“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” (Lerner/Loewe – My Fair Lady)īecause the ages of the residents in my group span so many years, I wanted to make sure there is a little something for everyone.“This Little Light of Mine” (Traditional Gospel).“Shake, Rattle & Roll” (Bill Haley & His Comets).“Put On a Happy Face” (Adams/Strouse – Bye Bye, Birdie).
#SUNNY CAME HOME CHORDS LYRICSZ PROFESSIONAL#
They wanted to offer music therapy services to their residents as soon as possible, and I surprised myself by offering to personally take on the contract for the time being.Īlthough I’ve been working to lessen my direct service load, I’ve also felt that there was something missing from my professional life. From that point on, it was clear that I had found my dream population.įast forward a little over 10 years to this past December, when my private practice was contacted by a memory care center in a nearby city. Helping them achieve their goals through music is what brought me the most joy, so I pursued an internship that served mainly children. My first practicum experience in a nursing home during graduate school only further solidified my plans.īut as I gained more experience working with children, I had a change of heart. My heart was with older adults, after witnessing the power of music with my grandma, who had Alzheimer’s Disease. Hear most of Bob Marley’s 50 Greatest Songs on Spotify.Here’s a little-known fact: when I set out to become a music therapist, I had no intention of working with children. “His melodies take up a resonance in our minds, in our lives, and that can provide admission to the songs’ meanings… He was the master of mellifluent insurgency.” “Marley sang about tyranny and anger, about brutality and apocalypse, in enticing tones, not dissonant ones,” Mikal Gilmore wrote in 2005. His songs of freedom have become universal hymns. His artistic fearlessness and social commitment remain an inspiration to activists, musical and otherwise. He is a cornerstone of 21st-century music, covered by countless singers, sampled and quoted by just as many hip-hop acts whose artistic DNA is shaped profoundly by the Jamaican music Marley defined. Marley’s stature and influence as a singer, songwriter, and international pop-culture prophet have only grown since those words were written. But, in fact, he was a man with deep religious and political sentiments who rose from destitution to become one of the most influential music figures in the last 20 years.” In the 1981 Rolling Stone obituary, Bob Marley biographer Timothy White wrote, “The pervasive image of Bob Marley is that of a gleeful Rasta with a croissant-sized spliff clenched in his teeth, stoned silly and without a care in the world. It’s being republished in honor of what would have been Bob Marley’s 75th birthday, February 6th, 2020.
This list was originally published March 28th, 2014.
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