"Wolf discovered...A natural convergence of mindfulness and music, where each practice deepened the other. Meant for his fellow musicians at any level, this book offers a plethora of music-based mindfulness exercises for the 'transferable virtues' music can cultivate."

"This best-selling book has literally been a guide for many musicians and top music industry insiders who are tragically the most vulnerable to our current age of uncertainty...A great ready for any musician!"

"A manual for achieving calm in a tumultuous world...Wolf provides steps for communing with the space around us, becoming more aware of all the ambient clutter of daily life."

"'Listening to music can aid in meditation as a method of concentrating the mind,” explains Richard Wolf, who teaches music and mindfulness at University of Southern California and is the author of In Tune: Music as the Bridge to Mindfulness."

All of a sudden, my meditation practice – and my music playing and listening skills – were turbocharged. The best part was the increased silence entered all parts of my day-to-day activity. Who would ever think that practicing my chops could be used as a path to present moment awareness, or as I think of it, a “sacred space?”

"The techniques, key steps, and commentary that Wolf provides in each chapter as he blends music and meditation together will prove beneficial to the reader who wants to cross these bridges for a more meaningful mindfulness."

"Dugan’s mindfulness practice was drastically amplified by adjunct professor of music industry Richard Wolf’s “Music and Mindfulness” course at USC. He confesses that Wolf’s class showed him how improving his meditation practice could make him a “better musician, more creative and happier.”

"You need the silence. The silence is where it's at, getting into the stillness and the silence. And then you can go beyond sound and silence, beyond existence and non-existence, beyond perception and non-perception. That's a place where it's nice to be."

"Readers with even slight musical background will enjoy Wolf's sharp, useful suggestions to make mindfulness a more achievable goal."

"Tyra's sensibility is urban-flavored and fashion-forward in music too", observes Emmy-winning composer Richard Wolf, one of the main suppliers of music for the show through his company the Producers Lab. 

"Because when the music stops, you still need to face the challenges of life. Building on the foundation of music, mindfulness can refine skills that help cope with these challenges in real world situations."

"...what happens when the music stops? Can this [musical] ability be redirected towards genuine spiritual action? Emmy Award winning composer, multi-platinum-selling music producer Richard Wolf, for one, thinks there’s a connection."

Richard Wolf floats a nautical metaphor to illustrate his ever-shifting career. "You catch a wave if your surfboard is in good shape, but you can't plan." 

Spirituality and Health magazine reprints "The Art of Deep Listening" from In Tune.

Composer/producer Richard Wolf was awarded a recent Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition & Direction for the animated WB series Static Shock.