Listening is so much broader than just music. If I want to listen by heart, I need to be empty in my thoughts and I need to be still. And maybe music is a perfect way to learn that ability, especially the way my today's guest listens. Evelyn Glennie is a true legend already in her lifetime. She is a multiple Grammy award winner, she is a Ted Talk speaker and she has been given more than 100 awards internationally. But this is just the icing on the cake. The real thing is that she lost her hearing when she was about eight, and instead of quitting music, she embarked on a career that brings a new paradigm of listening to the world.
Dr. Bruce Lipton has revolutionized biology. He has come up with the idea that your own beliefs can change the way your DNA acts in your life. He has debunked the central dogma that wants you to believe that you are a slave to your genes, which you of course are not. Bruce is a biologist and a best-selling author of many books. For me, Bruce is a liberator because he has empowered countless people around the globe to become masters of their own lives. Join us to discover how to change your vibration and become master of your genes!
Today, I invite you to join me on a journey where you will meet a young female drummer who has made it to the top league in music, without having been born in the upper echelon. Aleksandra Šuklar plays in high-performance music events like "World of Hans Zimmer." But you don't make it to that level just by practicing a lot... So, let´s find out what's her secret.
Musicians associated with Bernhard mentioned in this episode:
Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, Trilok Gurtu, Rakesh Chaurasia, Anoushka Shankar, Soumik Datta, Nitin Sawhney, Israel Galvan.
The Hang Massive project evolved from busking on the streets of European cities to performing festival line-ups and high-profile music venues around the world. In this episode, Reinhard investigates with Danny and Markus the power of simplicity in both, music and life. With their music and lifestyle, Hang Massive's founders show that you can go very far with your projects by supporting yourself in your contemplative practice and the simplicity in your life.
In this episode, I discuss with young composer and Kodo performer Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga about the strict 2-year apprenticeship training -away from civilization- to become a Kodo member, how they rehearse new compositions, how they reach such a group precision and resonance, the deep spiritual meaning of playing these giant drums and much more. Join us in this journey to traditional rituals and contemporary thoughts about ancient instruments.
Michael is a music educator with a passion to make videos for people who want to learn about percussion. He's been creating videos on YouTube since 2010. He's more than 300 videos in which he teaches different rhythms and instruments, techniques, styles and more. In this episode we talk about how he started teaching online, the similarities and differences of the rhythmic traditions of Brazil, Cuba and Africa, and about the balance between following the tradition and creating your own combinations.
In this episode, I discuss with Joseph Pepe Danza -musician, Zen practitioner and sound healer who’s been living within the Eastern Traditions of Daoism and Zen Buddhism for the last 40 years- about how to get the groovy thing out of discipline, the keys in the practice of any musical instrument for the sound to pass through us without resistance and the big chance we have to attain vertical time through music.
In this episode, I discuss with Michael Spiro about the roots of Rumba, the role of drums in spiritual traditions such as Cuban Santería, the path he traveled to become first a conga player and then a priest in that tradition, and the fascinating stories behind the formation of emblematic groups like Los Muñequitos de Matanzas and Afro-Cuba de Matanzas. Join us in this journey to The Heart of Cuba!
A short and powerful talk with Gustavo Gitti, certified TaKeTiNa Rhythm Teacher and leader of the online meditation community "O Lugar."
How can we find stability and orientation in the confusing and wild situation of the world today? How can rhythm, meditation and being of benefit to others strengthen this stability and awaken our wisdom and compassion?
We went through the meditation practices of stability, wisdom and compassion, the space and stillness that opens up in rhythm training and the benefits of putting wisdom and compassion in action by practicing silent contemplation together with artistic expression.
In this episode with Greg Ellis - who is the rhythm power in films like Matrix Reloaded, Argo, Dragonfly, 300, Iron Man and many more - we dive into "Stepping out of the click", an excellent metaphor for what we are experiencing between organic time and mechanical time. We also discuss about the drummer's role in modern film score and RhythmPharm, the rhythm tonics crafted by him.
In this episode I talk with percussionist and handpan player David Kuckhermann about his musical compositions with handpan and world drums, the history of the hang created by PanArt, being fluent playing odd cycle rhythms and his online music school.
In this episode I talk with the conga legend Giovanni Hidalgo about the feeling of groove, the mindset for training percussion, how the pioneering conga players like Candido Camero and Tata Güines tuned their congas, Giovanni's musical and life stories, the healing power of rhythm, the revival of MegaDrums and much more. Giovanni even gave us an amazing live conga solo!
Daf is a unique drum with a very special sound and Arash Zanganeh is one of the great masters of this drum, who uses it also in the traditional context and in world music. He is composer and percussionist with the Ensemble Diaspora World music group in Brisbane. He also recorded with the great female singer Abida Parveen in the project "Rumi in the Land of Khusrau". If you want to know more about the art of Daf drumming and its ancient roots, this episode is for you. Listen to this fascinating world music style and get a taste of the old tradition.
This episode is a journey through unusual rhythmic landscapes. Rafael Reina studied extensively the theory of South Indian Karnatic music and with this knowledge he developed the program "Contemporary Music through Non-Western Techniques", which he teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He also composed three operas which have an intriguing rhythmic blueprint - contemporary music with the sensuality and driving power of rhythm.
This episode explores shamanism in modern times. My talk with Ya'acov Darling Khan reveals that shamans are not just ancient healers from the past. Ya'acov Darling Khan is acknowledged as a practicing shaman by indigenous elders from the Arctic to the Amazon. His message is: Shamanism, and a shift from society's focus on acquisition to reciprocity, is a key to restoring our universal connection and solving our interpersonal and world issues. Ya'acov sees shamanism as a path to reawaken a sense of the magic, potential and splendour of creation.
Was sind die Spielregeln des Lebens und wie können uns diese Orientierung im Leben geben?
In dieser deutschsprachigen Episode spreche ich mit dem Arzt, Psychotherapeuten, Autor und Seminarleiter, der mit seiner Arbeit Millionen von Menschen erreicht - Rüdiger Dahlke.
Seine Themen und Buchtitel „Krankheit als Chance“, „Angstfrei leben“ „Das Alter als Geschenk“ oder „Medizin und Menschlichkeit“ sind aktueller denn je. Wir beleuchten diese Themen in Bezug auf Rhythmus und Gesundheit, aber auch deren Rolle in der aktuellen Situation.
In this episode I talk with rhythm vocalist Loire Cotler, who's mission is to show the world the power of the voice as a rhythm instrument, and its super-human capacity to deliver to unimaginable. We talked about the amazing tunes of her album „18 wings“, her collaboration with Academy Award winning film composer Hans Zimmer, the Konnakol - South Indian music vocal percussion - and her life and musical stories with Glen Velez.
Marla Leigh continues the work of Layne Redmond (When the Drummers Were Women) and takes it to a whole new level. Her featured composition „Rhythms of Tof Miriam” goes back to the Exodus of the old testament: “Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine (called “Tof Miriam” or “Frame Drum”) in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing”. Marla's music contains the magic of long additive cycles - mysterious, yet easy to follow when you move with them. This episode celebrates the wisdom of female drumming.
Four time Grammy Award winner and founding father of the modern frame drum movement, Glen Velez shares his rich experience in our discussion. Listen to his unique drumming style and get to know what he created together with Steve Reich and the Paul Winter Consort. Glen has been performing with my MegaDrums group, together with Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Leonard Eto from "KODO" and other top musicians of our time. He is specialized in frame drums from around the world. Velez’s virtuosic combinations of hand movements, and finger techniques, together with his compositions have opened new possibilities for musicians.