that today's
society exposes us all to a lot of noise. Exposure to
excessively loud levels of noise can't always be avoided, but we
can do things to prevent damage to our ears. Recent studies have
shown an increased incidence of hearing loss among grade school
students and musicians. At work and home we can be subject to
levels of noise that threaten our hearing. Power tools, factory
noises, fireworks, and of course loud music, are all potential
sources of noise that can cause irreversible inner ear damage.
H.E.A.R. | Are You At Risk? | Hearing
Education and Awareness for Rockers
Dr. Jameson publishes new
e-book
The Musician's Guide to Health and
Wellness is now available for download from Dr. Jameson's
website. Go to
The Musician's Guide to Health and Wellness.
If you want to enhance your musicality through better
coordination of mind, body, and spirit, then this easy to read
69 page ebook is a must. It is being sold for only $9.95, and
it's information is priceless!