The Whole Music Experience

Since I haven't been able to travel long-distance due to finances and health reasons, I learned about the world by exploring musical traditions from other cultures.  But I didn't stop there, I also watch anthropology videos and read books on the topic.  Since I was a child, I have pursued my interests in other cultures with my earliest efforts involving pen pals in German, France and Japan.  Once the internet came available I jumped on board ditto for world music via compact discs and concerts.  However, one of my favorite books in my collection is Mickey Hart's Song Catchers published with National Geographic. This book delves into the works of famous ethnomusicologists (anthropologist who study music-related culture).   But I've already reviewed the book for this blog and I would rather pursue the topic of exploring music via headphones (or not) and YouTube.  So what kind of videos can we find on YouTube and how do we know what to search for? Since...

Photo by Patricia Herlevi In the past two years I have noticed an acceleration of healing coming from following threads of old songs deep into my subconscious mind via memory.  I have a feeling that I'm not alone on this healing journey and that many of you are encountering songs from your past with no real understanding of why those songs are coming to you now. I've explored this phenomenon through writing in my journal and other avenues such as following the threads to see where they lead.  And I have found at least two ways in which these songs return to us now so we can heal and clear old wounds.  The first way is we remember a certain song out of the blue as it just pops in our head.  Then certain feelings come up with the song which might be dread, panic or joy.  Or maybe we experience a mix of emotions that we haven't encountered in a long while because we stuffed those emotions deep into our subconscious to move forward with our lives.  These ...