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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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Jan 24
Musicians and money.
In my recent blogs I have explored many of the stressors of being a musician. One reoccurring factor in this area is financial struggle....
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Jan 15
Electronic Musicians.
Adam bringing the previous research up to date within an expanded and contemporary setting this blog looks at the subset of popular...
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Jan 9
How psychologists view the music industry.
Adam continues his look at the occupational component of experience of musicians. Continuing on from the seminal work of Wills & Cooper...
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Jan 5
The occupational life world.
Welcome back, I hope you all managed to get through the good and the bad of the festive season. In the previous few blogs I have explored...
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Dec 11, 2023
Music Performance Anxiety.
When we read about the negative impact of playing music it is normally framed within the area of Music Performance Anxiety (MPA). It is...
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Dec 4, 2023
How playing music impacts musicians.
The previous blogs focused on music listening and how musicians themselves may even be more sensitive to these emotional experiences....
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Nov 27, 2023
Musicians and the impact of playing.
Some suggest (not just me) that playing music (or active, participatory engagement with it) can have a positive impact on emotion and...
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Nov 13, 2023
Musicking as a resource for musicians’ emotional colour.
In my previous articles I explored whether musicians do hold certain traits and characteristics that could make them more vulnerable to...
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Nov 6, 2023
Are musicians narcissists?
So, welcome back, carrying on from the themes of the previous blogs surrounding the traits and quirks of popular musicians, in this...
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Nov 1, 2023
Musicians and personality
Following on from the previous writing on musicians and their mental health, (AKA are we weirdos?) In this weeks’ blog I look at the...
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Oct 25, 2023
Are musicians weird?
As part of Adam's doctoral research he looked into how seven musicians understood their mental health and their music engagement...
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Oct 16, 2023
My research and me
Last week was a proud moment for me as my first academic paper was published. This paper is part of my own doctoral research and opens...
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Oct 9, 2023
Swimming too far from the Shore: Reflections from Dolan Hewison from The New Fast Automatic Daffodil
As often happens with the interviews, the real depth gets explored after or before the tape is rolling! In this coming week’s Tonic Music...
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Oct 2, 2023
Musicians, madness and mental health
In this weeks blog, I’ll be looking at the topic of musicians and the media portrayal of the ‘troubled genius’. The media have often...
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Sep 25, 2023
Tom Hingley’s Reflections
This week blog’s reflects on the recent Tonic Music episode featuring the musician Tom Hingley. Tom spoke at depth about his experiences...
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Sep 18, 2023
The stressors of touring: Performing
Continuing along the theme of ‘the stressors of touring’, in this week's blog I will be looking at 'Performing to the best of our...
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