The Sound of Tarot - music CD

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 22 Nov 2001, and now archived in the Forum Library.

tarotbear	22 Nov 2001
"The Sound of Tarot" music tarot cards by Brook Windland - ST Music label. I bought this off eBay last week. In truth, my initial listening was not favorable, but my outlooked improved with several listenings. What I don't like: >>Tracks are very short- less than 90 seconds per each Major Arcana (no minors). CD must last all of 30 minutes of listening. Could have added a minute to each, even if music was repeated. >>Oversight: the tracks start with #1 being card #0 - the Fool. They should have had the tracks and the card numbers match, even if that made The Fool track #22. Disconcerting to drive down road and have to look at track, then figure out which card is 'playing'. >> The description of the Magician starts with 'The chaos and the big bang.' This is a direct lift from someone's book, but no one is credited for the LWB with the CD. Makes me suspicious. What I did like: >> if you ignore the tracks and just listen to the music, which is kind of New-agy, it's nice as a diversion. The Artist suggests that you do a reading, then play the racks in that order and see what your reading 'sounds like'. The Chariot is the best one -- sounds like someone scurrying around the countryside- very much like Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier". The Hierophant is the weakest of the tracks; I guess the artist wanted to suggest church music with chanting, but the track is so soft until the very end you feel like you've missed something. Also wish they had used real bells and not synthesized ones. The Fool track is very dischordant - deliberately- but on first hearing I thought there was something wrong with my sound system! The artist did sign my liner notes, though. I will never expect to see this CD on Billboard as a best seller- too esoteric. I found it on eBay; or marketing@sound-of-tarot.com. Christmas is coming! I would rate the CD overall as 'mezza-mezza' - Italian phrase for 'half-and-half'.

glamourbug	23 Nov 2001
I was thinking about buying this CD but after reading your little review here i am wondering if there are other CDs of this type that would be highly recommended. Has anyone got a specific CD they listen to while reading or know of Cds that help set the mood during readings? Lisa

moon	23 Nov 2001
Hehehe, I always find that Enya sets the mood for me--especially her Shepherd Moons album. Her music has this soothing/rocking quality to it...just puts me in the right frame of mind for doing readings. I find that it puts my querents in the right mood too. Most people are like, "Oooh, Enya!@" I've yet to find a person who really dislikes her music. Blessings, Jess

kayne	23 Nov 2001
Hey All, I actually prefer silence when I do a reading, helps me concentrate. I can not stand back ground noice or the sound of a TV or radio - yuck! K.

tarotbear	23 Nov 2001
TV or radio???!!!???? You have the TV playing when you read? How can you do a reading with Bob Barker shouting about the Price is Right or a DJ rambling to take up space until the next song? A distraction is bad, and an electronic distraction is 'badder'. Mood music on a CD is best is you have extraneous noise to mask..but I agree that complete silence is far better.

Piperbunny	23 Nov 2001
Thanx Jess (Moon) the Enya idea is a really good one - I usually try to do a reading in complete silence but I find Enya so relaxing :) Kayne - did you really design that Tarot pack on your site because they are really cool!

MeeWah	23 Nov 2001
I prefer silence. Sometimes: Delerium, Enya, Moby, Kitaro, others.

blumoon	24 Nov 2001
i've tried tarot reading with music playing and the only music i can listen to is Enya, those who have Enya's Watermark album what do you think of the song Cursum Perticio? spooky huh? in the booklet she said it was inspried by the inscription on the portico of Marilyn Monroe's last home - my journey ends here... Iternum :-)

StarShine	25 Nov 2001
Hi guys! I am back after a brief absence. Did anyone miss my ramblings?....Oh well, didn't think so! :P Anyway, I couldn't resist responding to this one. I have tried several artists, but the one that is most conductive for me is Stevie Nicks. I have a CD burner, so I gathered up every Stevie/Fleetwood Mac CD in the house and made my own disk of all of her most beautiful and Magical songs. I titled it Stevie Speaks. It has songs like Rhiannon, Everyday, Crystal, Sorcerer, Landslide, and bunches more. Her music makes me feel powerful, beautiful and magical. Everyone that I have ever read for using this disc is just enchanted and it relaxes them with the familiarity and therefore, makes it much easier to read them. I also use a lot of "New Age" instrumental discs. I reccommend making your own if possible. That way it is exactly what you want and need.

Talisman	27 Nov 2001
StarShine, Can't say "Welcome back, I missed you," 'cause I've been gone too. Comin' and goin'. Story of my life. But I can say I've always enjoyed your "ramblings." Ramble on, please. Oh, there was a topic here, wasn't there. Tastes in music really are aeclectic; Tarot with a television/radio background is repugnant; but I don't mind the sounds of the city through an open window. Or ocean surf. Or wind through the lonesome pines. Talisman

Jewel	27 Nov 2001
Well in order to get any chance at concentration at my home you have to drown out the dishwasher, washingmachine, TV, and noisy people in the kitchen (and yes some if not all of these noises are happening at once from about 6:30 am to about 10:00 pm *LOL*). I have a reiki healing tape that works very well for my Tarot concentrations, I also have a couple of alpha meditation tapes (no words just sounds) that also seem to help me get in that concentrated trance state. Aside from those, I also like Rhonan Hardiman (Solas and Anthem CDs), Kitaro and Enya. The Ocean (real not on CD) really does it for me too, but alas I am currently land-locked! ... I wish I could block out sounds, but if it were not for the music there is no way in h#%l I could *LOL*. Tarotbear ... bottom line, is the CD you mentioned worth buying?

tarotbear	28 Nov 2001
Jewel- As a gift in the bottom of your Christmas stocking, it's fine. For some ambient music, it's not bad. As an investment--don't.

tarotbear	28 Nov 2001
Jewel- As a gift in the bottom of your Christmas stocking, it's fine. For some ambient music, it's not bad. As an investment--don't.

tarotbear	28 Nov 2001
oops! Double postings again! Must be almost Full Moon!

Jewel	28 Nov 2001
Thanks Tarotbear! As impulsive as I am of course I went to the New Age store yesterday and I listened to a few clips of it and almost got it but then guess what I found? ~giggles~ I found the Osho Zen Tarot - Music for Tarot reading :) Of course I proceeded to buy it and the Osho Zen deck as I have been tempted by it by so many here ~giggles~. The CD is about an hour long maybe a little more (13 tracks). It is really nice! It was composed, performed and recorded live at the Osho Meditation Resport in Pune, India. It is a combination of tablas (not sure what instrument that is *LOL*), bamboo flutes with synthesizers and guitar. The songs are not named after Tarot cards or anything but I used it in combination with Osho Zen deck last night and it was a great experience! Just thought I would share that this is out there in the world! Love & Light,

tarotbear	28 Nov 2001
That one sounds much better, jewel- give us the specifics on it's codes so we can track it down.

Jewel	28 Nov 2001
Quote: tarotbear (29 Nov, 2001 03:41): That one sounds much better, jewel- give us the specifics on it's codes so we can track it down. Name: Osho-Zen Tarot (logo w/name) - Music For Tarot Reading New Earth Records USA 1-800-570-4074 ISBN# 3-933712-30-0 Also: www.osho.com The cover to the CD is identical to that of the Tarot deck set, but of course the CD does not say "Seventy-nine cards" ... blah blah in a black box at the top it sais "Music for Tarot Reading" in a black box below they Osho-Zen Logo. If you need anything else let me know :) Love & Light,

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