Do you constantly search for answers that never come? Sometimes, true peace isn't found in closure; it's found in letting go of the need for an explanation.

Perhaps peace begins when you stop demanding that life explain itself. Stop interrogating the silence and permit yourself to heal today.

🥰 I composed this piece for my wonderful Mother. This is the wonderful Slovenian pianist Vid Homsak playing "Helga's Waltz" in London. 🎹.

I knew Trio Mandili but somehow missed this gem.

🎭 This is a performance of my Piano Sonata No. 2, Mvt 2, Adagio by talented Pianist Jakub Niewiadomski in Poland! 🎹

🌞 This is my "Summer Prelude" at a rehearsal in Europe with the Bratislava Symphony. 🎻 I composed this remembering Summers in Vienna and the beautiful Alps!

Dark phonk, horrorcore. Turn it up for the back half.

🌺 This is a new piano compositition "Frühling" (Spring), played beautifully here in Germany by the Ukrainian pianist Valeriya Kizka. 🎹

This is my "Piano Sonata No.1, Mvt. 1" played in London by the very talented pianist Vid Homsak. 🎹

🌞 This is my warm and melodic "Summer Pastoral" played in Turkey by Valeriya Kizka from Ukraine! 🎹

Never fails to give full body goosebumps and chills.

https://youtu.be/Trn1cSsY2t8?is=DxYKdfMpW3MIKBH2

📯 This is a live concert audio recording and fun photo video of my "Ogre and the Maiden" with the Octava Orchestra in Seattle Washington, conducted by Matthew Weiss! 🎻

This is a new live performance of my "Piano Sonata No. 3, Mvt 1" played beautifully by pianist Xavier Suarez. 🎹

I’m not a Broadway musical person but my mother-in-law asked for me to take her to see Hamilton for her birthday. I was dreading it but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I even felt frisson several times throughout the performance. I’m apologizing to all the musical fans in my life whom I scoffed at when they recommended it to me.

I'm the guest on the podcast who did the frisson segment. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the science.

I'm doing a scientific study to see if sharing subjectively intense music with people who have similar biological responses (heart rate spikes) to the same songs as you results in an objective increase in frisson experiences. You need a smartwatch. It's on the Play Store if you have an Android watch under the name "Goosebumps Music". If you have an Apple Watch, you'll need to use the web app at goosebumpsmusic.app

Does anyone here that can induce frisson also have vivid memories or dreams? How about the ability to feel sensations from the environment, like tasting the flavors of someone's food or drink, feeling the touch of their fluffy scarf, the warmth of them sitting in the sun, the pain when they hit their shin?

When I feel the outside sensation I know it's not exactly how it would feel/taste, but maybe its a memory that triggers. I believe this is called hyper empathy, and I wonder if I'm inducing this sensation similarly to inducing frisson.