Mat Creedon - Music Is Medicine

In this episode, Mat Creedon shares the deeply personal story behind The Easy Key and the long journey that led to its creation. From traumatic childhood music lessons and obsessive key signature practice… to discovering American Jazz Theory, relative pitch, and the hidden patterns behind music itself… this episode explores why so many musicians struggle with music theory and ear training. Mat dis...

How does a guitarist end up making a sitar album? In this episode, I share the unexpected path that led me from songwriting and teaching… into the quiet, mysterious world of 3AM creativity. What began as curiosity — inspired years ago by hearing the sitar in The Beatles — slowly evolved into something more personal. From playing festivals alongside a tabla player in a Bollywood dance troupe, to na...

Why does playing music feel so powerful? In this episode of Music Is Medicine , Mat Creedon explores how playing an instrument reshapes the brain in profound ways. From neuroplasticity and predictive coding to the connection between logic and emotion, music engages nearly every part of the brain at once. Drawing from both neuroscience and personal experience, Mat reflects on how music can sharpen...

Why does music move us so deeply? In this episode of Mat Creedon — Music Is Medicine , Mat explores the idea that music may be more than entertainment — it may also be a powerful way for the body and mind to process emotion. Drawing from personal experiences with songwriting, transcendental meditation, and the natural release of emotional energy, Mat reflects on how melodies often emerge when the...

Sometimes songs feel like they come from us . Other times they feel like they come through us . In this episode of Mat Creedon – Music is Medicine , Mat shares the story behind one of the best melodies he has ever written — a song called Orbita . The melody appeared suddenly after a long day of songwriting, arriving almost fully formed with a verse, pre-chorus, chorus and post-chorus. Moments like...

There’s a good reason why people love music. When we practice an instrument, hum quietly to ourselves, or repeat a simple musical phrase, something begins to shift inside us. Music has a remarkable ability to help us process emotions and release tension. In this episode of the Afterbath Podcast , Mat Creedon explores how music, repetition, and sound can act as a form of meditation and emotional re...

What if spirituality is much simpler than we’ve been taught? In this episode of Afterbath , Mat Creedon explores a playful but practical way of looking at spirituality — not as a belief system, but as a return to awareness. What if the human body is simply a kind of biological spacesuit? What if the mind is software, the ego is the antivirus program, and the real “you” is the one quietly observing...

Breathing is something we do all day without thinking about it — but the way we breathe can dramatically change how we feel. In this episode of Afterbath , Mat Creedon explores a simple conscious breathing technique used in meditation traditions for thousands of years, including the Buddhist practice of watching the breath. You’ll learn a gentle breathing pattern using a four-count inhale and six-...

This is the final episode in the Transforming Lives One Note At A Time series. Over these reflections, we’ve explored presence, surrender, the restless mind, and the art of allowing life to unfold without resistance. In this closing chapter, everything comes back to one simple truth: we are always practising. Whether we realise it or not, we rehearse a way of seeing the world through our habits, o...

In this episode of the Afterbath Podcast, Mat explores the true meaning of surrender — not as defeat, but as freedom from resisting the present moment. The mind is a powerful survival tool, constantly scanning the past and predicting the future. But what happens when we stop arguing with reality? What changes when we allow this moment to be exactly as it is? This guided reflection gently explores:...

Happiness and unhappiness feel like opposites. But what if they’re simply two sides of the same coin? In this episode of Afterbath, Mat explores how the mind chases pleasure and resists discomfort — and how that cycle quietly shapes our lives, our relationships, and even our sense of identity. Through reflection and gentle awareness, we look at what exists beyond preference, beyond comparison, and...

This episode begins with a spoken reflection on relationships, presence, and emotional attachment — exploring how fear, love, and awareness quietly shape the way we connect with others. Rather than offering advice or solutions, this session invites gentle observation: listening without fixing, meeting others without possession, and allowing space for growth on both sides of a relationship. Followi...

In this episode of Afterbath , Mat explores a simple but often misunderstood idea: stillness doesn’t begin with silence — it begins with awareness. Through gentle reflection and grounded metaphors, this session reframes meditation not as something to “get right,” but as something already available in everyday experience. Rather than trying to quiet the mind, listeners are invited to notice it — an...

In this episode of Afterbath , Mat Creedon explores The Inner Body — the quiet, timeless aspect of awareness that exists beneath thoughts, emotions, and personal stories. Through a gentle spoken teaching and guided body scan, you’re invited to reconnect with the part of you that never ages, never rushes, and is always present. This session offers a grounded, accessible way to experience presence t...

Welcome to Afterbath — a space for slowing down, listening deeply, and reconnecting with yourself through sound, presence, and quiet reflection. In this episode, Mat Creedon shares a spoken reflection from his book in progress, Transforming Lives One Note at a Time . This chapter — The State of Presence — explores what it means to be fully here, beyond mental noise, comparison, and the constant pu...

In this episode of Afterbath , I explore what I mean by the state of presence — or what I like to call chasing bliss . Not because bliss is missing, but because the act of chasing reveals how often we overlook what’s already here. This chapter reflects on awareness as the part of us that watches life unfold without judgement, comparison, or the need to fix anything. Through gentle humour and every...

In this episode of Afterbath , Mat shares Chapter Three from his upcoming book Transforming Lives One Note at a Time . This reflection explores the subtle strategies the mind uses to avoid the present moment — turning life into problems, distractions, drama, and endless mental noise. Through grounded stories and gentle humour, Mat looks at why the mind struggles with stillness, how it confuses lab...

In this episode, Mat Creedon reflects on something simple, but quietly life-changing: learning how to live in the present moment . So much of our stress comes from replaying the past or racing ahead into the future. In this gentle conversation, Mat explores what it actually means to return to now — not as an abstract spiritual idea, but as a very real, lived experience you can access at any moment...

In this episode of Afterbath , Mat shares Chapter One from his upcoming book Transforming Lives One Note at a Time . This reflection explores the inner voice — the constant mental commentary that judges, compares, and tells us we’re not good enough, especially when learning music, singing, or trying something new. You’ll hear why music is not a competition , not a performance, and not a measure of...

In this episode of Afterbath , I share a personal reflection drawn from the introduction of a book I’m currently writing — a story about music, burnout, compassion, and an unexpected awakening that arrived quietly through everyday life. Following the reflection, I invite you into a six-minute sound bath featuring Tibetan gongs and a rain stick. It’s a short, spacious pause designed to help the ner...

Feeling a bit cooked? Overthinking your way through the week? Imagining arguments with coworkers you don’t even like? This one’s for you. In this Afterbath session, Mat Creedon shares a light-hearted story about living an unconventional life — waking at 3am to compose music, exploring consciousness, clearing karma, and occasionally vibrating himself back to sanity using a very large Tibetan gong....

In this Afterbath episode, Mat Creedon explores the unique world of the Lingam and Yoni Tibetan Singing Bowls — two ancient instruments designed to rebalance the masculine (doing) and feminine (being) energies within us. Mat shares the story behind these bowls, how they symbolise the dance between action and presence, and why balancing these energies is essential for emotional clarity, nervous sys...

In this reflective Afterbath episode, Mat Creedon shares the personal story of a powerful shift that unfolded in his life just before Melbourne’s lockdowns — a sudden and unexpected opening into deep calm, clarity, and presence. Mat talks about moving through rapid healing, experiencing effortless states of bliss, and seeing the world with new eyes — where sunlight, nature, and living beings glowe...

In this special Afterbath Session, Mat Creedon shifts the focus from microphones and frequencies to something deeper — the art of presence . Mat shares a personal story of growing up with a brother living with schizophrenia, discovering Transcendental Meditation in his teens, and later experiencing a powerful awakening after reading The Power of Now . This episode explores how the mind moves betwe...

This week’s Afterbath Session features a Tibetan Singing Bowl tuned to 104 Hz — a natural variation of the 100 Hz grounding frequency known to calm the nervous system and restore balance. Let the deep, resonant tones guide you from tension to stillness — easing the body, centring the mind, and reconnecting you with the Earth beneath your feet. 🎧 Best experienced with headphones for full 3D immers...