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Booking | Michael Bettine
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Please leave this field empty:. Please leave this field empty:. I am available for performances, sessions, workshops, private lessons and masterclasses. Please use the contact form. On the right to inquire further. One-on-one Gong/Singing Bowl/Bell Intensive Workshop! Work with me for 8 hours as we explore and play various Gongs, Singing Bowls, and Bells. This session is designed to give you an indepth look at these sacred instruments, and practical. Gong Meditation Sessions and Sound Therapy Workshops:.
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Wheel of Time | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Michael plays Gongs, Singing Bowls, Bells, Kalimba, Overtone Singing. All proceeds go back to the artist to enable new recordings and live performances. Thank you! This is issue #5 of the FULL METAL ALCHEMY SERIES. Released May 10, 2014. Feeds for this album. In The Waking Hour. Stories We Tell Ourselves. Switch to mobile view.
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Silence | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Through The Oort Cloud. In reaching for silence, these sounds exist in a space of their own. They appear, fade away, then reappear. Sound becoming silence becoming sound, until they are indistinguishable from each other. Both are equally important, for how would you know sound without silence? Jump into the silence and be immersed in sound. Released November 1, 2014. Feeds for this album.
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Live Metal Alchemy | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. This is a live album recorded at the very 1st FORMATIONS series concert, at Woodland Pattern Books in Milwaukee, WI on October 16, 2014. This performance features both compositions and improvisations performed on a wide variety of Gongs, Bells, and other Resonating Metals. Stars Show The Way. Released December 8, 2014. Feeds for this album. In The Waking Hour. Stories We Tell Ourselves.
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Dharma | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Look deeply into the mystery of sound. Look and you will find yourself. Look and you will find all of creation. At a fundamental level, sound is everything. Michael plays Gongs, Singing Bowls, Bells, Metals. All proceeds go back to the artist to enable new recordings and live performances. Thank you! This is issue #9 of the FULL METAL ALCHEMY SERIES. Released September 16, 2014. Feeds for this album.
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Jupiter Ascending | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Some sounds are indescribable and can only be experienced. The Gong is such a sound. Existing as a sort of metal Mandala, the sound of the Gong is everything, and nothing, all at the same time. These 3 tracks are flowing and meditative. The music moves forward, deliberately, yet unhurried. Sit back and allow the sounds to unfold and envelope you. This is Issue #1 in the FULL METAL ALCHEMY SERIES.
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The Forms of Things Unknown | Michael Bettine
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The Forms of Things Unknown. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Unimaginable sounds, deep, mysterious, coming from the whole of the Universe. Let yourself be enveloped by the vibrations. This is the Music of the Spheres. All proceeds go back to the artist to enable new recordings and live performances. Thank you! This is issue #3 of the FULL METAL ALCHEMY SERIES. Form of the Spiral Galaxy. Forn of the Inner Ocean. Form of the Wheel.
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Harmonic Sky | Michael Bettine
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Hand to metal, in a gesture of transformation. Sound rings out in. Never ending circles, as vibrations scatter across the Harmonic Sky. Exquisite metal vibrations featuring Gongs from 8 to 50. Sit back and let the soundwaves wash over you. Michael plays Gongs, Singing Bowls, Bells, Kalimba,. All proceeds go back to the artist to enable new recordings and live performances. Thank you!
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Press Kit | Michael Bettine
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Please leave this field empty:. Please leave this field empty:. An interview from May, 2016, for the blog/podcast, Core, The Power Of Living Your Truth. I discuss Gongs and sounds, as well as my personal journey from being a rock drummer to being an improvising percussionist and sound architect. Radio Show/interview from January 25, 2015:. By Modern Drummer magazine. Surrounded by a wall of Gongs, Bells, Cymbals, Sound Plates, and drums, Michael Bettine creates a whirlwind of percussion artistry. His des...
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Transparent Universe | Michael Bettine
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PDO (Percussion Deconstruction Orchestra) - massed percussion featuring Gong/bells/Sounding Plates along with hand drums, marimba, steel drum, sheet metal, drum set, and various percussion. These are ensemble interpretations of Michael Bettines solo works. 9 new tracks and 2 re-imagined solo tracks. Intense percussion! Immediate download of 12-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Black Moon Over Winter Sky. Every Island A Path.