Sound thinking: how the resonances of music and sound go deeply into the places that need to heal, with Alexandre Tannous

We’re on something of a rich seam provided by the energy guru Nate Hagens this month, who comes up with fascinating tangents around his themes of degrowth, post-capitalism and the “Great Simplifcation” (see last fortnight’s post).

The video above is Nate’s interview with ethnomusicologist Alexandre Tannous (who we encountered at Harvest Kaplankaya). His blurb below:

Music has been an integral part of the human experience for thousands of years, and continues to embody a unique aspect of culture across the world today - yet most people hold only a preliminary understanding of the full range of benefits that sound, resonance, and harmonics can provide.

Today, I’m joined by ethnomusicologist Alexandre Tannous for a deep dive on the evolution of the human relationship with sound and how music could be used as a tool to facilitate personal resilience and healing.

How can resonance quiet our reptilian fight-or-flight system and positively impact personal and group consciousness? When grounded in ceremony, how does music enhance spirituality and well-being for communities?

What could a world look like in which every human has the access and energy to focus on healing themselves through the powerful tools of sound and meditation?

More here. Hagens begins the interview interestingly, saying a major topic of his podcast is about how we create “behaviourally stacked humans as they face the Great Simplification, through creating emotional resilience and coping mechanisms. This is easier said than done, and involves a vast array of practices - exercise, community, food, etc. But one thing that i’ve increasingly found to be helpful for me is the use of sound and music…”

We’re just as interested in how sound and music can strengthen citizens in their communities.