Jeff Peckman, perennial mayoral candidate and the man responsible for the city of Denver ballot initiative that sought in 2010 to establish an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission, says we all just need to “think outside the (tinder) box” to end the High Park fire.

Peckman is appealing to all local television and radio stations broadcasting in Colorado to donate 45-minutes of time to play the ” Rain Melody.” According to the ancient tradition of Gandharva Veda music, the melody helps bring rain to areas of drought.

“Using a traditional and historically successful approach to increase the chance of rain could lessen death and destruction from the High Park fire and prevent future fires,” he said. “Why not try it?”

The fight against the High Park fire west of Fort Collins has been complicated by record-high temperatures, humidity levels in the single digits and wind. Tuesday morning, fire incident commander Bill Hahnenberg said fuels in the massive fire’s path are “getting drier every day.”

Since the fire was sparked by lightning last week, it has charred more than 59,500 acres of land, burned at least 189 homes and killed one person.

Peckman also is asking government frequencies and people living in the path of the fire to play the music 24 hours a day.

The music replicates the “frequencies present in nature when it is raining. It uses sound, melody, and rhythm to restore balance and harmony in mind, body, behavior, and environment,” Peckman said, quoting online Gandharva Veda materials.

“It does not matter if people are listening to it but it is more powerful if they do, especially at a live concert,” Peckman said. “In the mid-1990s, I organized tours for Maharishi Gandharva Veda musicians and heard stories from different locations about rain starting during concerts even when no rain was predicted for that day.”