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The Power Of Sound.
This week’s blog was inspired by a recent chat in one of the peer groups surrounding the sonic artist, Yuri Suzuki. The discussion was...
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Four Levels Of Musical Regulation, Another Perspective.
Continuing on from last week’s blog where I looked at how music impacts us emotionally. This week explores another theory called the...
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Jul 10


Futures - The next phase
Our Tonic Futures programme is open to all 18 to 25 year olds working and/or studying in music, providing FREE tailored mental health...
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Jul 9


Agents x Managers Programme - Second Phase
Tonic Music and The Christopher Meredith Foundation announce a new round of dates in the second phase of a new mental health support...
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Jul 8


Where Music Takes Us And The Record Reflection Sessions.
This blog is influenced by the recent 'Record Reflection' sessions I am running as part of Tonic Music's 'Never Mind The Stigma'...
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Jul 2


Darwin, Spencer and Mick.
This blog is a side step away from the recent philosophical stuff and will be exploring some ideas about why we make music, starting with...
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Jun 26


Without Music, Life Would Be A Mistake!
Rolling on from the recent excursions into different philosophical views of music. This week brings us to that cheery fellow Nietzsche....
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Jun 18


Victorious Festival 2025
We are excited to be back once again at this year’s Victorious Festival, on Southsea seafront. Our thanks to Victorious Festival for...
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Jun 16


Bishops Waltham Music Festival
We’re returning to the excellent Bishops Waltham Music Festival once again for 2025. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been invited...
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Jun 16


Lakefest 2025
We are looking forward to taking the Tonic Music Lounge to Lakefest at Eastnor Deer Park for the second year running. We’re back at the...
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Jun 16


A big weekend coming up at Godiva Festival!
We’re thrilled to say that we will be at the upcoming Godiva Festival, giving us the opportunity to take Terry Hall’s piano to his place...
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Jun 16


Back to the Island!
We’re excited to say that we’ll be at the Isle of Wight Festival again this year. After a bit of a hiatus we’re back at the Sky presents...
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Jun 3


Schopenhauer, A Cynical European’s Perspective On Music.
Moving on from the Greek's, let's now look at how the European philosophical crew viewed music. Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th century...
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May 27


Terry Hall's Piano 'On Tour' - and your chance to play it!
Tonic Music are proud to be able to take Terry Hall's Piano 'On Tour' with the first outing at the Tim Burgess, Merch Market in Manchester.
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May 21


Plato, Music And A Whirlpool Of Frenzy.
Continuing on from last week I thought it would be an interesting perspective to consider another Greek philosopher and how he viewed...
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May 20


Terry Hall's Piano at Tim Burgess' Merch Market
Tonic Music are excited to be attending Tim Burgess' Merch Market in Manchester... and we will be bringing Terry’s Hall’s piano! Join...
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May 15


Music, Wellbeing and The Philosophical Greeks.
This week I return to the subject of music itself, taking it old, ‘oldschool’ …through the eyes of the ancient Greek philosopher...
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May 15


Tonic Music at 2ube Xtra
Tonic Music will be providing a masterclass as part of this year’s 2ube Xtra festival at LIPA. For the first time, Tonic Music will be...
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May 12


Tonic Rider Peer Support Groups
Tonic Music are delighted to announce a new series of online Peer Support Groups - supported by The Christopher Meredith Foundation....
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May 9


The Musical Instrument, A Surrogate Mother?
OK, I know this is going to sound really weird but... this blog looks at a recent academic paper that I found quite interesting called...
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May 8
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