Myndstream, a global leader in health and wellbeing music, and Timbaland, the multi-Platinum Grammy Award-winning super-producer, artist, Author and Entrepreneur have announced a new partnership to create a slate of wellness music projects.
The partnership was announced at the 2023 Global Wellness Summit in Miami, where Myndstream founder Freddie Moross interviewed Timbaland live on stage. Timbaland shared his inspiring story of overcoming addiction to Oxycontin, a powerful opioid painkiller that led him to this path of wellness music.
Following a root canal treatment back in 2011, Timbaland started taking Vicodin and found it not only helped to ease the physical pain he was in but elevated some of the mental pressures he was dealing with at the time. When the treatment for his tooth ended he found himself craving the escape that the drug gave him and sought this out through Oxycontin. This grew into a dependence on the drug and was taking 160mg per day at the height of his addiction. Timbaland talks of his time on the drug as a way of escaping life instead of enjoying it, until the turning point that saved him. “In 2018 I experienced a dramatic out of body experience where I felt I was being shown my future - or lack of future. I thought, I've got kids, I can’t live like this, something has to change.”
Timbaland faced his path to recovery head-on, with discipline and determination. Always coming back to his passion for music where he has been a disrupter in the industry for over two decades. As he moves into the wellness music space he brings this quest for disruption with him, as he explores how different frequencies affect mood and how tone can move through the body creating a physical and mental shift in the listener.
"Music is a very powerful tool," Timbaland said. "It calmed me down and brought me out of crisis. It was this that triggered my fascination with frequency and tone, understanding the role they play in being able to change your perspective and attitude without you even realising it. I want to create music that can help people heal and grow. I want my music to be in every spa around the world.”
Freddie Moross Founder at Myndstream is equally excited about the partnership. "Timbaland is one of the greatest talents in music history," Moross said. "He brings a unique perspective and sound to wellness music, and he will help us bring the power of this genre of music to a whole new generation of listeners."
To hear Timbaland’s story in his own words, tune into this week's episode of “Crisis what Crisis?' podcast, where Andy Coulson delves deeper into Timbaland’s journey to recovery. Coulson comments “It was an absolute privilege to have Timbaland join us on the Crisis What Crisis? podcast. We all know him as one of the world’s greatest super producers with more Top Ten hits than Elvis, but it was on the subject of overcoming addiction and the personal resilience that saved his life, that I hope listeners will find fascinating and helpful."
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