What do you hope the sounds will show producers about sound meditation?<\/strong><\/p>\nI hope the pack demonstrates a different way of experiencing sound, where there’s more active participation instead of listening to something in the background. Sound mediation inherently requires more presence, deeper listening, and a greater level of attention to nuances in the harmonic spectrum.<\/p>\n
For example, the sound of a gong is full of harmonics, but the sound changes based on how I play the gong and the kind of mallet I use. And these mallets have many variables themselves \u2014 weight, hardness, etc. In a normal instrument, one plays different notes. You can’t do that on a gong; you can only explore its potential. And that in itself is a different modality of experiencing an instrument, where there’s a greater focus on the nuances.<\/p>\n
Tell us about the sounds in the pack and what was recorded.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe pack contains different instruments such as gongs, singing bowls, didgeridoos, bells, and more. What makes these instruments unique is that as you’re listening to the sound waves, you hear the harmonic makeup; it’s not concealed by the fundamental frequency. Humans intuitively select these instruments in sound therapy because of how they promote and evoke transcendental states that are conducive to meditation.<\/p>\n
Of course, one could record piano, violin, and guitar, and the performance can be meditative, but these instruments are not as powerful as the ones that I named earlier because of the fact that we don’t hear the harmonic spectrum in a way that’s as clear and rich.<\/p>\n
What do you hope producers will create with this pack?<\/strong><\/p>\nI hope that they would be inspired to create a different kind of music than they normally do. We always have to push the envelope of what we can do in music, considering the fact that across all sorts of realms, music has been demonstrated to be indispensible to humans.<\/p>\n