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Read on for tips and tricks, session ideas, song shares, advocacy videos, app reviews and more from our team of music therapists!
Best. Concert. Ever.
Last night my husband and I experienced the best concert we have ever seen in our lives. Aussie guitarist Tommy Emmanuel blew our minds with his showmanship and incredible talent for making his guitar sound like a piano, Native American flute, African drum, Kalimba...
Garfoose Groove-Along
Today's Groove-Along features my favorite instrument, the keyboard. I love incorporating this instrument into my music therapy sessions not only as an accompaniment instrument but as an instrument for improvisation and developing creativity. Watch as my husband, who...
There’s An App For That: Dropbox and Musicnotes
On Monday I recommended OnSong, a fantastic app for compiling, storing, editing, reading and sharing music. Today, I'm going to share two more apps that complete my digital music needs a la iPad. It never ceases to amaze me how much music I have. Fake books, lyric...
There’s An App For That: OnSong
Over the past few weeks I have been sharing some of my favorite iPad music apps for supporting hand-eye coordination, creativity, relaxation, communication, and attention to task in music therapy. Now you may be thinking, "Wow, pretty cool. Supporting therapeutic...
Garfoose Groove-Along
I would like to interrupt our regularly scheduled "There's An App For That" series with a special song. First, a little back story. One year ago, my husband started building his website and blog. I watched as it came together and became inspired by his inaugural...
There’s An App For That: SMULE =)
Yesterday, I put the finishing touches on a post recommending Magic Piano HD, a fantastic app developed by Smule. Later in the day I was downloading some new music and saw an add for MadPad, a brand new music app from the same developer. It was an awesome (and...
There’s An App For That: Blue Challenge
Believe it or not, there's even an app for the Blue Challenge put out by my friends at the Music Sparks blog! Laura and Joann challenged us to post about something blue and I have the perfect app that uses many lovely shades of blue. BloomHD Cost: $3.99 Read the...
There’s An App For That: Percussive & Percussive Latin
Today I would like to share two apps that get a lot of play time in my music therapy studio. Percussive and Percussive Latin, developed by Touch Media Productions, offer visually pleasing percussion instruments with fantastic play options and authentic sounds. Here...
There’s An App For That: Songify
From the second Steve Jobs unveiled it on January 27, 2010, the iPad has changed the way we do everything and music therapy is no exception. Over the next few blogposts I would like to share a slew of groovy apps I have found to be most effective in my music therapy...
A Grooooovy Hello!
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Welcome to my B.L.O.G.
I’m so excited to write my first blog post, ever! In that vein, I thought it would be fun to introduce myself to you by using the word B.L.O.G. Here we go! B. is for Bonnie- or Ms. Bonnie as my client’s like to call me. I’m a board certified music therapist of 7...