Virtu Sound is proud to support music therapists across the globe in building awareness and promoting its wide range of positive impact on individuals and society. Music is unique in that it is the one expressive (thus, therapeutic) quality that spans all cultures across all times in modern human history.
Music Therapy is the medical practice of uplifting the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of those who cannot uplift themselves. It is a crucial aid for healing and rehabilitation in all its forms, and can find a purpose for just about every person on this planet in one way or another at different times throughout the day. Music therapy occurs in many ways, often in one-on-one counselling sessions similar to a psychologist or psychiatrist, but to a more prominent extent, it is done with social engagement (an important therapeutic need) in mind. From simulating the rhythm of a heartbeat to an unborn child or adult patient in a coma, to a massive music festival like Woodstock, Music therapy can provide the necessary stimulation that causes people to reach out and increase the connections in their brain, i.e. grab onto what is being presented to them and process it while dopamine and other pleasure-chemicals in the brain increases.
The technology in making music and manipulating sounds on a computer have progressed faster than medical science researchers are able to properly test. The abilities of those that know how to control aspects of music and sound on a computer paves the way to mimic (and in many ways, improve) the targeting capability of music therapists toward accomplishing the goal of music therapy. Computer-manipulated sound design and music can convey therapeutic audible ideas that a performing music therapist cannot simulate. Music therapy, therefore, in the form of music and sound design manipulated on the computer, can be studied and used to address the needs of a patient in lieu of more "traditional" forms of music therapy.
Music Therapy is the medical practice of uplifting the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of those who cannot uplift themselves. It is a crucial aid for healing and rehabilitation in all its forms, and can find a purpose for just about every person on this planet in one way or another at different times throughout the day. Music therapy occurs in many ways, often in one-on-one counselling sessions similar to a psychologist or psychiatrist, but to a more prominent extent, it is done with social engagement (an important therapeutic need) in mind. From simulating the rhythm of a heartbeat to an unborn child or adult patient in a coma, to a massive music festival like Woodstock, Music therapy can provide the necessary stimulation that causes people to reach out and increase the connections in their brain, i.e. grab onto what is being presented to them and process it while dopamine and other pleasure-chemicals in the brain increases.
The technology in making music and manipulating sounds on a computer have progressed faster than medical science researchers are able to properly test. The abilities of those that know how to control aspects of music and sound on a computer paves the way to mimic (and in many ways, improve) the targeting capability of music therapists toward accomplishing the goal of music therapy. Computer-manipulated sound design and music can convey therapeutic audible ideas that a performing music therapist cannot simulate. Music therapy, therefore, in the form of music and sound design manipulated on the computer, can be studied and used to address the needs of a patient in lieu of more "traditional" forms of music therapy.