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Audio editing has never been easier! Wavacity Audio Editor is a browser-based version of the open source tool Audacity.
As you know, I use Ableton Live as my DAW. But long before I invested in my recoding studio, I used a very early version of Audacity.
Free, open source, cross-platform audio software
Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software.
The site only provides information about the app. Therefore, you need some knowledge of audio editing to fully utilize it.
Audio Editing 101
it takes a little time to master, but it’s worth it. With so many tools available these days, a good pair of headphones and this app should be enough to get you started.
Step-by-step
Let’s say you recorded a video for your socials, and you wanted to clean up the sound.
First, you would have to export the audio to AIFF, WAV, or even MP3.
Then, navigate to wavacity.com. Click file -> open and import your audio file.
You will see a “waveform” in the main window. Or maybe, two. That’s because the sound is in stereo, so each “side” of the stereo sound has its wave form.
You can trigger your file to play by clicking the green play button, or by using the space bar on your keyboard.
Now, listening carefully, use tools in the “Effect” menu. You might use a filter, or a compressor, or a reverb. As long as you save your work, you can just play around until it sounds good to you.
Complete the process by downloading your masterpiece. Sync it up to your video. Voila!
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El estrés y la música: 60 BPM es lo ideal para un excelente reposo 11
El estrés y la música: introducción
Muchas personas, tal vez incluso tú, sufren de un exceso de tensión nerviosa. Quizás te preguntes qué hacer. Escuchar tu canción favorita es divertido y puede ayudarte a controlar pensamientos ansiosos. Si alguna vez te has preguntado “¿cómo ayuda la música con el estrés?”, sigue leyendo. Haré todo lo posible para explicarlo.
Tipos de estrés
Vamos a comenzar por comprender el concepto de estrés. Normalmente, pensamos en el estrés como algo negativo. “Angustia”. Sin embargo, el estrés también puede ser positivo. “Eustrés”. La presión justa puede ser un poderoso motor que nos impulsa a completar tareas y lograr nuestras metas. Este precioso vídeo de Anne-Laure Le Cunff te ayudará a comprender la diferencia entre angustia y eustrés. La conclusión: no todo el estrés es malo. Pero un exceso de estrés puede tener consecuencias negativas.
En esta publicación, me centraré en la angustia o estrés negativo. Mi próxima publicación analizará la relación entre el estrés y la música en el sentido positivo. Para que no te pierdas nada, ¿por qué no añades la página de mi blog a favoritos?
¿Cómo ayuda la música con el estrés?
El estrés y la música afectan a nuestras emociones y bienestar. Tienen efectos casi opuestos. La música posée el poder de levantarnos el ánimo, evocar recuerdos e incluso ayudarnos a relajarnos. La música puede ser una herramienta poderosa para ayudarnos a afrontar las presiones de la vida cotidiana. Pero, el estrés y la música.
Un estudio de la Universidad de Stanford sugiere que una frecuencia de 60 BPM es ideal para relajarse y reducir el estrés. No he podido encontrar la fuente (enlace) de esa afirmación tantas veces repetida. Sin embargo, encontré un estudio de investigación (en inglés) de la India que investiga cómo la música ayuda con el estrés. El estudio compara los efectos de la música rápida y lenta en el ritmo cardíaco y la presión arterial. La conexión entre la música y el estrés puede estar influenciada por cómo la frecuencia cardíaca y la presión arterial en la arteria carótida se relacionan entre sí.
There was a decrease in the mean of both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the subjects on listening to slow music, which was found to be statistically significant. This may be due to modulation of the cardiac autonomic nervous system by stimulation in the form of auditory input
El estrés fisiológico está asociado con la liberación de varios neurotransmisores. Las personas con estrés crónico sufren emociones negativas como preocupación, rencor, ira o miedo. Con frecuencia, las personas estresadas sienten poca o ninguna alegría y obtienen poco placer de la vida.
Un estudio reciente encontró que escuchar música puede ayudar a reducir la intensidad con la que sentimos el dolor.
Promueve la calma
La música tranquila y sin letras, como la música clásica o ambiental, ayuda a calmar y disminuir la ansiedad.
La distracción sana
La música también sirve como una distracción de nuestros factores estresantes. Enfocarse en la melodía, el ritmo y la letra nos ayuda a aliviar el estrés y encontrar consuelo en la música. La música ayuda a relajarnos y contrarrestar los efectos del estrés. Asistir a conciertos de música en vivo es muy social y se sabe que tener relaciones sociales saludables es muy importante para nuestra salud.
Canalizar las emociones
El estrés y la música están relacionadas también al nivel emocional. Tocar un instrumento, cantar o bailar también puede ayudar a reducir el estrés. Participar en estas actividades puede ayudar a canalizar nuestras emociones y proporcionar una salida creativa para la auto-expresión.
Learning to play a musical instrument provides a peaceful retreat from the pressures of daily life. Therapeutic outcomes of playing music include better communication skills, improved emotional release, and decreased anxiety and agitation. Musical training promotes cognitive function, mental health, and a connection to others.
Resumiendo
En general, incorporar música a nuestra rutina diaria puede desempeñar un papel importante en el manejo del estrés. La música tiene el poder de calmar nuestra mente y aliviar las presiones de la vida. Puedes disfrutarlo de muchas maneras, como crear listas de reproducción, ir a conciertos en vivo o simplemente tomarte un momento para escuchar música relajante.
El estrés y la música tienen papeles muy importantes en nuestro bienestar diario. Se complementan y se oponen. Para reducir el estrés, es importante elegir una buena banda sonora para nuestra vida. Podemos incorporar música en nuestros pasatiempos y actividades sociales. Además, escuchar canciones relajantes con un ritmo de aproximadamente 60 BPM puede ayudarnos a combatir los efectos negativos del estrés.
¿La canción más relajante?
Weightless de Marconi Union está destinada a ser la canción más relajante del mundo. Escúchalo y decide por ti mismo.
Many people, maybe even you, suffer from an excess of nervous tension. You may be wondering what to do. Listening to your favourite song is enjoyable, but music you enjoy can also help manage those intrusive, anxious thoughts. If you have ever asked yourself “how does music help with stress“?, then read on. I will do my best to explain.
Types of Stress
Let’s start by understanding what stress is. We usually think of stress as something negative. “Distress“. However, stress can also be positive. “Eustress“. The right amount of pressure can motivate us to complete tasks and achieve goals. This lovely video by Anne-Laure Le Cunff will help you to understand the difference between distress and eustress. The takeaway: not all stress is bad. But, an excess of stress can have negative consequences.
In this post, I will focus on distress, or negative stress. My next post will look at the relationship between music and positive stress. So that you won’t miss a thing, why not bookmark my blog page?
How does music help with stress?
Music has long been known to have a positive impact on our emotions and overall well-being. It has the power to uplift our spirits, evoke memories, and even help us relax. Music can be a powerful tool to help us cope with the pressures of everyday life.
According to websites, a research paper from Stanford University suggests that a frequency of 60 BPM is ideal for relaxation and stress relief. I have not been able to find the source of that oft-repeated claim. I found a research paper from India that tried to answer the question “how does music help with stress” by comparing the effects of low and high BPM music on heart rate and blood pressure. The relationship between stress and music could be influenced by the connection between heart rate and blood pressure in the carotid artery.
There was a decrease in the mean of both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the subjects on listening to slow music, which was found to be statistically significant. This may be due to modulation of the cardiac autonomic nervous system by stimulation in the form of auditory input
Physiological stress is associated with the release of various neurotransmitters. People with chronic stress suffer from negative emotions like worry, rancor, ire, or fear. Frequently, stressed out folks feel little or no joy and derive little pleasure from life.
A recent study found that listening to music can help to reduce how strongly we feel pain.
Music also serves as a distraction from our stressors. Focusing on the melody, rhythm, and lyrics helps us forget about stress and find comfort in the music. Moreover, music can activate the body’s relaxation response, which helps counteract the physiological effects of stress. Also, attending live music events is inherently social, and we know that nurturing healthy social relationships is vital to our health.
Playing an instrument, singing, or dancing can also help reduce stress. Engaging in these activities can help channel our emotions and provide a creative outlet for self-expression.
Learning to play a musical instrument provides a peaceful retreat from the pressures of daily life. Therapeutic outcomes of playing music include better communication skills, improved emotional release, and decreased anxiety and agitation.1 Musical training promotes cognitive function, mental health, and a connection to others.
Overall, incorporating music into our daily routine can play a significant role in managing stress. Music has the power to calm our minds and provide relief from life’s pressures. You can enjoy it in many ways, like making playlists, going to live concerts, or just taking a moment to listen to calming music.
The Most Relaxing Song?
Weightless by Marconi Union is meant to be the world’s most relaxing song. Have a listen and decide for yourself.
“British ambient band Marconi Union has drummed up the world’s most relaxing song: Weightless is 8 mins 10 sec. of aural bliss” – Time Magazine, Best Inventions of the Year.
Brain Massage with 8-D music
Get your headphones ready and listen to this clip. For me, it’s one of the most luxurious feelings ever, to have that sound moving around my head and stimulating my brain. Let me know if it does anything for you.
A folklorist learns and plays a tune. The ethnomusicologist takes note of the melody, compiles details about its background, past, and surroundings, and subsequently includes it in a curated assortment of comparable or distinct tunes to be examined more extensively.
3 Difference between ethnomusicology and folklore
The three critical distinctions are:
Ethnomusicology uses recording equipment to preserve, catalog and later analyze songs. It is an anthropological approach to music.
Ethnomusicology studies non-Western music, or music originally composed without transcription. Folklore can include music from all cultures and countries, including Western folk songs.
Folklore comprises music, dance, poetry, and other art forms. Ethnomusicology focuses only on music.
Definitions
What is ethnomusicology?
In an earlier post, I shared the Merriam-Webster definition:
1.The study of music that is outside the European art tradition 2: The study of music in a sociocultural context
However, I now understand that it is specifically the academic study of music in an anthropological context. Béla Bartók is seen as the founder of the discipline, although the term did not exist when he was alive.
Starting in 1905, Bartók and his friend Zoltán Kodály collected more than 10,000 folk songs. They also analyzed the songs’ form and structure. Check out the title of Zodály’s 1907 thesis paper: “Strophic Construction in Hungarian Folksong“. Here is a further quote from Bartók that proves his study of ethno-music was academic in nature, not merely compilation:
“Thus, it became proven that the old scales that are no longer used in our art music have not lost their vitality. Their renewed application made possible a new kind of harmonic combination. The employment of the diatonic scale in this manner led to a liberation from the petrified major and minor systems with the end result that today every step of the chromatic 12-tone system can be freely utilized on its own.”
Recording devices marked the beginning of musicology, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. The recording of music allows for its preservation and analysis, enhancing the study of music in an academic context.
The audio recorder enabled travelers to collect sounds in distant locations and bring them to specialists who analyzed and preserved them in museum-like settings using specialized equipment in ways that resembled the data and artifact collections of anthropologists.
According to Merriam-Webster, folklore refers to traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people.
Folklorists may collect, anthologize, perform, and record the material that they collect. But the nature of folklore is not academic. Collecting or compiling material can serve various purposes, such as preserving, appreciating, disseminating, or reiterating the material. But its nature is not to analyze and compare.
After grasping the three fundamental distinctions between ethnomusicology and folklore, an inevitable question arises: Is one superior to the other?
I am not expert enough to answer that. In my opinion, they are different enough to occupy separate spaces in the cultural context. While one may be more systematic and rigorous, the other is more organic and freewheeling. I think that this is like music itself. We admire symphony composers, but we also find joy in self-taught electronic musicians.
Ethnomusicology is an absolutely intriguing realm of study, one that captivates me. Nevertheless, it is crucial that in this journey of exploration, we keep sight of the sheer delight that accompanies the process of discovering, exchanging, and deciphering melodies.
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Ethnomusicologists – what do they study, and why?
Ethnomusicologists study the anthropology of music. They study how music develops and evolves in non-Western cultures in order to better understand the culture of the people.
I talked about the general aspects of the discipline in my previous post on the anthropology of music, titled “Ethnomusicology: the mysterious evolution of language, music, and the human brain.”
The term “Ethnomusicology”
In 1950, Dutch musicologist Jaap Kunst coined the term “ethnomusicology,” combining two disciplines: musicology (the study of music) and ethnology (the comparative study of different cultures).
Whoever came first, prior to 1950, ethnomusicology was known as “comparative musicology”. Comparative musicology originated from early musicology studies. Guido Adler, of Austria, presented an essay in 1885 which laid out a basis for musicology.
Where is ethnomusicology studied?
Ethnomusicology is by nature a field study. This means that the researcher(s) must travel to the place whose music they are studying, in order to see it performed in situ.
However, there are a number of distinguished centers of higher learning where the scholarly study of ethnomusicology takes place. For the sake of simplicity, I will just leave a few links here. A more exhaustive list of centers of ethnomusicology can be found on the SEM website.
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Béla Bartók is considered by many to be the father of ethnomusicology. Béla Bartók was born in Hungary, and grew up during the final years of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922). He was not only a skilled classical pianist, but also a passionate explorer of his homeland, embarking on challenging journeys to gather and preserve the rich tapestry of Hungarian folk songs.
As far as I am concerned, traipsing around Bohemia, Transylvania, and the Carpathian Mountains collecting folk songs is pretty badass. Go Béla!
Béla Bartók birthed the field of ethnomusicology as an academic discipline through his tireless pursuits of folk music, his exposition of the sound of the rural people, and his incorporation of folk-style into his own personal compositions. His work revealed to the world that folk music exists, is important, and stands as an independent academic discipline.
David Taylor Nelson :”Béla Bartók, the Father of Ethnomusicology” https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/vol3/iss2/2
Jaap Kunst
Kunst has a typically interesting “ethnomusicologist” biography. He studied the violin as a youngster. After finishing Law School in the Netherlands, he grabbed his instrument and joined a string trio and set off for Java. As you do, when you’re a badass. He stayed there for about fifteen years. Upon his return to the Netherlands, he was recognized as an expert in his field. In 1950, he coined the term “ethnomusicology”.
Alan Merriam
Alan Merriam was an American ethnomusicologist. His 1964 book, “The Anthropology of Music”, is credited with uniting the academic study of anthropology with that of music.
Women are almost always often erased from history. Alan Merriam was accompanied by his wife, Barbara, on his travels in Africa. I have spent some time searching the Internet for any biographical information on Barbara, or even a photo. So far, I have not had any luck, but I am sure that she was one badass researcher. Watch this space.
Before I leave you, I shall share with you an interesting documentary, “The Language With No Word For Music”. I found it on Reddit.
Summing up
The more I read and research Ethnomusicology and ethnomusicologists, the more my ind boggles. It is truly an expansive and enormous field. I will keep on writing. If you like what you read, please let me know. A little encouragement goes a long way!
We know that listening to our favourite (or least favorite!) music affects the brain. But, have you ever wondered how music affects the brain? It certainly has the power to evoke a wide range of emotions and can have a profound impact on our mood and well-being.
It has been found that music activates more parts of the brain than any other known stimulus.
http://chordsforacause.org/410-2/
The relationship between music and the human brain is under intense scrutiny and is subject to many ongoing studies. Although there is still much to learn, so far we know that:
Stimulates several areas of the brain.
Activates the brain’s “reward centers”, including dopamine pathways.
Improves cognitive function and may help patients with diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and depression.
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Music affects the brain by…
Stimulating several areas.
Studies have shown that listening to music can stimulate several brain areas, including those responsible for processing emotions, memory, and movement.
When we listen to music, our brains come alive with activity. Numerous studies have shown that listening to music stimulates various regions of the brain. One such region is the auditory cortex, which processes and interprets sound. This area of the brain is responsible for recognizing different musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, and melody.
Furthermore, listening to music activates the limbic system, which is associated with emotions and memory. This can explain why certain songs can evoke strong emotional responses or trigger memories from the past. The limbic system comprises the amygdala, the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the hippocampus, the basal ganglia, and the cingulate gyrus.
Enhancing the release of dopamine.
Some music can activate the reward centers in the brain, leading to feelings of pleasure and releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and reward.
The nucleus accumbens is responsible for releasing dopamine. This neurotransmitter is associated with pleasure and is released when we experience something enjoyable, such as listening to our favorite song.
Helping with learning and thinking
Another area that is stimulated by music is the prefrontal cortex. This region is involved in higher cognitive functions such as attention, memory, and problem-solving. Music has been shown to improve focus and concentration, which may be attributed to the activation of the prefrontal cortex.
I am studying for a Master’s in Neuromusic. Neuromusic is the intersectional study of neuroscience, psychology and music. I am currently focused on my thesis, whose working title is “Binaural Beats and the Breathing Brain”. This series of posts will serve to align my thoughts and support my studies. Eventually, these posts will form part of my written thesis.
I am a primarily self-taught songwriter, producer, and DJ. The formal study of how music affects the brain represents a very important step in my personal and professional evolution. So, if you are interested in learning alongside me, and maybe encouraging me, please bookmark this page and check in regularly.
Tune in and feel the flow
Overall, listening to music engages multiple areas of the brain, including the auditory cortex, prefrontal cortex, limbic system, and the reward system. Music has a significant effect on our brains, showing that it is a powerful tool for our emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being.
So next time you’re feeling down or in need of a mental boost, consider turning on some music and let your brain reap the benefits.
Neuroscience of Loving Music: Refrains in the Brain
In this 8-minute BigThink podcast, “The Neuroscience of Loving Music”, Michael Spitzer, Professor of Music at Liverpool University, walks us through the neuroscience of loving music.
As I mentioned in an earlier post about music as medicine, I am studying for a Master’s degree in Neuromusic. If you like this kind of content, please subscribe to my blog. I will be posting about this regularly.
The brain, muscular exertion, and sound
Spitzer begins by describing how the pulse of our steps rhythmically conditions humans. He says birdsong is as jerky as a bird’s movements as they fly through the air. Whalesong is as smooth as the whale’s movement through the water.
Humans walk on land, and the meters or rhythms that we are surrounded by have conditioned our brains, in musical terms. Music leads us on a “journey”, he says.
The links between music and our brains
The neuroscience of loving music is based on the link between sound and motion. This is due to connections in the brain between the motor regions of the brain and the regions controlling hearing. The deeper into the brain you go says Spitzer, the more universal the connections are.
The brain stem responds to reflexes in sound, and percussive elements, for example. The basal ganglia respond to pleasure, so, the feeling of like or dislike that you get from listening to sounds or music. Emotions arise from the amygdala, while the neocortex processes patterns and complexities (think chords, harmony, etc).
Interestingly, he says that listening to music is not relaxing in and of itself. In fact, listening to music is very active. I agree.
“Music can bring people together…Music lowers stress, makes you happy, helps us to recall memories, and helps us to express our deepest sentiments in a way that words cannot.”
Michael Spitzer, Professor of Music, Liverpool University
Meditation Music
Looped music is incredibly repetitive and actually brings about feelings of irritation. I have long been aware of this. In our weekly seminar last Thursday, some of my fellow Master’s students mentioned how frustrating it is to listen to looped meditation music. As musicians, we are always following the timbres, meters, and motifs of music.
As a yoga and meditation teacher, I have tried streaming services for background music. All have failed, mainly because of the short, looped segments. Hence, the project that I am currently working on, MindSet Beats. Stay tuned!
Mimesis – mirroring in the brain
The science of music emotion is a world unto itself. Emotion isn’t just feeling. Emotion has an adaptive role. When we listen to music, when the music moves us, we mirror the sentiments of the sound and also those of the composer. Joy, anger, sadness, and fear can all be experienced by listening to music. Here, multiplatinum records producer and Berklee Professor, Susan Rogers, talks about the intersection of music psychology, psychoacoustics, the producer/engineer’s perspective, and the audience’s.
Frisson – the chills
Music can make out hairs stand up on end. This is known as frisson. I can it “The Feels”. I love that he says that “music is violence without the danger”. All the feelings, no physical harm. As Bob Marley said in Trenchtown Rock “one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain”.
Conclusion
Spitzer finishes the podcast “The Neuroscience of Loving Music” by saying that music is “an umbilical cord back to Mother Nature“. What a lovely thing to say! Happy Sunday, folks!
Nothing like two brand-new mixes to get March marching
Hop on over to my Mixcloud to have a bit of a boogie. There is a downtempo mix and an uptempo mix. Both are total improvisations. I was preparing for my live set on Saturday afternoon and needed to practice mixing some new tunes. They are honest sets, recorded in my home studio.
PS: I find a lot of deejay edits and bootlegs on Soundcloud, so if you like this kind of music, get digging!
Sundowner sets in Altea
If you like what you hear here and want to catch me playing live, come on down to Bar l’Ancora (Carrer Pla d’Albes, Altea, near the Consum in the port area). I will be there every weekend.
Book me!!
If you REALLY like what you hear and want to book me for your party or bar, just drop me a line in my contact form and we’ll talk. You may want to check out my djRVIR page, just for fun.
March into March 🐾
The first mix is a downtempo, edit-heavy, groovy slow burn. My special magic is starting slow and moving the groove up a notch so slowly and smoothly that hardly anybody notices. The art of the DJ is reading the crowd. The DJ is a host, not a star. Music stirs social interaction at just the right pace. This brand-new mix has some Caribou, and Leonard Cohen, so we’re getting a little bit Canadian over here (I can’t resist, I always play the Canadian game of “did you know they’re not American..?) There is some other strange fruit here, so, go have a listen on my Mixcloud profile and let me know if you like it!
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Spring into Spring 🌱
Now on Mixcloud!
The second of my brand-new mixes is a danceable uptempo gem. I love French music. I really think that nobody does modern, filtered, house and disco like the French. I start and finish this set with French artists. First off, the veteran French singer Véronique Sanson. And taking us marching into the night, the fabulous Clara Luciani. Check it out on my Mixcloud profile.
That’s all for now…
In my long-ago youth, we would have called them a mix tape. I think that Americans still do. I made so many mix-tapes for my friends. Now, I am a little more sophisticated and actually blend the songs into each other, into a sweet and spicy continuous mix.
Is it easier than sitting on the play-record buttons on my cassette recorder? Not sure. Digital mixing requires a lot of concentration, especially with bootlegs and remixes of older songs. the drums are not always quantized, and you have to jiggle around to make them fit. But hey! That’s the art of djing! Have a fab day and I truly hope that you enjoy these two brand-new mixes, hot off the press!
More and more investigation is underway to determine just how important a role sound and music may play in future models of health care and disease management. It’s a very exciting time for this branch of holistic therapeutics! This is why I have decided to study Neuromusic. I started my Master’s on Friday!
The expanding scope of music in healthcare was the topic of a recent issue of MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute journal “Healthcare”. The Special Edition Editor was Dr. Lee Bartel, a professor at the University of Toronto. After reading two articles, I found the TED talk that appears above.
Music medicine vs. Music therapy
Music medicine and music therapy are not the same things, but they are closely related. Music medicine can use sound vibrations that are not necessarily musical. Music therapy can also use toning and vibration, but it’s certainly more about musicality and the psychological attachments that a patient may have toward certain styles or pieces of music.-
Healing yourself with sound certainly appeals. Sound is all around us, all the time. Those who live or work in cities may be bombarded by noise, often to their detriment. Traffic noise slows children’s memory development, a 2022 study found.
Neuromusic
Neuromusic is about sound and music as healing modalities. I have only just started my studies, but already I can tell that my long years of self-directed study will pay off. The first module talks about frequencies and harmonics, signals, and all those good things that music producers love to delve into.
My hopes for the course
I hope to use the course to finish and commercialize the project I have been working on for the past year. I earn my living as a Yoga teacher, bodyworker, and MindSet coach. I am currently working very hard on some special guided meditations that are based on cutting-edge knowledge about how different frequencies affect the mind and body. I am particularly interested in the use of music medicine and psychedelics. So, let’s see how that all goes. Exciting times!
Reserva la fecha, porque te va a encantar! ¿Quieres cantar? ¿Quieres gozar de la música? ¿Quieres liberar la voz y sentirte artista? ¿Quieres explorar tu creatividad y sanar tu sistema respiratorio a la vez? Tengo el taller para ti!
El próximo sábado 26 noviembre vamos a juntarnos en un entorno natural a pocos minutos del precioso pueblo de Altea. Ahí, bajos los pinos, con el sol suave del otoño, vamos a respira el aire puro de la costa alicantina. Con ejercicios de la respiración del yoga y del canto, iremos liberando la voz y preparándonos para montar una pequeña improvisación vocal. Después de una pausa y una meditación en silencio, iremos al estudio de grabación para grabar nuestra canción. ¡Suena guay, no?!
Respiración consciente : Pranayama
En qué consiste la respiración consciente?
La respiración consciente es simplemente una forma de prestar atención a nuestra respiración. Se considera que la respiración forma un puente entre el cuerpo y la mente. El pranayama tiene como propósito cruzar este puente con intención para llegar a unir nuestro cuerpo con nuestra mente.
Todo eso suena muy esotérico, lo sé. Hay que tener en cuenta que los fines de la práctica del yoga son muy elevados. Tienen que ver con la liberación del espíritu y cosas así. Es todo muy noble, pero a veces no queremos llegar tan lejos. Es este taller, ponemos el listón más accesible. Aquí, tan solo pretendemos observar nuestra respiración, utilizar técnicas de ritmos respiratorios y retenciones (apneas) para modificarla y probar un poco de resistencia al dióxido de carbono (CO2). Todo eso nos preparará para los ejercicios vocales.
Calentar la voz
Cómo me puedo preparar para cantar mejor?
La voz es un instrumento que necesita sus cuidados y sus calentamientos. Es fácil concluir que “no podemos cantar” si carecemos de las herramientas necesarias para preparar los tejidos de la garganta y la boca para cantar. En realidad, si puedes hablar, puedes cantar. Es cierto que no todos somos Whitney Houston, pero cada persona tiene su rango (dónde estás más cómodo en la escala musical) y su timbre (las matices de la voz, lo que la hace única). A través de ejercicios sencillos, iremos calentando nuestras voces.
Improvisación
Cantar sin partitura? Qué hago…?
¡Dejemos surgir lo que surja! Dependiendo de quienes sean los integrantes del taller, qué rangos tienen, y qué onda hay, iremos improvisando un pequeño tema. No tiene que ser muy largo, pero buscaremos la musicalidad dentro de la improvisación. Dejaremos fluir la onda creativa, quizás creando un coro, quizás dividiéndonos en diferentes sub-grupos, quizás permitiendo un canto y una respuesta, quizás utilizando la voz como instrumento en forma “scat”…quién sabe? Escucharemos y dejaremos que nos escuchen. Co-crearemos un pequeño obra que, a continuación, iremos grabando en el estudio.
Meditación en silencio
El silencio y el sonido son opuestos y complementarios
Mientras se prepara el estudio, el grupo tomara un descanso. Se puede sentarse en postura de meditación, se puede usar el aseo, se puede tomar en té, pero todo en silencio. El trabajo del silencio es imprescindible para quien quiere cantar desde su interior. Tan solo a través del silencio y la escucha logramos percibir todas las matices de nuestra voz.
Grabación en estudio
Iremos al estudio de grabación para hacer unas tomas de voz con el micrófono y el programa de edición musical, Ableton Live. No te asustes, la parte técnica estará preparada para ti. Tan solo tendrás de acercarte al micrófono y cantar tu parte.
¡Ojo! Si quieres estar en el estudio mientras graban los demás, se puede, pero siempre en silencio. Si sientas la necesidad de hablar, habrá sitio afuera. Evitaremos entrar y salir mientras estamos grabando, para no perder tiempo y para no distraer a los demás. Al cabo unos 90 minutos, lo que hay, hay. Posteriormente, haré un poco de edición y cada integrante quedará con una copia de la canción.
Como me apunto??
Suena genial! Como me apunto?
Para guardar tu plaza, hay que hacer un Bizumde 20€alteléfono 667997532 (Rachel Rose) indicando tu nombre y teléfono. El resto puedes pagar en el mismo día. Si decides por cualquier motivo no acudir al taller, guardaré tu aportación para las próximas fechas. Si lo tienes claro que vendrás, puedes ingresar el importe total (35€), claro.
Si te has quedado con alguna duda, mándame un Whatsapp al mismo teléfono y programaremos una llamada. Soy terapeuta y no atiendo al teléfono cuando estoy trabajando, por lo cual es posible que llamadas sin programar no estarán atendidas en el momento.
Una vez que te das de alta, te daré las indicaciones para llegar y la ubicación.
Que tengo que traer?
Una manta, un cojín, agua, un cuaderno y un boli. Y, claro, ganas de pasarlo bien con gente molona! 🤩🥳
Horario del Taller:
10:00 – 10:30 Llegada
10:30 – 10:45 Introducción y presentación de los integrantes
10:45 – 11:30 Pranayama y ejercicios vocales
11:15 – 11:45 Improvisación
11:45 – 12:00 Meditación en silencio
12:00 – 13:30 Grabación en estudio con Ableton Live (mientras que unos están grabando, los demás pueden seguir ensayando sus partes)
Próximas fechas
El taller se impartirá en inglés el sábado 28 de enero y en español el sábado 25 de febrero. The workshop will be presented in English on 28th January and again in Spanish on 25th February.
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