FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 12 January 2005
Contact: John Levine
Tel: 07760 496977
Email: john.levine@ntlworld.com
Cambridge composer John Levine has a novel suggestion for the stressed out Celebrity Big Brother household. His AlphaMusic pieces, designed to relieve anxiety and stress, are already enjoyed by contestant Caprice and John will offer household members stress-relieving CD's when they emerge from the house. Germaine Greer, who left on Tuesday, will be the first to receive John's CD.
John's music has recently been the subject of scientific research1 into reducing anxiety at the dentist using music. "If my compositions can soothe the nerves of dentists' patients, I'm sure they will be a good way for the Big Brother contestants to wind down after the competition," he says. His SilenceOfMusic website (www.silenceofmusic.com) highlights many other uses for his music, including easing insomnia and overcoming trauma.
Unruly children are also calmed down under the influence of the music. John feels that the childish antics in the house would also disappear - "Luckily for Big Brother the contestants can't listen to my music, as a quiet household would make for terrible TV."
Composer John Levine is a graduate of the Sydney University School of Music, studying under Peter Sculthorpe and Moya Henderson amongst others. He has collaborated on productions with the bands INXS and Midnight Oil as well as playing with Katmandu.
His interest in meditation and brain wave research led him to produce the AlphaMusic compositions deliberately aimed at stimulating the brain to produce the waves we need to function at different levels.
More: http://www.silenceofmusic.com/johnlevine.html
1. Olszewska and Zarow, in the 81st General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, June 25-28, 2003 (see http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2003Goteborg/techprogram/abstract_37554.htm )