Once upon a time, in a world far far away… musicians made money from selling albums, gigging, and maybe getting a song on the radio.

Having explored ‘the artefact’, physically or digitally, the next part of my ‘music industry 101’ explores touring, so what is it?

Having explored ‘the artefact’, physically or digitally, the next part of my ‘music industry 101’ explores touring, so what is it?

Continuing on from last week’s piece exploring the recording process, this week we move into the realm of marketing ‘the product’.

Over the next few weeks, I want to move away from music listening and psychology and look at the practicalities of being a musician. Some of you readers will have only a basic grasp of what goes on in the hallowed industry, whilst some are seasoned veterans.

As creatives, do we prefer to be alone? In my clinical world of psychotherapy, I utilise the relationship as a core component of the work, but do musicians and other creatives also have a deeper pull to isolation?

This week’s piece is inspired by a blog I have stumbled across by a psychiatrist and music fan called Niall Crumlish who unfortunately passed away earlier this year.

'The Buzz' AKA Swimming Too Far From Shore. Moving away from the world of music psychology, this week’s blog is inspired by a recent book I have been reading on dopamine.

A new study (participants required) and a new Musicians Therapy Group.

A new study (participants required) and a new Musicians Therapy Group.

Well, well, we made it. This my 100 th  blog for Tonic Music. There were times when I wondered what the hell I was going to write about...

Continuing on from my recent series of blogs on sound, music, emotions and psychology... I now want to briefly explore my favourite...

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...

Continuing on from last week’s blog where I looked at how music impacts us emotionally. This week explores another theory called the...

This blog is influenced by the recent 'Record Reflection' sessions I am running as part of Tonic Music's 'Never Mind The Stigma'...

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...

Rolling on from the recent excursions into different philosophical views of music. This week brings us to that cheery fellow Nietzsche....

Moving on from the Greek's, let's now look at how the European philosophical crew viewed music. Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th century...

Continuing on from last week I thought it would be an interesting perspective to consider another Greek philosopher and how he viewed...

This week I return to the subject of music itself, taking it old, ‘oldschool’ …through the eyes of the ancient Greek philosopher...