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Before being known as one of the greatest guitarists of modern times - John Clayton Mayer was just a kid from Connecticut who was obsessed with three things: Canadian Actor Michael J. Fox in his Iconic role as Marty McFly in the 80s sci-fi adventure romp Back To The Future. The Blues. And of course - the instrument that tied those other two obsessions together - The Guitar. And, by the way - I don’t use the word obsession lightly - According to John, this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill relationship with the instrument that many a teenage boy find themselves enamoured with - John was so single minded with becoming a guitar virtuoso his parents actually took him to be psychologically evaluated over his commitment to guitar playing - it was the only thing he ever wanted to do - like… ever. After high school, John Mayer had hoped to skip college completely to become a full time independent musician - but he was convinced by his parents to seek further education, and enrolled in the lauded Berklee College of Music at age 19. At Berklee, Mayer met eventual Zac Brown Band musician Clay Cook, who swiftly convinced him to… Drop out of Berklee after only two semesters. By 1999, John would package up his 9 best songs for his debut EP Inside Wants Out as a companion record to all of his touring - and by the year 2000 - with the help of a lawyer, he would sign with small label Aware Records, who would fund the original recording of an internet-only release of his debut record Room For Squares. Although it was originally a bit of a slow-burner, Room For Squares would spend 95 weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, eventually going platinum off of the successes of No Such Thing and Grammy-Award Winning Follow up single ‘Your Body is A Wonderland'. Just like Room For Squares before it, Mayer’s virtuosity in both guitar playing and songwriting got him over the line with discerning pop music fans; his followup, Heavier Things would debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 - and with the success of single 'Daughters', would beat Squares’ 95 week run with a 98 week sprint on the chart. But, after three big hits that launched him into the ‘sensitive songwriter guy’ stratosphere, John Mayer was ready to break the space-time Continuum. This is the story of John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change, with newly unearthed audio from John Mayer himself.

With many musicians in her family, Claudia B. grew up immersed in music, studying piano, singing in church choir and, in her early teens fronting two rock bands. Hungry for more, Claudia skipped her senior year in high school by attaining her GED in order to attend Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, she studied songwriting, vocal performance and music business. Immediately after graduating, Claudia moved to Nashville where she now works full-time as a professional musician, writing and performing as a keyboardist and singer at several weekly gigs. Claudia is known for her creative arrangements of pop, soul, country and jazz covers that listeners often say they prefer to the originals. This past March, she got engaged to fellow singer-songwriter Jacob Lutz while on a trip in Paris.

With many musicians in her family, Claudia B. grew up immersed in music, studying piano, singing in church choir and, in her early teens fronting two rock bands. Hungry for more, Claudia skipped her senior year in high school by attaining her GED in order to attend Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, she studied songwriting, vocal performance and music business. Immediately after graduating, Claudia moved to Nashville where she now works full-time as a professional musician, writing and performing as a keyboardist and singer at several weekly gigs. Claudia is known for her creative arrangements of pop, soul, country and jazz covers that listeners often say they prefer to the originals. This past March, she got engaged to fellow singer-songwriter Jacob Lutz while on a trip in Paris.

Willy Rodriguez is a Latin GRAMMY-winning drummer, percussionist and bandleader. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and began playing drums at age thirteen. He received his musical start playing throughout Puerto Rico in rock and pop bands. When Willy was twenty-one he started working as the Musical Director and drummer for Latin American Idol's touring group. Following his experience at Idol, he was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in 2007. His reputation as a skilled musician spread quickly in the Boston area and he began playing extensively with musicians such as Jason Palmer and Andre Heyward. At Berklee, Willy studied with a host of famed teachers such as Terri-Lyne Carrington, Yoron Israel, Ralph Peterson and Greg Osby. In 2014, Willy graduated from New England Conservatory with a Master's degree in Jazz Drum Performance. At NEC, he studied with Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, Miguel Zenon, Jerry Bergonzi and Bob Moses, among others. He has performed alongside some of the premier musicians in jazz and Latin jazz including Jason Palmer, Papo Vasquez and Dave Liebman, with whom he has recorded and played with extensively. In addition to his work in jazz, he has performed and/or recorded with an extensive list of genre-spanning artists including Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Mon Laferte, Domino Saints, and more. In 2019, he won a Latin GRAMMY for his work on Mon Laferte's 'Norma'. Willy recorded the self-titled seventh album by The Mars Volta, released in 2022 after a ten-year hiatus.  In this episode, Willy talks about How he got into The Mars Volta's circle, and how his style fit the more intimate feel of the new record Wanting to make his own name as an artist, as opposed to becoming known as "so-and-so's drummer" His experience as an older student at Berklee Understanding the American pocket and shedding his "Puerto-Rican-ness" in pursuit of it How he got into jazz through metal and math rock

Help produce Basic Folk by contributing at https://basicfolk.com/donate/Lizzie No interviews Molly Tuttle on Basic Folk! Growing up in Palo Alto. California, Molly Tuttle was surrounded by music. Her dad was a teacher at Gryphon Stringed instruments, which is not-so-coincidentally where I got the pickups installed on my mini harp. Molly took to the guitar early and intensely, eventually earning a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music. But I think it was those early days growing up in California, attending bluegrass festivals with her family, basking in the glow of the jam, that set the tone for her warm and collaborative approach to playing music.At Berklee, Molly formed a band called “the Goodbye Girls,” and cut her teeth touring in Scandinavia. Digging into The Goodbye Girls was a good launchpad for talking about what it means to be a female musician in Americana, as well as what happens when you explicitly call yourself an all-female group. As the first woman to win the IBMA Guitarist of the Year award, Molly has a unique perspective on this particular conundrum. It's juicy.I talked with Molly about her debut album, ‘When You're Ready,' and her dazzling covers album ‘…But I'd Rather Be With You' before sifting through the many layers of her latest album, ‘Crooked Tree.' ‘Crooked Tree' features Molly's brand-new band, Golden Highway. This new record is a study of bluegrass sensitively executed by one of the genre's stars. Molly's interpretations of bluegrass traditions like the murder ballad, shiny stacked vocal harmonies, and lightning fast guitar playing, are something to behold.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Hello guys, welcome back again to the show. This week in our highlights reel, we cover Ivy Alex. I hope you enjoy listening to the flawless interview with this rare gem in the music industry, whilst savoring some of her top masterpieces. Ivy is a pianist, singer/songwriter and Berklee College of Music Alumni. She's from St. Petersburg Florida and despite being talented and in love with music from a young age, Ivy owes some of her music and songwriting career to Berklee, where she studied and practiced many different music genres. 2 years after graduating and armed with knowledge, confidence, and passion, Ivy paved her musical career path by mixing Jazz, Classical, Neo-soul and Pop genre of music into her own brand of singing and songwriting. A talented piano maestro, Ivy loves to challenge herself through her diverse singing and songwriting abilities. She does so by diving into new waters of music composition and production, and it is through this, she believes that she's able to grow and get better as an artist. [7:07] Berkley's impact on Ivy's music career. While at Berklee, Ivy was able to diversify her music knowledge through the numerous classes and resources made available to her. At Berklee, Ivy studied; Jazz, Rock, Classical, Reggae, Funk and so many other different genres and instruments. She also learned several other ways and means of songwriting through studying different greats and artists like The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Steely Dan. [35:22] Hobbies - The Kava Bar Ivy is a total workaholic and enjoys spending all her time and focus on creating her music. When she's free, according to her, her only focus is on how she can create more music. On other days though, Ivy enjoys visiting The Kava bar. A local bar she used to work at when she was young. The kava is a communal bar where people get together and drink Kava. She enjoys relaxing in the vicinity of many individuals and listening to people talk about their day and lives. Ivy also finds solace and happiness through journaling (5 pages a day) and walking with her two dogs. Timestamps: [2:48] A little advice on the value of time management. [5:25] Introduction [8:42] Ivy's diverse yet unique style of music – Syncopation [10:59] Listen to Lust by Ivy Alex [17:40] Ivy describes the subject matter of her song Lust [20:20] James and Ivy dive into the songwriting process [23:32] Ivy's new songwriting venture and projects [24:40] Listen to The Darkside by Ivy Alex [28:28] Ivy gives the story behind the Darkside [31:52] Ivy's good vibes and music production [36:36] Ivy's sources of inspiration [37:58] Eavesdropping [39:20] Listen to Waterfalls by Ivy Alex (A true piano masterpiece) [45:01] The inspiration behind the song Waterfalls [46:08] The challenges of being a piano player [55:45] Ivy's current projects You can find Ivy through: Facebook @IvyAlexMusic Instagram @ivyalexmusic YouTube Ivy Alex Soundcloud Ivy Alex As always, thanks a lot for being a part of the dHarmic evolution podcast, be sure to subscribe to the podcast and connect with us on social media. Follow our Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram You can also see the show on The James O'Connor Agency YouTube channel and join our community on Dharmic Evolution Community Facebook Group

Panos Panay is the founder and managing director of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE). Prior to this, Panos created Sonicbids, the leading platform for bands to book gigs and market themselves online, building a subscriber network of 550,000 bands and 35,000 promoters from more than 100 countries. He led the company as CEO for 13 years, from its inception until after its successful acquisition in a deal backed by Guggenheim Partners. Panos is also the co-founder of the Open Music Initiative, which has brought together more than 140 leading music, media, technology industry organizations, and academic institutions to create a blockchain-based open protocol for uniform identification of musical rights owners and creators. (We will get into what all of that means during the episode). At Berklee, his work and approach to entrepreneurial and innovation pedagogy builds heavily on the concepts of music thinking, and in particular jazz, as a catalyst for creative breakthroughs in business, life, and art; and he has spearheaded multi-disciplinary collaborations between Berklee and MIT; the design firm IDEO; and Brown University. Panos writes frequently about startups and entrepreneurship for blogs and publications such as Forbes, WSJ Accelerators, and Fast Company; and guest lectures and speaks at many universities and events around the world. Some of his many awards include: Fast Company's "Fast 50" honor; Inc Magazine's "Inc 500”; Mass Hi-Tech All Stars; Berklee College’s Distinguished Alumnus Award; Boston Business Journal’s “40 under 40” and BostInno's 50 on Fire. Sonicbids and Panos were also profiled in a chapter in the Financial Times-published book Outsmart by best-selling author Jim Champy. Panos is a native of Cyprus, and holds a Music Business/Management degree from Berklee College of Music.

This episode we're featuring the incredible David Tronzo.  Sideman, artist, innovator, teacher...he's all that and more.  Listen to David take you for a spin in his magic jazz/experimental/free improvisation carpet.Check out his video master class and various recordings here and if you are a student I highly recommend studying with him at Berklee: David's BandcampDavid's video master class David's official web siteAt Berklee 

This episode we're featuring the incredible David Tronzo.  Sideman, artist, innovator, teacher...he's all that and more.  Listen to David take you for a spin in his magic jazz/experimental/free improvisation carpet.Check out his video master class and various recordings here and if you are a student I highly recommend studying with him at Berklee: David's BandcampDavid's video master class David's official web siteAt Berklee 

Adam Renn Olenn | February 25, 2013 Vocalist Farah Siraj’06 grew up in Amman, Jordan and Spain. At Berklee her studies in world music led her to combine her loves of Middle Eastern modes, flamenco singing, and bossa nova grooves into something new and mesmerizing. Sung in Jordanian Arabic over a samba, and supported by Arabian instruments like the qanun and darbuka, “Min Ghairak” is a song of love and longing from a distance with a hope of being reunited. Siraj performs internationally in support of her records Nomad and The Arabian Jazz Project, both of which have been praised by critics in New York Time Out and The Boston Globe. Her music and humanitarian efforts have gained widespread recognition; Siraj was invited to perform at the United Nations Humanitarian Awards in New York, and the U.N. Security Council listened to her music before passing legislation regarding the genocide in Darfur.

By Berklee Office of Communications August 26, 2011 Emerging artist Katrina Bello '11 is a Nigerian-American soul/R&B vocalist and songwriter from the Washington DC metropolitan area. Bello performed from a young age in school choirs, and her talents earned her a host of accolades, including the 2005 Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Award. She began writing songs at the age of 16. After high school, Bello went on to study nursing at the University of Pittsburgh while pursuing music on the side. In 2007, SlicethePie.com awarded Bello a prize to create her debut album. She attended a Berklee summer workshop, earned a scholarship, and later enrolled in the full-time program. At Berklee, songwriting sparked an interest in music publishing, which led to her focus on music business/management as a major at Berklee. Ultimately, Bello says she would like to write for artists in almost every genre. She recently digitally released her first EP, entitled The Boiling Point, and is continuing to hone her craft and artistry.

By Adam Renn Olenn May 21, 2014 Deni Hlavinka and Chris West had never met at Berklee, even though they’d been collaborating for years. These songwriters found each other online and mailed half-finished mp3s back and forth to finish each other's songs. Together, they make up the Western Den. At Berklee they added musicians to the lineup, and perform regularly with Tim Reynolds on violin and Ro Rowan on cello. Their EP Battle Hymns was released in 2013 and was followed by Midwinter, an EP which raised more than $1,000 for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. They opened for Melissa Ferrick on the Northeast leg of her national tour. This summer they’ll be gigging regionally, including a featured performance at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops, and working on their first full-length album.