LCC Librarian and Professional Concert Bassist Chuck Page sits down with Jim Owens to discuss the connections between Music and Mental Health.
Chuck grew up in North Carolina and went to college to study music and music education at Michigan State University. He and Jim discuss the process of Chuck finding a way to live parallel lives, so to speak, as an Academic Librarian and Professional Musician. They both discuss the process of finding their identity as musicians and discovering what role that passion would play in their lives.
Finally, they discuss the therapeutic benefit of listening to music as opposed to playing music. There is a raft of research on the benefits of listening to music as a therapy, and research showing that healing is often accelerated when music therapy is added as an adjunct to recovery. They also discuss the benefits of playing music and how therapeutic it can be to express oneself through an instrument and how living an artistic life can be very satisfying.
- The effectiveness of music therapy, National Institute of Health
