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Beautiful Artwork

Tami Briggs2022-09-22T10:08:18-05:00September 22nd, 2022|

I was recently exhibiting at a live conference; it was the first [...]

A New Music Stand

Tami Briggs2022-09-06T10:43:11-05:00September 6th, 2022|

On a mildly warm spring day in Minnesota (April 4, 2022), I [...]

Human Brain Waves and Music

Tami Briggs2022-08-23T11:01:34-05:00August 23rd, 2022|

For those of you who have heard me speak, I share about [...]

Time to begin thinking of the holidays!

Once the calendar is flipped to November, it’s time to start thinking about the holidays, isn’t it?! We are all [...]

Live vs. Recorded Music

When I present, one of my most frequent questions is “Will recorded music be as good as/helpful as live music?” [...]

Additional Thoughts about Therapeutic Music in the Healthcare Environment

This will be our last blog post in this on-going series of discussing therapeutic music in the healthcare setting. I [...]

Grief in the Hospital and Music’s Role

Grief can be a common emotion in the hospital setting. What role does music play? Read on … Before I [...]

Playing the Harp in the Hallway of the Hospital

I play the harp in patients’ rooms, but also in the hospital corridors or hallways. Staff who do such important [...]

Music for Caregivers, too

The following story highlights how music can benefit the caregiver, as much as the patient. Right before I entered the [...]

“Music is God’s best gift to [humans], the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven.”

Charles W. Landon

“The more we cultivate great music in our lives, the greater will be our attunement to unlimited sources of the Creator’s power and direction.”

Hal A. Lingerman

“Music is the answer to the mystery of life; it is the most profound of all the arts; it expresses the deepest thoughts of life and being; a simple language which nonetheless cannot be translated.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Music speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls.”

Charles Kingsley

“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“I am Music….Even before life began upon this earth, I was here—in the winds and the waves….And when Man came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle, and most powerful medium for the expression of Man’s emotions….For I speak to all men, in a language that all understand….I am the food of love. I have taught men gentleness and peace. I comfort the lonely. I am a necessary luxury to all men.”

Anonymous

“Art is more than important—it is central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.”

Bill Ivey

“The human being is essentially sound, vibrations, and melody.…”

Holger Kalweit

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

“…the time is fast approaching when Man will select his music with the same intelligent care and knowledge he now uses to select his food. When that time comes, music will become a principal source of healing for many individual and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated.”

Corinne Helene

“Surrounded by the right sounds, we all can be invigorated, energized, and balanced. It has been demonstrated clinically that music adds to our general health and well-being.”

John Diamond

“Seek out a wise player on a harp: and it shall come to pass…that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well.”

I Samuel 16:16

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

“Music is an extremely important instrument of the Divine.”

“Music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man’s life.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”

Charlie Parker

“Through vibration, harmony, tone, melody and meaning, music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“David took a harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”

1 Samuel 16:23