33bowls

Music From The Hearts Of Space

2011-01-14T21:36:00.001-08:00

Recently, 33 Bowls Tibetan Singing Bowls was part of show #934, Resonant Bronze: the timeless tones of bells, bowls and gongs.

http://www.hos.com/#program/0934

If you have not heard (or heard of) Hearts Of Space, they have been producing broadcasts, and now podcasts, of Ambient with Soul, otherwise known as Spacemusic, for decades; in their own way contributing to a slightly saner world.

As always, streaming players of the full 33 Bowls recordings are at http://33bowls.com

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Interview with Dr. Karen Vizer

2010-09-28T11:12:00.001-07:00

An hour of conversation about music, resonance, coherence, the hundredth monkey, and Tavern Bands:

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Link to Dr. Karen Vizer here

Sounds to accompany the conversation: http://33bowls.com

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

2010-08-23T11:33:00.001-07:00

Grabbing life by the Bowls. Best listened to with headphones.

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Quality and Quantity, why not have both?

2010-06-06T16:18:00.001-07:00

We have a quote from a gentleman back East:

" Definitely this is the best performance and recording of singing bowls that I have ever heard -- and I've heard a fair number of recordings. "

Thanks for the kind words! Although it would be insider trading to comment on the performance aspect (there are a few spots of "perfect imperfection" that were left in---it was considered better to err on the side or real, and away from polished or artificial) it is fair game to talk about the audio quality of the recording. Having also listened to a number of Singing Bowls recordings, 33 Bowls is the only one that consistently fooled a variety of listeners into thinking there was a live performance of Singing Bowls in the next room! In a few words, clean, clear, lucid, more "thereness" there, liquid ease of listening. Considerable "consideration" of the Art and Science of recording went into the recording and production, both the details and the big picture. Playback monitoring is stock equipment, via Lavardin amplifiers, Stealth cables, Fried time coherent Monitor Speakers, Stax electrostatic headphones. However, everything in the recording path is custom and proprietary, nothing is off the shelf. Those details we won't talk much about, but you can enjoy!

As always, the entire recording(s) are available free online (at somewhat reduced bit rate and fidelity) as streaming audio players; Amazon mp3 download is a whopping $1.78; and the CD, which offers enhanced resolution and fidelity is $10; all linked from the main web page: http://33bowls.com

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Awakenings Blog Talk Radio interview with Michelle Meiche

2010-04-23T16:25:00.001-07:00

The 33 Bowls facilitator goes full geek; interview starts at around 25 minutes.

Interview

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Old Meets New: 33 Bowls Tibetan Singing Bowl Ringtones

2010-03-30T12:25:00.001-07:00

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The was much in the way of thought and deliberation over the paradox of a ringtone of 33 Bowls. Would it be almost sacrilegious to the Artisans who created these wonderful Singing Bowls, or to the Art of Singing Bowls in general? On one hand, the short attention span, the distraction factor, the health issues, the numbing down of intuition, the ease of tracking and wiretapping associated with mobile phones all are not so good. On the other hand, the interconnectivity, and concomitant community available is a very good thing. Information is golden. On yet another hand is the serenity, coherence, mindfulness, presence of Singing Bowls that one just gets the slightest hint or taste of in a 29 second snippet. What evolved was recorded specifically as a ringtone, rather than just sampling part of an existing recording. Probably one of the few ringtones recorded in high resolution 24 bit 88.2 kHz sampling! Less nuance, more of a stand out and hear this kind of quality to it, but still with plenty of texture, overtones, binaural sub-beats. Maybe someone hearing them on your phone will be reminded or even motivated to engage in some kind of mindful practice, or maybe they will be gently reminded to relax and chill a bit more.

For the ubiquitous iPhone, search for 33bowls from your iPhone ringtone store directly.

For others phones/carriers, except Verizon, go to this link:

http://www.reverbnation.com/store/index/artist_562628

Not yet available for Verizon subscribers. You might consider Credo Mobile as an alternative.

Ironically, due to efficiencies in the marketplace, the ringtone is similarly priced to the entire MP3 album download on Amazon. Streaning audio players of the entire album are always free to preview (along with links to purchase) at: http://33bowls.com

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What am I doing here?

2010-03-08T16:12:00.001-08:00

Is it possible that standing out from the crowd (even if the crowd is refined, polished, shining, beautiful, and talented) by just showing up and being yourself is the best way to provide meaning and value to that crowd?

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Moonlight to Sunlight

2010-02-08T19:38:00.001-08:00

More visuals of the area where 33 Bowls was recorded. The setting Full Moon to the West and shortly after, the pre-Dawn light of the Sun to the East. Space holds experiences, and music can hold the space. An intention of 33bowls is to "hold the space" to enhance whatever feelings, sensations, experiences are present rather than to tell a particular story, or communicate emotions as much music does. So it's "there", but it's not intrusive. Even though it's not telling you anything, it's not boring, it's facilitating you telling what you need to tell, being present in the moment.

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Morning Visuals

2009-12-31T10:03:00.001-08:00

The area where "33Bowls - Morning" was recorded. A couple specks that are actually majestic birds flying east towards the rising Sun over the morning fog filling the lake valley. A small reminder of civilization in the foreground of the lake valley full of morning fog. The morning light of the Sun shining through the trees into the evaporating fog.

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Myriad forms of resonance

2009-12-29T17:35:00.001-08:00

Listen to the whole recording here, and if you like it, Amazon mp3 downloads are still $1.78 for the whole album. Update: CDs are scheduled to be available by Valentine's Day, and are being mastered in HDCD format from the 24bit masters for high resolution enjoyment.

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Why, What and What next?

2009-10-05T20:22:00.001-07:00

Rollover mouse, pop out player widget to listen while continuing to surf.

The buy link on the widget above is iTunes only, more choices at http://33bowls.com

The 33bowls project started off with a couple seemingly innocent questions: "Wouldn't it be nice if...", "Wouldn't is be fun to..." One thing led to another, and a collection of Tibetan Singing Bowls of varying antiquity found their way, Bowl by Bowl, to the facilitator of the project, seemingly assembling themselves as a complete tuned set of pairs of do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do tuned Bowls. Plus larger "bass" Bowls, also pitch matched. Not exact western pitch, but close to western ratios between pitches.

Based on early rave responses by friends, peers and cohorts to performances and test recordings, the next obvious step was to share with a larger audience.

The intention has never been to sell or persuade you or anyone to buy a product, rather the form of greed is this: the more blissed out, chilled out, happy, harmonious, coherent people there are on this Planet, the more fun the 33bowls facilitator will have on the Planet with them. The distribution is intended to provide as good a value as possible: pricing will be rock bottom for downloads and physical CDs. The entire recordings are available for free listening on the main website as a streaming palyer, so you will know what you are getting. The fidelity of downloads is actually better than what is heard on the free streaming player, and of course, the CD version is even higher resolution. They sound startlingly real on a high end stereo system, often fooling listeners in the same room as the Bowls themselves; yet do maintain the essential qualities of sound and resonance through distribution via AAC, mp3, and streaming media. We have strived for a balance between too yin and too yang when played through most systems, starting with as clean a recording path as practical. The master recordings have been in 44/24 format; future ones will be in 88/24 format for additional hi-res distribution via HDtracks and HDCD encoded CDs.

Future projects include:

A 20 to 45 minute mellower version for deep, deep meditation with less mallet and percussive sound, more soft sustains and decays. Specifically lots of "binaural" beats when listened to with headphones.

A 20 to 30 minute toning sequence moving up the musical scale, specifically for toning, singing, omming, humming along; with just the right amount of timing between notes for breathing in and omming out. What to call it? ET tone OM?

A 45 minute "Bowls with a background of Ocean Waves" recording. Although there are already way too many such recordings gathering dust on the new age shelves and bins of stores, this is at the request of a craniosacral therapist. The rate of the Ocean Waves, six to ten times a minute correlates with the craniosacral rhythm; it is measurable seismically from the Oceans pounding the shore and literally permeates all of nature, ourselves included; we feel good when in sync with it. Needless to say, the Ocean Waves for this will be recorded full, straight through, live with no editing or looping.

What would you like to hear? Twitter @33bowls

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Now available: Amazon mp3 downloads

2009-10-02T22:22:00.001-07:00

Amazon mp3: 33bowls, $1.78, 72 minutes, quite a deal.

A streaming player and links to amazon are here:

http://33bowls.com

Try before you buy. Listen to the entire recording (albeit in somewhat lower fidelity at lower bit rates for streaming). But you get the idea. Enjoy.

This is an oscilloscope view of a snippet of the track "morning". The exponential decay modulated by sub-harmonic beats is visible. The slight visual fuzziness is actually smaller amplitude resonances of the room and other bowls.

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100% Organic Heavy Metal: Tibetan Singing Bowls

2009-09-26T19:26:00.001-07:00

See the upper right hand corner to listen to the full tracks. If you like what you hear, buy links are in the neighborhood.

33 Bowls track 1: Morning 27:17

33 Bowls track: Rain 45:30

The recording and editing of the first release, titled "33 Bowls", is complete. Cover Art is being finalized. "33 Bowls" will contain two extended tracks: 1) a 27 minute track titled "Morning" which is "just" Bowls with a few birds chirping in the background for the first few minutes, as the recording was done at the crack of Dawn; and 2) a 45 minute track titled "Rain" which has a somewhat "softer" sound and a gentle background of tropical rain, also a birdsong in the beginning. The Bowls, of course, were inside and did not fill up with tropical rainwater. The recordings were done with custom microphones, cables, preamplifiers, carbon fiber isolation shelves, and high resolution analog to digital converters. There are no electronic tricks or artifices, hence they are not "perfect" but quite "real". There are thirty three Tibetan Singing Bowls in the recordings, just not all played simultaneously. Announcement of the release via iTunes, Amazon, and direct purchase will be forthcoming. In the meantime, enjoy the samples. Comments, feedback, suggestions, requests are all welcomed.

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If Bunnies were Bowls: a microphone's eye view

2009-09-26T19:25:00.001-07:00

Sitting on a wooden floor under a Grand Piano, the Tibetan Bowls "talk" to each other and the Piano; resonate with and throughout the room.

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Gratitude

2009-09-26T19:24:00.001-07:00

Deep Gratitude to countless generations of Artisans who listened to the Grand Muse; who practiced, even mastered the Art of expressing the resonance and coherence of the Universal Aum; who crafted these and other Singing Bowls.

Your memory lives on.

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Tibetan Singing Bowls

2009-09-26T19:22:00.001-07:00

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Sample of more to come. Enjoy.

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