Music

  • Video: Marrying the Player to the Instrument, Part 1

    Drawing from his unique clinical experience, Dr. Diamond offers deep insights into marrying the player to his instruments, so to achieve music of the highest Life Energy. From the “Music for Healing” series of informal talks.

    Stay tuned for part two, coming next week!

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  • Video: Conductors – Hands vs. Batons

    Dr. Diamond argues for the use of the hands rather than the baton in conducting. From the “Music for Healing” series of informal talks.

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  • Video: High Notes – and Orgasm Success

    A free video by Dr. Diamond. A singer's unconscious fear of climactic high notes relates to the kidney acupuncture meridian, to sexual indecision.

  • “To Beat – or to Caress”

    Let’s look at three words:

    Beat: to strike, to punish by hitting or whipping, to break by repeated blows, to defeat.
    From the root BHAV, to strike – hence also baton and buttock!!

    Mold: to give shape to, to guide.
    From the root MED, to take appropriate measures.

    Caress: a gentle touch, tenderness.
    From the root KA, to like – hence also charity and cherish.

  • Video: How I Began Composing Therapeutic Songs

    Dr. Diamond discusses how he developed his unique approach to the creation of healing songs. From the “Music for Healing” series of informal talks.

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  • Video: The Two Types of Musician

    Dr. Diamond discusses the two basic types of musicians and, by implication, two ways of making music, one healing, the other not. From the “Music for Healing” series of informal talks.

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  • Video: Zdenek Kosler – An Appreciation

    Free video by Dr. Diamond - an appreciation of a musician with very high Life Energy, the Czech conductor Zdeněk Košler (1928-1995).

  • “The Drum Is Your Mother”

    Not only is music associated with The Mother, with our mothers – but especially so is the drum. Marija Gimbutas, drawing on her most extensive analysis of the signs and design patterns that appear repeatedly in the cult objects and painted pottery of Neolithic Europe, writes concerning the Goddess and music about "the intimate relation between the drum and the Goddess."

  • “How Can You Do This to Me?”

    “How can you do this to me?” the conductor stamps his foot and yells at the orchestra.

  • Video: Popular Song – The Marriage of Words and Music

    Dr. Diamond discusses the relationship between words and music in popular song. From the “Music for Healing” series of informal talks.

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