1. What is RhythmPharm?
2. Is RhythmPharm an actual place?
3. Do RhythmTonics simulate or induce beta, alpha, theta or delta states?
4. Why is there silence at the end of each tonic CD when it shows the last track?
5. What exactly are audio-pharmaceuticals and are they FDA approved?
6. How do you know these organic frequencies are good for one’s health?
7. Why are instruments called ingredients and what makes them organic?
8. What is real time recording?
9. Is there a difference between recording live and real time recording?
10. Why are tracks called dosages and measured in M/s, or Minu-seconds?
1. What is RhythmPharm?
RhythmPharm is a sound farm where time grows in the form of rhythm.
It is also a pharmacy where time is sustainably compounded as rhythm to create 100% organic audio-pharmaceuticals called RhythmTonics.
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2. Is RhythmPharm an actual place?
Simple answer: Yes. It is located in Los Angeles, CA.
Complex answer: Metaphorically speaking, RhythmPharm is also located within each of us. Our minds and bodies are the ‘farms’ time affects and our heartbeats the form rhythm takes. Our internal regulatory cycles and patterns are the tonics that keep our biological mechanisms well balanced.
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3. Do RhythmTonics simulate or induce beta, alpha, theta or delta states?
RhythmTonics were not created to induce these states in any scientific sense. Depending on the range of activities engaged in while listening, these states might become easier to access. However, the only proof of this is your own experience.
For more on brainwave activity, click here
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4. Why is there silence at the end of each tonic CD when it shows the last track?
To better ensure listeners’ fully digest the organic frequencies found in RhythmTonics, Chief Percussion Alchemist Greg Ellis added 5 minutes of silence to the end of each CD in Batch One.
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5. What exactly are audio-pharmaceuticals and are they FDA approved?
Currently, psycho-acoustic health is beyond the parameters of the FDA. While the EPA deals with regulating the environmental impacts of noise pollution, to our knowledge, there are no such things as “audio-pharmaceuticals” on the market. Therefore, we created the term to refer to audio CDs that contain 100% organic health-inducing frequencies that are non-invasive and aurally ingested.
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6. How do you know these organic frequencies are good for one’s health?
Our ears are the most intricate and complex of all our sense organs. We deny this awareness by allowing a constant barrage of mechanically produced frequencies to be ever present in our lives. Computers, appliances, cell phones, traffic… these frequencies hit our ears more sharply than most organically produced sounds and can damage the delicate mechanisms of our inner ear.
Ears can become fatigued from overexposure to these mechanically and electronically produced sounds, not unlike one’s eyes get tired after looking at a computer screen for hours on end. After focused applications, listeners attest to the positive effects the organic frequencies have on them. Many notice a soothing sensation in their ears, head and body, describing it as a “sonic massage”.
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7. Why are instruments called ingredients and what makes them organic?
RhythmTonics consist of sounds from more than 60 mostly hand-made instruments of shell, wood, clay, skin, metal, bone, pods and seeds, and fiber. It makes more sense to call them ingredients.
They are organic because each instrument is manufactured out of naturally occurring materials. With the exception of a few plastic drumheads and some machine made hardware, all elements that make up these instruments are natural and handmade.
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8. What is real time recording?
Real time recording is the recording process utilized on each RhythmTonic.
From Greg Ellis, “I record the first drum for a specific dose and without listening back I immediately record the next instrument. I would do this with each subsequent layer. This allows the rhythm and myself to remain instinctive to what is occurring as it is occurring. The listener experiences the evolution of the piece as I do.”
Another major component of real time recording is the absence of click tracks, edits, punch-ins, loops, samples and synthesized frequencies. This insures the tempo and feel of the tonics occur naturally, and without the heavy refinement and processing relied upon for the vast majority of recorded music. Rarely utilized by contemporary music producers, this process of recording demands considerable commitment and intention, not to mention a high level of musical proficiency. It was originally the way all music was recorded.
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9. Is there a difference between recording live and real time recording?
Yes. Live recording originally meant a recording of a live performance without any overdubs or edits. That standard has been allowed to be quite a bit relaxed in contemporary music recording. Most live performance recordings are usually edited or digitally repaired in some way. Live can also mean a group of musicians all playing and recording at the same time in a studio. These performances are virtually always edited or pieced together through a composite of different performances or takes. Slightly out of tune notes can be adjusted and rhythmic mis-hits can be quantized. Rarely is a complete untouched performance allowed to be.
Real time recording is just the opposite. It is a real time recording of a continuous, uninterrupted experience. This allows the listener to truly experience the journey of the musician, arriving at certain points in the music both at the exact same time. Each RhythmTonic dose is comprised of multiple layers of these real time performances, creating a deeply rich listening experience and a concentrated dose of real time. When applied appropriately, the effect of the real time content of the tonics can have noticeable calming effects on those feeling the pressures of not having enough time.
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10. Why are tracks called dosages and measured in M/s, or Minu-seconds?
Minu-seconds are just another way to measure a length of time. RhythmTonics are comprised of dosages rather than tracks, as they are actually capsules of concentrated real time. A minu-second measures how long an ingredient is active in the dose.
For example, say a dosage is 10 M/s and contains six layers of individual ingredients. The sum of the minu-seconds would be much longer than the actual 10 minutes that encapsulate the dose. It. Therefore, the listener receives the effects of hearing almost one hour of organic frequencies in a concentrated dose of 10 M/s. Upon listening, some find the intended effects to be time-released many hours after the initial dose.
Listen to the tonics.
Hear Your Self.
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