Psychoacoustic music, created by Dave Fisher, uses avante-gaurde musical techniques to effect your mind and body in ways that are both healing and restorative. These techniques integrate a number of key ingredients: the binaural beat phenomenon; pulses and rhythms (which slow down our autonomic nervous system); natural earth sounds; and ambient music (flowing between structured and non-structured melodies it encourages your mind to "let go" since it cannot anticipate what it will hear next).
Please consider the following guidelines and suggestions to help you have a pleasing listening experience:
Approach each listening session with curiosity and openness. What will happen this time? Note your expectations and then set them aside so your mind does not try to control the outcome or anticipate that this session will be the same as a previous one. Be open to surprise.
"Trying" to relax is an oxymoron as relaxation is not something that you do but instead something that you allow. As in meditation practices, it is the process of letting go, observing without judgment and allowing that which "is" to present itself to our conscious mind.
The psychoacoustic techniques used in these recordings work best in the stereo field and stimulate some very special mind/body responses that arise because of the way we process sound in 3-dimensional space. Thus, listen either with headphones or while situated in the "sweet spot" between two speakers (that location between the speakers that has a direct acoustic line from speaker to ear).
There is a very interesting phenomenon that occurs when we listen to sounds and/or music that has a slight pitch change in each ear. This phenomenon is nothing new--spiritual practices, musicians and even scientists have known about it for years. What is new, however, is the advent of headphones. Until now, this phenomenon has been experienced through acoustic reflections, as sound bounces off walls and other surfaces. This alone can have a profound impact on our state of consciousness, such as in the resonances coming from Tibetan singing bowls and bells. However, when we remove these reflections and introduce a direct path from sound-to-ear, the experience has even greater impact. See the section on the binaural beat phenomenon for more information.
Situate your speakers to the left and right side of and at the same height as your head. In musical terms, you want your head in the "sweet spot" -- the invisible line connecting the two speakers to the ears of the listener. In other words, the sweet spot is is that place right between the speakers which gives a direct path of sound-to-ear.
Incorrect Placement
Correct Placement - Direct Path to Ears
Once you try this, you will be amazed at the difference in sound experience. This little tip alone will drastically improve your sound quality and acoustic experience.
You do not need a high tech, high-end stereo system for this to work. Most "boom boxes" come with detachable speakers. Just run down to Radio Shack™, get a bunch of speaker wire and black electrical tape and extend the range of your speakers by splicing the existing wires to the speakers with the longer lengths you just bought. Put the speakers at the same height of your head – on shelves, a table or a couple of speaker stands.
Do not use with Dolby™ or other noise reduction systems. Keep your EQ (equalizer) "flat" or turned off. Accentuating one frequency band over another may change the binaural beat psychoacoustic characteristics that are encoded within the music and diminish their effectiveness.
If you are setting aside time for a meditative practice, engage that practice while listening to the CD. You may find that your meditative state deepens or moves you in unexpected and insightful ways.
Psychoacoustic music, created by Dave Fisher, uses avante-gaurde musical techniques to effect your mind and body in ways that are both healing and restorative. These techniques integrate a number of key ingredients: the 
