Sound Bath Sessions 144: Nancy Trueman

I recorded Nancy in the hotel room where she was staying and she told me that she had brought her two gongs just for this recording. Nancy explores with random tempos, creative rhythms, and texture combinations using weighted mallets and elaborate striking movements around the gong. Some elements are unique to her style such as the way she creates ‘phrases’ in the composition by stopping for a few moments to give the listener a pause before creating another experience. “So much happens in that space”, she says. For me, her sessions felt different. I didn’t feel like I was receiving the gong’s power, rather, it was that the gong was receiving hers. It was as if she let the gong explore itself, challenging it with every strike to reveal its overlooked beauty and letting it find its voice at that moment in time. I was a true spectator this time, fully conscious and in awe. What a wonderful session and well worth the wait. This was our third recording.