How Playlist Creation Works

You can support Music for my Mind by simply testing our free and easy-to-use playlist creation App and share some feedback with us.

Part 3 of our blog-series looks at how we set up the musical survey, the decisions we made, and the interactions we had from participants.

Part 2 of our blog-series looks at the first steps we took to solve the problem of proving the well-known fact that music from a person’s youth is likely to be better remembered in old age.

As part of our aim to raise awareness about musical therapy in dementia care, we are publishing a series of blog posts to explain a bit about one element of the research we have been doing over the last year, “A Focus on the Reminiscence Bump to Personalise Music Playlists for Dementia” published by The Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. History of Music Therapy. We revisit the origin and meaning of music therapy throughout history – in the context of Greek, Roman and Catholic traditions

Malcolm Young, songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the Australian band AC/DC, was diagnosed with dementia sometime in 2014 at the age of 61. But his life was as full of music at its end as it was in its prime.

We are excited to share our good news with you! We have received a £10,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.

We are excited to share our good news with you! We have received a £1,000 grant from the Arnold Clark Community Fund.

From news of the launch of the #PowerOfMusic survey by Music for Dementia and UK Music, to some exciting news on the Music for my Mind front – we have it all in our latest blog post of project updates and latest news from the music and dementia field.

Read the fascinating story of Gabby Giffords – a former Congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011. She has learned to walk and speak again, with the support of music.