MUSIC and WELLNESS

Mysterium Music's "Love Shack” Brings Healing Music, Breast Cancer Benefit to Wellness Expos Across the U.S.

Music producer and singer Trisha Bowden and her record company are on a nationwide mission to share the power of healing music.  Mysterium Music - a resource for healing, rest and revival – has garnered three Grammy-nominations in as many years.  The creative executive wants you to hear the magic for yourself at her festive “Love Shack” listening booth, coming to a wellness expo near you soon!

     

A blissful smile adorns the face of a young woman relaxing on festive foam pillows, oblivious to the foot traffic in the aisle just feet away thanks to the headphones she wears, a music player resting in her hand.  She is taking a sonic “timeout” in the fun, relaxing “Love Shack” of Mysterium Music, which will be accessible to the public this weekend, October 16 – 18, as part of the New Life Expo in NYC, NY.  

The record label’s founder, Trisha Bowden, says she enjoys when people approach her with specific health challenges, so that she can program the iPod with just the right mix of rejuvenating music and invite them to kick back and relax.  People are surprised, she says, to experience music as something more than entertainment, even though medicine men and women have incorporated music into their treatments for centuries.  For Bowden -- a singer herself -- creating music for healing, rest and revival is a mission that she takes as seriously as her desire to support others on their journeys.

“I live in a little bit of heaven by a lake in Hanover, PA” she explained in a call from last week's Mind Body Wellness Expo in Oaks, PA.  “We built an intimate recording studio, a special place to express and record our music and the music of others, which we share around the world.  They are musical works of art for healing and rejuvenation of mind, body, spirit and soul.”

In the past few years, Mysterium Music has earned three Grammy nominations for its music, embracing 10x-Grammy nominee Peter Kater, and most recently, debuting the critically-acclaimed Agrelia’s Castle album Elders and Ancestors, featuring roots/rock keyboardist Paul Brown (The Waterboys). The latter title is a tribute to all the compassionate mentors that the husband/wife duo met along their own cancer journey; it is poignant, uplifting and hauntingly beautiful music that they suggest be used as a soothing “tool” for any stage of living or dying.

In the booth, the reclining woman’s eyes flutter open, and she looks about at the crowds. “I was absolutely transported,” she says, to Bowden’s delight. “I don’t ever want to leave here,” she exclaims, picking up a copy of one of the label’s best-selling CDs titled Light Body, “But if I have to go, then I’m taking one of these with me!”

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the label will donate $5 of every Elders and Ancestors CD sold during the expos to benefit Breast Cancer patients. 

Bowden enthusiastically welcomes expo goers to stop by for their own customized Sonic Soothing(c) session. This weekend’s The New Life Expo is in New York City's Penn Plaza Pavillion, 401 7th Ave New York, NY, 10001.  Last week, Bowden attended the popular Body Mind Spirit Celebration at Colorado Springs City Auditorium, 221 East Kiowa Street, CO Springs, CO.  She's excited to "pack the Shack" and take her music mission to the Big Apple for. 

Bowden also hopes to meet caregivers, healing centers, and other like-minded entities for collaboration and creative partnerships. To learn more about Mysterium Music, Trisha Bowden or any of the music, visit www.MysteriumMusic.com. 

For media or partnership requests, please contact Beth Ann Hilton, The B Company, 310-560-8390, or bethhilton@theBcompany.com

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Video of Peter Kater’s LOVE: https://youtu.be/-Cz8j8dmmNo

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Sneak Preview: Radio God Medley by Get Tribal - Official

"Super cool, sexy chill music!"

Radio God is the new album release from Get Tribal (Kari Hohne), nominated for Best New Artist and Best World Album in the 2014 ZMR Awards; it is available 10/6/15.

This exciting new work is a surreal revival of world spiritual music arranged with ethnic and modern beats, infused with radio and tv nostalgia. The intriguing video medley underscores this concept, and leaves one wanting more.  

As a follow up to the acclaimed album God of Drum, "Get Tribal once again delivers a cross-culturally vibrant and energetic mix of ethnic styles and transcendental percussion in a musically diverse tapestry of inspirational sound." 

Great workout music and perfect for yoga, holding asanas or running.

Radio God officially releases in October 2015, and we are anxiously awaiting its magic! Tune in for more info and a full track at www.Radio-God.com 

Artist Feature: Peter Kater

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. 

Without them, humanity cannot survive.”   

                                                           - Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

Peter Kater, with ten GRAMMY® nominations and more than sixty albums to his name, is arguably one of the most prolific and popular contemporary pianists on the planet today.  He recently released Love, his first solo piano album in more than ten years, a collection of seven composed pieces and six improvisations that share the common theme of love and its many wonders and emotions.

The album’s liner notes border on poetic, as Peter explains the basis or inspiration of each piece, giving a deeper and more personal insight into the music. He explores the many facets of love, not just the more common musical themes of romance and infatuation. He also encompasses hurt, loss and healing as well as the love of self - a much more mature approach that translates beautifully into Peter’s unique and distinctive musical language.  The new work has been called “eloquent and moving” and “one of his best albums ever.”

 “I have been playing the piano since I was 6 years old. There are very few things that are more natural to me than making music. In playing the piano I am able to express what is deep in my heart and soul, where words fall short and seem colorless in comparison. I am fortunate to have a recording studio in my home. Almost every time I sit at the piano to play, I press the record button just in case something "special" comes through. These improvisations and compositions were recorded over the last three years, in "the heat" of the moment. These are musical portraits of my heart, ripe with emotions, joy, complexities, excitement, pain and revelations of the various manifestations and landscapes of LOVE.”

                                                                               - Peter Kater, on LOVE

Originally born in Germany but raised in New Jersey, Peter is seemingly comfortable everywhere. Recently relocated to Los Angeles from Hawaii, the multi-platinum selling artist began working on another type of work near and dear to his heart,  composing the soundtrack to “Heart of the World,” a much-anticipated, three-hour PBS program focusing on the stunning National Parks of Colorado. This is gratifying work for Peter, who among his many awards and honors, has received the Environment Leadership Award from the United Nations, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zone Music Reporter.  

To date, the tireless composer and producer has scored over 100 television and film productions -- including music for the 2000 and 2004 world Olympic Games and eleven On- and Off-Broadway dramatic plays -- and performed all over the world for his devoted fans as well as presidents, dignitaries and spiritual leaders in fine venues including the United Nations and Carnegie Hall. In 2015, he joined in creating a Long Life Prayer in honor His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday.

This year, Kater is submitting his LOVE recording to the GRAMMY Awards’ Best Contemporary Instrumental category.  In a sense, he is returning to his roots, as his early success was not in New Age music, but in Contemporary Jazz.   His first solo piano album, Spirit, was released in 1983.   Following that, five of Kater’s releases charted in the Top 10 National Contemporary Airplay charts including his National #2 album, GATEWAY. 

Kater says, “Love is a hybrid recording combining my classical roots and jazz improvisational instincts.   I’m excited that the new Contemporary Instrumental category now exists at The Recording Academy, because I feel it’s the best place for this new recording that truly crosses genres.”

Love is Peter Kater’s third project of 2015, released by Mysterium Music; all proceeds from the album's first week of downloads were donated to the American Nepal Medical Foundation's 2015 Earthquake Relief Fundraising Campaign.  

Peter's complete discography, sheet music, events calendar, home concerts, and more can be explored at www.PeterKater.com. 

The Dalai Lama Turns 80!

Feel as though you are there live, with the Dalai Lama celebrating his 80th birthday with chant and song! There is an English-language speech partway through the ceremony. Enjoy!

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