A Flexible Pathway for Developing Your Craft

Silence In Sound offers practical, small-group Creative Sound Workshops in Machynlleth, Mid Wales, for people who want to develop their playing, listening and creative sound skills.

These are not Sound Healing or Sound Therapy workshops. Our focus is on learning how to understand and play the instruments well, listen closely, develop control and gradually build the creative judgement needed to shape an individual soundscape.

The Resonant Realms Pathway

Resonant Realms is a progressive but flexible modular pathway.

Everyone begins with Resonant Realms - Foundation. From there, you can choose whether to continue into the Acoustic Soundscape and later, the Expanded Soundscape.

You do not have to complete all three modules. Each stage is complete in itself, allowing you to develop your skills as far as you wish.

If you choose to continue, each subsequent module builds directly upon the skills and experience developed in the one before it.

Foundation → Resonant Realms 1 → Resonant Realms 2

Resonant Realms - Foundation

Understand the Instrument

The starting point for everyone.

A practical two-day beginners’ workshop in Himalayan Singing Bowls and Gongs, developing essential playing technique, mallet choice, controlled sound and deep listening.

No previous experience required.

Foundation →

Resonant Realms 1 - The Acoustic Soundscape

Understand What Happens Between Sounds

Building upon Foundation, Resonant Realms 1 moves from individual playing skills into acoustic composition.

Explore Singing Bowls, Gongs, Waterphone, Professional Flumies, bells, microphones and amplification while developing timing, texture, transitions, space, silence and the relationships between sounds.

Completion of Resonant Realms - Foundation is required.

Foundation → Resonant Realms 1 →

Resonant Realms 2 - The Expanded Soundscape

Expand Sound Without Losing Intention

Resonant Realms 2 develops the acoustic and compositional skills established in Resonant Realms 1 through microphones, amplification, delay, reverb, looping, live processing and expanded sound technologies.

Technology is used to extend the soundscape rather than replace good playing, listening or judgement.

Completion of Resonant Realms 1 - The Acoustic Soundscape is required.

Foundation → Resonant Realms 1 → Resonant Realms 2

Why the Pathway Matters

Resonant Realms is not a collection of unrelated weekend workshops.

Foundation develops the relationship with the instrument.
Resonant Realms 1 develops the relationships between sounds.
Resonant Realms 2 explores how those sounds can be expanded.