There’s something magical about music that seems to make it so important in so many of our lives. It’s seems to affect us deeply as listeners and those of us who create music. Be it for relaxation,  release, expression, celebration, or as an accompanying friend it has a very special place in our lives.

While we are drawn to different genres of music: pop, rock, classical, folk, world, rap, soul, R&B, jazz, country…and a whole host of indigenous and native music, the impact is universal or so it seems.  It’s something that I find interesting as a listener and as someone who spent a large portion of life singing and performing.

So I recently chatted with David Greenberg who is a musician and a Cambridge University PHD student who is specifically studying music psychology and it’s impact on our lives , society and it’s healing qualities. Here’s our discussion.