{ "ok" : true, "artist" : { "name" : "Healing Muses", "page" : "hadidian", "description" : "early music for healing", "location" : "CA, USA", "bio" : "Healing Muses is a non-profit organization founded by Eileen Hadidian to bring soothing music, played on Celtic harp, to Bay Area medical centers. The program creates a peaceful sound environment for hospitals, clinics, hospices, convalescent homes, retreat centers and homebound individuals.\n\nUsing a combination of medieval, Renaissance, and music from the Celtic and American folk traditions, Healing Muses promotes relaxation and reduces anxiety during stressful hospital stays and procedures. Patients and staff experience the power of music to calm and soothe in noisy, high-anxiety environment.\n\nEileen Hadidian gave many of the last years of her life helping others heal through music by way of the nonprofit she founded. Her involvement with music for healing grew out of her own experience with breast cancer, which claimed her life in December 2012 after many years of inspirational struggle.\n\nShe used music for her own healing, and began to play for other cancer patients. Through Healing Muses she explored ways in which music can be used to help soothe critically and chronically ill people.\n\nEileen appeared in concert throughout the Western United States. She was the recipient of the Albany Woman of the Year Award for 2010, one of thirteen women honored by California Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner.\n\nPatrice Haan has played harp with Healing Muses since 2004 and served as Healing Muses' Executive Director since 2012.\n\nBest known for her vocal performances with the Oakland-based jazz ensemble Leftover Dreams, Patrice is increasingly recognized for her songwriting and poetry. She has released three albums of original music for harp, voice and other instruments. Healing Muses' latest album, entitled A Garden of Healing (2010), includes two of her original songs.\n\nSince her first experience of music for healing, as part of a care-giving team for a friend dying of cancer, she has continued to look for ways music can touch and comfort the deep part of the self.\n\nMaureen Brennan is an accomplished performer, playing both classical and Celtic music on the Irish harp.\n\nShe has toured throughout the U.S. and Canada in a variety of ensembles, specializing in traditional dance music, and song of Ireland and Scotland.\n\nMaureen continues as a soloist for Irish and Scottish events. She teaches at workshops and conferences throughout the U.S., and has recorded five CDs, including the acclaimed Harpestry collection.\n\nNatalie Cox was a founding member of Healing Muses and is featured on Dolce Musica; she is now pursuing other music projects.\n\nYou can find out more about the Healing Muses and their current work on their website.", "photo" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/img/healing_muses_low.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/hadidian/", "albums" : [{ "sku" : "hadidian-reflections", "name" : "Reflections - music to soothe and uplift the spirit", "artist" : { "name" : "Healing Muses", "page" : "hadidian" }, "release_date" : "2011-05-21", "genres" : ["Classical","Folk","Renaissance","Medieval"], "vocals" : "instrumental", "moods" : ["peaceful","calm","reflective","spiritual","meditative","uplifting"], "uses" : ["meditation or yoga","spa or massage","podcast background","religious or ceremonial","emotional storytelling"], "energy" : 1, "instrumentation" : ["harp","recorder","flute","traditional vocal harmonies"], "sounds_like" : ["Hildegard von Bingen","Turlough O'Carolan"], "summary" : "Lush, calming early music featuring harp, recorder, and flute with vocals, drawing from medieval, Renaissance, Celtic, and global spiritual traditions for relaxation and reflection.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Healing%20Muses/Reflections%20-%20music%20to%20soothe%20and%20uplift%20the%20spirit/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/hadidian-reflections/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/hadidian-reflections", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=hadidian-reflections" },{ "sku" : "hadidian-garden", "name" : "Garden of Healing", "artist" : { "name" : "Healing Muses", "page" : "hadidian" }, "release_date" : "2011-03-26", "genres" : ["Classical","Chamber Music","Folk","Renaissance"], "vocals" : "vocals", "moods" : ["peaceful","calm","meditative","spiritual","reflective","tender"], "uses" : ["meditation or yoga","spa or massage","podcast background","emotional storytelling"], "energy" : 1, "instrumentation" : ["harp","recorder","flute","vocal harmonies"], "sounds_like" : [], "summary" : "Soothing early music featuring harp, recorder, and flute with vocals, drawn from medieval, Renaissance, Celtic, and global folk traditions, ideal for deep relaxation and stress reduction.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Healing%20Muses/Garden%20of%20Healing/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/hadidian-garden/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/hadidian-garden", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=hadidian-garden" },{ "sku" : "hadidian-dolce", "name" : "Dolce Musica - A Contemplative Journey", "artist" : { "name" : "Healing Muses", "page" : "hadidian" }, "release_date" : "2007-12-20", "genres" : ["Classical","Chamber Music","Medieval"], "vocals" : "instrumental", "moods" : ["peaceful","calm","meditative","reflective","spiritual","nostalgic"], "uses" : ["meditation or yoga","spa or massage","study or focus","podcast background","emotional storytelling","period drama or history"], "energy" : 1, "instrumentation" : ["early string instruments","female vocals","medieval and renaissance plucked strings","celtic harp"], "sounds_like" : ["Hildegard von Bingen","Anonymous 4","Ensemble Alcatraz"], "summary" : "A peaceful, meditative collection of medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic music with gentle female vocals, ideal for healing, relaxation, and contemplative settings.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Healing%20Muses/Dolce%20Musica%20-%20A%20Contemplative%20Journey/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/hadidian-dolce/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/hadidian-dolce", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=hadidian-dolce" }] }, "license" : { "music_license" : "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 1.0)", "music_license_url" : "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/", "listening" : "Stream the free previews, or buy an album for $8 to download it in MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, OGG or WAV. 100% of the price goes to the musician.", "non_commercial" : "Non-commercial projects may use the music under CC BY-NC-SA 1.0: credit the artist and Magnatune, and share alike.", "projects" : "Magnatune members may use any Magnatune music in their projects, commercial or not (videos, films, podcasts, games, apps, websites, adverts), including work for clients, under the Magnatune Project Licence. Projects released while a member stay licensed for good; new projects need an active membership. Credit is required. TV or radio broadcast, cinema, and background music in shops, restaurants or on-hold lines are not included: license those from the musician. Membership: $10/month, $99/year or $299 lifetime; agents can buy one themselves with MPP at /api/member-pass ($10 month, $99 year, $299 lifetime, one-off).", "projects_status" : "available", "projects_signup" : "https://magnatune.com/member/signup", "royalty_free" : "Membership is royalty-free licensing: no per-video, per-download or per-view fees, for every project created and released while a member.", "youtube" : "YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts: members may use the clean songs in monetized videos. Members register their YouTube channel (the set_youtube_channel MCP tool, or their account page) so YouTube's Content ID doesn't claim their videos. The free versions carry a spoken Magnatune voice and are non-commercial (CC BY-NC-SA), so they're not for monetized channels or client work.", "details" : "https://magnatune.com/info/licensing", "how_to_credit" : "Name the artist and \"Magnatune\", with a link to the album's web_url." } }