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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:22 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:28 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:09 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:12 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:17 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:22 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:50 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:59 pm
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I've been listening to Bear McCreary and his Battlestar Galactica music. Mostly the heavier drums from Season 3 (Storming New Caprica, if you're familiar or curious), and the Greco-themed Baltar/Kobol music.
Fight Night and Storming New Caprica are my favorites here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Season-Bear-Mccreary/dp/B000UZ4C4A
It's ecstatic. Puts me in a trance easily. Middle-eastern drumming does it to me too, especially Turkish and Greek styles.
Raqs is good for trances. Mind, Raqs Sharqi/Belly Dancing is not necessarily something for women - it's dancing, plain and simple.
Mmm, it seems like I got slightly off topic. I don't really use music in any kind of ritual, but I do feel that it brings me closer to my gods. Maybe it's the creativity inherent in music, the skill in playing it, or the trance state and not the music in particular that does it, but music is a catalyst that helps me feel a part of my gods every day.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:01 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:31 am
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I use Mozart to open my mind and soul. I don't know what it is about his music but it just floods a completely new feeling of awareness of who I am, what I do, and how to do it. I also tend to see many visions/flashes of destruction through my head when I listen too it, it's just in such an elegant and beautiful way.
And also inspires me to write without thinking of what I'm writing (I guess you could say it's almost like automatic writing only without outside influence, strictly from your subconscious and soul).
Like so:
Royal Aria
Quote: Such emotion and feelling, filling my heart with visions of destruction and fear; Of love and power and all existance. The vocals of the sweet royal blood of the night, such beauty, such beauty, it sparkles so bright. This Aria, this great Aria, forever is within sight. Ever growing and pushing the limits, Of nothingness and creation. All that is, pales in comparison.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:16 pm
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Sophist Actually it kind of reminds me of an Iranian harpsichord. Santur is the Persian word for the Iranian harpsichord, actually.
Quote: I wonder if you could tell me the name of an instrument that I've heard a lot but I have no idea what it is. I've heard it in middle eastern music but the most recent time was in the music from the HBO show Rome. I'm going to try and search for it on youtube and then I'll post it if I find it. Edit: Here is an example. It starts playing at 1:50. Does anyone know what it is? I looked it up. I'm pretty sure that's a ney flute.
I love all the music links that are popping up in this thread! New music really makes my day.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:59 pm
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