37 episodes. 9 months of reflections. Not a tutorial, not a course — a gym for music therapy thinking. Every episode with full transcript.
Reflections on the craft, beyond the podcast episodes.
In September teachers plan the year, and some of them wonder whether to call a music therapist. But the right question isn't «does it work?»: it's «whose project is this?». In Italy the border between educating and treating has been argued over since 1978 — and the answer starts from a table, not from a guitar.
One study went looking for the people who left music therapy. Of the six reasons that come out, not one is about talent or vocation. They are all about how the work around you is built.
In a neonatal intensive care unit a baby's first soundscape is made of alarms and pumps. Music therapy walks in there — and it doesn't bring music to the baby: it puts his mother's and father's voice back where it belongs.
In July, in Bologna, the WFMT announced a new world definition of music therapy. I lined up the three definitions of thirty years — here's what changed.
We do a job that tunes the world. But the instrument we use to tune everyone else is us — and nobody ever taught us how to get back in tune.
It's the question every parent asks me first. The honest answer isn't a brochure 'yes' or a sceptic's 'no': it's something more interesting. Let's look inside it together.
Not a stage virtuoso, but a functional musician who cultivates their musicality every day and puts it at the service of the relationship.
Click on an episode to read the full transcript.
For me, music therapy is essentially a space. It's the space where I learned to be TRUE...
What motivations drive a person to study music therapy? I've created six macro types...
What are the questions that someone in music therapy will be asked throughout their entire life...
Do I wear a white coat when I do music therapy? My answer is no...
I'll tell you right away that my answer is Yes. Here is my decalogue to get to the end of the month...
The ultimate question. The one you can't avoid. The most popular...
Let me clear the field right away: my answer is a full and total yes...
Today we talk about money! My personal cost algorithm...
A particularly liquid and mutating topic...
VAT number, PEC, unique code and all those things nobody talks about...
Composing songs as a music therapy intervention strategy...
10 pros and 10 cons regarding the use of the piano...
10 pros and only 7 cons! The guitar wins...
How can this name be translated into Italian?
What I've done, what I'm doing and what I can do...
Which devices are available to those who do this job...
Technology in music therapy...
Doing this job alone or in company...
Are the new generations more inclined?
The wonderful volatility of the job we do...
How to stay ready for improvisation...
530 slides on the history of music therapy in Italy...
When nothing goes smoothly...
My list of instruments to buy...
How do we present ourselves to the world?
What market is there for music therapists?
How to document our work...
Is there a good music for everyone?
Where to study? There are many possibilities...
I question what I choose to be...
I don't want to be right, I want to be happy...
The 2026 WFMT World Congress in Italy!
Is it worth moving forward? The numbers say...
How I observe as a musician...
How do you start your meeting?
Do you smell this stench too?
The final episode. 9 months together. A gestation.