nailah hunter is an la—based composer and harpist, with a special interest in spell work, other worldsafting new songs for a local start—up that aims to prescribe music as medicine. there is a lot going on in the sort of new—age community right now and i think even the term itself has a negative connotation, it can be a little bit hokey, a little bit la if you will, but i really think that neal's approach was interesting to me because it was really about science. sona founder neal is convinced that good mental health is all about brainwave frequencies and that his tailored tracks can lower them from an anxious beta state to a calmer alpha state. we have been conditioned as a society to view music john mayer, or different types of pop music all the time and we think that it's having this relaxing restorative effect on us but it's actually further engaging our brains, it's making our brains work harder whereas our music has a restorative effect on the brain. a 23% drop in stress levels, apparently. dutch outfit alphabeats monitors your stress levels and punishes them of they don't. it me