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If you can find a recording of Suzanne Ciani's "Seven Waves" it is a good record for both 
active or passive listening.

That is not to imply that it is sleep producing, rather it produces a pleasant meditative 
state. "Twilight dreaming" might be a good term.

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, frank death <maldoroar@...> wrote:
>
> I've asked Mr. A. Zimmel personally if he's aware of any known recordings 
that are available to the public which are designed to be listened to in a waking-dream 
state. I'd like to cast this question out to the group. For example, recordings 
designed to be listened to while observing a Dream Machine. Stuff along those lines.
>  I believe the musicality of coloured noise really translates through images conjured up 
by the mind during that waking/dream state, eg; falling asleep to storms, wind or rain...
>    Matt
> 
> mrboningen wrote: 
> >             sitting here, listeing to the sound of the rain outside during the 
> > current typhoon hitting yokohama, i was struck by the similarity of 
> > the sound of bacon frying. 
> > the interesting thing is that the one relaxes me and puts me in a 
> > state of deep meditation, while the other puts me on edge. (guess which!) 
> > i was wondering if it might not be possible to do an fft analysis of 
> > both sounds and then cross reference those with psychological studies 
> > of the effects of sound on the mental state. 
> > ;) 
> > gregg 
> > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com , davevosh@ wrote: 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Ya'll can wallow in your 'systemics' and 'deconstructed  cultural 
> >> contextualizations' but I can tell you with absolute clarity  that 
> >> there is NOTHING musical about frying bacon. 
> >>  
> >>  
> >> arnold, 
> >> i can`t speak to the prof`s beat notion myself but found i still 
> > felt your  
> >> sizzling properties might be of some use - in an r.v.g. "core" 
> > where you  
> >> might mix a sawtooth or mutant triangle wave with noise to modify the  
> >> distribution, what if you used the sizzling bacon noise as a 
> > substitute ? would  you get 
> >> a different distribution ? 
> >> guess i need to contact chicago commodities exchange and buy some test  
> >> materials... ......... ......... ....  :^) 
> >> best, 
> >> dave 
> >>  
> >> 
> >> 
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