Sul sito del quotidiano Korea Times è stato pubblicato un bel articolo con intervista della meravigliosa Melody Gardot, in occasione della tourneè della cantante nel paese asiatico.
L'articolo è l'occasione per conoscere meglio questa giovane (25enne) e coraggiosa ragazza, che all'età di 19 anni subì un grave incidente automobilistico che l'ha tenuta in ospedale per più di un anno, ma che ora, seppur non ancora pienamente ristabilita, sta comunque ottenendo grandi riconoscimenti di pubblico e critica.
"It took years to recover to the place I am now, where I have the ability to do things I had never imagined. Even walking up a flight of stairs at that time seemed like an impossibility. So a doctor suggested music therapy as he believed it would help in many ways, and very naturally, I took to guitar. Progress came immediately in my speech and my mobility, as well as the discovery of facility for music,'' she told The Korea Times in an e-mail interview."
Music therapy, Gardot said, helped restore and rebuild the neural pathways in her brain and contributed to drastic improvement in her memory and speech. Her personal experience has led her to become a staunch advocate of the therapy.
As a child, she played the piano but in the hospital, Gardot took up guitar and started singing. After recovering from her injuries, she performed at various music venues around Philadelphia, and her demo record attracted the attention of Universal Music. She recorded her debut CD "Worrisome Heart,'' which includes songs she wrote while at the hospital, and released it in 2006.
"I didn't choose jazz; jazz chose me. I've never aspired to make `jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to the resonating sounds I was hearing somewhere tucked in the back of my mind,'' she said.
Despite successfully transitioning from music therapy to a professional career in the field, she's not quite sure how it happened; "that's a question for the gods,'' she said.
Si può leggere l'intera intervista qui.
L'articolo è l'occasione per conoscere meglio questa giovane (25enne) e coraggiosa ragazza, che all'età di 19 anni subì un grave incidente automobilistico che l'ha tenuta in ospedale per più di un anno, ma che ora, seppur non ancora pienamente ristabilita, sta comunque ottenendo grandi riconoscimenti di pubblico e critica.
"It took years to recover to the place I am now, where I have the ability to do things I had never imagined. Even walking up a flight of stairs at that time seemed like an impossibility. So a doctor suggested music therapy as he believed it would help in many ways, and very naturally, I took to guitar. Progress came immediately in my speech and my mobility, as well as the discovery of facility for music,'' she told The Korea Times in an e-mail interview."
Music therapy, Gardot said, helped restore and rebuild the neural pathways in her brain and contributed to drastic improvement in her memory and speech. Her personal experience has led her to become a staunch advocate of the therapy.
As a child, she played the piano but in the hospital, Gardot took up guitar and started singing. After recovering from her injuries, she performed at various music venues around Philadelphia, and her demo record attracted the attention of Universal Music. She recorded her debut CD "Worrisome Heart,'' which includes songs she wrote while at the hospital, and released it in 2006.
"I didn't choose jazz; jazz chose me. I've never aspired to make `jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to the resonating sounds I was hearing somewhere tucked in the back of my mind,'' she said.
Despite successfully transitioning from music therapy to a professional career in the field, she's not quite sure how it happened; "that's a question for the gods,'' she said.
Si può leggere l'intera intervista qui.
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