I recently contributed a guest post to the Savette Gazette, which is an online publication written by a dear woman called Wendy Hurst. She raises awareness for children with special needs, specifically Autism, which she documents on her blog, and takes us through her journey with her own children, who have special needs themselves.
It was a real honour to have been asked to write this piece, and it was wonderful for me to put my thoughts to paper, on how i feel about music and its ability to connect and communicate with children, especially those kids going through difficulty.

“Music is a very personal experience.
Whether you are listening to it, making it, dancing to it, or playing it – it resonates with a deep and mystical part of our beings.
It can produce such a wide range of emotions in an individual, and the sounds, tone and rhythms of a song, can have a profound impact on a person, well beyond the field of rational understanding.

Everything that has happened since I made the album, and hearing other people’s stories with music; how it helped a child who was struggling with anxiety, helped a baby start breastfeeding again, helped a young child settle when her parents were going through a difficult divorce.
Just the immensely positive impact it has had on their lives, has reinforced my knowing that music is a naturally integrated part of our being, that should be engaged with as much as we possibly can.”