The center of a musician’s world is often thought to be within their love for sound, melody, and rhythm. Most of you reading this article will be big fans of sound in general—creating sound, appreciating sound, and listening to sound. Every day, the sounds of the world are infused into our life—human sounds, nature sounds, tech noise, entertainment, news, traffic—and at every turn, sound is there flowing through our brains, bodies, and nervous systems. Although many sounds can be healing to the mind and body, more of our worldly sounds have become so loud and constant that it can have negative effects on our health. The noise of the world has become so normal that when we are without sound it can feel uncomfortable. The awkward silence, the tension building silence, the boring silence… Why is that? I’ve come to understand that most people consciously or unconsciously don’t really like […]