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Enhance Life with Music

Discover how music transforms everyday life – health, happiness, and beyond! Enhance Life with Music explores practical ways music improves our health, happiness, and wholeness – whether or not you consider yourself a musician. From science and wellness to sports, education, and business, discover how music shapes everyday life – and how you can harness its power to enhance your own.

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Ep. 69: Tinder for musical instruments – matchmaking...

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2020/11/17

At Enhance Life with Music, we believe that music and music-making has value for all of us humans, regardless of age, or where we live in the world, or whether we will eventually be a professional musician or not. We also are aware of the fact that not everyone can afford a musical instrument AND arts education funding is not particularly stable and many schools are operating with very little, if any, music education funding. Enter Instruments in the Cloud, an online giving platform that connects

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Ep. 68: Advocating for justice with music, and...

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2020/11/10

Singer/songwriter Sara Groves describes how her Christian faith informs her advocacy for justice, community-building, and cultivation of creativity for the common good. Through nurturing a creative community of people who learn, grow, and create together, Sara believes good things result for us all – including our world’s most vulnerable – and point people toward the same things that Jesus is interested in. Links and notes related to this episode can be found

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Ep. 67: “Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of...

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2020/11/03

Dr. Nolan Gasser was the chief architect of Pandora’s Music Genome Project, and is author of the 2019 book, Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste. Dr. Gasser discusses his role in the Music Genome Project and the ethical component of its design. He then explains some of the most important factors that influence our individual musical tastes. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode67 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn

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Ep. 66: Olympic trainer Daniel Stewart on enhancing...

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2020/10/27

Athletic anthems can be used to enhance motivation and performance in athletics, on the job, and in life. Author and trainer-to-Olympians Daniel Stewart discusses selecting the perfect song for your situation, the role of song lyrics, and converting your anthem to a mojo mantra. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode66 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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Ep. 65: Musical Playgrounds–the neuroscience of...

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2020/10/20

We are hard-wired to learn through play, and to learn better in nature. Musical playgrounds utilize outdoor musical instruments and the science behind them to combine learning, nature, and play to promote community health and engagement. With no wrong notes, musical training is optional; and the resulting music is always as delightful as the sound of a windchime! Bonus: Stay tuned for until the Coda for a powerful dentophobia hack! Links and notes related to this episode can be found

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Ep. 64: Does Practice Make Perfect? With Ed Varner,...

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2020/10/13

There is a pretty universal saying that “Practice Makes… [and we all fill in the blank] Perfect.” Ed Varner, Ed.D., argues that improvement, not perfection, should be the goal in the creation of art, in education, in work, and in everything that we do. He explains what he calls “The Practice” and how this approach is the application of his belief that music has value for EVERYone. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode64 Facebook Page

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Ep. 63: Confessions of a piano tuner, with Billy Sadler

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2020/10/06

Piano tuners interact with a broad swath of people, including performing celebrities, stage crew, academics, and everyday families with kids taking lessons. They interact with people on stage, backstage, in their workplaces, and in their homes. Billy Sadler has been an Independent Piano Tuner & Technician since 1971. He shares some of his experiences with celebrities including Prince, Leon Fleisher, Harry Connick Jr., and Chris Thile. Links and notes related to this episode can be found

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Ep. 62: How do restrictions and limitations INCREASE...

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2020/09/29

One thing that we have all experienced, like never before, in this global pandemic and the quarantines that come with it, have been restrictions, limitations, and constraints – personally, professionally, and academically. This has led a lot of us to look back longingly at the status quo, and comment that we just want things to go back to normal, back to the way they always were. But what if these restrictions and limitations could actually increase our creativity and innovation? Dr. Stokes, author

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Ep. 61: The moral, artistic, and economic power of...

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2020/09/22

Intentional gate-keeping has taken place throughout history to keep classical music white. Afa Dworkin discusses the implications of the genre’s color spectrum from a moral, artistic, and economic perspective. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode61 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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Ep. 60: How does music training affect children’s...

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2020/09/15

Many life accomplishments depend less on academic learning than on social-emotional skills such as perseverance, impulse control, empathy, and a willingness to cooperate. Dr. Assal Habibi explains the effects of childhood music training on social development, and how social-emotional skills transfer to other, more consequential areas of life as children get older. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode60 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn

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Ep 59: How does MUSIC learning impact OTHER learning?...

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2020/09/08

Dr. Anita Collins’ new book,“The Music Advantage: How learning music helps your child’s brain and wellbeing,” was released September 1, 2020. Learn what research shows about the cognitive nutrient of sound, and about music learning’s foundational relationship to other learning, including reading. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode59 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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Ep. 58: What does Sesame Street music have to do with...

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2020/09/01

Rena Strober is a Broadway, film, and television actor (Disney’s Liv & Maddie, VEEP, and Shameless ) is also an advocate for the blind. Her brand new album, “Imagine That! The Sesame Street Music of Joe Raposo & Jeff Moss,” features an all-blind children’s choir, as well as many famous guest artists. Rena tells us what makes this album so incredibly special. “What the world needs now, more than ever, is the music of Sesame Street. We need to be reminded that being kind is simple and being

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Ep. 57: What the music you like says about your...

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2020/08/25

Our musical tastes provide remarkable insight into our personality traits. Dr. David Greenberg has combined science, music, and psychology to develop Musical Universe, “a 23andMe for music,” whose data has been used by top research institutions. Take Musical Universe’s free 15-minute test to discover what the music you listen to reflects about your “Big Five” personality traits. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode57 Facebook Page

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Ep. 56: How do artists and songwriters get paid when...

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2020/08/18

Royalties refer to the income artists earn when people or businesses use their music, including streams, radio play, album sales, musical toys(!), and more. We discuss the two most common royalties, performance and mechanical, and how these are distributed to artists, song writers, band members, and other rights holders. Bonus: Learn who gets unclaimed royalties! Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode56 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn

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Ep. 55: “If you are not at the table, you are on the...

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2020/08/11

What is K-12 music education going to look like moving forward with a new, non-traditional “classroom?” Guest David Jewell says, “It is important to keep music at the forefront in the ‘new normal.’ …If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. One person can make a big difference. Take that step and be at the table.” We discuss the “why” and “how” of keeping music at the forefront in whatever form the “classroom” takes moving forward. Links and notes related to this episode can be found

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Ep. 54: What happens when an entrepreneur combines...

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2020/08/04

What if… there was a medical and educational assessment tool that could be used in person OR remotely; had the effect of lowering costs and reducing administrative burdens; was applicable across cultures, age groups, and physical & mental abilities; AND improved medical & educational outcomes? Point Motion has combined music, health, and technology to create this tool. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode54 Facebook Page Instagram

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Ep. 53: One teen’s story of how she ended up on...

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2020/07/28

When presented with some extra time as a result of the pandemic quarantine this spring, this teen completed her first album of original music and published it on Spotify! Grace Lundeen tells us about the genesis of her song-writing; her story of composing and recording an album; and her experience putting these songs out into the world. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode53 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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Ep. 52: In honor of the “2020” Olympics: The MUSICAL...

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2020/07/21

In the spirit of the 2020-Tokyo-Summer-Olympics-that-would-have-been, we are highlighting a MUSICAL Olympic event that some listeners may not even be aware of, and that is the equestrian dressage musical freestyle. This event is really the grand finale of all the dressage events – only the top finalists in other Olympic Dressage events advance to the musical freestyle, which is the event that determines the top medals. And it is the only Olympic event in which men and women compete together as

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Ep. 51: Conscious music: How do lyrics shape my...

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2020/07/14

Sometimes just a small habit adjustment can have a significant course-correction effect. Michael Franti says, "The best songs have positive messages hidden inside, like a positive affirmation." Meaningful words combined with a melody have the ability to integrate messages into our minds in a unique and powerful way. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode51 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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Ep. 50: Earworms: How do songs get stuck in my head,...

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2020/07/07

An earworm is a song that gets stuck in your head. It’s also called "involuntary musical imagery," and about 98 percent of us experience them. We discuss who is most susceptible to earworms, what causes them, what situations are most likely to create them, and – most important – how to get rid of them! Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode50 Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

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