{"id":53,"date":"2010-10-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/10\/music-as-medicine.html"},"modified":"2010-10-15T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:00:00","slug":"music-as-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/10\/music-as-medicine.html","title":{"rendered":"Music As Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font>&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a3764\"><font size=\"3\">I grew up in home in which music was ever-present. My mother had been in a choir in high school and would often burst into song&#8230;silly, sublime, sweet&#8230;it mattered not. She just enjoyed the ability to vocalize. About my father, I would say that what he may have lacked in talent, he made up for in enthusiasm. Fortunately, I inherited more of my mother&#8217;s musical genes than my father&#8217;s. My sister and I were treated to musicals, shows, recordings of songs ranging from Fiddler on The Roof to Carousel, from Mairzy Dotes&#8221; and &#8220;Three Little Fishies&#8221; (a.k.a Fwee Widdle Fiddies) to music from my era..Peter Paul and Mary and Pete Seeger. My father enjoyed the music of &#8216;the Man in Black&#8217;; Johnny Cash. By far, my favorite serenade was Nature Boy by Nat King Cole. To this day, it reminds me of my mother&#8217;s lullabying voice wafting through the air. On occasion now, I will sing it to her over the phone 1200 some miles away, but as close as memory.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><br \/><font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a3764\"><font size=\"3\">A singer-songwriter friend named David Wilcox sees music as having healing properties as well. He refers to his melodious\/harmonious sharings as Musical Medicine, with particular songs suggested for various needs including heartbreak, beginning a new relationship, forgiveness, getting out of depression and addiction and strength for getting out of painful experiences.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><br \/><font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a3764\"><font size=\"3\">Music as medicine is restorative, needs no prescription and is blessedly habit forming<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><br \/><font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><br \/><font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a3764\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidwilcox.com\/\"><font>www.davidwilcox.com<\/font><\/a><font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I grew up in home in which music was ever-present. 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