Posts by Alchemy Sky
ASF's Founder, Jaye Budd, on NBC
Please check out this video of ASF’s Founder on NBC’s Atlanta Tech Edge talking about how ASF uses Virtual Reality to help Veterans.
Read MoreMusic Therapy for our Soldiers
I was ushered into a room, where I took a seat around a pedestal table large enough to seat ten. The top of the table was not made of wood or plastic, but was a drum head. Staff members started wheeling in these old men and sitting them around the drum table. Most were hunched…
Read MoreASF Founder To Appear On TV Show Atlanta Tech Edge
On Sunday, April 2nd, ASF Founder Jaye Budd will appear on the Sunday television show Atlanta Tech Edge. The show airs at 11:30 am on Atlanta’s Local NBC affiliate. He will speak on how Alchemy Sky brings the healing power of music to our Veterans by leveraging Virtual Reality technology with its local technology partner…
Read MoreShelter From The Storm
“You should check out Nuçi’s Space.”, said Keith Perissi, Director of Kennesaw State’s Music Business Program. “I’m in. What’s Nuçi’s Space?” Nuçi Phillips was a student at the University of Georgia. He came from a great family, played guitar, wrote songs, was deeply sensitive and possessed a sharp wit. He and his family fought his depression for many…
Read MoreMusic Therapy & Medicine: A Dynamic Partnership
Music therapist, Dr. Deforia Lane takes you inside University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center to experience first hand the response of patients to music therapy: hear of music’s effects on an unborn child; watch the reaction of a laryngectomy patient; see how therapeutic singing helps a man with stroke to speak again. Dr. Lane shares her…
Read MoreThe Status of Music Therapy
This thesis provides us with an idea of how Music Therapy is utilized in some Florida assisted living and nursing homes. This provides us with the idea that assisted living centers use and appreciate music therapy’s presence in the facility.
Read MoreFulton Schools Boast Largest Music Therapy Program in the Nation
“Music is the thing that can make the difference,” said Amber Weldon-Stephens, who has made a career of using music to help special-needs students in Fulton County. Clayton County was the only school district in Georgia that offered music therapy when Weldon-Stephens, a 22-year-old University of Georgia graduate, finished her internship in 1990. She hoped…
Read MoreWhat The Heck Is An Alchemy Sky?
Going from “Oh, you work at Verizon.” to “What the heck is an Alchemy Sky?” is a bit of a leap. And no, it wasn’t just that first cell phone bill I got. (Although they do add up.) When I think back over my life, it occurs to me that music has always made things…
Read MoreHealing through Pet Therapy
Did you know that pets, like music, can be good for your health? According to the National Center for Health Research, people who have a pet have healthier hearts, stay home sick less often, make fewer visits to the doctor, get more exercise and are less depressed. Studies show that pet ownership may also significantly…
Read MoreHealing for Patients through Quality Music
This week marked the 152nd episode of the all-Wednesday series organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation in association with Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre Limited and Mehboob Memorial Orchestra, an initiative to provide healing for patients through quality music. Ghazal and classical singer Prasidh, along with the mother-daughter duo Sheela and Aleena Xavier, presented a…
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