Stoked on steem: a Music Therapist eager to use Steemit as a platform for discussion on music and science.

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

My name is Kayla. I am a board-certified Music Therapist with an interest in molecular and cognitive neuorsciences and I believe cryptocurrency has an important role in the future.

First, just a little bit about who I am:

  1. I work in Las Vegas as a licensed practicing/board certified music therapist with individuals with all ages on the autism spectrum, Down syndrome, at-risk youth, memory care & dementia, and various other disabilities. You're probably wondering what music therapy is. In fact I get asked what music therapy is almost every day, no hyperbole, and that's okay because I love to talk about it and advocate for it! In the nutshelliest way I can put it, music therapy is the use of music as a medium to achieve progress toward clinical, non-musical goals. Please please please ask me more if you are curious!
  2. I was born and raised in Las Vegas and contrary to popular belief did not live or grow up in a casino.
  3. I play the following instruments (some far better than others): violin, guitar, piano, ukulele, mandolin, and my vocal chords. In college I tried to start a kazoo choir...for some reason it didn't catch on...most likely because a group of kazoos sounding all at once would be the soundtrack to the gates of hell opening up.
  4. I have auditory synaesthesia where I see colors when listening to music.
  5. I co-host a podcast called "Forget Dis!" that aims to spread awareness on how able people with disabilities are.
  6. I have a dog named Poppy (pictured above) who is glued to my hip and likes to adventure around the mountains with me.


I'm not going to bore you any further with the minutiae of my life. So why am I here on Steemit?

Bitcoin certainly sparked my interest back in 2010 but alas, I did not act on it and am now kicking myself. With a renewed interest in cryptocurrency and it's community I find myself here on Steemit excited that such a platform exists and feeling fortunate that I get to be a part of a bigger movement in this zeitgeist. I would like to take the opportunity to use this platform for the following:

  • Storytelling marrying science! This might be the nerdiest thing you've heard all day but I love reading research journals. I want to synthesize the most up to date scientific research and literature on music and neuroscience and weaving in my personal and professional experiences and stories. Believe me when I say that there is so much untapped knowledge on these subjects and still so much more to discover. Academia schmacademia; music and science are for the masses!
  • Saucy, in-depth music theory discussion and how to analyze your favorite music and think about it from new perspectives.
  • Articles on music and culture, science, therapy, cognition, and psychology.
  • Supporting each other's creative endeavors! I realize this is a major cornerstone of the Steemit community and am so excited to contribute what I can.

  • Enough about me, I want to hear from you! Leave a comment with your top 5 favorite albums, artists, and/or songs.

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Welcome Kayla :) Great introduction post! Since you seem to be interested in #science, you definitely should check out @steemstem - they support great scientific posts! And if you just wanna enjoy some music yourself - look up @sound!
Resteeming your for some publicity! Greets, @theaustrianguy :)

Thank you! I'll definitely check those out!

Welcome to Steemit. Nice introduction you have shared will all of us. Pictures you have shared are also beautiful. Hope you will contribute to Steemit family with your posts in future. Upvoted your introduction post. You can follow me @dindar

Thank you! Looking forward to reading more of your content!

Sure friend!

Saludos es un placer ver personas nuevas por aquí, éxitos te desea @ydavgonzalez.

Mucho gusto y gracias!

Welcome to Steemit!

You will do wonderful here. The Steemit community loves when awesome people like you come to the platform. What you do with music sounds absolutely incredible. I can only imagine how well it works as therapy for so many people. I am looking forward to reading more about it and to learn more about "forget dis". Poppy is also a wonderful addition for us to see more of 😊

Steemit in the beginning, can sometimes be hard. At first the payouts are not usually what we expect. We have all been there and that is why people have started initiaves to help out newbies. You can use the tags #greetersguild and #newbieresteemday on your post and this can help you get seen my members involved with the initiaves. You can also follow @greetersguild and @newbieresteemday so that you can easily connect with the members. Engaging with the community really helps to grow on Steemit and there are some awesome people here.

With hard work and dedication you will see a difference in no time. Dont get discouraged at first! You will do amazing here. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me at any time.

Always remember to have fun and steem on, my friend!

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Thank you for all of the advice and encouragement! It does seem a bit overwhelming but will hopefully get the hang of it ;)

It is overwhelming but you will get the hang of it 😊


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Where you born in a casino? Oh, haha, you were not? Funny. But so true. Interesting. I was born in Oregon. Always wanted to sing and dance like Michael Jackson when I was a little boy hehe. Thanks for sharing. I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold. Happy Easter 2018. Also like Justin Timberlake, Weird Al, Britney Spears, Shakira, Rihanna.

Oregon looks so beautiful! I have many friends from Vegas that moved to Portland to get out of the heat and enjoy more green scenery. The king of pop! Favorite MJ tune?

The one stuck in my head at the moment is She's Going Hollywood which came out probably after 2009 and shows a girl dancing and going out on dance auditions and she was also a waitress and had other day jobs to survive and eventually made it and she was dancing on sidewalks around kids and everywhere. It inspires me to dance, sing, to live, to try, so much. After that, I went to Vietnam by myself in 2012 for five years. Wow.

Wow! What brought you to Vietnam?

I went to Vietnam to teach, learn, share, explore, live, try a new thing.

Welcome to Steemit kayannepepper. Let me know if you got any questions about Steem or anything related to it! The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. We also have DTube - our very own Youtube, DSound for Soundcloud and Steepshot if you prefer Instagram like experience. I'd also like to mention ChainBB - forums, Busy - Steemit with more modern look basically, DMania for memes and Dlive for streaming just like in Twitch! You can also earn Steem by gaming now! Search for Steemgar if that's more your thing. Welcome to the blockchain! :)