MediMusic

"It’s believed to be the first time that music therapy research has been carried out specifically involving people of South Asian backgrounds living in care homes in the UK." Read more about the grant we've received to investigate how AI technology and music can help people of South Asian backgrounds, who are living with dementia. ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gnmqrFfA

We're teaming up with researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) to investigate how AI technology and music can ease anxiety among people of South Asian backgrounds who are living with dementia. https://loom.ly/CCZRm9k

Christmas is finally here! 🎄 Last night, we were thrilled to be at the Nordoff Robbins Carol Concert with Pete Downton. Congratulations to Sandra Schembri and all at Nordoff and Robbins for organising a fabulous event. Merry Christmas. 🦌🎅🎁

WOW! What a week it's been! 🤯 Gary's had an amazing time at the Wallifornia Summit, meeting some incredible people. And, to top it all off, we were gobsmacked to win the Start-Up of the Year Award!!! 🎉 To be one of the 8 selected to take part from 140 applicants was incredible enough. But this is most certainly the icing on the cake. Huge kudos to everyone involved, including the other entrants. We're so proud to have been able to be part of the 5 days and are immensely grateful to Wallifornia for the opportunity. Thank you!

“Joe Biden’s put $25 million into research to determine, not whether music should be dispensed in the US healthcare system, but how.” – Gary Jones, CEO and Co-Founder of MediMusic. Listen to the full chat with Wayne Willis on the Shifting Views podcast. ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/ek3W4NYX

“Some research suggests music may help relieve migraine symptoms.” https://lnkd.in/eqnbzqhn

“As medics, or the pharma industry, we should be reducing what we’re giving people” – Rob Lewis Gary loved chatting to Wayne Willis and Robert Lewis about all things MediMusic on the Shifting Views podcast. You can listen to the full episode, here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ek3W4NYX

“Why on earth wouldn’t we want to bring joy? It could save costs on medication, improve lives, people even say it has saved their lives. They tell us it is a lifeline.” - Bob Riley, chief executive of Manchester Camerata A new three-year project is set to analyse the impact of music on people with dementia in Manchester. https://lnkd.in/eRJTrAUA

We use personalised playlists to reduce stress. ⤵️ Thanks to Wayne Willis for having Gary on the Shifting Views with Willis podcast. Check out the full episode, here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ek3W4NYX

THIS is what I'm talking about. Now what is interesting is that, of course, every other walking species on the planet does NOT have our ability to process tempo and rhythm. This means something extremely important: human movement is a completely different process than any other species. Is this the smoking gun? Is this the secret to why music is our only instinct? Is our very process of movement so distinct that it is the true secret to us becoming the dominant species? In my previous posts I've talked a bit about this. Wothout pacing we wouldn't be able to catch up with even the fastest animals; i.e. we are built to hunt anything. But keep in mind, in our deep history we competed mostly with neanderthals, a formidable enemy. At one point our population was down to the low thousands! Was it at this pivotal point that we fully developed musical abilities? One singular mutation leading to another, each demonstrating distinct advantages. In such a small population, I think evolution would be able to more rapidly affect change. Centuries pass but our movement becomes more synchronized, more energy efficient, eventually granting us the power to expand our population rapidly, eliminate neanderthals, and hunt anything. It could be that it was music that saved us in our most desperate time, and we emerged changed beyond anything else on the planet.