What are the benefits of music making?

Submitted by kennm on April 28, 2008 - 9:28am.
There are many health and social benefits from music making. From a health perspective, music has been found to: enhance cognitive development in children, exercise the brain, help fight memory loss, reduce stress, lower blood pressure and even stave off depression. Some of the social benefits of music making include: inspiring creativity, increasing productivity, building confidence and creating social connections/bonds.