Karaoke For the Win: Music Therapy that Validates and Builds Community

“The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their divine nature, not entertain.” - Pythagoras (569-490BC)

Last night, I happened upon one of the coolest scenes. Far away from the reaches of NYC, in a tiny mountain community that will remain nameless – I went to the local Karoake. I had a connection through a friend, it wasn't just random. Otherwise, I never would have known about this weekly party.

You see, the host was a career music therapist. I've never met someone who had been doing Music Therapy for as long as he did; long before it started picking up some traction in the early 2000s- or at least, that's when I started tracking it.

Healing Music, Inspirational Music, Music Is a Bridge, Musician, Networking Event, Open MicsLyndol DescantJuly 25, 2025karoake, Music Therapy, communityComment

Bob Marley's Song of Redemption calls us to sing with him Songs of Freedom

Redemption is a word that has been on my lips for months now. Singing Bob Marley's Redemption Song has been SUCH a comfort to me. It came into my mind early in the spring lockdown and I just couldn't play or sing it enough. In our solitude, my guy and I would jam on it together in my little Jersey City apartment. No matter how rough it got, we would find the fortitude we needed in that Redemption song; in those lyrics especially.

It's only now that I am finally in a place to better understand it’s power and share it with others through this impromptu video we did from one of our jam sessions.

I just learned this was Bob Marley's last song, on his last album. He performed it solo with only acoustic guitar; totally stripped of that classic Whailers’ sound. It makes his message stand out all the more. And what is that message? What does Redemption mean? It's hard to put into words.

Healing Music, Music Video, Musician, Woke MusicLyndol DescantSeptember 18, 2020Bob Marley, Redemption Song, Great Awakening, Redeemed Life, Tranformation, Healing Guilt, Forgiving Yourself, Transcending the Past, Music Therapy, Healing Music, Healing Power of Music, Timeless MessagesComment

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