In this paper, the authors focus on informal learning as it is situated in and derived from everyday life experience (Lave, 1988; Lave and Wenger, 1991). Their concern is with informal musical learning and its link to health, well-being and the care of self, an area that has already received some attention from research in music therapy, especially the new and growing area of community music therapy (Stige, 2002; Pavlicevic & Ansdell, 2004). In what follows, they deal with two interrelated themes. In Part I, the focus is on the broad area of music in everyday life, and in Part II, the focus is on music and informal learning. These themes are then drawn together to focus on musical learning and its role in healing and health promotion.