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This podcast aims to understand the creative process for experimental music by listening to new works and discussing them with their creators. Each episode focuses on one creator and their music. By understanding how and why they create can inform aspiring creatives and help audiences better understand and navigate experimental music.
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Vessels to Motherland - Machine Lieder
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
This episode features Vessels to Motherland (Danica Borisavljevic and Nikita Morozov). We Listen to "Oiseau" from their debut album Machine Lieder and talk about the primal urge to create, the world of new music, and creative freedom.
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Robert Dick - to Dream the Impossible Dream
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
This episode features Robert Dick. We listen to "Mitochondrial Ballet" from his Our Cells Know release on Tzadik Records and talk about improvisation, career perspectives, and staying in the moment.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Heather Stebbins - The World Needs Another Composer
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
This episode features Heather Stebbins. We listen to Ursa Major (for saxophones, piano, percussion, and electronics) and talk about honesty, modular synths, and creative ownership.
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Philip Blackburn - The Song of the Earth
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
This episode features Composer/Environmental Sound Artist Philip Blackburn of Neuma Records. We listen to Melody (The Song of the Earth) from percussionist Patti Cudd's album Still Motion released on Sideband Records. We talk about inspiration, complexity, and self promotion.
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Flute in the Wild
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
This episode features the Flute in the Wild project with Jaye Marsh, Elizabeth Raum, and Robert DiVito. We listen to Elizabeth's, "Northern Lights" we talk about inspiration, the recording process, and the starving artist. Listen to the Album now at: https://music.apple.com/.../flute-in-the-wild/1591684228
Friday Dec 17, 2021
James Ilgenfritz, Brian Chase, and Robbie Lee - Loss and Gain
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
This episode features James Ilgenfritz, Brian Chase and Robbie Lee. We listen to their Infrequent Seams release "Loss and Gain." We talk about improvisation, musical communication, and why they create.
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Will Sol/Prana Crafter - Capturing that Fifth Element
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
This episode features Musician/Improviser/Psychologist William Sol (Prana Crafter). We listen to "Crystal Sky Wooden Cloud" performed/recorded/produced by Will from his album "Bodhi Cheetah's Choice" on the label Beyond Beyond is Beyond. We talk about improvisation, perfection, and creating for the act of music making.
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Stephen Lilly & Michael Boyd - Clapping Between Movements
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
This episode features composers Stephen Lilly and Michael Boyd. We listen to "Friday May 18 at a distance" performed by themselves and features Benjamin Levy, Stacey Mastrian, Kristian Twombly. We talk about indeterminacy, collaboration, and knowing when a piece is done.
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Jacob Cooper and Steven Bradshaw - Sunrise
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
This episode features the album "Sunrise" (Cold Blue Music) by collaborators Jacob Cooper and Steven Bradshaw. We talk about collaboration, forming ideas, and creating for outcomes.
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Emily Koh - Everything is Composing
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
This episode features composer and performer Emily Koh. We listen to b(locked.orders) for soprano saxophone, electronics, and video: Michiko Saiki (video) and Noa Even (saxophone). Emily and I talk about voice, identity, and the business of composing.