and meditative form of music that would support yoga and massage and our evolving spiritual path.” Together, they have produced more than 75 albums,


working with a wide variety of musical artists. Soundings’ lat- est release is Dean Evenson’s Dream Space, which like many of his other albums supporting his mission of “Peace through Music,” has proven especially popular with massage thera- pists, body workers, yoga teachers and others whose mission it is to promote relaxation. “Dream Space is truly one of the most relaxing CDs I


have ever done a massage to,” says licensed massage thera- pist Jeff Willson. “It took me and my client to a really deep place, and healing came with ease.” The music in Dream Space reflects the title, with a sense


Left to right: Dean Evenson, Dudley Evenson and Phil Heaven


Sound Healing Pioneers Release Dream Space


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n 1965, Dudley Dickinson graduated from UT–Knox- ville with a degree in art history and a minor in French. She moved to New York City to work for Pan Am, trav- eled around the world, lived in Japan for a while, and then returned to New York, where in 1968 she met her across-the- hall neighbor in the East Village, Dean Evenson. That’s when her journey really began. Dickinson and Evenson didn’t just share an apartment


hallway; they shared a love and talent for music and media. Soon they were married—and artistic and business part- ners. After receiving a master’s degree in molecular biology, Evenson, a Staten Island native, had moved to Manhattan’s East Village to switch his focus and explore his artistic inter- ests. He got a job as a recording engineer at Regent Sound Studios, where he worked on albums by Eric Clapton, Les McCann, Mose Allison and Roberta Flack. During the 1970s, Dean and Dudley lived in a half-


sized school bus and traveled the country, documenting the emerging culture with a portable video camera. All along the way, they were making music: he played flute and she played harp. By 1979, the husband-and-wife team decided to blend their peaceful music with the sounds of nature and start their own record label, Soundings of the Planet. “We wanted to carry the message of the earth through our music into urban areas, where decisions about the planet were being made,” Dudley Evenson says. “This inspiration came to us directly from our contacts with Native American elders and medicine people. We were also motivated to create a more peaceful


of vast space and rich low tones that make it a natural fit for healing, meditation and even sleep. Dean Evenson plays his sonorous flutes even more slowly than usual, and in addition to his soprano silver flute, he adds bass and alto flutes over a bed of atmospheric keyboards. Dudley Evenson joins him on harp, tamboura and Tibetan bowls. Their longtime co- producer and Soundings engineer, Phil Heaven, adds viola to round out the musical experience. Within the Dream Space mix is the natural Earth Reso-


nance Frequency (ERF), a sub-audio tone of 7.83 hertz (cycles per second). It’s an enhancement designed to promote Alpha/Theta brainwave synchronization for deeper relax- ation, Dean Evenson explains. “The ERF is in the range of the natural vibration of the earth’s atmospheric cavity and can be felt but not heard,” he says. “Under the influence of this original nurturing earth frequency, the brain will entrain into the state that is on the cusp between Alpha and Theta—the state that occurs when a person is still awake and alert, yet in a calm and meditative space.” Evenson says studies have shown that the effect of this


frequency on the nervous system is significant, and that someone in the presence of the ERF calms down to a peace- ful Alpha/Theta state. “The ERF added to this very peaceful music makes Dream Space a perfect support for the healing process,” he says.


For more information about Dream Space or any of the music produced by Soundings of the Planet, visit Soundings.com or call 800-93-PEACE (800-937-3223).


The music in Dream Space reflects the title, with a sense of vast space and rich low tones that make it a natural fit for healing, meditation and even sleep.


Dean Evenson with bass flute


natural awakenings


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