REVIEW: Sting’s “Winter’s Night…”
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Featured Track of the Week
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by LightsVisit Lights at...Main WebsiteMySpaceiTunesLIGHTS is the name of the "sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop" singer-songwriter who has been making a splash on the Warped Tour as well as with her debut full-length album, The Listening (Warner Brothers). She has been highlighted as buzz-worthy by Rolling Stone magazine, calling her a "retro new wave... keytar-rocking pixie."Light's song [...]
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RockOm Roundup
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New Podcast: Audio Roundtable
The audio from our informal roundtable discussion with Shantala comprises this week's audio podcast episode. Topics include the difference between Eastern and Western musical training, how musicians communicate, playing music to accompany yoga, connecting with the Divine through song and much more.CLICK HERE to visit our Podcast page to download this and other episodes of [...]
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The First Chakra
COLUMN: Commentary on Theories of Spirituality through MusicBy John StaedlerTo reiterate from my last article, the word chakra is literally translated to mean "wheel of light." Often they are explained and depicted as colored wheels of light spinning from seven major points in the body however there are infinite chakras in everything. For now I want to start with the first chakra and common ass...
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What’s Rockin at RockOm: 10/20
There are some days that call for music which blasts us off into higher dimensions through sharp edginess, intensity and brute presence, while other days call for music that gently centers our being through fluidity, grace and airy spaciousness. Today we're offering a sacred spectrum of sounds filled with fluidity and grace through devotional kirtan music by Portland's Shantala Music and "psych...
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by HaaleVisit Haale at...Main WebsiteiTunesHaale (as in halle-lujah or jalepeno), is a Bronx-born woman of Iranian descent whose name means the 'halo around the moon.' Her "Psychedelic Sufi Trance Rock" songs are trance-inducing, rhythmically propulsive, and lyrically engaging tapestries that draws on both Persian mystical (including the works of Rumi) and American psychedelic musical tradition...
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On Music and Miracles
You've probably had the experience of explicitly or implicitly being asked, "Who do you think you are to... (fill in the blank)?" This came up for me years ago when I decided to start writing songs. I have no formal training in music, play "survival" piano mostly for my own therapeutic enjoyment, have a good ear thanks to genetics, and am a believer in, and happy recipient of, magic in my life....
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Mystery of Music
Albert Einstein once said, "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." I think it's fairly safe to say that Einstein understood music about as much as music can be understood. Just as difficult as it seems to grasp Einstein's theories of quantum mechanics, energy transfer and special relativ...
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New Podcast: Ayurveda and Matt Malley
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Our audio interviews with Featured Track artist Ayurveda and Counting Crows founder Matt Malley comprise this week's audio podcast episode. Topics include the music of Ayurveda, music as the gateway to the divine, Matt Malley's decision to leave the Counting Crows, harnessing Kundalini energy and much more.CLICK HERE to visit our Podcast page to download [...]
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Om on the Road
As you most likely know by now, RockOm provides a weekly podcast where we "discover and discuss the bond between music and spirituality" through interviews with relevant musicians. And while what we do is quite original, it doesn't mean we're the only Lego in the toybox.Several other entities are pumping out spiritual music podcasts and we wanted to make sure you knew about these, added them to...
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What’s Rockin at RockOm: 10/13
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Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar are two of the teachers who are noted as popularizing [hatha] yoga in the West. Since that time there has been an explosion of interest in the culture, spirituality and teachings of India. This week RockOm wants to introduce you to two amazing Western musical acts, both influenced by the yogic tradition, Matt Malley and Ayurveda.
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Matt Malley Awakens the Goddess
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Counting Crows founding member and bassist Matt Malley shares with RockOm about the reasons he left the Grammy nominated band, Kundalini energy and Sahaja yoga, learning the Indian slide guitar, his debut album and his musical intentions for the future.
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Featured Tracks of the Week
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Artist:The Sixxis
by AyurvedaVisit Ayurveda at...Main WebsiteMySpaceAyurveda is a five-member group based in Ithaca, New York. Music is a direct path to the Divine for Ayurdeda. Singer Tom Burchinal's lyrics, while not afraid of the darkness, explore a more positive, spiritual reality consistent with their namesake.Tom says, "We make if fairly clear from the first note that [...]
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Doctor My Eyes
This morning my dog shit all over the carpet. As you can imagine it started my day off on the wrong foot. See how music helped released the frustration and contraction and then began to help me observe the coastal country landscape around me in a totally different manner, after the jump...
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Musical Terms
Since RockOm's inception, we've written several articles centered around musical terms - such as morendo, rhythm, arpeggio, etc. - and used those as launching pads for discussions on the spiritual life. After the jump below you'll find a couple of these quite interesting pieces to read or re-read. Enjoy! Learn! And share with a music-loving friend, for goodness sake!
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