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	ABOUT SOUND SPACES Welcome to the portal of Sound Spaces. For over 18 years, we have been bringing the world some of the most conscious, hip and hard to find selections of music in this part of the galaxy. Titles have been carefully chosen from the nearly infinite universe of sounds available to us at this time. Our customers are consistently moved and deeply satisfied both by our selection and by our unique service of intuiting and customizing for their particular needs and desires. Our focus and musical tastes gravitate towards genres which span a wide range of sounds, from ancient to modern, including the likes of world and international, funky & electronica, folk & roots, sacred & shamanic, ambient & dance, classical & contemplative, and healing & meditative styles, housing a sonic soup of fusions and cross-pollinations in this extraordinary and constantly evolving language. TRUST POLICY You trust us / we trust you ~ Because of our passion and vast knowledge of the musical selections provided, we feel completely confident in our service of purveying some of the most essential and cutting edge offerings of music and conscious media from around the globe. Thus, we have established a trust policy with a 100% satisfaction guarantee or you may exchange your purchase within 14 days with any other selection of equal value, no questions asked. SUPPORT THE ARTISTS In this era of rapid change and transformation on all fronts, the music industry being no exception, artists are attempting to take back their power from a structure of over-management and artistic control. From this we are seeing a backlash response where artistic ownership is undergoing an essential reconfiguration. In the light of all this change the artists are the most vulnerable and therefore the most needing of our support. Bottom line is SUPPORT THE ARTISTS and all those who support them (like our and other indi retail sources) by not abusing the opportunity to download and copy music. Please be conscious. SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY “Sustainable music from the roots up” ~ We believe in a carefully tended, grass-roots approach to our artist selection process and choices of distribution channels by placing ourselves in a co-creative environment, weaving a hoop, a circle of support and interconnection with artists and labels who also believe in sustainable values on all levels. In this way, we can bring you a better product, un-homogenized by a media and entertainment industry that so often strips the artist of their soul and spirit. Our traveling pop-up store (on the road now for 20 years!) is represented at only those events and festivals that reflect an awareness of sustainability and evolving new paradigms of conscious commerce. We are happy to say that a percentage of the proceeds from our web sales will go to select organizations we support. OUR VISION Our vision is to flush out a wide range of conscious and inspiring media from around the world, much of which is from smaller / lesser known independent artists and labels that we feel deserve greater visibility and exposure. Sound Spaces is passionate about helping others to see and hear the amazing and profound capacities and potentialities of the magic we call music. We are in the midst of a transformational wave where music and media not only serve the purpose of entertainment but are also returning to the roots and origins of their uses as a source of art, spiritual food and healing. Our intention is to navigate and share the crest of this cutting-edge wave by providing titles that reflect the fusion and cultural cross-fertilization process which is constantly evolving and giving birth to ever-unfolding new musical styles. Each title, each artistic expression is a doorway, a portal into worlds of the Self, the imagination and the mystery. Welcome ~ * ABOUT RON TOFANELLI ~ FOUNDER This has been my baby and sole proprietorship for over 18 years. My personal path has taken me into the profound depths and heights of this most amazing art and its exponential evolutionary expansion during this time. Much of the potential of music has been revealed through traversing a wide range of modalities exploring healing and consciousness. My passion and particular connection to music began ...umm, I’m not sure when, but I remember as a kid, rocking myself to sleep and going to a place inside myself where I would conduct symphonies of sound and light kinda like Mickey Mouse in “Fantasia”. I also remember when I was seven pulling out three lps from a box in our basement that my mom picked up at a garage sale which included Getz/Gilberto (girl from Ipanema stuff), Beethoven’s 6th and a 50’s recording called “Blue Hawaii” which, along with a healthy dose of 50’s & 60’s pop/rock (Elvis & Beatles..) and Motown, became my musical staple for the next few impressionable years. Then jump 15 years thru the likes of Hendrix, Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd and then on into neo-classical, minimalist, avant-garde, eastern meditative, world and new electronic styles. While studying painting in college my whole perception of music was forever altered by the works of two artists, Steve Roach and Brian Eno. Music from that point on was no longer a linear experience, a progression of structure, but a radial, reflective continuum…the rest is history.