Alright, so this is my first blog entry so far. Yes, I missed the first two. Although I have not been updating you guys in this realm, there has been a lot going through my head in concurrence with this project.
First, a couple of books I am reading:
The Power of Sound by Joshua Leeds: This is an incredibly eclectic source of sound therapy techniques and all sorts of other kinds of information based upon how sound affects the brain. Joshua Leeds is one of the few leading experts in psychoacoustics and far as I know.
Psychedelic Shamanism by Jim DeKorne: You may be wondering why a book entitled "Psychedelic Shamanism" is having a major role in my sound studies. Well, my project is all based around consciousness. This book has some great techniques described for achieving different states of consciousness and I have found it essential as a guide during my sound practices. It many ways it describes how to "feel" for these different levels of sensation, in my case stimulated by sound.
Second, what I have been up to this week:
I started researching Binaural beats a little bit more. For those of you who aren't familiar with Binaurals, they are frequencies generated in the brain when we hear two slightly different frequencies in each ear. I recorded two tracks, one in the low register, and the other in the medium frequency domain. Using two oscillators, I panned each one hard to the left and right, and tuned them ever so slightly apart. In addition, they were modulated by the same source, an extremely slow lfo, to induce a bit of drifting. Quite hypnotizing indeed.
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