Healing Sound & Music Articles
In my continuing study and practice of the sound healing arts, I have come across a myriad of instruments used in therapy and music meditation sessions. Many instruments date back thousands of years and offer insight into how music was used to heal and inspire before the dawn of the Western (Europea...
You may find yourself in a bit of a creative block sometimes. It happens to everyone time and again. The scenario could be you have set aside precious time in your day to write but the ideas just aren’t flowing. Here you are with your thousands of dollars worth of gear, all dressed up and going nowh...
As musicians and composers, I think we eventually arrive at a crossroads in our journey where we realize that our music making goes way beyond ourselves. As we aspire for success in the music business, it is often challenging to stay connected to the creative source while we manage the business side...
Making Binaural Beats in ProTools
There are many frequencies that are important to Sound Healers and Neurological Researchers. Some are found in nature like the ‘Schumann Resonance’ which is the vibrating frequency of our Earth or specific frequencies that have been found to heal certain ailments ...
How Sound Affects You: Drumming for Health Part 2
In part 1 of Drumming for Health, I introduced the concept of the organized drum circles and some key players in this growing vibrational field like Christine Stevens and Remo HealthRHYTHMS. I also outlined some basic parts of the drum circle exper...
How Sound Affects You: Drumming for Health - Part 1
Figure 1 - A wonderful shot of a drum circle set-up on the beach (http://pinkbananashoes.wordpress.com/tag/london-drum-circle/)
During my certificate program Sound and Music Healing a few years ago, I took two workshops that opened my eyes an...
Cymatics – An Emerging Science
Cymatics is the study of visible sound vibration and shows the transformational nature of sound and matter. Sound guides us and shapes us, yet is an intangible force. We can capture sound in the digital realm where we can see waveforms. But, that only gives us a 2D...
Gongs in Sound Therapy
When most people think about Gongs, The Gong Show from the 1980s comes to mind. We also see them as part of a symphonic percussionist’s arsenal or with the occasional rock kit. Gongs are also used in meditation and sound therapy centers around the world, however. This les...
5 ways to Sing for Health
You don’t have to be a professional singer to take advantage of techniques used for singing for health and well being. Most people are shy about singing in front of others, and even if they are alone. Free yourself from self-limiting beliefs that you are not a singer and ...
How Sound Affects You: Toning
If you attend yoga classes on a regular basis, you may have had a teacher that started or ended the class with a group ‘Om’ or two. ‘Om’ is one of the most important of the toning syllables because it is believed to be the sound of the origin of the universe or the sou...
Vibration and Frequency
Everything around us is vibrating. It's easy to forget that any objects we perceive as solid or not 'alive' are actually vibrating. It may be at a very slow pace, beyond our sense of movement but the atoms and molecules that make up rocks, trees and man-made goods are ALL m...
