Ken Talaga

Music-making is a huge part of Ken's life. He was trained on clarinet & woodwinds, drums & percussion as a child, then added various world music instruments to his growing repertoire. Ken composes original music that is a mixture of field recordings, Native American-style wood flutes, drums, clarinet, singing bowls, bells, & other unique sounds to create Reiki-infused relaxing, meditative, healing music. He mixes, edits, and masters the various tracks that make a song. He has studied Taoism & Buddhism for 30 years and is a certified Reiki Master practitioner. Ken also facilitates monthly communal drum circles. During his 25 years of playing a variety of wood flutes, he was fascinated & curious about how they were made. He found books & references on how to make them & now owning a decent woodworking shop, he's stepped into the role of being a Native American-style flute maker. Like creating music, making wood flutes is very enjoyable for Ken due to the primitive and cathartic aspects of taking pieces of wood, shaping the wood into something resembling a flute, and then finding the true tones or sounds within the wood pieces. Nothing that he's found yet compares to it. It's humbling. He likes that there's always something new to learn about making flutes and it's constantly evolving. Sharing music for healing is his calling.

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