# Sounds True > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sounds_True > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sounds_True.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_True > Source revision: 1253836671 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American multimedia publishing company}} {{Advert|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Sounds True | genre = Spirituality, Self-help, Personal Growth | foundation = {{Start date|1985}} | founder = Tami Simon | location_city = [Louisville, Colorado](/source/Louisville%2C_Colorado), U.S.[https://archive.today/20110105180310/http://www.soundstrue.com/aboutus/Contact_Us/ Contact us] | industry = Multimedia publishing }} '''Sounds True''' is an American multimedia publishing company founded in 1985 by Tami Simon. The company is based in [Louisville, Colorado](/source/Louisville%2C_Colorado).[http://personallifemedia.com/guests/2190-tami-simon Simon biographical sketch][http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5430/is_200804/ai_n27899865/ "A Closer Look at a Business Renaissance Executive: An Interview with Tami Simon", ''Business Renaissance Quarterly'', spring 2008] The company has published over 800 spoken-word audio and music recordings, books, multimedia learning resources, and online educational programs from figures including [Michael A. Singer](/source/Michael_Alan_Singer), [Eckhart Tolle](/source/Eckhart_Tolle), [Pema Chödrön](/source/Pema_Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n), Geneen Roth, and [Caroline Myss](/source/Caroline_Myss). The company organizes and hosts an annual event dedicated to personal growth and spiritual transformation called The Wake Up Festival, held in August each year in [Estes Park, Colorado](/source/Estes_Park%2C_Colorado).[https://archive.today/20100619085412/http://www.soundstrue.com/aboutus/Our_Vision/ Company information at the Sounds True website][http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2012/08/a-pilgrim-at-the-wake-up-festival/ A Pilgrim Christian at The Wake Up Festival] The company was listed in ''[Inc.](/source/Inc._(magazine))'' magazine's 1995 and 1996 lists of fastest-growing, privately held companies.[http://www.inc.com/magazine/19950601/2322.html "Benchmark: When Voice Mail Answers the Phones", Inc., June 1, 1995][http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E3DB9034AF58&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Colorado Women Make Mark in INC.: Nine State Companies on Magazine's List of Fastest Growing Companies", ''Rocky Mountain News'', Oct. 12, 1995][http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DF39EA20D081&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Spiritual Quest Inspires Creation of a Sound Business: Boulder Company's Tape Catalog Reads Like 'Who's Who' For New Age", ''Rocky Mountain News'', Nov. 20, 1994] ==Spoken word== The company was started in 1985 by Tami Simon, with a tape recorder and a small studio in Boulder, Colorado.{{cite news |title=Sounds True |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ocsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1430,2183805&dq=sounds-true+audio&hl=en |publisher=Northwest Columbus News|date=Apr 16, 2003}} Sounds True has released spoken word recordings by authors and lecturers such as [Andrew Weil](/source/Andrew_Weil), [Pema Chödrön](/source/Pema_Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n), and [Jon Kabat-Zinn](/source/Jon_Kabat-Zinn), among others.[http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Caroline-Myss/1499836 Myss biography at Simon & Schuster website] In 1990, their release of [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](/source/Clarissa_Pinkola_Est%C3%A9s)' ''Women Who Run with Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype'' audiotape led to the [Ballantine Books](/source/Ballantine_Books) publication of her book by the same name.[https://archive.today/20100619085412/http://www.soundstrue.com/aboutus/Our_Vision/ "About Us" page, Sounds True website] [Martha Beck](/source/Martha_Beck)'s CD ''Follow Your North Star'' was released by Sounds True.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} ==Music== Sounds True produces music CDs and digital music files of spiritual and meditative music. Artists include [Krishna Das](/source/Krishna_Das_(singer)), [Jai Uttal](/source/Jai_Uttal), [Nawang Khechog](/source/Nawang_Khechog), and [Shri Anandi Ma](/source/Dhyanyogi_Madhusudandas), among others. Some Sounds True albums have been featured on [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio).[https://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc05/index.html Hamza El Din's ''A Wish'' at NPR website] In 2010, Sounds True entered a licensing partnership with The Relaxation Company and began distributing and marketing The Relaxation Company's products as of April 1, 2010.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} ==Books== In 2005, Sounds True began publishing books. Among them are [David Deida](/source/David_Deida)'s ''The Way of the Superior Man'' and ''The Rational Psychic'' by Jack Rourke.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundstrue.com/store/the-rational-psychic-2868.html|title=The Rational Psychic|website=Sounds True|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}} The publisher has issued numerous books and book/audio CD packages since then. ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Authority control}} Category:1985 establishments in Colorado Category:American independent record labels Category:Book publishing companies based in Colorado Category:Companies based in Boulder, Colorado Category:New-age music record labels Category:Publishing companies established in 1985 Category:Spoken word record labels Category:World music record labels --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sounds True](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_True) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_True?action=history)). 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