Thank you for supporting this project. Inspired and intrigued by the brain wave processes, I set out to create compositions portraying my aural interpretations of those states and processes.
released December 12, 2018
Composed, performed, recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced by Paul Voudouris.
Cover Art: Ernesto Ferrand
Thank you: Elizabeth Berman, Anabel Cárdenas, Emilio Cárdenas, Valerie Cárdenas, Sandra Faveri, Ernesto Ferrand, Donna Fishel, Richard Fishel, Ricky Galera, Olga Gouni, Tim Gehrt, Bethann Hardison, Anastasios Kapetanis, Antonia Koursoumba, Irene Lesote-Hernandez, Sandy Politi, Martha Pria, Pro Sound Effects, Piero Ravini, Evangelios Tsipolitis, Anna Voudouris, and Emilia Voudouris.
Published by Hopscotch Fever Music, ASCAP.
© 2018, Paul Voudouris, ASCAP
℗ 2018, Hit Records
HD-18001
UPC: 7 61017 18001 6
Contact:
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1. “Beta Frequency” (Living in a Dream) The waking consciousness and reasoning wave
2. “Alpha” (Remix) The deep relaxation wave
3. “Theta” The light meditation and sleeping wave
4. “Delta” The deep sleep wave
5. “Infra-Low” Brain timing and network function.
INFRA-LOW (<.5HZ)
Infra-Low brainwaves (also known as Slow Cortical Potentials), are thought to be the basic cortical rhythms that underlie our higher brain functions. Very little is known about infra-low brainwaves. Their slow nature make them difficult to detect and accurately measure, so few studies have been done. They appear to take a major role in brain timing and network function.
DELTA WAVES (.5 TO 3 HZ)
Delta brainwaves are slow, loud brainwaves (low frequency and deeply penetrating, like a drum beat). They are generated in deepest meditation and dreamless sleep. Delta waves suspend external awareness and are the source of empathy. Healing and regeneration are stimulated in this state, and that is why deep restorative sleep is so essential to the healing process.
THETA WAVES (3 TO 8 HZ)
Theta brainwaves occur most often in sleep but are also dominant in deep meditation. Theta is our gateway to learning, memory, and intuition. In theta, our senses are withdrawn from the external world and focused on signals originating from within. It is that twilight state which we normally only experience fleetingly as we wake or drift off to sleep. In theta we are in a dream; vivid imagery, intuition and information beyond our normal conscious awareness. It’s where we hold our ‘stuff’, our fears, troubled history, and nightmares.
ALPHA WAVES (8 TO 12 HZ)
Alpha brainwaves are dominant during quietly flowing thoughts, and in some meditative states. Alpha is ‘the power of now’, being here, in the present. Alpha is the resting state for the brain. Alpha waves aid overall mental coordination, calmness, alertness, mind/body integration and learning.
BETA WAVES (12 TO 38 HZ)
Beta brainwaves dominate our normal waking state of consciousness when attention is directed towards cognitive tasks and the outside world. Beta is a ‘fast’ activity, present when we are alert, attentive, engaged in problem solving, judgment, decision making, or focused mental activity.
Beta brainwaves are further divided into three bands; Lo-Beta (Beta1, 12-15Hz) can be thought of as a 'fast idle', or musing. Beta (Beta2, 15-22Hz) is high engagement or actively figuring something out. Hi-Beta (Beta3, 22-38Hz) is highly complex thought, integrating new experiences, high anxiety, or excitement. Continual high frequency processing is not a very efficient way to run the brain, as it takes a tremendous amount of energy.