World -Raga- Acoustic Guitar Music for Yoga, Contemplation, Meditation, Heart, Mind and Soul, or just to Chill. Real Instruments played by Real People. 

Stevin McNamara has been playing and recording music for over 40 years.
He is in the unique position of being an accomplished 
Composer/Musician and a Recording Engineer.
This gives him total freedom in any music/recording environment.

Born in South Africa, Stevin started learning piano and guitar at the age 
of seven. He played solo and in bands all the way through high school.
At the age of twenty one, Stevin moved to the United States, where he 
had more formal training at Berklee College of Music in Boston Mass.
He has been involved in music ever since.

Although Stevin grew up with the sounds of African Music, he also 
discovered Indian Music in the early seventies and studied the Sitar with 
Ram Chakravarty of Benares who was then professor of music at 
Wesleyan College in Connecticut.
This diverse exposure to such a broad spectrum of music, ranging from 
World to Pop has contributed to the unique musical style he has 
developed over the years.

In the late seventies, after spending considerable time as a session 
musician in recording studios, Stevin became fascinated with what was 
happening on the "other side of the glass", namely the recording process
itself. This passion developed into a highly successful career as an audio 
engineer.

He has worked in the fields of Popular music World, Folk, Jazz, Film and 
Television in top studios in South Africa, England, and the United States,
He is perfectly at home in any State of the Art recording facility, or Live 
Sound scenario, even at Stadium Concert level. He is qualified to teach 
Audio engineering at College level.

Stevin has worked with well- known producers such as Robert John "Mutt"
Lange and a huge spectrum of recording artists (see Artist List - www.yogitar.com)
- from Paul Winter to Tina Turner- from Bryan Adams to Zakir Hussein.

He now lives In Ashland Oregon where he spends his time doing 
freelance recording, original music production, and live performances


Solo CD Releases.
" Savasana Yoga Music: Healing Guitar for Massage, Sleep & Yoga Nidra"
 Nov 2016. White Swan Records.(http://whiteswanrecords.com/index.php/white-swan-healing-arts-series/product/323-savasana-yoga-music-healing-guitar-for-massage-sleep-yoga-nidra)

"Shakti Guitar - a Yogic Journey from Radiant Dawn to Deepest Midnight ". - released Sept 23 2014 - White Swan Records -http://whiteswanrecords.com/

"Shanti Guitar" - Released April 2012 - White Swan Records

"Prana Groove" - Released Feb 2011 - White Swan Records

"Om Guitar- Acoustic Meditation Music" - released April 2008 - Sounds True .

prior releases include:

“Caroline Myss Chakra Meditation Music” - Sounds True .
“Hafiz - The Scent of Light” - Sounds True
and “Yogitar” - Etherean Music.

Stevin's Music has also been recently released on various compilations:

Putumayo's - "Yoga Lounge"  Oct 2014
Sounds True - "Trip Tracks : Ecstasy"  Sept 2014
Putumayo's - "World Yoga" - 2012
White Swan - "Meditative Massage Music: Healing Instrumentals for Peace & Quiet" - 2012
White Swan - "Savasana Yoga Music: Healing Instrumentals & Singing Bowls for Meditation & Relaxation" - 2012
White Swan - "Spa Relaxation Music: Soothing Spa Sounds for Serenity " - 2012
Seva Foundation - "Poised to Give" - 2012
Ambition Entertainment, Australia - "Yoga Yoga Yoga - 2013

New live album Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet II out now! https://finkmusic.net/collections/music

8tracks.com/idril
mixcloud.com/Idril/
https://open.spotify.com/user/-idril- 
https://playmoss.com/en/idril

Sound has the power to heal.   As a musician I had always thought of music as art, and a way to entertain, but I have now started to look at music and sound in a new light. 

During an experience with extreme anxiety, I found music to be a valuable tool for helping me to work through it. Later, in order to understand more about what was going on with me (and to prove to myself that I wasn't completely insane), I started to read more about psychology and neuroscience and spirituality and anything that related to the "inner world" that I had re-discovered. Through this experience, I discovered the powerful value of music (frequency, sound and rhythm).  I was always attracted to the mysterious nature of music and sound, but now I see it's potential as a healing force and something that can be helpful for other people. In the process have also learned a lot about different mental states (states of consciousness) and how sound and frequency can help me to access and focus my mind in these states. 

Music is the study and artful use of frequencies, but in essence our whole world is frequency. Science acknowledges that everything is vibrating, from solid matter and our brainwaves down to the activity of the smallest particles we know of. The world we live in is a world of vibration. A world of music!

So, this is what has inspired me to start this SoundCloud page.  I have been working on music and sounds (mainly recording nature sounds, so far) not only for my own self therapy, but also to share with family and friends that had told me that they were dealing with similar issues (or just wanted music for meditation or for relaxing.) This is still an exploration for me and I hope you'll find this helpful in your life.

Music promoter and record label - Established in 2011. 

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