Healing Sound & Music Articles
We all share that burning desire to take our craft to the next level, don't we? The thrill of creating something magical, something that resonates with our audiences, and leaves an everlasting imprint on their souls. It's what drives us to pour our heart and soul into our art every single day.
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When I work with students on composition, especially in the area of harmonic development, they can wrap their heads around the triad, build triads from a major scale and even try basic chord progressions. But, when the concept of suspended chords, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths and 13ths come into the...
When I coach up and coming producers in piano technique, they often want to explore ways to play through chord progressions with two hands. It's important for producers to have some basic piano skills, not only for understanding music theory, but also to perform or record their ideas with greater...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
