UK COMPUTER STOLEN http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9184086.Laptop_containing_music_therapy_recordings_stolen/
YEARS of irreplaceable recordings have been lost after a thief stole a laptop from a music therapy studio for disabled people.
The grey HP laptop was taken from the studio while its owner, Andy Watts, was running a charity blues music night at the Bell Hotel in Old Town last Thursday night.
The 54-year-old, of Stratton Road, said he felt the theft was malicious after the intruder entered his Amber Recording Studio but did not take any of the recording equipment, the games console or a flat-screen television.
Mr Watts, who himself suffered with depression before starting his enterprise to help others, said: “Nothing else was touched so somebody knew what they were taking.
“I’m gutted because it has two years of irreplaceable and invaluable work.
“I think there was music from about 15 different people on there.
“I had made some copies but none of the important ones. People have said I should have backed it up but it’s no good saying that now.
“One woman came in and she said there were personal things on there she could not say to her son – it has broken her heart.
“I don’t hold out any hope of getting it back so I’ll just have to start again but I cannot replace what is on there.
“The police came out with forensics but there is nothing to go on.”
Mr Watts said his therapy offered his users a unique service and had proved helpful when he was going through his own battle with mental health.
He said: “I’ve done it myself when I suffered depression so I know the feeling of being down and I never found a solution.
“Through music is how I managed to deal with a lot of stuff. So I wanted to help others because so many people find it difficult to express or release their feelings, but I found people were able to do this through song much more easily.
“I planned to talk with a psychologist about the benefits of people releasing their personal experiences in this way in order to help themselves.”
One user, Jan Armstrong, said: “Whoever has Andy’s computer has not just taken two years of work but the feelings of people who may be dealing with trauma.
“I would love for Andy to have his computer back and I would love to have my song back so that I can give my son, whom I have been separated with for a long time, the gift of my thoughts.”
Anyone with any information should contact Wiltshire Police on 0845 408 7000 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Laptop containing music therapy recordings stolen
9:00am Tuesday 9th August 2011
YEARS of irreplaceable recordings have been lost after a thief stole a laptop from a music therapy studio for disabled people.
The grey HP laptop was taken from the studio while its owner, Andy Watts, was running a charity blues music night at the Bell Hotel in Old Town last Thursday night.
The 54-year-old, of Stratton Road, said he felt the theft was malicious after the intruder entered his Amber Recording Studio but did not take any of the recording equipment, the games console or a flat-screen television.
Mr Watts, who himself suffered with depression before starting his enterprise to help others, said: “Nothing else was touched so somebody knew what they were taking.
“I’m gutted because it has two years of irreplaceable and invaluable work.
“I think there was music from about 15 different people on there.
“I had made some copies but none of the important ones. People have said I should have backed it up but it’s no good saying that now.
“One woman came in and she said there were personal things on there she could not say to her son – it has broken her heart.
“I don’t hold out any hope of getting it back so I’ll just have to start again but I cannot replace what is on there.
“The police came out with forensics but there is nothing to go on.”
Mr Watts said his therapy offered his users a unique service and had proved helpful when he was going through his own battle with mental health.
He said: “I’ve done it myself when I suffered depression so I know the feeling of being down and I never found a solution.
“Through music is how I managed to deal with a lot of stuff. So I wanted to help others because so many people find it difficult to express or release their feelings, but I found people were able to do this through song much more easily.
“I planned to talk with a psychologist about the benefits of people releasing their personal experiences in this way in order to help themselves.”
One user, Jan Armstrong, said: “Whoever has Andy’s computer has not just taken two years of work but the feelings of people who may be dealing with trauma.
“I would love for Andy to have his computer back and I would love to have my song back so that I can give my son, whom I have been separated with for a long time, the gift of my thoughts.”
Anyone with any information should contact Wiltshire Police on 0845 408 7000 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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