Traydio | Resonant Beings - 'The Physical Effects of Sound and Vibration'.

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ian russell wrote at 10:02:49 AM on Nov 29, 2008

I don't know of any unpleasant side effects of gong-bath soaking, Carl. Maybe we can send one of our intrepid reporters to investigate.

I would say that the idea of bathing in the gong sounds (no pun here) quite appealing. I think it's easy to underestimate the comfort of noise and vibration. Do you know what an anechoic chamber feels like? We had one at college and, I'll tell you, half an hour in there and you start going crazy.

Much later, after college, I had the opportunity to visit a sound laboratory which was the opposite of anechoic - I forget the techie name right now - all hard surfaces and strictly no right angled planes. Well, to hold a conversation in there was just plain strange, equally as crazy as the anechoic chamber.

Right, I'm off to do twelve bars of the gong pool...

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Paul Wetton wrote at 06:10:12 PM on Dec 15, 2008

Next one is in production , now I've stopped coughing (well almost stopped coughing)...I must confess it's a bit of a challenge to do the sound on the next one,as I'm tracing the use of sound and music throughout history,with a special focus on the use of sound in ritual...I'm desparately trying to find sounds still for this one including 'slit gongs' from Papua New Guinea (The Arapesh Tribal People) and some examples of 'bull roarers'...If anyone can help me on that front,I'll be your best friend !

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Judy Rice wrote at 06:16:13 PM on Jun 29, 2009

I loved your information. It made me want to ask questions. I work with adoptees who were separated from their mothers at birth and wonder what changes the loss of feeling and hearing their mother's heartbeat might cause them. Do you know of any studies on this? I do know that the sound of one hearbeat will entrain another and was very aware of the heartbeat in your presentation.

Thanks! Judy

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Paul Wetton wrote at 10:48:44 AM on Jul 01, 2009

Hi Judy, Brilliant question,which I must confess had me up half the night going through my notes and books.I must confess I can't give you a proper answer yet....but I will keep it in my mind and consult some medic friends of mine.I do know that hearing is the most vital sense for new born babies;their sense of hearing initiates in the womb,although they do hear and react to loud noises from outside of the womb,most of the sound they experience is that emmitted from the mother.Also at birth all babies experience synaesthesia (a merging of the senses) for the first few months,this apparently is to optimise survival at this vunerable age.I have also read that a babies heart will beat in sympathy with its mothers heart.I'm not sure what traumas may occur as a result of depriving a child of close contact with their birth mother...but I will keep on the case .

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