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Copyright-Free Music

I was recently in a meeting where someone said, “There’s all kinds of copyright-free music available.” While this is true, I would [...]

A New Music Stand

On a mildly warm spring day in Minnesota (April 4, 2022), I was walking in my neighborhood with a friend. She suggested [...]

A New Music StandTami Briggs2022-09-06T10:43:11-05:00

Human Brain Waves and Music

For those of you who have heard me speak, I share about entrainment and the harp as a way to help you [...]

Human Brain Waves and MusicTami Briggs2022-08-23T11:01:34-05:00

Music and the Olympics

On this blog, we have posted about the Olympics before. And if you remember, we love the Olympics! Personally, we had a [...]

Music and the OlympicsTami Briggs2022-07-26T08:37:16-05:00

Musical Reflections wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Our favorite holiday arrives on Thursday (Thanksgiving). Is it your favorite, as well?! It is a special time of gratitude, to remember [...]

Musical Reflections wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:06-06:00

Harp/Music Vision!

In the last blog post, I talked about I'm a musician who also loves sports! And interestingly, I had an intense dream [...]

Harp/Music Vision!Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:15-06:00

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part II)

As soon as I posted the last blog about music and violence, I realized I had more to say about this important [...]

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part II)Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:23-06:00

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part I)

Every time a violent act occurs, I’m shocked, saddened, questioning why, grief-stricken. I am no different than anyone else. Now, we have [...]

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part I)Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:24-06:00

Freedom Quote

We have come across a plethora of quotes and love sharing them because they make us think and definitely inspire. This time, [...]

Freedom QuoteTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:26-06:00

Silence vs. Music

When do you listen to music? When do you prefer silence? Aldous Huxley said, “After silence, which is the most incomprehensible, comes [...]

Silence vs. MusicTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:26-06:00

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“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

“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

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

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

Hal A. Lingerman

“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 is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“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.”

“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

“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

“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

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

Charles Kingsley

“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 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

“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

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

Holger Kalweit

“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 has been called the speech of angels.”