This annotated bibliography provides summaries of 7 sources on the topic of music therapy and its benefits. The sources include personal stories from those who underwent music therapy, frequently asked questions from the American Music Therapy Association, descriptions of music therapy approaches and a patient case study, evidence of music therapy's effects from the American Cancer Society, details on music therapy interventions and techniques, and information on how music physically affects the body. The sources provide inspiration stories, basic background, in-depth results, and anatomical information to support a paper on the impact of music therapy.

2. The goal of my paper is to spread word about the impact music therapy has on people, and this is the exact source I was looking for. Friends of Music Therapy is a website where people share their stories of how music has impacted their life and has helped them deal with their disability. I would like to use as many inspirational references as I can to help have a better emphasis on the paper.

4. This citation gives a good description of the different approaches for music therapy. The author lists adaptive and palliative as the two approaches for therapies; adaptive would be learning to deal with your disability while palliative is to help patients with other mental and physical disturbances. The source also lists an example of a patient who went through music therapy and had improved motor skills.

6. Scott, Elizabeth M.S.. “Music and Your Body: How Music Affects Us and Why Music Therapy Promotes Health”. Stress Management. 1 Nov. 2007. http://stress.about.com/od/tensiontamers/a/music_therapy.htm Availability Date 28 March 2011.

7. The link posted isn’t as long as the others, but gives anatomical information about music and how it affects the brain. Elizabeth Scott ties in music and how it has certain vibrations that target the brain and causes different emotional states. She also goes into description of how not only can people with disabilities benefit from music therapy, but also people with common day problems like blood pressure, muscle tension, and immunity.