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25. Psychedelic Audio Integration: How Sound Shapes Your Trip
How does music become medicine? In this episode of The High Guide, April Pride explores the role of sound in psychedelic journeys with electronic composer Tom Butcher, co-founder of Patchwerks. This episode is the follow-up to our first-ever psychedelic sound journey—and it’s all about how audio can shape, enhance, and ground your trip. Whether you're walking through Halloween trick-or-treaters or lying under a weighted blanket, you'll learn how rhythm, frequency, and nature-based sound design can guide your state of mind. Plus, April shares her personal experience with a psilocybin-enhanced audio journey using the albino strain Avery’s Albino.
🔵 Key Takeaways
-Audio journeys can serve as “springboards” into your inner world—especially when layered with intention and emotional resonance.
-Synthesizers and drone tones can mimic spiritual experiences, offering a deeply centering or energetic effect.
-Integration doesn’t stop with music—your choice of setting, dose, and even cartoon (hello, Kiki!) affects your takeaways.
-The strain Avery’s Albino delivers a potent physical high, making it better for introspection than dancing.
-Compositional techniques like binaural beats and time manipulation can subtly shift your state of consciousness.
Learn more about this episode, including guests and resources on substack:https://aprilpride.substack.com/p/psychedelic-audio-integration-tom-butcher
Hosted by April Pride
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25. Psychedelic Audio Integration: How Sound Shapes Your Trip
How does music become medicine? In this episode of The High Guide, April Pride explores the role of sound in psychedelic journeys with electronic composer Tom Butcher, co-founder of Patchwerks. This episode is the follow-up to our first-ever psychedelic sound journey—and it’s all about how audio can shape, enhance, and ground your trip. Whether you're walking through Halloween trick-or-treaters or lying under a weighted blanket, you'll learn how rhythm, frequency, and nature-based sound design can guide your state of mind. Plus, April shares her personal experience with a psilocybin-enhanced audio journey using the albino strain Avery’s Albino.
🔵 Key Takeaways
-Audio journeys can serve as “springboards” into your inner world—especially when layered with intention and emotional resonance.
-Synthesizers and drone tones can mimic spiritual experiences, offering a deeply centering or energetic effect.
-Integration doesn’t stop with music—your choice of setting, dose, and even cartoon (hello, Kiki!) affects your takeaways.
-The strain Avery’s Albino delivers a potent physical high, making it better for introspection than dancing.
-Compositional techniques like binaural beats and time manipulation can subtly shift your state of consciousness.
Learn more about this episode, including guests and resources on substack:https://aprilpride.substack.com/p/psychedelic-audio-integration-tom-butcher
Hosted by April Pride
Sign up for April’s newsletter on Substack at https://aprilpride.substack.com/ or at getsetset.com
Follow on IG: @getsetset / YouTube: youtube.com/@getsetset / X: @getsetset

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