MUSIC HEALS

Welcome to this safe zone on the interwebs. I'm David Levine, a classical pianist based in Lansing, Michigan. My day job is actually as a corporate accountant (🤪 strange, right?). I began sharing music with an audience of over 20,000 on Youtube. I even published my debut album titled refuge in June of 2025. To be honest, besides the people I love, and being kind to others, music is the only thing I care about. This music heals newsletter is a magical space for self-reflection and healing....

Music is a space for your mind to wander BEST VIEWED ON THE WEB October 22, 2025 Reflection and silence is unappealing for those of us accustomed to checking to-do’s off the list and accomplishing as much as we can in the most efficient way possible. Actively planning and guiding the mind can lead to a type of burnout, a mental fatigue that leaves us feeling more drained than restored. When meditation and reflection become a chore, just like anything else, we resist. What if the solution...

Let inspiration find you through calmness of mind instead. Best read on the Web October 15, 2025 Inspiration is an energy that guides us toward fresh ways of perceiving the world. It encourages us to observe. It beckons us to move forward and to create. Inspiration is elusive, yet, attuning to its frequency is possible through calmness of mind. I don’t presume to have some special gift, to spin the tuning wheel of the radio in your mind, to find that frequency every time. All I can do is...

Music flows into us, to turn what feels unmoving BEST VIEWED ON THE WEB October 8, 2025 I’ve been thinking about the quiet, heavy moments. The ones filled with anxiety and discomfort, where you just want to get to the other side right away, but you’re stuck in the slow-moving present. We feel this pressure to move forward, but we don't know how with dignity and self-respect. I wish I had a magical answer, but the truth is, I don’t. But what I do know is that music can be a current that moves...

We are rapidly approaching the end of the year. As the temperature drops, and the critters prepare to hibernate, I bask in the subtle sounds outside. When noise is muffled by leaves and snow, we can again hone in on the special that emerges. The sounds that, before, got lost in the noise of activity. The crunching of leaves & the swaying of branches. Our planet hums, inviting rest. READ ON THE WEB October 1, 2025 to be a child again The mother’s hum soothes. Singing comforts her crying child....

I've carefully enchanted this space with a music-as-a-service mission. This is a magical place, designed to provide moments of peace and reflection during a stressful day. If I were to pull the curtain back from all this, you'd see 30 years of experimentation on this instrument, deliberate practice & recording sessions, patience sitting with grief & chronic illness, and a compassionate heart. You may not see yourself in my magical language and spiritual concepts - that's okay. Please know...

I feel energized as I reflect on the beginning of my music heals mission. So far, I’ve performed for 2 hours, connected with more than 90 patients & caregivers in medical-rehabilitation & memory-care facilities, donated 20 CDs (thanks to community-member purchases of refuge), and sent over 400 emails with musical reflections.I'm compelled to acknowledge our loved ones, both living and passed, and our ancestors who, without realizing it, have helped us attune to building connection with others...

Midway through performing at a memory care facility, I noticed a woman in the front row, her head tilted gently in a deep, peaceful sleep. I had only noticed after tinkering on Clair de Lune by Debussy. I smiled as I told everyone that... These performances and my music-heals mission is about giving even just one person a moment of peace so deep, they can let go. I felt a profound sense of gratitude seeing her rest. These visits truly are a privilege. They are a way to be present, and to...

Inspiration is a universal force. It's an energy that guides us toward fresh ways of seeing the world. It encourages us to observe. It beckons us to move forward, sometimes to create. attuning seems intrinsic through calmness of mind, even though inspiration is elusive. I don’t presume to have some gift, to spin the tuning wheel of a radio and find that frequency for us. But what I can do is create a quiet space, a temporary refuge safely nestled in a pocket in the sea of noise of our world....

I hope you will treat my emails as part of a tiny ritual. A brief, intentional break for just a few minutes, away from the noise of social media, productivity projects, and the incessant news. Your opportunity to breathe and relax, through healing music. Instead of actively thinking, can we just exist and let music guide our thoughts? I hope this becomes your new, fulfilling micro-ritual. Appearing in your inbox randomly throughout the month, accessible when you need it. I simply ask one...