Often I’ll pop in a CD or pick a playlist from my computer (which is outside the circle.) Or for solitary rituals, I might use my MP3 player to pump it directly into my brain.

I don’t play an instrument, but I do sing, and sometimes in group rituals we will sing or chant together–sometimes as a planned thing, sometimes spontaneously.

Yes, I use music. What I choose depends on the ritual.

I usually kind of hum, and find a vibration that matches with the place I’m in. It usually calms me and puts me in a good state of mind.

I have always had music in my private rituals, mostly because I usually have music playing throughout the day when I am home. We usually work chants into our rituals, depending on what we are doing, it helps to raise energies. Sometimes, when we are doing established chants, we try to find ways to make them different. My one friend in a folk singer and we play off each other. Our music ranges from folk, to chants, to ambient, to Tori Amos-my personal fav!!! Again, it’s about what kind of work we are doing or what kind of mood we want to establish.
Check out the works of Gwydion Pedderwin, Lisa Thiel, Gypsy, Spiral Rhythms, Emerald Rose, Todd Alan & friends, Avalon Rising, Revelry, Ceredwen, Inccubus-Succubus, Dead can Dance, Elaine Silver, Enigma, Joanne Shenandoah, Kellianna, Kenny Kline, Krishna Das, Lia Fail, Laura Powers, Lotus, Sona, Victoria Parks, Ulali, Lisa Theriot,
And the list keeps going,,,
Oh! and don’t forget the drumming! Drumming always works! and it is soooo much fun…