While at AXPONA we had the pleasure of spending time with Prudence, of the song ‘Dear Prudence’, by the BEATLES. She was there signing the “White Album” and her book “Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song”.

Prudence and her sister Mia (as in the Farrow sisters) were in India in the 60’s studying Meditation with the Maharishi when the Beatles showed up for their own study!

Paul shares his thoughts on Transcendental Meditation:

Years ago when I first learned how to do Transcendental Meditation, I quickly realized that I had already experienced the feeling and benefits of it in another way. Listening to music by myself with my eyes closed often times feels very similar to meditating. The music can sometimes work at the Mantra. Music does not work as quickly as my personal Mantra, but with a long enough music listening session, it is often possible for me to get my mine to become quiet and loose track of both time and consciousness. If you have ever experienced this feeling when listening to music, you too have already touched on what Transcendental Meditation feels like. I now realize that music is my original form of meditation.

Paul Speltz, President of ANTICABLES talks about Chastity Brown, a musician from his home state of Minnesota, USA.

Since the point of putting together a great sounding system is to enhance your music experience, we would like to share some of our favorite recorded music with you each month.

I have had the opportunity to experience two Chastity Brown live performances in the past couple of years, and even had the opportunity to chat with her. I’ll let the below snippet of her own bio give you the short pitch:

Throw all genres and hyphenates together you want to describe her – indie, roots & soul, rock, blues & country – they are alright, and also not enough. Chastity Brown writes songs that are carried deep in the American psyche, the hunger, desperation and confidence that runs through our times.

Better than words to describe her magic, here is a youtube live concert that is hi-rez enough to watch full-screen: The Lowertown Line: Chastity Brown.