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In this episode you’ll learn:
- How music can be a vehicle for connection
- What travel does to inspire and open your mind
- When rituals show up in life
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Part two with musician, sound therapist, teacher and vocal coach, Katie Rose.
In this episode, Katie shares what music means to her and why it’s a ritualistic event in her everyday life.
Hear why football fans, who would never show an interest in rituals or singing, do exactly that every week.
Katie also shares how a wide variety of musical forms inspire her and why she feels compelled to write about women’s rights and children’s issues.
You’ll also learn what an ear worm is and why you’re likely to be experiencing one right now.
“There’s so much to inspire us in life – if we look at it that way” – Katie Rose
Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):
[0:00:42] Introducing part two with Katie Rose.
[0:01:15] Reflections from part one.
A sense of tuning in
[0:05:07] Part two starts here.
[0:05:34] Setting the intention with music. Getting into the zone.
[0:06:15] Writing songs about women’s rights and children’s issues.
[0:06:54] What music feels like to Katie.
[0:07:25] Katie shares her eclectic musical tastes.
“Life’s a banquet…there is so much to inspire us” – Katie Rose
Music is sacred
[0:07:50] Sacred music and chanting.
[0:09:10] Music as a vehicle for connection.
[0:09:33] Ear worms.
[0:10:05] Travel and looking outside your internal reference points.
[0:10:45] Latin, Salsa, Goth and Metal music.
[0:11:50] Rap music that Katie finds confronting.
“Every tradition has a very potent use of sound” – Katie Rose
Inspirational rituals
[0:12:08] Why Katie believes there is so much to inspire us in life.
[0:13:00] The reason Katie believes why music is auto-biographical.
[0:13:25] The one thing Katie does first thing in the morning.
[0:13:30] Social rituals. Football matches.
[0:14:05] Katie defines rituals and why music is ritualistic.
“A ritual gives us permission…a ritual gives us spaces to make things happen” – Katie Rose
Permission and serving your needs
[0:15:35] How rituals give you permission.
[0:16:23] O.C.D.
[0:17:34] [Music] Maid On The Shore by Katie Rose.
[0:22:07] What music and singing mean to Katie.
[0:22:40] What has inspired Katie in the last seven days.
Struck by inspiration
[0:22:48] Oliver Sacks book Musicophilia.
[0:24:01] What has inspired Katie in her local community recently.
[0:25:04] What Katie is grateful for.
[0:25:42] The exciting projects that Katie is working on including Sing for Water.
[0:27:08] Singing in the city.
[0:28:00] Where to find out more about Katie and her work.
“For me music is a form of social activism…a way of making change” – Katie Rose
Links and Resources:
- The Rose Window – Katie’s website
- Katie Rose on Twitter
- Katie Rose on Facebook
- Katie Rose – Sing for Water (Just Giving)
- WaterAid
- The Croydon Citizen
Books mentioned in this episode:
If you enjoyed this podcast, you’ll also like:
- Katie Rose – Part One (full interview – episode 083)
- Begin to Find Your Voice (with Katie Rose)
- Sacrafice, Sailing into the Sunset and Living on the Edge with Emily Penn
- Tom Evans on Writing, Meditation and Changing The Speed of Time
- Katie Rose on The Zone Show with Tom Evans
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