Our Story
Soundscapes
At Deep Space we like to sound different. Our unique blend of exotic instruments coupled with over 10,000 hours of joyful study enable us to offer a portal for journeying and transformation. More than a sound bath, our soundscapes are a blend of molecular massage, cosmic travel, and celestial joy.
I first picked up a Didgeridoo in 2007. Since then my arsenal of instruments has grown considerably to over 50 instruments. In 2020, my experimentation with metal instruments really exploded. I started incorporating gongs, Himalayan bowls, and other metal instruments into my soundscapes. I have had the pleasure of attending trainings with Don Conreaux, Mitch Nur, John Beaulieu, and Bear Love. My Sound Offerings, have been described as “Astral Journey’s,” and “Molecular Massages.” My unique set of instruments combined with my relentless joy and study has resulted in unique sonic adventure. I offer a diverse array of sound journeys in a wide variety of settings from private sound baths, psychedelic sound journeys, and corporate offerings.
Mallets
Whether you’re just starting out with a 24 inch wind or have a gong cage of 20+ gongs, Deep Space mallets has the mallets to help you sound different.
Deep Space Mallets was born on October 14, 2021 out of curiosity. Shortly after acquiring my first gongs, I started making prototype Mallets for my 24 inch Wind and 32 inch Chao. Although there are some great mallet companies out there, I was looking for something different. My curiosity led me to experiment with countless handle shapes, core densities, and padding material.
I then started looking beyond the horizon. I started sourcing exotic woods from all over the world and having them hand turned. Since then I have been constantly evolving the Deep Space Mallets to what they are today.
Because of the mallets, I have been able to develop relationships with gong makers such as Oetken Gongs, Ryan Shelledy, Grotta Sonora, and Shawn Aceto. These relationships were critical in deepening my understanding of the different available gongs and how my mallets play on them.
To date I have shipped gong mallets to countries on 4 continents and am constantly pushing the boundaries as to what a gong mallet can be.
I offer a full range of Custom Gong, Buffalo Drum and Himalayan Bowl Mallets to extract unique sounds out of your instruments. Let us know what sound your looking for and we can customize a mallet for your playing style, and lineup of gongs.
Retreats
John teams up with wife Anne Marie Miller and long time friend Billy Pinkerton for yoga and sound retreats. These 3-4 day events are an opportunity to go Deep in the yoga practice while enjoying daily sound Journeys from the three of us. Together, John, Billy, and Anne Marie create cinematic soundscapes using a truly unique blend of indigenous, traditional, and new age instruments.
Deep Space Sound Reatreats are bi-coastal, Billy resides in California while John and Anne Marie live in upstate New York.
Bios
John Minks is a gifted musician with over 15 years of exploring and studying the healing power of sound. John’s first experience with sound healing was in Amsterdam in 2006. Since then, his tone quest has taken him from the Brazilian Rainforest to the islands of Hawai’i and beyond. He began his study of the Didgeridoo while in the jungles of Brazil in 2007. John has also studied guitar for the past 10 years and has extensive experience in its healing power with plant medicines. Recently, John has attended and spoken at Sage Sound Academy and has attended Gong workshops with Don Conreaux and Nine Ways Academy
John has compiled his array of knowledge to offer a truly unique sound experience. More than a sound bath, his sessions are more of a molecular massage with sound. Clients are taken on a astral journey using a mix of indigenous and modern instruments.
John offers sound baths at a variety of locations in the Hudson Valley and New York City. In addition to the didgeridoo and Gong, John’s instruments include, chimes, flute’s, khomus, Tibetan singing bowls, shruti box, hand pan, tuning forks, among others.
John Minks
Billy Pinkerton
Billy Pinkerton has been practicing, studying, and teaching vinyasa and restorative yoga for nearly a decade in studios, corporate offices, retreats and private sessions.
Billy has been working with instruments like the gong, handpan, didgeridoo, tuning forks, and bowls to evoke new sensations, mental experiences, and relaxation, that enhance his yoga students’ experiences in practice. His studio, Deep Space Alchemy is open for events in Costa Mesa, California
Billy is also an accomplished meditator and breathe work practitioner. He has developed a daily practice over the years and has done intensive work on his mind, having spent 6 months working with an authorized Buddhist meditation teacher in the Kagyu Lineage. He has practiced at Karme Choling, a Shambala Meditation Center in Vermont. His goal is to mix the physical practice of yoga and meditation so that a powerful personal practice can be born.
Anne Marie Miller
Anne Marie Miller is a gifted percussionist and Djembe player, exploring the power of sound as a healing modality for over 10 years. In deepening her connection with the drum through the study of Brazilian shamanic music, she recognizes the drumbeat as a maternal, vibratory vehicle that can transport listeners to new states of consciousness, creating a sense of liberation from the mind, and the space to encounter fresh ways of being.
Anne Marie completed her vinyasa yoga teacher training in 2017 at Sukha Yoga in Austin, Texas after a car accident inspired her to learn about the body and how to unlock its self-healing capacity. Through yoga, breath, and sound, Anne Marie cultivates a heart-centered practice to balance her active mind. Her musical intuition coupled with her knowledge of the physical body enables her to inspire uniquely transformative experiences attuned to the needs of the moment.
Pure tones will be used for healing… And music will be the medicine of the future
-Edgar Cayce