Music therapy

Main article: Music therapy

Robert Burton wrote in his 17th century work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. He said that

But to leave all declamatory speeches in praise of divine music, I will confine myself to my proper subject: besides that excellent power it hath to expel many other diseases, it is a sovereign remedy against despair and melancholy, and will drive away the devil himself.

Burton noted that

...Canus, a Rhodian fiddler, in Philostratus, when Apollonius was inquisitive to know what he could do with his pipe, told him, "That he would make a melancholy man merry, and him that was merry much merrier than before, a lover more enamoured, a religious man

From time to time I receive enquiries asking if I would review a CD or DVD on electro-music.com. I am always willing to get CDs and I will write reviews under certain circumstances.

1) I must have time to listen and write. This is becoming a rare thing, but it happens.

2) I must really like the CD. I will never write a bad review. I think that is a pointless waste of time which does nobody any good. The fact that I personally don't like some music doesn't mean it's not excellent. Almost everyone is making music primarilly for the joy of it. Having someone put the music down isn't a great experience; I know. On the other hand, it takes really good music to get me to expend the energy to write a review.

3) The music must be relevant to electro-music.com. We cover a broad range of electro-music here, but there are certainly things that aren't appropriate.

4) I don't promise to respond. I'll try my best to get back to you, but please don't expect it.

If you are still interested, I'd love to hear your music. You can send CDs to me at the address listed here:

electro-music.com
944 Flexer Av.
Allentown, PA 18103

You can contact us via this link as well: http://electro-music.com/catalog/contact_us.php

Any memeber here can write reviews, not just me and the other editors. You might want to post a track or two on the Online Music forum and ask if anyone would like a CD for review purposes. Perhaps you could make a valuable contact that way.

Thanks much...