2026 SLAM Awards
Honoring music industry superheroes who’ve done great deeds to help musician mental health. The all-star, groundbreaking event will be released online on August 27, 2026. Stay tuned to S.L.A.M. social media for news and updates.
D.R.E.A.M. 7 – Burning Out vs. Fading Away
Support Life And Music D.R.E.A.M. Data, Research, Education, Awareness, and Music VII. Burning Out vs. Fading Away This D.R.E.A.M. Report made possible through a generous grant by the Arizona Eastern Star Foundation. For more information about the Arizona Eastern Star Foundation, please visit https://www.azoes.org/az-oes-foundation.html ♫ It’s better to burn out than to fade away. The […]
Rush – Nothing’s What You Thought It Would Be
by Mark Pruett — May is Mental Health Awareness Month. No person is worthless, no situation is hopeless. Please consult our Direct Help Resources page if you or someone you know is in distress. Help is out there. S.L.A.M. is marking Mental Health Awareness Month with articles about emotionally powerful songs. Not necessarily earworms, the […]
New Order – I Used to Think That the Day Would Never Come
May is Mental Health Awareness Month.No person is worthless, no situation is hopeless. Please consult our Direct Help Resources page if you are someone you know is in distress. Help is out there. S.L.A.M. is marking Mental Health Awareness Month with articles about emotionally powerful songs. Not necessarily the earworms, the chart-toppers, the wedding dance […]
Chris Cornell’s Broken Gift
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. No person is worthless, no situation is hopeless. Please consult our Direct Help Resources page if you are someone you know is in distress. Help is out there. S.L.A.M. is marking Mental Health Awareness Month with articles about emotionally powerful songs. Not necessarily the earworms, the chart-toppers, the wedding […]
The Message.
These are life’s essentials. We need music to help us deal, help us feel, help us move, help us remember, and sometimes just help us get through. Whether it’s the tedious wait, the long drive, the big moment, or the awkward social moment, music will always set the score. It doesn’t always have to be […]
The Mission
My mission changed the world. Support Life And Music has a multi-faceted strategy to improve the quality of life for today’s working musicians. Like any organization, we have lots of daydreams, ideas, wishes, and far-future plans for “someday.” As S.L.A.M. continues to grow, we will expand and diversify our services. What follows is a list of […]
Help! from the John Lennon Tour Bus
I’d love to turn you on to one of the great treasures of the NAMM Show. If you venture to the far reaches of the Anaheim Convention Center’s lowest level, you’ll discover the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. It’s a technological marvel, a shining, chrome-plated, professional-quality recording studio on wheels. The spacious interior is decked […]
The Greatest Songs of All Time, Like Ever
What is the Greatest Song Of All Time, and why is it “Fish Heads”?* Support Life And Music seeks to transform the musical world into a safer, less treacherous, more survivable place, and part of that mission is to communicate the fundamental human need for music and its creators, benefitting us as individuals and for […]
A new study shows that musicians have one of the highest suicide rates
The musician suicide crisis is real. A March 2025 report by Dr. George Musgrave and Dr. Dorian Lamis at Frontiers in Public Health shows that musicians are among the most at-risk of all professional workers. Per their article: “Occupational mortality data from the Office for National Statistics in England (2011-2015) demonstrates that ‘musicians, actors, and entertainers’ rank […]