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Feb 15, 2024
Night Time Economy Summit 2024
Team Tonic spent two fantastic days attending the Night Time Economy Summit in Manchester. On 8th/9th February the TONIC team once again...
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Team Tonic
Feb 13, 2024
ADHD Peer Support Group
An open space for working musicians and music industry professionals to discuss and share their experiences of ADHD. Starting Thursday...
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Team Tonic
Feb 12, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Feb 6, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 29, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 26, 2024
Featured Artists Coalition Webinar
Tonic Rider are providing a webinar for the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) on ‘Mental Wellness for Artists’. On Wednesday 21st February...
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Team Tonic
Jan 24, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 18, 2024
Happy 3rd Birthday Tonic Rider!
Today marks three years since the launch of the Tonic Rider programme. Over the past three years, Tonic Rider has been promoting good...
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Team Tonic
Jan 17, 2024
Night Time Economy Summit 2024
Tonic Rider will be attending the Night Time Economy Summit 2024. We are delighted to announce the Tonic Rider team will once again be...
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Team Tonic
Jan 15, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 9, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 8, 2024
Mental Health First Aid for Music Venue Trust
Clara Cullen from Music Venue Trust writes about the MVT Venue Support Team attending the online Mental Health First Aid course from...
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Team Tonic
Jan 5, 2024
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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Team Tonic
Jan 2, 2024
Peer Support Group for women in music
A safe space for women to share their experiences of working in the music industry. Starting Tuesday 27th February 2024, Tonic Rider in...
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Team Tonic
Dec 22, 2023
Terry Hall's legacy for mental health
TONIC featured on BBC CWR to talk about Terry Hall’s legacy as founding patron. To mark the one year since the passing of Terry Hall,...
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Team Tonic
Dec 21, 2023
Thoughts on those that can no longer music in the commercial environment
Adam Ficek reflects on how we overlook older and 'non-able' people, within the hierarchy of diversity in music. On Thursday 14th...
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Team Tonic
Dec 19, 2023
Tune Up Project Workshop
Tonic Rider Coordinator, Jeordie Shenton, recently provided a workshop for the Tune Up Project in Ipswich. On Thursday 7th December,...
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Team Tonic
Dec 14, 2023
Transmission Interview (City Sound Radio)
Tonic Rider recently featured on Transmission with Paul Dupree on City Sound Radio to talk about the programme and mental health in the...
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Team Tonic
Dec 12, 2023
Tonic Rider resources for Ticketmaster Breakthrough Artists
Ticketmaster invited TONIC to create bespoke resources and materials for their 10 Breakthrough Artists of 2024. Every year, Ticketmaster...
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Team Tonic
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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