Essays
Short-form writing exploring music, culture, and transformation.
[New essays released regularly]
Music as Microcosm: How Music Reveals the Underlying Structure of Human Experience.
How musical patterns mirror the deeper structure of human experience.
The Patterns in Music– and How They Shape Our Lives
How tension, release, and rhythm in music reflect the patterns shaping our lives.
The Physics of Sound: How New Science is Changing the Way we Think about Music.
How new discoveries in physics are challenging our understanding of reality, and what that means for how we hear, create, and experience music.
What is the function of Music and Art? What I learnt from interviewing 10 Artists and Musicians.
What artists actually use music and art for, from identity and culture to wellbeing, creativity, and self-understanding.
Why we Move to Music: The Psychology of Rhythm and Entrainment
Why moving to music isn’t just instinct, but a fundamental part of how we connect, communicate, and function as humans.
What Music Actually Does: The Three Elements That Shape Its Impact
A breakdown of the core elements that shape how music affects us, across ritual, religion, and contemporary culture.
The Spiritual Roots of Electronic Dance Music (Part 1)
How electronic dance music emerged from deeper cultural and spiritual traditions—shaping connection, expression, and altered states through sound.
5 Ways Music Shapes Health and Well-Being
A breakdown of how music affects the body, mind, and social connection, across both clinical settings and everyday life.
Music as Life Philosophy: 10 Ways Music teaches us to Live Better.
How the principles of music—rhythm, timing, listening, and flow—translate into practical ways of thinking and living.
The Psychology of Music: Transitions
How shifts in rhythm, tension, and structure drive movement, intensity, and altered states in music.
The Psychology of Music: Intensity
How intensity in music, through build, repetition, and release, drives emotional impact and audience response.
The Psychology of Music: Arranging
How the structure of a track, its arrangement, shapes flow, impact, and the overall experience of music.
