Sound Therapy

On Friday we came to the end of our second year of the Music Gym and there was a party atmosphere at Horntye Park. People of all ages, from 8 to 70, turned up to try out the Music Gym.

Councillor Vivienne Bond paid us a visit. She turned out to be a special needs teacher […]

Here’s the second of our occasional films showing in more detail what goes on at the Music Gym and how we set it up.
We call this section the Dancing Boards because we use wooden boards to locate the “hot” areas and that’s where people dance - so it does just what it says. Movement on […]

Here’s a glimpse of the work that goes into making the Music Gym happen every Friday in Hastings. The backing track is one of Tom’s - Don’t Bring Shame on the Family - but as the slideshow ends before the vocals start the title won’t make any sense….
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I had a rare opportunity last week to try out the Music gym, as I’m usually in the cafe area, explaining it to someone instead. I’d forgotten just how much fun it is.

At Decoda we don’t claim to be authorities but we are observant. We’ve seen the impact of what we do on people with ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) though we can’t necessarily explain it.

The Short White Pulse film demonstrates the possibilities of using video effects to create images. The software is fascinating but we needed to be able to use it in our work with people with profound disabilities.
We’ve done this by setting up the shadow wall as part of the Music Gym - a magical feature that […]

This film demonstrates the use of video effects to create images by movement. It’s a basic example of the software we’re using in the Music Gym, to enable people with profound disabilities to make something happen, to move to the music they’re creating and to have a lot of fun at the same time.
The music […]