The Whole Music Experience

  Marrying astrology to sound healing isn't new. Ted Andrews in his book, Sacred Sounds connected the notes of the Western scale with the astrological signs on a Zodiac Wheel. What I'm proposing is using planetary tuning forks (frequencies as opposed to musical notes) to unleash tension in a Natal Chart. This is just a launching point to exploring the intersection between the Natal Chart and sound healing. Let's use my Natal Chart as an example. While you can't see the lines on this Solar Return chart, it contains a Mutable T-Cross with the Saturn and the Moon in Pisces in the 2nd House opposing Uranus/Pluto in Virgo in the 8th House and Mars in Gemini in the 5th House squares everything. As you can see I'm in my 50s now and this T-Cross has provided me suffering (power struggles) and pitting myself against authority figures. So, how can I work with the flowing aspects in this chart using tuning forks? Well, one thing I could do is to apply the Jupiter tuning fork b...

On the day of the Pisces Lunar Eclipse, I had a sudden urge to listen to recordings of bird songs. Although I live in Bellingham, a city known for its natural surroundings, I live in a residential neighborhood with little nature and a lot of concrete. So until I can take a walk in one of the parks, listening to nightingale songs suffices. This brings up the concept of starting one's day with nature recordings. You can find just about every nature call on YouTube from birdsongs to wolf calls, to whales and dolphins galavanting under water. I also enjoy ocean waves and other water sound recordings. We are, after all, connected to nature. We regain balance when we immerse ourselves in these sounds even if we live on the 14th floor of a tall building.  So here are a handful of recordings I found on YouTube to get you started: Nightingale Songs Whale Songs   Dolphin Songs Wolves Ocean Waves Happy exploration of nature sounds. 

As some of you might know, I'm not only a music journalist-researcher, I'm also an astrologer. I track the effects that the planet Neptune has on trends revolving around cinema and music. I've found that music plays its biggest role when Neptune is in aspect with other outer planets or several planets are transiting in Pisces. I would like to give heads up on what I call the Neptune Effect for March 2016 because we will experience a Solar Eclipse in Pisces with a cluster of planets transiting in Pisces. Jupiter is also involved since Saturn transits in Jupiter's sign, Sagittarius and the planet Jupiter transits in Virgo along with the North Node (moon node) which is the opposite sign of Pisces. So we could witness new therapeutic effects for music used in hospitals, rehab facilities, prisons, hospices and other domains that fall under Neptune and Pisces. I say this because Virgo, Pisces opposite sign represents service, including social work, nursing, and creatin...

Listen to Tibetan musician Nwang Khechog's recordings As the frequency on the planet continues to rise and more people discover the connection between sounds and their physical well-being, why not join them? Raise your consciousness through the art of listening to music. The best way to do this, and I've mentioned it already in numerous posts, is to keep a music diary or journal to track physical, mental, and emotional effects of music. Basically, any notebook or journal will work. Create three columns and write "Physical," "Emotional" and "Mental" at the top of the columns. Then on the left hand side write down the piece of music or genre you heard, location where you heard it, and time of day. Granted, since we live in a world wallpapered with music and sound frequencies, you're not going to be able to cover every soundbite you hear throughout the day or evening. However, if you are at the grocery store or mall and you notice strong r...

Glenn Gould, Wikipedia, musician that changed my life First, I would like to say even though I had some success as a former folk-rock singer-songwriter, I was never famous. And I'm okay with that given my life journey thus far which immersed me in musical traditions from around the world and awakened my consciousness. How many musicians can say that? And what I discovered was that every moment of my journey leaves me with no regrets. I followed my heart along the way--from shattered and disturbed to healthy, whole, and complete. In my teens, I fell under the trance of rock music as many teens tend to do. The lure of the rock gods drew me in and I used their songs as catharsis during that time in my life. Then in my 20s and 30s, I followed my own path to rock diva-hood, though I never quite manifested that given the amount of anger flowing through my body, mind, and spirit. But boy, could I belt out my anger when required. But at some point, after a long-drawn out illness ...

Wikipedia We've all known someone who experienced music being used in a hospital, hospice, peace vigil, peace rally, or other situation that involves healing. The wisdom of the ancients in regard to music has also returned to us via sound healing practices and music therapy, even in our daily lives.  However, even knowing that music has a powerful transformational effect on our lives isn't enough unless we use music with intention and purpose. Obviously, we know that when we attend a rock concert or even a jazz concert we do so for entertainment. But often when we attend a world or traditional music concert or festival, the musicians usually educate us about the history, text, and even sometimes the healing properties of songs that they perform. In fact, it was when I delved into global music starting in 2003, that I learned about ancient history of musical uses. And we can visit the healing of music through several avenues whether that's new age sound healing or a...

Around 2003, I turned away from my freelance gig as a movie reviewer/journalist and I experienced world music pulling me into greater consciousness. And while I was awakening, scientists were exploring music consciousness, musicians explored the music connection with non-humans, and music therapy grew by leaps and bounds bringing healing to prisons, hospitals, hospices, and other situations to heal despair. Let's revisit some of the profound awakenings we experience in previous years and decades revolving around the healing power of music. Around 2005, we discovered Masaru Emoto's work with water crystals and human consciousness via music. And around the same time various well-known sound healers were exploring the ancient practices with sound and music. Meanwhile, the connection between quantum physics and music fused with the work of metaphysical teachers and authors such as Greg Braden. I launched this blog in 2007 and mostly reviewed recordings that I felt played ...

Fred Clarke Alvarez Tuning the Andes & Nature as Sound Scape I met the multimedia artist and sound healer Fred Clarke Alvarez on my Linked In group, Musical Healers. His work with healers, musicians, and teachers from the Andes possesses both a compassionate and adventurous patina. Fred builds instruments that hail to further back than the Incan Empire. They include a variety of flutes, lutes, and percussion instruments that most westerners, at least in pop culture, have never encountered. Fred's approach is to heal others in a more or less shamanic-conscious way that blends the healing power of sound with frequencies found in the natural world. Prior to venturing into music and sound healing, Fred's background is in photography and film making. I personally believe that visual as well as, musical expression have the power to transform society when used correctly and with conscious intention of healing. With no further ado, here's my e-mail interview with Fred...

Harpist/Healer Kate Kunkel Harping Our Way to Healing & Health As the founder of the Linked In group, Musical Healers, I have experienced the great privilege of meeting the best and brightest sound healers and sound therapists of the 21st Century. Canadian-based harpist Kate Kunkel (Harp Lady), is among those Light Worker musicians who have crossed my path. She has been featured on Shirley Maclaine's radio show and other broadcasts as well as, having several products available in the form of recordings and books. Kunkel's inspiration story reminds us that each of us has a true calling for how we can serve on the planet, and thus find our healing, transformation, and happiness. Whole Music Experience: You went through two major transitional periods which led you to the work you’re doing with sound therapy. First, while you were dealing with stress as a business woman, you encountered playing harp in a dream. Then the second transition took place when you perfor...

Welcome to the Sound of You Whole Music Experience: As far as sound healers go, you appear traditional with the sound healing tools including voice, but you offer other modalities that derive from ancient musical practices and other art disciplines.   Please describe your overall work with sound as a healing tool. Myrrh de Marmion: In my younger years, I was classically trained in music in piano, guitar, drums, and voice, also a trained dancer for many years as well. So I have that training. However, I went through a period of about 35 years where I did nothing with my training actively, and I was mainstream. In 1998, I began formal study of energy healing modalities, mysticism, Ancient Egyptian and other ancient practices. Soon after my Reiki Master/Teacher attunement, I experienced a number of awakenings between 2001 and 2007 that sent me on a roller coaster ride of remembering downloads of information, activations and initiations. And since 2007 it has been...