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So far, we are used to the idea of music as a treatment. But in James Rhodes, music can be equivalent to mental health care. The 49 -year -old Spanish Classic Pianist is a high -end piano store in Clerkenwell in London, PEREGRINE ‘S when he meets him. “I was taking medicine and it really saved my life. What I do not prefer is drug treatment instead of doing other things with the same effect. And music is in question. ”
enthusiasmThe new album of Rhodes is led by that philosophy. From JS BACH to 20th -century Argento composer Alberto Ginastera, crossing the abusive language of the classical territory is an attempt to profile the treatment characteristics of music from all angles. Rhodes said, “I always liked this idea of prescribing this work. He has long had a hard time in his mental health and said he chose the work, “My insomnia, my anxiety, despair, and my fear.”
He is interested in the work that is individually adapted. Moment musical 6th For example, a calm meditation of a C major, or a calm meditation of the same composer Study-Tableau, OP In the C minor compared to Rhodes to “very slow yoga that takes all poses.” But he insisted that there was more than this on psychological effects. “Music is purity. It is just pure good. When children, puppies and everything are okay, before the world comes before you hit your shit. ”
Since Rhodes broke out about 16 years ago, he continued to chase the convention. He often appears on the stage with jeans and t -shirts, speaking directly with the audience and investing a pillar of classic repertoire with a risk sense. Behind the scenes, he is known to start an expletive peppered tirades.
But a person with soft brown eyes is much softer and quieter than I expected. “My great fear tells me. It absolutely leads the walls with frustration. . . It will be 50 this year and still there. ” He did not explain in detail, but I read his terrible 2015 memoirs. instrumental And I know what he mentions. The legacy of trauma was repeatedly raped by the PE teacher of North London Prep School.
In this book, Rhodes briefly explains the physical and psychological results of trials. In addition, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, nerve collapse, suicide attempts and mental hospitals. Congratulations to the story of anger and confusion, as well as the musical passion of Rose and all of his work.
He was seven years old when he recorded Bach-Buzoni’s Chaccone and started teaching the piano on an old cassette tape. Four years after the official piano lesson, he was 18 years old, but he received a scholarship to study at the Guildhal School of Music and Drama, but never accepted it. Instead, he took a break in the piano for 10 years before he returned to revenge at the age of 28. “I found my teacher in Italy. He was aggressive and violent but genius. He really made me body. ” Rhodes gave the 33 -year -old first public recital at the Steinway Hall in London in 2008.
Since then, he has been using his profile to promote the most important cause of himself and proudly of successfully promoting the new law of Spanish child protection since 2017. But he is still mourning to see it as a “infectious disease” with poor mental health. “I won’t hesitate to say that our mental health is worse than in the past. . . If you leave home in the morning on the weekend, I remember the time you couldn’t contact until you came back. . . Today the world is operated at unstoppable speed and rhythm. ”
Do you think he thinks of a demand for music career, that is, public investigation? Perfectism -Can you strengthen psychological struggles? The answer is “no”. “I don’t like this strange kind of Hollywood ideas for artists with torture. . . Show a person (in all fields) as long as there is no struggle. . . When I was played in LICEU in Barcelona, I was in fear and stress that changed in Burger King when I was 19 years old. ”
Such statements seem to have faced a recent study of mental health and music industry. One of the biggest things research So far, the musicians commissioned by Help musicians in 2016 have reported that musicians may be up to three times more likely to experience depression than the general public, and more than seven out of 10 have experienced anxiety and panic attacks. But when I mention this to Rose, his reaction is polite skepticism. . . I refuse to believe musicians are more vulnerable to depression. I think it’s ridiculous and empirically vague. ”
When he goes on stage today, he relaxes with psychological pain, “I take a break from psychological pain because I completely remove myself completely from the equation. What I’m trying to do is say ‘listen to this work.’ But is there a risk of exaggerating the healing characteristics of music? “What music does is to raise the amount of emotions, and it can be difficult if you are in a dark place.” “For example, if you are suffering from schizophrenia, listening to Bach will not go (solve the problem).”
So what exactly is he advocating? “Music is one of some ways to disappear in a healthy way in reality. Escape. . . And it bypasses everything. It goes directly below the word with emotion. ” He concludes: “So, if we are talking about finding a small number of things that are greater than the sum of the parts, music that adds joy to your life is absolutely one of them.”
‘Manía’ (Signum Classics) will be announced on March 14th.
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