Neuro Diversity.
Moving away from the research surrounding musicians and mental health I would now like to explore the topic of neurodivergence (ND). It’s...
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Jun 3
Musicians’ autonomy and self-expression.
In last week’s blog we looked at the creativity and working life of two groups of jazz and classical musicians. Today’s writing explores...
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May 28
Freelance musicians and alcohol.
This week’s blog explores another one of my favourite studies surrounding musicians, alcohol and mental health, also written by a...
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May 20
Popular singers’ and their wellbeing.
Continuing on the path of exploring my favourite pieces of writing surrounding musicians and mental health, I now turn to a recent (ish)...
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May 13
The pure musicking continuum.
How we can both objectify and experience objectification in the occupational environment. In my recent paper (discussed last week) I...
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May 7
Musicians, the industry, objects and humans.
In this weeks blog I take another brief excursion away from the usual research and explore my recently published paper. The study...
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Apr 29
What I learnt from grassroots music venues.
This week I look at grassroots music venues and the Peer Support Group experience, and reflect on what I learnt from this community. In...
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Apr 23
Music and lifelong meaning.
Moving on from last week’s blog on music and wellbeing, this week I will explore another study surrounding an ageing musician and his...
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Apr 15
Classical musicians’ wellbeing and relationship.
Continuing on from the classical musicians and wellbeing study from last week. This week’s piece continues to look into this research and...
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Apr 8
Classical musicians’ wellbeing and mental health.
Moving away from the recent exploration of musicians and identity I’m now going to pull out some more of my own favourite pieces of...
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Apr 2
Sacrifice and striving in musicking.
This blog continues exploring the area of music and identity, more specifically, US based rock musicians. An important and exciting piece...
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Mar 26
Musicking, the tortured artist and the need to get through.
This blog continues on from my previous writing surrounding identity and how this can help or hinder mental health. One study that is...
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Mar 19
Musicking, identity and mental health.
The recent blogs have been exploring the cliché of ‘sex, drugs and rock n roll’ and how the occupational environment can potentially...
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Mar 11
Sex, drugs and death.
From last week’s blogs exploring fame and the ‘rock n roll’ world of musicking, we could assume that the hedonistic and high-risk taking...
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Mar 5
Popular musicians’ high-risk behaviour and premature death.
Staying on the path of the recent topic of touring and substance I’m now going to explore the often-speculated notion that popular...
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Feb 27
Touring, drinking and other vices.
This week Adam continues on from last week’s blog about addiction and substance use. Continuing on from last week’s blog about 'Touring,...
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Feb 20
Touring, substance use and the impact on mental health.
In the high-octane world of popular musicians and touring, alcohol and drugs have often been normalised and accepted as an inherent part...
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Feb 12
Touring as a stressor.
Continuing on from last week’s ‘big’ Danish study blog, (suggesting that non classical musicians have a more stressful time in their...
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Feb 6
The big Norwegian study on musicians.
The previous blogs have looked at how mental health is impacted by the occupational environment from the perspective of financial...
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Jan 29
Musicians, money and substance.
Continuing on from the previous blog surrounding the financial stress of musicking and how it can impact mental health, I now look at how...
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