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Songs About: SURRENDER
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Why is it that it most always takes a major crisis in our lives to bring about the wisdom and ultimate peace found in the act of surrendering? Here are some songs (with reflections) that can help us open to the idea of surrender with new eyes, ears and hearts.
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FLASHBACK: What is Sacred Music?
In RockOm's short existence on the web, we've posted a number of compelling articles and blog posts that have since found their way into the inner archives. There are many new readers and users since those "early days" and so occasionally we will pull out old posts for you to read (or re-read) and meditate upon. Here is an excellent article posted during RockOm's very first week by a musician...
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Stripping Away
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In this week's podcast episode (#66, "Stripping Away"), musicians Carly Simon and Heather Maloney share interviews with RockOm. Carly talks about stripping down her hits for the new album Never Been Gone and singer-songwriter Heather Maloney shares about the stripping away process that occurs in meditation.CLICK HERE to visit our Podcast page to download this [...]
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What’s Rockin @ RockOm: 11/10
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As it turns out, Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carly Simon has a mystical side that is rarely made public. She shares with RockOm this week about using music to connect with others, as prayer and as a way to heal the world in Carly Simon Hears the Voice of God. Also in this interview you can [...]
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Carly Simon: Listening for the Voice of God
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Academy Award-winning songstress Carly Simon shares with RockOm a unique look into her new album Never Been Gone and opens up on her thoughts on the healing qualities of music, chant, meditation, the beauty of the human voice, prayer in its various forms and much more.
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Meditation as Modulation
Modulation, in music, is the act or process of changing from one key or tonal center to another. According to Sufi Master Pir Vilayat Khanodulation, modulation is also great description of what happens during meditation and other forms of spiritual discipline. More thoughts on the subject, including an exercise for this week, after the jump...
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RockOm Round-up
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RockOm Round-up is a quick glance at what's going on this week around the world in the areas of music and spirituality. Today's batch of articles includes: the potential end of Christian music?; Dhani Harrison dedicates album to yogis; Blasting the US with punk Islam; An Israeli metal band; and Yusuf Islam previews his new musical...
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Let’s Talk About Your Big “But”
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In 1993, the #1 pop single in the world spoke of coming up against limitations in the loving of others. Find out what the song was and what it can teach us about dealing with our personal "buts", leaning into our edge and practicing unconditional love after the jump...
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Through the Frame of Faith
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In this week's podcast episode (#66, "Through the Frame of Faith"), musicians Derek Webb and Josh Garrels share how their spiritual convictions inform how they write music. Other topics you will enjoy include how to understand the new face of the music industry, how music is impacted by the setting in which it is written, [...]
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Overlapping Circles
You probably remember Venn diagrams from high school (or perhaps you're still using them in your classes or business). While each circle signifies a unique set, overlapping sections represent any similarities. In the postmodern age many faith traditions and belief systems are starting to overlap in much the same way, often through the common ground of music. What does this mean for your own lif...
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What’s Rockin @ RockOm: 11/2
Most every Westerner has some relationship with the Christian church. He/She is usually either a part of it or alternately has some sort of aversion to it. We all understand that Christianity - maybe even moreso than other faith practices - carries with it a lot of cultural baggage here in the States. For this [...]
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Derek Webb: Art w/o Agenda
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Derek Webb's controversial album Stockholm Syndrome has made enormous waves in the Christian music scene for its honest - and often biting - foray into sexuality, the church, government and culture as well as for its use of "explicit language." Derek shares with RockOm about the provocative new album, next steps for the music industry and the role of the artist.
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Healing with Sound
Dine Mandle has been practicing Himalayan/ Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing for nearly a decade and has since established a private practice integrating Polarity, Sound Healing and Coaching and in 2004 became California's first State Certified Tibetan Bowl Practitioner/Instructor. She answers a simple Q&A about "sound energy healing" - including how sound and vibration impact your physical, spiritual .
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Halloween Round-up +
For this week's Round-up, considering that it's Halloween and all, we've decided to share with you articles about the darker side of music, death, and all that is frightening and spooky...
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More on “Winter” w/ Daniel Hope
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On Tuesday of this week we posted our review of Sting's new winter-themed concept album, If on a Winter's Night... It just so happens that one of the musicians who plays on this recording - four-time Grammy nominated violin virtuoso Daniel Hope - shares a home city with RockOm. We reached out to Daniel to get his thoughts on Sting's new collection, what winter means to him and more.
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New Podcast featuring UpBeat Drum Circles
Early today we posted an insightful interview with Christine Stevens of UpBeat Drum Circles. Now's your chance to hear the interview first-hand. Check out the newest episode of the RockOm Podcast to hear our conversation about how music bridges cultural and spiritual "differences."
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Building Bridges Through Music: Christine Stevens
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Three melodic strings, a drumbeat and a passionate desire to connect with another can create a force that is larger than life. This immense, graceful force can be found in Christine Stevens and UpBeat Drum Circles as they travel the world, often venturing into hostile and war-torn territories to bridge cultural and spiritual barriers through music. Read our latest interview with Christine after...
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The music made me do it!
"People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobodies worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss." [Nick Hornby, High Fidelity]What do you think? Does continued exposure to "songs about broke...
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