[Music is a tool to communicate with other people]

People tap their fingers or clap hands with rhythm when they are listening to the music. With variety music style in the background, it becomes enjoyable when we watch movie. It is much easier to feel the emotionally intense in a movie.  Music as a tool to let us communicate with the movie.

Many people think, music therapy almost like music teacher. Music teacher teaches students how to read/ play/ sing music. But music therapist use music as a tool to communicate with their clients.

Music therapy is enjoyable. With non-musical goals, clients will participate in their uniqie way with music. From the mirroring to each other, then create something together. It is natural to feel the movement of music. As we breathing, talking and walking, those elements can be found in music too, which help clients to participate, to feel the rhythm, melody (harmony) and listen to others, even some of clients may have physical or/ and mental disabilities.

Music is not only for an education purpose, but also a tool for communication.

2010-2011 Devastating Queensland Floods

During the devastating floods in Queensland, everyone is pitching in and helping to clean up the muck. Those people stayed in the evacuation centre knew their safety was at risk.

Yesterday, one of my client told me his feeling of the floods, and it came out with a song- 'Don't Tell Me Now'.

' Don't tell me now, the flood is coming up.'
  Don't tell me now, the river is filling uo.'

  I feel anxious for people who didn't evacuate
  I worry about bad people 

 My place is safe now  I want to check the safety of my housemate'

We haven't finished his song, because the other client was considering my safety on the road due to the floods in Brisbane. But it can be seen clearly how devastating and serious floods affect everyone's thought.

We pray for those still threatened by flood in city & rural areas in all Australia and other countries.