About M.O.M.
About Music Over Mind Inc.
A North Carolina 501(c)(3) bringing trained musicians to the bedside — positioning music as a non-pharmacologic tool for pain management, anxiety reduction, and mood improvement.
Our Story
From the hospital bedside to a statewide clinical musician network
Classically trained violinist David Scott Binanay founded M.O.M. with a vision of making music a universal tool for healing. What began as one musician playing at the bedside has grown into a network of trained musicians delivering live interventional music programming across North Carolina partner hospitals.
Today, M.O.M. runs clinical programs across the NICU, ICU, oncology, and pediatric / general hospital settings — each placing a trained musician at the bedside, selecting repertoire in real time in response to the patient, the room, and the care environment.
M.O.M.'s program pages live under /programs/nicu, /programs/icu, /programs/oncology, and /programs/pediatrics, with impact stories at /impact-stories.
How It Works
How live interventional music works
Live interventional music programming places a trained musician at the bedside, selecting repertoire in real time in response to the patient, the room, and the care environment. The four programs M.O.M. runs today bring that responsive presence to each clinical setting it serves.
NICU
Live interventional music at the NICU bedside — neonate, parent, and unit environment, programmed in real time.
Learn more →ICU
Response-driven repertoire at the ICU bedside — supporting rest and easing the unit acoustic environment across acute stays.
Learn more →Oncology
Response-driven bedside sessions during infusion, inpatient stays, and recovery — non-pharmacologic support for anxiety and pain-adjacent distress.
Learn more →Pediatric / General
Live interventional music across pediatric and general hospital settings — a responsive bedside presence tailored to the patient and the room.
Learn more →Clinical Settings
Where M.O.M.'s bedside programming fits
Four clinical settings where evidence-based live music at the bedside has been shown to reduce anxiety, ease pain perception, and support family presence alongside the clinician-led care plan.
NICU
NICU programming at the bedside for neonates and their families — soothing repertoire selected in real time.
Oncology
Response-driven bedside sessions during infusion, inpatient stays, and recovery.
Palliative
Comfort-oriented bedside sessions for patients and families during end-of-life care.
Post-surgical recovery
Non-pharmacologic support across the recovery window — rest, early mobility, sleep onset.
Want the clinician-facing view? Read the For Clinicians page or the music-in-clinical-settings FAQ.
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Help bring live interventional music to more bedsides
Support M.O.M.'s bedside programming across North Carolina — or take a closer look at where our work begins.