“And the Beast was Led by
a Silken Thread Looped through the Wounds in Its Soul
Through the Gateway
to the Meadow of Beauty Where, Dancing in Starlight, Faeries
Embraced Beast and
Garlanding It and Tattoing it with Velvet Lips and WingTips,
The Light in the
Night Revealed and Revelled:
the Beast was not a
Beast at all but Only in Self-Given Name
And Lo and Behold,
In Loving Its Fear to Melt-down Oblivion, Its Being Grew
Whole and Sound and
Song Burst Forth
Such as the World,
of Faeries and Human, had Never Heard Before.”
SOUND THERAPY ASPECT OF
THE MUSIC
Some musical notes and rhythms feel good
in your body and some do not.
We know that the basic, common denominator of all
structures in us, the world and the universe, is energy... a form of
frequency, just like
sound. To explain it a
little more closely; certain
notes and rhythms vibrate in a frequency that resonates with the
natural frequencies of our
bodies which create harmony. So in creating a song for the CD "Believe
In Joy", I would spend time finding which tones evoked the
specific emotion I wanted to experience for that particular song. I
discovered while I was doing this that the tones I was choosing
coincided with the appropriate chakra centre for that emotion.
For
example, when I wrote the song" I Love You" I found myself repeating
the note "F" throughout the song. Now "F" activates or resonates with
the frequencies of our heart chakra. The note "F" opens us up to
empathy, unconditional love, allowing us to experience the expansion of
love energy. This song also has a pulse - a heart beat which draws you
into it's grounding
loving rhythm.
In
the song "Floras Party", there is a lot of focus on rhythm. Rhythm is
music in its most primal or basic form. It displays an obvoius
frequency we can feel, a clear pattern we can
identify with right away. I tried to create a real earthy celebration
feel to this song and Kelby McNair did a fantastic job on percussion
portraying just that.
My
last song, "Now I'm Asleep", is written in a dark, rich, eastern mode
with a low drone in "A" which resonates with your third eye or vision
centre, where you have the power to dream your dreams
into reality. It is a meditative song for relaxing and dreaming. Neil
Golden adds the rhythmical ancient drum the Tabla and sends us off into
a magical dream flight.
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