Salvia and music (making, rather than listening)

[Old_Zircon]

Anyone here work with music?  Have you found that the salvia experience has influenced your approach to music making?  Do you find that music is a good medium for expressing what you have experienced with salvia?  After having my first siginificant experience last night (which was very positive) I feel like time is so integral to the experience that time-based art like music, film, animation etc. is a lot more relevance to the experience than illustration, words etc. (for me).

[JRL]

I have found that for a time after experiences like salvia and other very heavy trips that I am much more musically articulate.

I'm not sure if the effect fades or becomes integrated as a new baseline.

[TroutMask]

I tried playing a refrigerator with a bubble, but it didn't work out for me.

-TM

[TooStonedToType]

I enjoy the audience rather than the stage - but salvia does seem to facilitate listening and blurrs such distinctions - from appreciation of lyrics at lower levels to somesort of out-of-body cosmic orchestra of sound and light at higher levels, expecially if mixed with other substances.  I would think it would be hard for any musician to translate such an experience back to the flat one-dimensional sound you hear here.

There are a couple of bands that have salvia divinorum in their name or songs but they really don't seem like it's salvia inspired music to me - 1200 Mic's song Salvia Divinorum comes to mind, but the song doesn't caputre the salvia experience at all. The song seems to promote/exploit salvia in a bad way actually.

Lalu alamana is maybe the one exception.
http://www.soundlift.com/band/music.php?id=95428
S/he once posted a list of the songs that where specifically salvia inspired.  

LM's not around anymore, but I'm sure he would tell you to smoke some at a live Dead/Phil and Friends show if you want to know more about salvia's music potential.

[BotanyGuru]

wow thanks for that link 2stoned, good tunes!

[lollipop guild]

The other day I smoked a small amount of plain leaf just to gauge my tolerance level. I laid down on the floor after a few hits and immediately detected a green flow from each of the speakers to my ears/head. I was conscious enough to observe that this connection was best maintained by keeping perfectly still. ANy movement momentarily disrupted the quality of musical flow until becoming still once again..

guild rep #9

[Old_Zircon]

A long time ago, I remember, a friend of mine who is an illustrator said that he noticed very distinct (if not exactly fundamental), permanent changes in his drawing style following every major psychedelic experience he had.

[Xaar]

I suggest Salvia Story by Double Helix:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInf ... ID=2596978

and songs from salviaspace:
http://www.biroz.net/salvia/

[Nanook]

I love to write tunes...JUST after an experience.
But i write PSY trance, which is a good stimulant for Alpha brain waves anyway. I find the trance im put in,  after a Salvia hit, very conducive to writing psy.

What music were you talking about out of curiosity??? (*N crosses fingers, hoping he's not strayed onto a board full of rockers......)


N.x

[Xaar]

I want to check out any salvia-related music. I love Goa but Psytrance isn't mystical enough. I'm very curious about your salvia-inspired psy tracks!

[Nanook]

(LAUGHS)......
Goa.....PsyTrance.......its all the same to me. Just more pigeon holes we need to get over.

If your interested tho, go to my sound systems website (see my signature), on the DJs and VJs page, the background music was one of mine....Its quite old, and a little unpolished compared to what im doing nowadays......but, have a listen and let me know whatya think :-)

if you want more.....
PM me a postal adress, and i'll mail you out some demos....


irie,
N

[Xaar]

I get "Oops! We can't find that page." when I try to load this website.

Most material that I love is Goa. I don't like most Psytrance tracks, so please respect my taste. I know that borders between the two are highly undefined but that doesn't mean that there is no difference.

[Nanook]

sorry mate.
Link repaired...
and heres a more direct one....
  http://www.freewebs.com/strange-daze/djsvjs.htm


peas.....

[Nanook]

any joy??
Feedback appreciated!!!

You produce much yourself??...any links???

:-)

[Xaar]

I couldn't find any tracks except one movie called Chapter 1. Looks like London is flooded with MDMA It isn't my type of trance but I'm sure that I would cheerfuly participate in the party. I prefer more mystic vibrations and different substances.

I'm not a musician but I enjoy making fluorescent designs. Now I'm finishing my first, true fluoro-deco.

If you want to get some music try this:
http://www.tracer.ekonto.net/uridium/index.php

Those guys play in my city.