At Peace Massage

David J. Hinz composed, played, arranged and produced this uplifting, acoustic instrumental massage music composition. Musical collaborators included a wonderful pod of Orca, or killer whales. Paul Spong, the founder of Orca Lab in British Columbia, Canada (www.orcalab.org) recorded these wild cetaceans off the northwest shore of Vancouver Island. Reviewers have aptly described the music of Aleutian Meditation as “ warm, rich, and resonant”, with lush tones, calming tempos and soulful flute riffs that “sweep away all worries and cares of the land-locked world…”. A life-enhancing, spacious feeling sweeps over the listener, resulting in a calm awareness and a feeling of peace and relaxation. Sophisticated and soulful layering of flutes, sonorous synthesizer, the gentle lapping of ocean waves and the wistful sound of Orca whales makes this music ideal as an accompaniment to massage, meditation, yoga and contemplation. The current Aleutian Meditation CD is seventy-three minutes in length. It was re-mastered and re-mixed in 2003 specifically for massage therapists and healing arts professionals to use as musical accompaniment during bodywork and therapy sessions.  David first layered ocean background and sea bird sound effects followed by the songs of the Orcas. He then played a tonal bed inspired by the Orca songs through an Emax synthesizer. Lastly, came his flute songs played on bass, alto, and C flutes. Orca whales are, according to David, surprisingly musical creatures and were the source of much musical inspiration. The flute tracks were all recorded as first take improvisations in real time. At the beginning and end of the recording, David played a large Indonesian gong borrowed from Gamelan Pacifica (a gong-chime percussion orchestra) of which he was a founding member while a student at the Cornish College of the Arts in 1983.