The Whole Music Experience

Recently, I spoke to a woman on the bus about the rise in popularity of music therapy. I told her about brain and music studies from the last decade. The most remarkable aspect of music as medicine is that it has no side effects and if you find the right music for the condition, miracles happen. So what do we focus upon these days? I believe that we will continue with the brain-music science and that will play out in the medical community in larger ways. I doubt pharmaceutical companies will enjoy competing with sound vibration, especially purposeful sound vibration, but with fewer side effects and research to back up the healing power of music, why would we toss out this healing tool? Of course, there is the danger of companies creating formulaic music or musical formulas to heal various ailments which they'll find a way to package and market. If people find that they're getting the right results this is not a bad way to go, however, let's not lose the organic qualitie...

Jonathan Goldman, M.A. is an international authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics.   He is author of Healing Sounds , Shifting Frequencies , The Lost Chord , the best selling The 7 Secret Sounds of Healing, Chakra Frequencies (co-authored with his wife Andi), and his latest The Divine Name , winner of the 2011 Visionary Award for "Best Alternative Health Book". Jonathan is director of the Sound Healers Association and president of Spirit Music, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado.   A Grammy nominee, he has created numerous best selling, award winning recordings including The Divine Name (with Gregg Braden), Reiki Chants , Frequencies : Sounds of Healing , The Lost Chord , 2012: Ascension Harmonics and Chakra Chants , double winner of Visionary Awards for “Best Healing-Meditation Album” and “Album of the Year”.  Jonathan is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music Medicine. He has dedicated his life to the pat...

photo by Patricia Herlevi I watched Jonathan Goldman’s 2004 DVD Healing Sounds (Program 1)-- Sacred Mysteries last night.   In this DVD, Jonathan mentions that frequency + intention = healing.   I have come across several articles and books on the frequency aspect of this equation, but not enough research on intention.   It is not a coincidence that in ancient Egypt and other ancient civilizations that musicians and sound healers went through rigorous training and were initiated into their musical roles.   These musicians learned about the power of sound, frequency, and intent, along with the power of words.   Yet, how many educators these days know anything about this power? As a writer and as a musician, my teachers did not teach me about this hidden power in music, at least not the ones, outside of the new age arena. I plan on founding a music cooperative in the Bellingham, Washington area where these aspects of sound and music will be taugh...