I have one resident that barely opens her eyes she didn't respond as much as I tried on her for two years No matter what I tried massage wouldn't work nothing worked for when we got introduced to the ipods and the families told me the things that she liked it was amazing once we put the ipod on her she started shaking her feet she started moving her head her son was just amazed okay can we stop because now i'm getting an aura i'm seeing her all over again Hi papa Hi papa huh How you doing? I'm alright, i'm fine. Who am I? I don't know Mumbles Wait a minute, I don't know, I don't know. okay it's Sherrie How long has he been in the nursing home? Ah approximately ten years he's having seizures and my mother couldn't handle him at home of course it affected me greatly because he was always you know fun-loving singing you know every occasion he would come out with a song no matter where he was I remember as a child he used to walk us down the street me and my brother we'd stop and do singin' in the rain he would have us jumping and swinging around poles he was you know he was good he was always into music you know always loved singing dancing his name is Henry Drea ahuh and i'm looking more or less for religious music for him okay because he enjoys music and he always holding the bible so i'd rather have that for him We first see Henry inert maybe depressed unresponsive and almost unalive Henry yeah Henry, yes doll I found your music you want your music now? Not really, oh maybe lets try your music and then you tell me if it's too loud or not then he is given an ipod containing we know his favorite music mumbled singing and immediately he lights up his face assumes expression his eyes open wide he he starts to sing and to rock and to move his arms and he's being animated by the music and he used to always sit on the unit with his head like this he didn't really talk so much to people and then when I introduced the music to him this is his reaction ever since giggle the philosopher Kant once called music the quickening art and Henry is being quickened he is being brought to life Yeah I'm going to take the music just for once second okay just to ask you a few questions okay I'm going to give it back to you ahuh okay, the affect of this doesn't stop because when the headphones are taken off Henry normally mute and virtually unable to answer the simpliest yes and no questions is quite viable Henry? Yeah. Do you like the ipod? Do you like the music you're hearing? Yes. Tell me about your music. Well I don't know I don't have none I mean. Do you like music? Yep, I'm crazy about music. And you played beautiful music, beautiful sound. Did you play music did you like music when you were young? Yes, yes. I went to big dances and things. What was your favorite music when you were young? Well I guess Cab Calloway was my number one fan guy I like mumbling What was your favorite Cab Calloway song? Oh, Singing: I'll be home for Christmas You can count plan on me with plenty of snow mistletoe presents wrapped round your tree ouh so in some sense Henry is restored to himself he is remembered who he is and he's reaquired his identity for a while through the power of music what does music do to you? It gives me the feeling of love romance I figure right now the world needs come into music singing you've got beautiful music here beautiful oh lovely and I feel the band of love of dreams the lord came to me and made me holy i'm a holy man so he gave me these sounds Singing: Rosalee won't you love me, Rosalee won't you be sweet and kind. Through this beautiful new technology you can have all of the music which is significant for you in something as big as a matchbox or whatever and I think this may be very very important in helping to animate to organize and bring a sense of identity back to people who are out of it otherwise music will bring you back into it. Into their own person hood memories their own autobiographies background music