David Corter is an artist of vibration, a mystic of the senses, and a lifelong devotee of sound as a path to presence. His journey began with formal training in jazz guitar at the Hartt School of Music, and deepened through private mentorship with the legendary John Abercrombie—an apprenticeship that shaped his intuitive sensitivity and fluid improvisational voice.

For over a decade, David served as a core musician and Associate Music Director for Blue Man Group in New York City, including several televised performances on The Tonight Show. His sonic fingerprint can be found in the film Fallen (starring Denzel Washington), on internationally released albums with ARC Music, and in collaborations with avant-garde visionaries.

But David’s story moves beyond the stage. In his twenties, he lived in the Northern Territory of Australia near Darwin with an Aboriginal clan—a formative experience that awakened a primal understanding of rhythm, silence, and ceremony. Immersed in Aboriginal culture and mythology, he studied the ancient musical language of the Australian Aborigines, dedicating himself to the yidaki and mago (didgeridoo). This wasn’t casual study—it was an initiation into breath as a bridge between worlds. He trained in the traditional techniques of circular breathing, harmonic modulation, and the embodied pulse that drives ceremonial sound. For David, the yidaki became more than an instrument—it became a teacher.

To this day, yidaki practice forms the energetic backbone of his soul, resonating through every layer of his life—therapy, music, healing, and even the simple rituals of the material world. Its grounding frequencies are woven into his very DNA, giving root to his private sessions and workshops, calling the body back to its primal intelligence and anchoring the nervous system in deep resonance with the Earth.

He later built commissioned instruments for the New York Philharmonic, including for the debut of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Gates of Jerusalem. Upon moving to Seattle, he held roles at SubPop Records and Microsoft, where technology met artistry. Yet beneath the surface, a deeper calling stirred—the desire to become a resource for those in need of healing. This pull redirected David’s path toward the subtle arts of therapeutic presence, embodied sound, and inner transformation.

His healing journey is grounded in decades of spiritual practice and refined through immersive study. A dedicated Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist and President of the Heruka Institute in Seattle, David integrates sacred wisdom with embodied listening. He is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and a certified HeartMath mentor, guiding others in the heart-brain connection and emotional regulation through coherence-based techniques.

David studied Himalayan sound therapy under master teachers Diane Mandle and Richard Rudis at the Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing School in Encinitas, California, where he now serves as a workshop instructor. He is also trained in sacred gong performance through Rudis’ lineage. Most centrally, he is a certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist through the Body Intelligence School (Ged Sumner), offering private sessions that combine stillness, sound, and somatic attunement to awaken the body’s innate healing intelligence.

Today, David teaches workshops in Himalayan sound therapy, guides clients in subtle healing touch, and crafts soundscapes where spirit, science, and soul converge. He offers private sessions in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and sound therapy, creating spaces where the nervous system softens, and the body remembers.

This is not performance.

This is practice.

This is presence.

Contact David (if only to say “hello”).

Phone: 503.344.8335

david@biodynamictonotopy.com