Beautiful, subtle yet profound and life-changing are terms that can be applied to craniosacral work. This unique form of energy work is practiced worldwide by people who have dedicated all or part of their lives to helping other who have suffered from trauma or drama.
I was honored to sit here with these generous people.
I got out the old Fender Stratocaster today to see if I could still get a sound out of the old friend. It has been several years since I have played guitar; the Native American style flute has captured most of my attention.
Anyway, while working on a melody with the orchestrated with the sounds of a Roland Juno keyboard and a Stephen DeRuby ‘Deep Blue C’ Native American style flute, I decided to incorporate some guitar. So I grabbed the Strat and went for it.
I used a setting reminiscent of Jesus Christ Superstar as well as a Christopher Cross ‘clean’ setting with a touch of phase-shifting.
The result was more dramatic than I had anticipated … the longing sounds of a Piano and harp are replaced with a ‘wall of sound’ with guitars flaring and then fading into longing once again.
Here is a clip of one of the preliminary mixes of an unnamed melody:
Wow! Peruvian sound-healing shaman Tito LaRosa was in town this week and offered his take on using instruments for sound healing. What a revelation to see this medicine man read energy, and select an indigenous instrument to heal and calm.
Here he as lent me his Peruvian pan flute to try my hand at it.
