Dear reader,
This blog has been set up to share with you some of the lesser known aspects of the intangible 'thing' we call Music. It is a companion to 'The Eighth Octave' and my way of staying in touch with you and hear your comments. Here I will dive deeper into the history and the science of the lost art of Music, as a mathematical, geometric and mystical practice. A bit about me? My name is Jack Jericho. As I was graduating in Philosophy and Politics at Northeastern University, I was asked by my lecturer of Heidegger and the 'Socratic method', to continue my thesis on 'The Being of Music' with him into post-grad studies. Professor Kerry Dugan is his name and he was both disappointed and excited to hear that I was, instead, to embark on a journey 'In' Music and pursue a career as a songwriter and performer. And so i did just that. I am a co writer on hundreds of songs, many of them published and licensed for major TV and film placements. My music has earned a 'gold record' and major radio play in a number of territories. I have had the pleasure of international touring at the Arena level with pop stars and have played to millions of people around the world. I signed a major recording contract and met with the greatest business men and women in the industry. I still love to write, make and perform music and make it my daily meditation to sing and gather people into Music to express themselves. Along that fifteen year long journey, I have continued to study the science and mathematics of Music and to understand the effect it has on the human brain. I studied Jazz vocalization at the New School in NYC and took private classes with Michael Harrison on North Indian Classical Raga Music. I studied for two years with a female Sufi mystic, and discovered new evidence for the spiritual power of Music. An avid reader of astrophysicists such as Carl Sagan, I began to link ancient musical paradigms of scientists such as Kepler, Plato and Pythagoras, to modern theorists of Time and Space. In particular, the questions of proximity of other intelligent and communicative alien races. I began to question whether or not I would prefer this research to be written in the form of a story, something personal and emotional to keep the attention of a young mind, while still relaying the basic principles of the science of Music. I decided to ask a blogger/writer I knew from reading online and I took a meeting with her. She and I are now married with a baby boy and it was the power of their love that has given me the strength to complete the first book of three, 'The Eighth Octave'. I will be making it available for pre-release later this year. Thank you for your readership and interest in Music, as such. ISAAC KOREN Personal Instagram - @jerichoIWK TheEighthOctave.com Twitter - @EighthOctave Instagram - @TheEighthOctave Pinterest - @TheEighthOctave
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