Musicking – Musicably

May 29, 2025

More Than Just Listening: How Making Music Actively Boosts Your Mental Wellbeing (Backed by Science!)

We all know that feeling, right? That shiver down your spine when your favourite song plays, the way a melody can instantly lift your mood, or how a powerful chorus can make you feel connected to something bigger than yourself. Music is undeniably powerful, and we […]

April 28, 2025

Poisonify

We stand at a pivotal moment, witnessing artificial intelligence rapidly integrating into our lives. It evokes parallels with the Industrial Revolution, roughly 300 years ago, when steam power replaced animal labor. Back then, technology liberated us from physical toil. But the current AI revolution presents a […]

July 31, 2023

Matteo Mancuso – Guitar Virtuoso

It was a long time ago, when as a beginning music journalist I went to see a concert of a jazz guitar phenomenon Stanley Jordan. Myself, as well as the large part of the audience couldn’t believe what we had experienced. Jordan’s playing technique was absolutely […]

February 28, 2023

Brighten Your Day with Kazoo

Yesterday my daughter came from the orchestra rehearsal with a tiny piece of plastic instrument – kazoo. Young players got those apparently to broaden their musicality. What a great idea! While I had been driving my daughter home, she showed me, giggling, her new music instrument. […]

August 31, 2022

On ‘The Tyranny of Pop Music’

I have been planning for quite a while to read one of the books about the music philosophy by Roger Scruton. While researching this conservative English philosopher and writer, I came across an interesting text, that Sir Roger reads himself here on YouTube. (If you prefer […]

March 31, 2022

Music Is Like Transportation

I like analogies and recently the following one came to my mind: What if we would consider music to be similar to cars and to moving around – like for transportation? So here is the situation: – Everyone who learns the rules and gets tested for […]

January 31, 2022

Musicking Heals Loneliness

I was watching the YT video by my favourite globetrotter Eva zu Beck the other day, and her experiences from Iraq. At one point her guide Abo Haider, an old fisherman and peasant, starts singing and then explains his motivations: When I sing, I feel that […]

March 31, 2021

How Music Impacts Your Mental Health

Music and Mental Health. How do they work together? Does music have a positive or a negative impact on humans’ Mental Health?

January 11, 2021

4 Musicking Habits To Make Your Life in 2021 Better

Do you start a New Year with a new set of resolutions? Here are 4 musicking habits, that can improve your life in 2021