(Conversation recorded on May 1st, 2024)

Show Summary:
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, Nate is 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?

About Alexandre Tannous:
Alexandre Tannous is an ethnomusicologist, sound therapist and sound researcher who holds four degrees in music, and years of experience performing, composing, conducting, teaching and lecturing on music. He has been investigating the therapeutic and esoteric properties of sound from three different perspectives - Western scientific, Eastern philosophical, and shamanic societal beliefs - to gain a deeper understanding of how, and to what extent, sound has been used to affect human consciousness.
The material he transmits about sound is based on multidisciplinary research conducted over 24 years. Inspired by his findings, he designed a protocol of an integrated experience he calls “Sound Meditation”, raising an awareness to how a specifically designed sound can have the ability to help us to disconnect from habitual patterns while judiciously listening to the overtone-rich instruments he plays. He uses a method that empowers the participants to engage actively with tools that enhance their experience.

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00:00 - Introduction
04:27 - Alexandre's Background
06:58 - The History of Sound and Music
16:26 - Individual vs Group Practice
21:16 - Sound and the Book Religions
26:40 - Resonance, Logos, and Gnosis
39:41 - The Knowledge Inside Us
46:52 - Effects of Sound on the Body
54:22 - Impacts of Regular Music Exposure
59:41 - Ethos and Pathos in Music
1:09:09 - The Physics of Sound
1:15:35 - The History of Harmony in The West
1:38:25 - Therapeutic Sound
1:50:00 - Benefits of Sound Meditation
1:52:38 - Do Musicians Know This?
1:55:43 - How Can Music Help Us Heal?
2:05:00 - Observational Evidence
2:13:33 - How to Get Started
2:24:25 - Collective Healing
2:30:07 - Personal Advice
2:34:30 - What Do You Care Most About?
2:35:00 - What Would You Do With a Magic Wand?
2:38:06 - Closing Thoughts