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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Team Tonic
- Nov 27
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
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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Team Tonic
- Nov 6
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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Team Tonic
- Nov 1
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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Team Tonic
- Oct 25
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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Team Tonic
- Oct 16
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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Team Tonic
- Oct 9
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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Team Tonic
- Oct 2
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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Team Tonic
- Sep 25
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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Team Tonic
- Sep 18
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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Team Tonic
- Sep 11
The stressors of touring: Travel
Continuing along the theme of ‘the stressors of touring’, in this week's blog I will be looking at travel, the waiting and the adventure....
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Team Tonic
- Aug 29
Musicians, touring, making it and being Pressure Sensitive
Welcome to my 9th piece of writing. I have avoided the standard trope surrounding ‘Music Industry Touring’ difficulties so far… it’s only...
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Team Tonic
- Aug 21
Barry Ashworth Interview
This week I reflect on my Barry Ashworth interview, for the latest Tonic Music show on Totally Wired Radio. Listening back to Barry’s...
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Team Tonic
- Aug 16
Resilience: Other people
In my previous blogs on resilience I have looked at what it is, why we need it, and how we can cultivate it. This blog looks at other...
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Team Tonic
- Aug 9
Resilience: Toolbox
Adam Ficek continues his series of articles with more tools for the resilience toolbox. My previous blog explored the need for resilience...
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Team Tonic
- Jul 26
Getting Through
Adam Ficek gives his thoughts on ‘getting through’... AKA Resilience This week’s blog has been prompted by a presentation I have recently...
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Team Tonic
- Jul 19
Music and Community (Part 2)
Part two of Adam Ficek writing about community and camaraderie in music relationships. Having explored the importance of the social...
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Team Tonic
- Jul 12
Music and Community (Part 1)
Part one of Adam Ficek writing about community and camaraderie in music relationships. Following on from my previous blog and the sense...
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Team Tonic
- Jul 5
TONIC launch a new radio show
Adam Ficek writes about hosting a new monthly radio show on Totally Wired Radio for TONIC. To tie in with the launch of the radio show...
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