Creativity, wellness, technology: welcome to my personal portfolio.

Welcome to my personal portfolio, my name is Rachel Rose. This is where I write about creativity, wellness, and technology.

Personal Portfolio of Rachel Rose, electronic artist, DJ, and mindset coach.

Creativity is key

I write (blogging, and journaling, mostly, but I have a number of published articles.) I dj deep house, and compose and produce electronic tunes using Ableton Live. My artist name is Miss Rachel Rose.

Like most creative people, my interests are wide-ranging and I hope to convey them adequately here, in my personal portfolio. I write songs, poems, am a self-taught acoustic guitarist, bassist, producer, and singer.

I have a Masters in “Neuromúsica” which I finished last year. My thesis was on Binaural Beats and Heart Rate Variability in Menopausal women. You can read my thesis “The Breathing Brain” here.

I am currently studying “solfège” which is musical theory. I have been at it for 18 months and it has totally transformed the way that I produce! I love it, and heartily encourage any and all self-taught musicians to dip into a structured theory class. As my teacher says “before you were like a taxi driver without GPS. Now you have a map”.

User Experience and Music Technology

Music production is hard! In so many ways, digital audio workstation production AKA home/bedroom studio is incredibly difficult to learn (as is learning to play an instrument, of course). As an auto-didactic producer, I can assure you that UX is not front and foremost in the minds of music technology interface designers.

Without having studied it in depth (yet), I would say that the User Experience has improved since the early days. But, it has so very far to go. Some general comments would include low-contrast interfaces, “hidden” drop-down preset menus (there is quite a minimalist vibe in a lot of these apps and plugins), and lots of TRAs (three-letter acronyms, the anathema of user-focused techies everywhere).

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Old is new, is old, is new…

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My passion is linking modern science to ancient wisdom. What goes around, comes around. I love taking the esoteric and obscure and making them modern, meaningful, and understandable.

Specifically: The world of wellness, in which I have spent most of my working life, is rooted in ancient beliefs. The energy map of the human body was used at the time of the Veda-s, over 3,500 years ago. Ancient wisdom like the power of breathwork and meditation has also been hauled into the 20th century, given a polish, and offered to the stressed out masses. And, rightly so. There is a need for this knowledge.

Creativity Coaching

My current project is Creativity Coaching for Mothers. I am convinced that the world needs the art made by women and mothers. I am working on coaching on personal purpose, Ikigai, as this is something that I have dedicated time and energy to for many years. No link here (yet) but watch this space. Sign up to my mailing list if you want to know more, or just stay in the loop.

Clear and simple writing

Simplicity is the key to understanding anything, and communicators like me have a big role to play in keeping an increasingly complex world user-friendly. As well as this personal portfolio, you can read more about me on my about page.

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