Adam bringing the previous research up to date within an expanded and contemporary setting this blog looks at the subset of popular...

Adam continues his look at the occupational component of experience of musicians. Continuing on from the seminal work of Wills & Cooper...

Clara Cullen from Music Venue Trust writes about the MVT Venue Support Team attending the online Mental Health First Aid course from...

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...

A safe space for women to share their experiences of working in the music industry. Starting Tuesday 27th February 2024, Tonic Rider in...

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,...

Adam Ficek reflects on how we overlook older and 'non-able' people, within the hierarchy of diversity in music. On Thursday 14th...

Tonic Rider Coordinator, Jeordie Shenton, recently provided a workshop for the Tune Up Project in Ipswich. On Thursday 7th December,...

Tonic Rider recently featured on Transmission with Paul Dupree on City Sound Radio to talk about the programme and mental health in the...

Ticketmaster invited TONIC to create bespoke resources and materials for their 10 Breakthrough Artists of 2024. Every year, Ticketmaster...

When we read about the negative impact of playing music it is normally framed within the area of Music Performance Anxiety (MPA). It is...

The previous blogs focused on music listening and how musicians themselves may even be more sensitive to these emotional experiences....

Verity Vincent caught up with Hannah Hu as she prepares for her last show of the year for a conversation on music, mental health, and...

Some suggest (not just me) that playing music (or active, participatory engagement with it) can have a positive impact on emotion and...

In my previous articles I explored whether musicians do hold certain traits and characteristics that could make them more vulnerable to...

Tonic Rider and the University of Portsmouth announce the launch of their first collaborative study on mental health in the music...

So, welcome back, carrying on from the themes of the previous blogs surrounding the traits and quirks of popular musicians, in this...

Following on from the previous writing on musicians and their mental health, (AKA are we weirdos?) In this weeks’ blog I look at the...

Tonic Rider Peer Support Group Supervisor, Adam Ficek, has published an academic study on the mental health of musicians. ‘It was great....

As part of Adam's doctoral research he looked into how seven musicians understood their mental health and their music engagement...