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hi, Gregg I really like that!

I think in response to some of the other replies there is a difference between music for therapy, relaxation music and meditative music although they are often lumped together. 

The music for therapy is here http://www.ambientmusicgarden.com/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=20  On my soundclick page I also have an excerpt from a 30 minute piece "Flow" but I judged that to be too intrusive http://www.soundclick.com/markgriffiths

For my project I believe a combination of the wide palette of tones from the Waveform City, an Envelator with the extended range plus a Sequantizer and maybe my Noise Ring will produce interesting and usable results.

Mark


----- Original Message ----
From: mrboningen <darkflame@hermetech.net>
To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 3:36:04 PM
Subject: [wiardgroup] Re: food science -

i'd like to hear some mark!

i've also been inspired to try and create musick designed to induce a
meditative state, or at least be listened to whilst meditating,
however my pieces tend to be much shorter than 50 minutes. here's one
example:

http://darkflame. hermetech. net/Musick/ 01TsunamiTidalWa ves.mp3

unfortunately no wiard in this example :(

i feel the first track on "rainbow dome musick" is quite possibly the
most perfect piece of ambience ever created! i still can't work out
how to do those hi frequency hi pass filter arpeggio thingies
convincingly!

dug out the suzanne ciani "seven waves" cd today, but still remain
slightly unimpressed. i know she's a buchla guru, but that style of
"new age" music doesn't really do it for me. now michael stearns'
"planeatry unfolding" is really something quite special!

gregg

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com, Mark Griffiths <mark@...> wrote:
>
> I think Steve's music was designed for the Mind, Body and Spirit
events in London. I've been working on music for meditation or 
background music for therapy sessions. The latter is quite a
challenge, ideally it should run for 50 mins, be unobtrusive without
just being annoying. 
> 
> Mark 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: mrboningen <darkflame@. ..>
> To: wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 12:50:35 AM
> Subject: [wiardgroup] Re: food science -
> 
> brian eno's ambient series 1-4 are all good for active or passive
> listening, i especially like the b-side of the laraaji one.
> 
> i don't know if they were designed for it, but my two ambient
> favourites are "rainbow dome musick" by steve hillage and miquette
> giraudy, and "arbor bona arbor mala" by the shamen, both can induce a
> very nice state.
> 
> gregg
> 
> --- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com, "Grant Richter" <grichter@ .> wrote:
> >
> > If you can find a recording of Suzanne Ciani's "Seven Waves" it is a
> good record for both 
> > active or passive listening.
> > 
> > That is not to imply that it is sleep producing, rather it produces
> a pleasant meditative 
> > state. "Twilight dreaming" might be a good term.
> > 
> > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com, frank death <maldoroar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've asked Mr. A. Zimmel personally if he's aware of any
> known recordings 
> > that are available to the public which are designed to be listened
> to in a waking-dream 
> > state. I'd like to cast this question out to the group. For
> example, recordings 
> > designed to be listened to while observing a Dream Machine. Stuff
> along those lines.
> > > I believe the musicality of coloured noise really translates
> through images conjured up 
> > by the mind during that waking/dream state, eg; falling asleep to
> storms, wind or rain...
> > > Matt
> > > 
> > > mrboningen wrote: 
> > > > sitting here, listeing to the sound of the rain
> outside during the 
> > > > current typhoon hitting yokohama, i was struck by the
similarity of 
> > > > the sound of bacon frying. 
> > > > the interesting thing is that the one relaxes me and puts me in a 
> > > > state of deep meditation, while the other puts me on edge.
> (guess which!) 
> > > > i was wondering if it might not be possible to do an fft
> analysis of 
> > > > both sounds and then cross reference those with psychological
> studies 
> > > > of the effects of sound on the mental state. 
> > > > ;) 
> > > > gregg 
> > > > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com , davevosh@ wrote: 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Ya'll can wallow in your 'systemics' and 'deconstructed cultural 
> > > >> contextualizations' but I can tell you with absolute clarity
that 
> > > >> there is NOTHING musical about frying bacon. 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> arnold, 
> > > >> i can`t speak to the prof`s beat notion myself but found i still 
> > > > felt your 
> > > >> sizzling properties might be of some use - in an r.v.g. "core" 
> > > > where you 
> > > >> might mix a sawtooth or mutant triangle wave with noise to
> modify the 
> > > >> distribution, what if you used the sizzling bacon noise as a 
> > > > substitute ? would you get 
> > > >> a different distribution ? 
> > > >> guess i need to contact chicago commodities exchange and buy
> some test 
> > > >> materials... ......... ......... .... :^) 
> > > >> best, 
> > > >> dave 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
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> > > >
> > >
> >
>