Sep 04, 08    `Flow-Time gets newsletter going!´
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This is really good news and is going to be exciting…`Flow-Time gets newsletter going!´ …Keeping you up to date with events and concerts from David Jean-Baptiste performance groups, cds and products, special offers, reviews and previews, keep informed about Clarinet Therapy and Music and Memory as they grow, special guest interviews, related topics and of course free stuff. `Reflections´ is a gift to you for subscribing, best played when you want to unwind after a long and tiring day or when a person needs to relax and get centred before an important task. Enjoy…

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“I come home, sit back, turn on Reflections and the days stress simply drains away every time, I don’t know how it works but it works”… (antje boetius, marine biologist)

“Unlike the masses of synthesizer based relaxation music on the market Reflections has been recorded by instrumentalists totally at ease with creating music for this situation”…(Arne Weiss, sound designer)

”It calmed my energetic kids before bedtime”… (lucie polya, education inspector)

Reflections… Eight pieces of music performed by David playing variations on an infectiously relaxing D flat pedal on Contra-bass Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Bass Flute with the piano and spacy keyboards of Nicky Bendix . Nicky has an open channel to the heavens, you will not hear him repeat a phrase throughout…Reflections works by gradually slowing down the rhythm of the body and mind in time with the music, which is often very slow, minimal and introspective. The monotone is sweet on the low clarinets and the bass flute.  The spacy and imaginative sound design from Nicky Bendix has a Nordic touch. Here our mind stays attentive as it normally does when listening to music, as it is interesting; but because the music really doesn’t go anywhere and stays in the same tonality eventually the mind gives in and totally relaxes… With regular use you can really begin to enjoy these benefits often… Reduces stress Eases the mind Creates a relaxed space Promotes better sleep Releases endorphins Improves concentration Heightened creativity Aligns the physical body and mind Unlocks the dream machine Helps find your flow-centre Works as a personal development too “I wanted to create a work with the primary intention to relax the listener using music, the best combination of musical instruments and the most suitable performing artists for the task. I could not have asked a pianist keyboardist better suited for this project than Nicky Bendix. He is fresh, creative and deeply introspective… we created something that turns off your thinking mind freeing you to simply relax and dream…”

Background to sound healing: by Jason Rowe

The universe at its basest level is made up of sound vibrations. And whether something is as large as a galaxy of as small as one human being the same is true. How often do we meet somebody and there is no effort to relate with them? Resonance at similar frequency happens all the time to all living matter and this is often referred to as entrainment, (and of course the opposite can also be true.) Her mother’s heartbeat is the first sound a baby hears inside the womb. It nurtures and supports her growth and lays the foundation for trust within the human form. As adults, sound is the last sense we leave behind. Rhythm and music is as fundamental a part of all human communities, whenever and wherever they are, as is water, food and sunlight. For thousands of year’s music was family, along with dance and storytelling. Today’s modern technology platforms and entertainment business models has reversed this and put ownership with a few record labels and performers thus making the majority of the western world passive in response to music.

However many artists have realized the healing potential of sound and some have even produced music that seeks to heal the listener by raising the level of consciousness and thus bringing about self discovery and therefore the possibility of healing and change. Many of these are now using common software and the Internet to deliver this message to a wider audience. Pythagoras is seen as the pioneer of sound healing c.500 BC, and the ancient Indian Vedic Chakra system of energy centres within the body is now widely recognized within the West. The core system revolves around 7 chakras from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. (1. Base 2. Sacral 3. Solar Plexus 4. Heart 5. Throat 6. Third Eye 7. Crown.). These centres are guides to convergent areas that cover physical, emotional and spiritual energies. Sound that creates healing resonates at these areas and levels.