At Beyond Sounds, we gather to learn songs chosen collectively by our online community of over 500 members from around the world. Each gathering is a shared space to connect through music that carries meaning, depth, and tradition. In this session, we learned Con Mi Tabaco by Alonso Del Rio, a song that invited us to slow down and stay with one piece long enough for it to open. It is a beautiful study in melody, guitar, rhythm, and presence, and a rich path for anyone wanting to deepen their relationship with music through practice.
In these masterclasses, we come together as a global community to learn some of the most powerful and beloved medicine songs on the planet. Each session is guided by you: the song we study is chosen through suggestions and votes from participants around the world. This shared curation brings forward music that carries a collective resonance, a living archive of voices, traditions, and inspirations spanning continents.
When we gather, we dive into every layer of the song, its chords, melody, rhythm, and story. You’ll encounter a central video presentation alongside supporting materials such as practice exercises, cultural context, and curated resources to deepen your understanding. Together, these elements invite you to not only learn the music, but to feel its roots and spirit.
It is important to remember that our aim extends far beyond learning to play or sing a song correctly. These songs are alive; they move through us, transform us, and connect us with nature and the sacred traditions that carry them. In this space, repetition is not mechanical, but an opening to creativity, intuition, and presence. The magic of these songs unfolds uniquely for each person, inviting you to nurture reverence in your practice and discover your own relationship to the music.
Through these masterclasses, we embrace music not as a performance, but as a living spirit that harmonizes with us and through us, an ever-unfolding journey of connection, healing, and creation.