Still is an immersive, ambient, sound experience from sound artist Ann Sensing and producer Lawson White.

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Track 1: Ann: Heartbeat / Crystal Bowls
Lawson: Pedal Steel + Synthesizers + Live Processing of Ann

Track 2: Ann: Crystal Bowls
Lawson: Pedal Steel + Synthesizers + Live Processing of Ann

Track 3: Ann + Lawson: Piano

Track 4: Ann: Crystal Bowls
Lawson: Pedal Steel + Synthesizers + Live Processing of Ann

Track 5: Ann: Tongue Drum + Crystal Bowls

Track 6: Ann: Crystal Harp

Track 7: Ann: Gongs

All photos by Andrea Behrends

Still

Still was formed in 2024 with the intention of connecting listeners to their own inner guidance using curated space and sound. By creating and holding a dynamic container of masculine and feminine energies for active listening to take place, Still evokes deepened awareness in relation to oneself / selves through the unfolding of felt experience over time.

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STILL

Still is a live, immersive art experience that delves into the blurred boundary between the waking state and the dream state, awareness and unawareness. This piece is improvised and seeks to capture the transient moments where the conscious mind begins to drift into unconsciousness, allowing listeners to explore the felt difference between these two states.

“We must be willing to take holidays from reality. We need retreats into transitional space, where we are exempt from the task of separating out the objective from the subjective. Both the willing suspension of belief and the willing suspension of disbelief are necessary. This liminal space is the destination of both play and non-literal, non fundamentalist experiences of the sacred.” - Moshe Novakoff

Still is an invitation into this transitional space that allows listeners to reflect on the fluid and often mysterious boundaries between the known threshold of comfort and the unknown threshold of vulnerability, which can open the door to safely explore the courageous risk one must take to grow. This piece aims to evoke a deeper understanding and appreciation of life’s undisclosed and complex nature, as well as to deepen the capacity of trust in oneself to stay the course of authenticity amidst such uncertainty.

Through sound guidance and immersing listeners in an intentional, multi-sensory environment, Liminal serves as the space necessary to maintain a healthy and true sense of self, both emotionally and mentally, and can naturally create the space within oneself for creativity to flow freely.

BIO

Ann Sensing is a sound artist, entrepreneur, and intuitive healer based in Nashville, TN. She owns the healing arts studio Sound Mind & Body in East Nashville and mentors leaders in the community through her sound trainings and empowerment programs. She has also shared these gifts through her service in creating sound healing programs for public schools, prisons, end-of-life care, and other local non-profits in Nashville.

In 2016, Ann received her 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Certification in Kona, Hawaii, and followed up with her 100-hour Meditation Teacher Training Certification shortly thereafter. In 2017, Ann completed her Sound Practitioner Certification in New York City under the guidance of Sara Auster, where she then went on to facilitate sound experiences in places such as Madison Square Garden, One World Trade Center, and Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Ann released her debut album, Sound, in 2020 as a way for people to access the healing power of sound and meditate more easily in the comfort of their own space. She’s collaborated with other artists and thought leaders in creative projects, appearing most recently playing crystal bowls on the latest Brittany Howard album, What Now. She leads sound healing classes regularly at her studio in East Nashville and is passionate about holding sacred space for others.

Ann has a BS in Entrepreneurship from Louisiana State University. As a student, mother and teacher, she practices to uncover the fire of liberating wisdom in everyday experience.

Lawson White is a producer, engineer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He and his studio, The Parlor, are based in Nashville, TN.

As a percussionist, Lawson is a former member of So Percussion and Alarm Will Sound, and performs regularly with the Nashville Symphony. He creates, records, and mixes in immersive audio, and has designed Dolby Atmos studios for institutions such as Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He has created sound design for theater and dance performances at venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Park Avenue Armory, and the Beacon Theater.

Lawson has worked with artists such as Turnstile, Twenty One Pilots, Jamie xx, Chromeo, A-Trak, Béla Fleck, Lake Street Dive, Alison Krauss, Shania Twain, Brittany Howard, Gil Scott-Heron, Ben Folds, Blues Traveler, Santigold, Shakira, and My Brightest Diamond.

Lawson has worked classical composers and artists such as Steve Reich, David Lang, Bryce Dessner (The National), John Zorn, Zeena Parkins (Björk), So Percussion, Kronos Quartet, yMusic, Matmos, Alarm Will Sound, International Contemporary Ensemble, ACME, NOW Ensemble, and the Metropolitan Opera.

Lawson has a MM in Music Performance from Yale University and BM in Music Performance and the Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. His production credits can be found here.