> The storytellers were fantastic, and one of them had a mesmerising and hypnotic effect that I was trying to isolate as a technique. I could see others attempt

> The storytellers were fantastic, and one of them had a mesmerising and hypnotic effect that I was trying to isolate as a technique. I could see others attempting it as well. Complete wild guess here, but I wonder if the indigenous speaking style might have developed from story telling during sweat lodge ceremonies? > My interest in it is mainly for experimenting with music, but my own practice of a simlar dynamic would be exercising craft as a writer. I've never been to one, but from anecdotal stories I've read, EDM concerts (especially when combined with psychedelics, which is pretty common) are often described as if they have a religious ritual element to them. Whatever it is, psychedelics + EDM music certainly does something very strange to the mind, and group chanting rituals can be found all over the place in different cultures throughout history.