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Social Media And Our Social Selves.
Continuing on from the last blog I now want to explore another theory to understand how we interact with others, especially in the world...
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Nov 5, 2024


Who Do You Think We Are? Social Psychology Vibes.
Jumping back into my blog a few weeks ago (the one about social media), I want to continue on this path of identity. One area that I’m...
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Oct 28, 2024


ADHD Awareness Month.
It’s another area that I am slightly confused about as I think most of us are aware of the hype around ADHD by now. But... perhaps we...
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Oct 21, 2024


It's always Mental Health Week.
Mental health week, month, year, minute: Navigating the wild west of wellbeing gurus. I think it’s mental health week or was at some...
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Oct 14, 2024


World Mental Health Day
Through our Tonic Rider programme we work with many musicians working that struggle with their mental health. We see time and time again...
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Oct 10, 2024


Social Media and How To Manage It.
In this week’s blog I will develop last week’s writing surrounding cancel culture and social media and explore how we can better manage...
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Oct 9, 2024


Cancel Culture.
In the quirky world we now live, social media can make or break. I’ve recently been observing some interesting stories surrounding how...
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Oct 1, 2024


Parents & Carers Peer Support Group
We are providing a Peer Support Group exclusively for Musicians' Union members who are parents and/or carers, in partnership with Music...
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Sep 27, 2024


MPG Peer Support Group
We a providing a Peer Support Group exclusively for producers, engineers and mixers who are members of the Music Producers Guild (MPG),...
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Sep 23, 2024


Music as our asylum.
So now that the reunions are old news, I was thinking about what these bands, or their music offer us as individuals and as a collective...
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Sep 23, 2024


The big reunions.
So…reunions are a big deal right now, well, they were when I was writing this blog a few weeks ago. One of the biggest and most...
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Sep 17, 2024


Drumming, drumming, drumming.
Going off another tangent, as is the norm in these blogs. This week I have been immersed in the world of drums. Recording, practising,...
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Sep 10, 2024


PPL Giving to support a series of Tonic Rider workshops
Tonic Music will be providing a series of online workshops on the Tonic Rider programme - supported by PPL Giving. We are delighted to...
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Sep 5, 2024


Reflections on PAMA.
Last month I attended the PAMA (Performing Arts Medicine Association) conference and was pleasantly surprised to meet so many individuals...
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Sep 2, 2024


ADHD Peer Support Group
We are providing a second Peer Support Group for those working in music to discuss and share their experiences of ADHD. Starting Thursday...
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Aug 30, 2024


Women's Peer Support Group
We a providing a second Peer Support Group for women in the music industry to discuss and share their experiences. Starting Tuesday 29th...
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Aug 30, 2024


Love music, hate racism.
There seems to be a recent shift of malevolence dividing this country and the musicking tribe are stepping up. Good to see the ‘Love...
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Aug 27, 2024


Trinity Community Arts Partnership
Tonic Music are delighted to be partnering with Trinity Community Arts to provide mental health support for music communities in Bristol...
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Aug 7, 2024


How music helps, a nod to COVID times.
For this week’s blog I want to return to exploring how ‘pure’ musicking (outside of the industry) can help our mental health as...
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Jul 30, 2024


Peer groups: How they help.
This week I write about the benefits of the Peer Support Groups and the crucial role they play in supporting musicians' mental health....
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Jul 22, 2024
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