The Shaman's Heart

Byron Metcalf | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 1, 2005
• Label: Dr Bam's Music
• Copyright: 2005 Byron Metcalf
• Total Length: 1:13:02
• Genres: Miscellaneous/Sound Effects, New Age/Environmental
• ASIN: B0012AOB4S
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,732 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)
  • #96 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Miscellaneous > Sound Effects

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary recording to experience altered states of consciousness, December 6, 2005

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RedDwarfFan (U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shaman's Heart (Audio CD)

The Shaman's Heart is ethno-tribal music that is not only breathtaking, but will also induce an altered state of consciousness using Hemi-Sync technology. In this very powerful shamanic composition, Metcalf uses buffalo drums, rattles, udu, clay pots, seed pods, nature sounds, etc. It is very much like going on a mystical trip into a rainforest. I did not know what to expect when I first listened to it (use headphones!), but I can now say that it is incredibly effective and powerful.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shaman's Heart, April 12, 2006

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N. Matteo (Manhattan, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shaman's Heart (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful piece of shamanic music that incorporates hemi-sync, an audio technology that uses binaural beats which makes this shamanic music even more powerful. I love the hemi-sync technology, it helps to induce me into altered states of consciousness so this is a blessing to shamanic music.

6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Boring, Simplistic, November 8, 2005

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Madrok - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shaman's Heart (Audio CD)

As you may know, Hemi-Sync is a type of synthetic sound effect purported to induce beneficial changes in the state of mind of the listener. It can certainly be relaxing, although some may find the continual left-right channel sweeps and swooshes synthetic and distracting.

This recording is an "album" of percussion and synthesizer music with Hemi-sync in the background. For once, the Hemi-Sync drone is perhaps more interesting to listen to than the "real" music.

As the basis of this percussion concert, there is a synthetic shaker (played by "Roland", probably) going non-stop. I realize that it's hard to play the shaker perfectly for more than a couple minutes. I think they would have been better off leaving it out, rather than programming it in.

And there is a drum...and that's about it. A shaker and a single, fairly deep tom that plays every couple of bars. On top, some ambient synthesizer chords, like, three chords total maybe in the whole disc). Hardly any variety in percushion instruments or synthesizer sounds, no poly-rhythms, no recognizable change in pace at all! This is not a serious album of music. Oh, and a few insect, bird and frog sound effects too. Probably Roland as well. Very disappointing.