healing touch

I agree that music can heal. I don't know if it is effective in healing headaches but I know it can heal emotions.

I know a woman who is involved with healing music. She does drum circles - in which drumming music is improvised through group interaction. She does these for people who have various illness (cancer patients primarily, I believe) or people who are mentally challenged in some way... or just people who have too much anxiety in their lives. She brings her drum circles to community events and get-togethers as well and I was able to participate in one. Many believe this specific type of drumming has a healing quality. A friend of my mother's said that one time she had a cold and had been coughing a lot and during the drum circle she felt completely relieved of all symptoms. I wouldn't be surprised if it helped tone down headaches as well. You are correct though. Most people do not like any sort of loud sound (or light) when they have discomfort in their head. Music such as heavy metal or hard rock would probably not be a good idea. A more soothing form of music might actually be beneficial though. I'm thinking meditative-type music, such as the kind used in yoga classes (I'm not sure if you're familiar with what I am referring to or not). I don't even know if I understood your question correctly but I hope I did!