DJ vs. Roadman Trance is usually achieved at communal rituals, with plenty of loud music and dancing. The specifics—the costumes, music, and dance—vary from culture to culture, but the pattern underneath is identical: loud music and vigorous dancing lead to a state of over stimulation that can produce a form of egolessness that is the ground for any sacred exploration. – Mickey Hart (Hart, 119) Two types of music cultures today use community, music, and …showed first 75 words of 2895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2895 total…surprising, reminding us that at either extreme, “primitive” or “modern,” we are all still human. Underneath the world’s extraordinary musical diversity Is another deeper realm in which there is no better or worse, No modern or primitive, no art music versus folk music, No distinctions at all but rather an almost organic Compulsion to translate the emotional fact of being alive Into sound, into rhythm, into something you can dance to. - Mickey Hart