tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38704782666519687932024-03-13T14:26:11.626-07:00Montana Cellist“I love to push boundaries in my art."Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-5969973546695889542021-07-05T13:04:00.000-07:002021-07-05T13:04:06.018-07:00Independence of Thought<p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow.</p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">-Corliss Lamont</p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">As the United States just held its Independence Day celebrations, I'm stuck wondering what real freedom is. Our country has a horrific history of slavery, genocide, and racism. No, I don't hate my country, I just don't get caught up in all the national pride. </p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">As a global race of humans, I'd love more individual independence as we consider the ultimate goal of bettering each and every one of us.</p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p><p class="b-qt qt_366700" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZLSp8HzOCA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-42277520032078451712021-05-24T10:23:00.005-07:002021-05-26T18:41:40.789-07:00Renewal<p> <span face="le-monde-livre-std" style="background-color: white; color: #474747; font-size: 20px;"><i>Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling.</i></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; font-size: 20px;">- </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #474747; font-size: 20px; scroll-behavior: smooth;">Deborah Day</span></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #474747; font-size: 20px; scroll-behavior: smooth;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;">Things people tell themselves:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;"><i>"I'm here to just to heal from my past"</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;"><i>"Be patient with me, I have a lot of past trauma"</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;"><i>"I invite all these opportunities in my life."</i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px;">Okay great, however, but what constitutes real change, a true sense of renewal. We love to spout off these </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">pseudo-therapeutic, feel good, motivational chats. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;">Yes, trauma is real, I don't want to gloss over the real effects of that. Others have unsupported underlying health issues, so I want to be sensitive to the variables. However, there really is a point when someone's bad behavior is consistently scapegoated by their past.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;">My encouragement to people is to stop letting their past dictate their constant emotional roller-coasters. If we are truly trying to renew ourselves, we need to look ahead, not flounder in past transgressions. Our lives are beautiful and short. :)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 20px;">Maybe renewal is about a "reset." Acknowledging our past, but moving forward.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #474747; font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/flxVpvLeqtA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-44844661849748984312021-05-02T21:17:00.002-07:002021-05-02T21:18:58.557-07:00Anger Towards Those We Love<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Anger Towards Those We Love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dKeQ3K7zz-M/YI5C00mSK5I/AAAAAAAALfg/TxzpLGrjKAUUytRI9r_w12DpBad32ggUwCLcBGAsYHQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-01%2Bat%2B11.11.49%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="477" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dKeQ3K7zz-M/YI5C00mSK5I/AAAAAAAALfg/TxzpLGrjKAUUytRI9r_w12DpBad32ggUwCLcBGAsYHQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-01%2Bat%2B11.11.49%2BPM.png" width="193" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">“Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.”</span></i><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Sharon Salzberg, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_31848286" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/52517307" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection</a></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A dear friend of mine is suffering from COVID19, but even worse, her father with whom she's had a falling out with, recently passed away from the same COVID that he gave to her. She asked me recently,</div><div><br /></div><div>"What am I supposed to do with this anger?"</div><div><br /></div><div>"That's a difficult question to answer." I replied. It differs for everyone. </div><div><br /></div><div>Her father knowingly had the symptoms of COVID19, but continued to preach at his local church, giving this disease to the congregation, including his daughter. Now she is understandably angry. She continued to be angry at him until his sudden death. Now there is no proper reconciliation, only the knowledge that she carries bitterness and resentfulness to his grave. </div><div><br /></div><div>This I do know. Her father loves her dearly. She also loves her father. He had foolishly done many selfish things in the past, yet people forgave him. Maybe undeservedly, but as he continued to preach the forgiveness of Christ, he brought many people to forgive others and themselves for past transgressions. </div><div><br /></div><div>I personally struggle with the concept of forgiveness. I feel as though I can live a perfectly peaceful life knowing some people don't deserve forgiveness. Even if they die, if they've never sought reconciliation...it's not my responsibility to forgive them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>We pretend to be excited</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>but everything is boring</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Cautious laughter, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>it can't be that adoring </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Cute puppies, just atoms </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Little children, delighted</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>The past flew by, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>memories but phantoms</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Come quickly sweet death,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>There is no purpose</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Take my last breath,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>All my talent and charm,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Worthless</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We can choose to look into our own self-worth and compare our happiness to others, our financial status with our friends, our attractiveness with others on Facebook. We can get our endorphins through Instagram likes, Facebook comments, YouTube likes on our videos. There's plenty of things to be sad about, we can watch the news and all seems hopeless, the world hasn't evolved yet. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All of this --- nobody cares. Nobody cares how you feel. Even those close to you want you to feel better, all so they don't have to put up with your shit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"Don't be depressed" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they may say, only because you are dragging them down. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Is there hope? Sure, if we imagine a life free from suffering and death. That's the allure of heaven.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The life we live now, maybe in our hurting state is something we can enjoy moment by moment. Every breath is a gift, an opportunity to make someone else smile. Treasure time, give back to people, enjoy all you can. That's the secret to happiness. </span><br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g97xprC8tPw" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-62029438308028745602017-10-10T08:08:00.000-07:002017-10-10T08:08:57.158-07:00For those struggling with depression, suicide, anxiety and ptsdPersonally, I understand. For the first time in my life, I experienced anxiety along with my depression. I'm still working on it. It causes crippling back pain, muscle soreness, and fatigue. I would lay in bed in pain and if I could get the pain managed, I would sleep most of the day.<br />
I wish there was a quick way to train our brain to shake this, but I haven't found one. Sometimes all that gets me through is composing the next piece or practicing cello for the next project or gig coming up.<br />
Recently, I've discovered many of my personal friends are struggling with something similar. This struggle isn't easily admitted, but after seeing some concerning FaceBook posts and after private messages; the constant battle, the cycle of pain, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts is very real and struggled with every day.<br />
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Here's a story from one of my friends....<br />
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">"Hello, my name is ______ and just over a year ago I was diagnosed with major depression, general anxiety, PTSD, and suicide ideation. A year ago on August 18th, I went to ______ hospital thinking that I would just try out the outpatient program. After discussing with a psychiatrist, and a nurse practitioner, I was essentially given the option to either willingly check into inpatient, or unwillingly do so because they could not legally let me leave knowing that I had suicide on my mind every minute of every day. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">I had previously brushed that bit aside thinking that I was in control, but now I was scared. </span></i><i><span style="color: #1d2129;">I was scared because I knew that I was suicidal, I was just frustrated, and in so so much pain, and now I realized that there was nothing keeping me from acting on the urges other than an occasional distraction. I would burst into tears for no reason, and all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball and bury myself in a deep hole. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">So I did inpatient, and they tried me on a few different meds for my anxiety and depression. This was when I was diagnosed with major depression, general anxiety, and PTSD. I had been seeing a counselor each week for those things, but now it was so bad that not even that helped. I did inpatient for about two weeks, all the while just going through the motions. This was when I started to cut myself again. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">Everything "sharp" was taken away from me when they found out, but I was too creative and too good at hiding it, so I still managed to continue on my destructive path. I was pretty much forced into leaving by a psychiatrist who I saw during the last few days of my stay, because my regular psychiatrist was the "head/main" one of all of those that worked there, so he was busy. So I left. Not a week later, I was still cutting, and then I reached the bottom of my fall, and I tried to kill myself for the first time. I didn't tell anyone for a long while, and when I did, I was thankfully surrounded by dear friends. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">My depression was still so bad that, even though I was being so so loved upon, I still felt completely empty of anything other than pain. I left and went home, and when I got there I realized that I had reached it, the point where I didn't care anymore. I didn't want to fight the battle for another minute, let alone another day. I didn't want to reach out for help and find nothing there. I felt like no one could save me except for God, and I didn't want to wait for Him any longer. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">I knew that if I let myself have the time to stop and think about it, that I would take my life without a second thought. So I decided to stop thinking and start doing. I had spoken with friends, and every one of them urged me to (if it would help me and keep me safe), go back to ______. I spoke with my counselor and she said the same. So slightly begrudgingly I went back. I was honest with the intake interviewer, telling him with apathy about how I would kill myself if given the chance, and how I was only really there because others wanted me to be, and I was immediately admitted. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">While I was there I would attempt suicide a total of eight more times. I cut myself over a hundred times, and had gotten into the habit of punching the faux wood floor so hard and so frequently, that my knuckles were more often than not swollen, purple and yellow, and I wouldn't be able to completely open my fingers. I was at _______ for the second time for about three months. There's a lot more to the story, and believe me it doesn't end there, but this post is already too long. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129;">I just want to let others who are struggling like I did, and honestly still do, know that they are not alone. </span><span style="color: #1d2129;"> I don't mind </span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "sf optimized" , , , , , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">if you think less of me because of my mental illnesses, I am stronger because of the struggles I have to overcome. </span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I import often as a cellist for symphonies, along with writing and recording music. I just played the Mahler symphony with the Helena, Mt symphony. I've considered Mahler to be a master of orchestration, he knew every instrument and its capabilities. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; letter-spacing: -0.12px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I inspire to create, but this masterwork runs the gamut of emotions. Many of the misfortunes of my past were conjured up as I played this with the Helena Symphony this last weekend. I always knew Mahler was a master orchestrator, but the depth of this work is beyond words.</span></span><br />
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Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-32976408420690375172017-05-21T07:08:00.001-07:002017-05-21T07:08:53.638-07:00Meditation in time of Chaos<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If we find ourselves lonely, hurting...depressed. Take time to process the world around us. This piece represents the noisy life around us, but transforming this noise into something beautiful.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I took the sounds of car horns in Argentina and produced this piece. It represents how I think of the world. Every moment, no matter the noise can be peaceful. It's how we process this journey, this information...the outcome is what we make it to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;">In this piece, I created the whole sound bed with a single tone played on the cello at 963 hz. The pitches contained in the sound bed reach the extremes of high and low, which I feel lends itself to a perfect finale for this series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This tone ‘La’ is claimed to help your ability to see through the illusions that stifle growth, such as seeing through the lies of psychopaths. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Personally, I love this one, my cello vibrated well with this frequency. All the tones were created using only the acoustic instrument. I'm tired of all the people creating music through MIDI plugins.</span><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-37251584803225838702017-03-15T10:59:00.002-07:002017-05-15T08:24:43.744-07:00741 hertz - toxin cleansing music, solving problems<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This Solfeggio series has been wonderful to create. I enjoyed especially absorbing my energy into this one. Every tone you hear is made with the cello, so I used these tones to create a lush soundscape. All the tones relate to 741 hz, as octaves, modal(y) and harmonically. For this piece, the extra melodic tones are all using the harmonics of the G string of my cello. </span><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-80907621376652911152017-03-04T17:07:00.001-08:002021-05-24T10:24:42.095-07:00639 hertz - reconnecting. balancing and attracting love<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This frequency is said to rebalance direction, finding your true path. This is the frequency of the heart Chakra. So center yourself, clear your mind and listen to this frequency, putting your mind on things important to you. Family, love, goals, friends and health.</span><div><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Many attribute 528 hertz to to DNA repair, to healing, to love, to miracles and the center of creation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Math scientist Victor Showell <a href="http://www.528revolution.com/528-mathematics-and-geophysics/" target="_blank">describes</a> 528 as important to the ancient Pi, Phi, and the Golden Mean evident throughout the natural world. Vic Showell and <a href="http://www.cymatics.co.uk/author/john/" target="_blank">John Stuart Reid</a> (acoustic research and cymatic measurements) have given evidence that 528 is essential to the sacred geometry of circles and spirals consistent with DNA structuring and hydrosonic restructuring.</span><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-85679795759687923462017-02-23T12:16:00.001-08:002017-05-15T08:23:26.423-07:00417 hertz - Clean the Negative energy, change bad habits I tuned my cello to A=417 and I loved how it turned out. Everyone has a different response to frequencies, so use this how you wish. Headphones are recommended, not required. Many claim this frequency can help reset negative energies and put you back on track. <br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-21200571436226539742017-02-20T14:30:00.000-08:002017-05-15T08:23:04.581-07:00396 hertz - Turn your grief into joy<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm digging deep into 396 hz and the Solfeggio frequencies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Some sites <a href="https://attunedvibrations.com/solfeggio-scale/" target="_blank">claim</a>: </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This frequency liberates the energy and has beneficial effects on feelings of guilt. It cleanses the feeling of guilt, which often represents one of the basic obstacles to realization, enabling achievement of goals in the most direct way. The ‘Ut’ tone releases you from the feeling of guilt and fear by bringing down the defense mechanisms. 396 Hz frequency searches out hidden blockages, subconscious negative beliefs, and ideas that have led to your present situations."</span></span><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-13360108663528086332017-02-17T10:10:00.002-08:002017-05-15T08:22:06.697-07:00285 hertz, an interesting observation...<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So I was experimenting playing around in other tunings, harmonizing to 285 hz. An instrumentalist can tune their "A note" to A=425 hz, play in the key of D major and the harmonies come alive. My cello sounded great playing in 425, I've often played in 432 hz....but I love 425 hz. In parts of the classical and romantic periods, music was tuned to A=425, but we've tuned the "A" higher and higher through the ages. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I also read 425 hz is the frequency of air. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=%22425+hz%22+air&hl=en&as_sdt=0,27" target="_blank">[1]</a> So 285 hz relates to everything around us, even the air... Some say 285 hz has healing properties and aligns our cells to their natural state. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So listen, relax...and take in this frequency, like the air we breathe. </span><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-73532276773937832012017-02-16T14:19:00.001-08:002017-05-15T08:21:39.262-07:00174 hertz - For grounding...for relaxation<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">174 Hz is the foundational Solfeggio Frequency for the earth, and according to many; a grounding waveform, and a karmic energy. This frequency will re-arrange energy and perception, grooming a stable foundation for the acceleration and evolution of consciousness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Karma refers to actions and their inevitable consequences, whether spiritual, mental, or physical. If we speak in anger we will provoke an angry response. But if we generate loving thoughts, we will facilitate greater connection. We need to heal negative emotional habits within in order to free ourselves of destructive patterns and align us with heart consciousness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This all sounds like woo-woo, however when all these waveforms align with nature, the geometry of the universe and frequencies used in medicine, I cannot deny some of these properties. Thus, I will supply a playlist using these frequencies.</span><br />
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The goal of this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscIWGhDNOHmLu3OLgpU5vA" target="_blank">channel </a>is to help heal, to bring peace...I will post many different types of music, because everyone has different tastes. I will do a series on Solfeggio, this is just a taste. I mentioned in another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFlJnf0dL_U" target="_blank">video</a> there is too much "fake" music. I want to remain unique and offer meditative music without the use of midi samples, putting heart into each and everyone of my creations.<br />
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Jesse Ahmann is a cellist, teacher, and composer from the United States. He's performed as principal cellist in many symphonies, teaches as a clinician at music events, arranges music for whatever project comes his direction. <br />
Jesse discovered a love from improvisation shortly after high school when he was asked to "jam" with other musician friends. Since then, he's been a part of jazz groups, folk ensembles, singer/songwriter gigs and studio recordings, bluegrass circles and much more. <br />
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<i>"The cello is personal. It is an extension of my soul. What I fail in words, I want to express through this instrument." -Jesse Ahmann</i><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-70854204911870094012016-01-02T15:15:00.001-08:002016-01-24T19:00:02.237-08:00Sacrificing your "Soulmate" over Convenience. One lonely night I was watching the finale episode of "Master of None," an original Netflix series. I started the series believing <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; line-height: 29.4px;">Aziz Ansari's character "Dev" was vain. He constantly interrupted his friends when he received a text and he only talked about himself or gossips about others. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; line-height: 29.4px;">Now, this hit deep. I've been playing music a long time, have met some famous musicians and have been on the cusp of greatness as it were. Dev, an Indian actor has the same plight. He dates a lot, works when he can, but every relationship fails in some shape or form.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 29.4px;">I'm a millennial, I've done some great things in my life. I enjoy people, watching our pop culture evolve, having intellectual conversations, hanging at a coffee shop and living free.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 29.4px;">Now as I get older, I know what relationships will work and what won't. I've tried, I've failed, I've ignored all the red flags... </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 29.4px;">I'm ready to really care for someone, invest in someone, and fall in love.</span></span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HtDn9gt6rUs" width="480"></iframe>Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-23310945744719825072014-03-23T09:29:00.001-07:002014-03-23T09:29:33.883-07:00Jesse Maw - Electric Paganini Caprice 5 CoverMy friend Jesse Maw is incredible. Do you even know how hard this is?<br /><br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-90730888826361815902013-08-28T10:37:00.001-07:002013-08-30T08:55:43.676-07:00A Theology of Difference<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7P2-tb3xRbU/Uh0W9QCm2LI/AAAAAAAAAcM/k6TF5XdbnyE/s1600/button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7P2-tb3xRbU/Uh0W9QCm2LI/AAAAAAAAAcM/k6TF5XdbnyE/s200/button.jpg" width="200" /></a>Let's sit down and talk and have a conversation. Raw and honest. <br />
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<i>My experiences vs yours... </i><br />
<i>My knowledge vs yours... </i><br />
<i>My sacred cows vs yours...</i><br />
<i>My delusions vs yours...</i><br />
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Before we make assumptions, inter-personal relationships are not built upon "versus," but upon mutual respect. When accusations are made, personal doubt accompanied by emotion often ensues. In all truthfulness however, God is personal to many...and according to them, His image must not be questioned. Is is their whole reality.<br />
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<i>John Piper vs Rob Bell</i><br />
<i>Sam Harris vs William Lane Craig </i><br />
<i>R.C. Sproul vs John McArthur</i><br />
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Heart issues, let's talk about that. We may get caught up too much in ideology, thus causing divisiveness. Can we meet in our fragility? Talk about what led us to how we think, meet each other where we are at. <br />
Personally, the false beliefs I cling to are many...if I knew what they were I'd try to change that paradigm. So I try not make absolute statements and pin others as hateful when we question what may be deemed as "the solid rock." <br />
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<br />Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-24709796089989177272012-11-07T15:35:00.003-08:002012-11-07T15:35:25.376-08:00A Cello for a StudentI have a wonderful student named Marianne. She has never played cello in her life, now at age 75 she wants to learn the instrument. "It'll be good for my brain!" She tells me. I agree, what a wonderful ambition to follow.<br />
So, she had no instrument; just pure ambition. So I went hunting online for a suitable instrument for her that wouldn't hurt my budget. I found an old cello with some beauty hidden under the roughness, the cello has been through hell and back, worked on by "woodshop amateurs" and probably not played in a very long time. Judging by it's body, it looked to be a gem. Here are some photos.<br />
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I took this instrument "as is" to my luthier Jim Guimot in Bozeman, Mt. He took this unplayable ugly (on the outside) cello and made this absolutely stunning. Here are the pics after he worked on it.</div>
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Now, I am happy and have a happy student playing a beautiful cello that plays magnificently!Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-87307673544088488392012-08-17T21:41:00.000-07:002012-08-17T21:41:24.823-07:00Contrapposto and Security<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have always been accused of being contrary to what is considered the social norm. Sure, boundaries must be crossed, sacred cows pushed over and paradigms shifted. I've just grown past being contrary just for the sake of disagreement. In getting older, I see the value in finding agreements in other people. Still I see paradigms that haven't shifted, sacred cows still standing and people staying within their own boundries. </div>
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In relation to music, I was offered an opportunity to teach music in another community. I applied for the job, hit a homerun in the interview but didn't follow up. First of all, I've tired of leaving people. I'm fresh out of a divorce and I left my many good friends in Bozeman, Mt to move to Whitefish, Mt. Now that I've made a fresh niche in Whitefish, I cannot selfishly leave what I have going on here. I love being a part of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freshoffthevinemusic" target="_blank">Fresh off the Vine</a>, principle cellist in the <a href="http://www.gscmusic.org/" target="_blank">Glacier Symphony and Chorale</a> and various other ensembles. Now is my time to expand, to promote and develop myself as a musician.</div>
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Fighting the popular opinion is not my gig, I want to remain palatable to the general public whether it be in music or in my views of politics, religion ect.. I will stay intellectually honest with myself hoping to pursue my dreams and goals. <br />
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Jesse Ahmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314968413461840585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870478266651968793.post-86961912871207251722012-03-22T09:24:00.000-07:002021-07-09T11:13:59.899-07:00Nyan Cat Cover with Sheet MusicMy cover of Nyan Cat, with the sheet music included. <br />
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Right click "Save As" to save the music to your computer.
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