This concert series, by and for those in recovery, begins on Saturday.
We sat down with Vince Huseman, the Phoenix's community engagement manager, and Spencer Hughes, co-founder of Music Minds Matter, to find out more about their partnership and how Sober Sessions is rethinking the typical concert model. What is your personal relationship to sobriety, and how did that lead to your current positions at the Phoenix and Music Minds Matter? I’m six years sober now, abstinent from drugs and alcohol.
Vince Huseman started at The Phoenix as a member before being hired as the community engagement manager.Why do you think so many people in the music community struggle with mental health and substance use issues? According to a study from Tulane University School of Social Work, which was created in partnership with — an awesome organization created by Anders Osborne that is now under the Phoenix umbrella — musicians may be up to three times more likely to experience mental health problems.
On the other hand, how do you think music can actually help those struggling with mental health and substance use issues? I think music is a perfect catalyst to create change like this in our society, because of how it really brings people together. Also from the artist’s perspective, if there’s a musician who is sober or reevaluating their relationship with alcohol, and they use their platform to share about it, that also breaks the stigma.
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