The NAMM show is an annual event held at the Anaheim Convention Center. NAMM stands for National Association of Musical Merchants. According to Wikipedia, it’s ”the world’s largest trade-only event for the music products, pro audio and event tech industry.” And according to NAMM’s own website, this year it hosted “more than 115,000 registrants from […]
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I promote music as a healing agent,. Music can help us become healthier, happier and more humane. This blog will talk about how music can help with dementia prevention and progression and how caregivers can use music. I also conduct workshop with this topic. Have you heard of non-verbal dementia patients being able to sing
The Benefit of Music for Dementia: Workshop. Read More »
2020-2 Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (2017) Bloomsburt Circus The preface to the book explains the book’s genesis in a blog post by the same title, published on Feb. 22, 2014. It went viral. I remember reading it. The whole preface, including the blog post and readers
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on December 19, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. Did you know that an anagram of the word “listen” is “silent”? The discovery made me ponder on the fact how, we cannot generate and receive information through sound at
Music, Like Life, is the Art of Time. Read More »
2020-1 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (2012), Random House Trade. I am reading not only for the content, but to deepen my awareness of the art of writing. This book was on the best seller list for The New York Times, Amazon.com, and
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