“My Life is Changing” by music therapist Tom Dalton is an insightful, interactive song collection designed to help children and teens better cope with losing a loved one through the songwriting process. Based on experience and research with bereaved children and adolescents, this album was created for bereavement counselors, and others that facilitate bereavement groups and want to integrate songwriting into the group process. The songs can also be used directly from anyone who has experienced a loss and wished to use songwriting as a way of addressing their grief. Each song has a chorus that describes a different aspect of the grieving process including understanding, feeling, remembering, integrating and growing. The “music only” verses allow the child or teen to create and sing or rap their own lyrics regarding their particular loss. Through this songwriting process, the child or teen can gain a better understanding of the loss, identify and express emotions they are experiencing, share memories and ways of coping and describe ways they have grown through their loss. This album is a companion CD to “The Grief Song-writing Process with Bereaved Adolescents: An Integrated Grief Model and Music Therapy Protocol,” published in Music Therapy Perspectives, 24, (2), p. 94-107, (Dalton, T., and Krout, R. E. (2006).
Track Information
1. This is How it Happened - Tom Dalton (vocals, harmonies, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion, bass guitar); Paul Feurer (electric guitar) © 2000, 2005, 2012 Tom Dalton
2. So Many Feelings - Tom Dalton (vocals, harmonies, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion, bass guitar); Paul Feurer (electric guitar) © 2000, 2005, 2012 Tom Dalton
3. I Remember – Tom Dalton (vocals, harmonies, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion, bass guitar); Paul Feurer (electric guitar) © 2000, 2005, 2012 Tom Dalton
4. Slowly Moving Away - Tom Dalton (vocals, harmonies, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion, bass guitar); Paul Feurer (electric guitar) © 2000, 2005, 2012 Tom Dalton
5. My Life is Changing - Tom Dalton (vocals, harmonies, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion, bass guitar); Paul Feurer (electric guitar) © 2000, 2005, 2012 Tom Dalton
All Songs written, recorded and produced by Tom Dalton at MT space Studios, Lake Worth, Florida
This album is dedicated to all the children and teens that I have worked with in music therapy through the years and to all those who have suffered the loss of a loved one" I hope you will find a sense of peace and comfort on your grief journey and that these songs may bring you insight and healing."
“My Life is Changing” © & p 2012 Tom Dalton, All Rights Reserved.
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