Healing Voices Kirtan is AJ, a singer, kirtan leader, recording artist, and music producer. They were introduced to this musical call-and-response chanting thang juuuust about 7 years ago when a friend asked them to come to a kirtan event they were leading. They’d never heard of it, they were singing in a language they didn’t know, and the people were weird. But at the end of that evening, there was a palpable shift in their energy; in the person they were, and, they believe, the person they would become. Not long after that, they began singing response vocals and harmonies with their friend’s group. In time, they recorded an album. They wound up co-producing another single they released. It keeps getting better and better. During those 7 years, they sang with other kirtan leaders, too. They began learning more about mantras, about the stories connected to the names they were chanting, about Sanskrit… and they’re still learning. They doubt it will ever end. The healing aspect of this practice has always resonated very powerfully with them. Something physiological happens with their body and their energy when they chant these mantras, even more so when a community gathers to chant together. About four years ago, they began leading their own events under the Healing Voices Kirtan moniker. Now, after years of writing and performing their own chant compositions (OK, the mantras are ancient… it’s just the music part that they write), this year they finally started professionally recording, arranging, and producing them because, well… it’s time. And there’s a LOT of ground to cover.
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