In this book, music therapy is conceptualised as all the interactions and happenings that occur in order for those who need music therapy to participate. This involves a wide variety of stakeholders, from fundraisers to participants, and caretakers to therapists. In the arts-based, autoethnographic enquiry that this book is sharing, the author discovered that a single narrative voice was impossible. Instead, four Roles assert themselves, each reflecting, debating and arguing from a different perspective: Musician, Music Therapist, Researcher and Carer. In her Researcher role, the author shares some background to the book, drawn from twenty-six years’ work in the field. Aware of the illness ideology that dominates Western healthcare, and conscious of the heavy dependence upon verbal accounts of music therapy in the research tradition, Researcher introduces the question whether these features might in fact be oppressive, particularly where nonverbal participants are involved. Researcher suggests that other knowing might result from arts-based experiences such as music therapy. The aim of the book as a whole is to offer an arts-based experience to those engaging with it—the Collaborators. This chapter introduces the relevant theoretical frameworks that emerge on the journey, including care ethics, critical realism and integrity.