Dr. Bill Davis joins the MTRB podcast to dive in to historical research angles and a discussion about the AMTA archive project. Dr. Davis is a (sort of!) retired Professor of Music Therapy at Colorado State University and archivist for the American Music Therapy Association. He is a Lifetime Achievement Award winner with the AMTA and has several publications in various international journals for music therapy, mainly focusing on historical aspects of the profession.

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Episode #3 is a distance interview with Bill Matney. Bill received his master’s degree at Texas Women’s University, was a clinician in the Lewisville Independent School District in Texas, and is currently a doctoral student in music therapy at the University of Kansas. As part of Music Therapy Drumming, Bill teamed up with Carolyn Koebel, Mike Marcionetti, and Kalani to create a series of instructional experiences for music therapists who wish to improve their clinical and musical skills involving live percussion playing. He has been published in Music Therapy Perspectives and discusses his research processes, past, present, and future. Buy “Tataku: The Use of Percussion in Music Therapy” from Sarsen Publishing.

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The whole point (mission, if you will?) of the MTRB is to bring current and relevant research to clinicians. Well, one way to do that is to empower clinicians in music therapy to conduct research. This podcast starts that process: Where does research even begin? What steps can you take if you’re interested in contributing to pushing the profession forward using scientific inquiry? Take a lesson and let us know what you think!

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Well, after a break, the podcast returns in 2.0 format! Please excuse us while we work out the technological kinks, all in the effort of getting YOU some more information on world of research in music therapy. Here’s our reboot podcast outlining some of our goals for the MTRB podcast.

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