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Bob Malone has quite literally helped shape the sound of modern trumpet playing around the world. He's been designing trumpets for nearly 40 years and is widely recognized as one of the premier trumpet designers in the world. His instruments are played in major orchestras across the globe, and his influence can be heard through the artistry of many of the finest trumpet players of our time.I've had the privilege of knowing Bob for almost 50 years, and watching his evolution—from passionate trumpet player to visionary instrument designer—has been nothing short of inspiring. So it was a real pleasure to sit down with him and explore the journey that has defined his life's work.In Part 1, we kick off our conversation by diving into how Bob has applied the Japanese concept of Kaizen—the philosophy of continuous improvement—to his work over the years. From there, we go back to his early days as a trumpet player and explore how his passion for the instrument led him to the world of design and craftsmanship. He shares how key figures like Larry Minick and Tom Stevens mentored him and helped shape his path, leading to the founding of Bob Malone's Brass Technology, and eventually, his pivotal role at Yamaha Corporation.Bob also recounts his first major design collaboration with trumpeter Bobby Shew—a project made possible through the support of his close friend, Kenzo Kawasaki.In Part 2 [Subscriber Content], we get into some of Bob's experiences working with a remarkable roster of trumpet luminaries, including Håkan Hardenberger, John Hagstrom, Allen Vizzutti, David Bilger, Chris Martin, Tom Rolfs, Wayne Bergeron, Bo Nilsson, and conductor Andris Nelsons. His stories are a fascinating glimpse into the minds of these incredible musicians and the collaborative process behind great instrument design.And since Bob has spent so much of his career on the road, we also talk about his favorite travel destinations, memorable meals, and how he manages the inevitable jet lag that comes with a global career.Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conversations with other listeners? Visit anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com to learn more! As a Contributing Listener of "Anthony Plog on Music," you'll have access to extra premium content and benefits including: Extra Audio Content: Only available to Contributing Listeners. Podcast Reflections: Tony's written recaps and thoughts on past interviews, including valuable tips and suggestions for students. Ask Me Anything: Both as written messages and occasional member-only Zoom sessions. The Show's Discord Server: Where conversations about interviews, show suggestions, and questions happen. It's a great place to meet other listeners and chat about all things music! Can I just donate instead of subscribing? Absolutely! Cancel at anytime and easily resubscribe when you want all that extra content again. Learn more about becoming a Contributing Listener @ anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com!

Southwest Airlines has long been synonymous with customer-friendly policies, but a recent shift in its business model has ignited controversy. The airline, once known for its no-change fees, free checked bags, and approachable customer service, has begun implementing policies that put its brand loyalty to the test. The changes—including assigned seating and new baggage fees—have left frequent travelers and industry watchers questioning whether Southwest is abandoning the very principles that built its loyal fan base.This raises a crucial question: How important is brand equity in maintaining customer loyalty, especially in a business landscape where commoditization threatens to erase differentiation?Welcome to Pro AV Today. In the latest episode, host Ben Thomas sits down with Jeffrey Boggess, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Checkr, and David Venus, Western Regional Manager for Commercial Audio & Nexo at Yamaha Corporation of America. The discussion explores Southwest's evolving identity and the broader implications for brand trust, customer retention, and community engagement in the B2B world.Key takeaways from the conversation…Brand Equity vs. Short-Term Gains – Southwest's recent moves resemble a departure from its “customer-first” philosophy, prompting discussions on how companies can balance profitability with maintaining a strong, loyal customer base.The Role of Community in Business – Just as Southwest had a cult-like following among frequent travelers, brands in the B2B space must recognize the power of community-driven loyalty.Lessons for B2B Marketers – The conversation highlights the importance of customer trust, clear brand positioning, and the long-term value of maintaining a strong relationship with loyal customers.Jeffrey Boggess is a seasoned product marketing leader with expertise in brand strategy, customer loyalty, and go-to-market execution. With experience at Checkr, Avocor, and RingCentral, he has successfully launched multiple products, forged high-impact partnerships with industry giants like Microsoft and Google, and built marketing frameworks that drove revenue growth. Known for his creative storytelling and customer-centric approach, he has a track record of elevating brand equity and enhancing user engagement across the B2B technology space.David Venus is a seasoned sales and marketing leader specializing in pro audio and commercial AV solutions, currently serving as Western Regional Manager for Commercial Audio & Nexo at Yamaha. With a strong background in brand management, sales process development, and multichannel marketing, he has successfully driven regional growth, exceeding sales targets and earning multiple Presidents Club Awards. A graduate of Belmont University, he has extensive experience in lead generation, content marketing, and strategic partnerships, helping brands expand market share and strengthen customer engagement.

Welcome to Episode 43: In this episode of the Honesty Pill Podcast, I sit down with career coach and author Angela Beeching. Angela, the author of Beyond Talent, has helped countless musicians break through the overwhelm and frustration of building a sustainable career in the music industry. We dive into goal setting, time management, and even overcoming fear and self-doubt to create a career that you not only enjoy but one that pays the bills—crazy, right? In this Episode: How to develop a "portfolio career" and balance multiple roles without burning out. Practical tools for managing fear and impostor syndrome. Strategies for moving beyond overwhelm to set goals that actually move your career forward. Mindset shifts that can help musicians tap into their full potential. Highlights: (00:33) Angela talks about how musicians can find jobs they're great at, that people need, and that they might actually love. (03:33) "What does it take for people to be happy?" Angela explores the balance between success and enjoying the journey. (07:01) The "Magic Index Card" exercise—how simple actions today can move you toward your career goals. (16:53) Angela guides me through her “Cosmic Rage” tool to quiet fear and resistance. (26:49) We discuss the importance of mindset and how to shift from a victim mentality to one of empowerment. Memorable Quotes: "What we think of as success in terms of our career is just one component, and not being so obsessed with the outcome that you can't enjoy the journey is key." "We are all capable of so much more than we realize, and we don't know how much we are standing in our own way." "Successful musicians engage in specific patterns of thinking and behavior. It's these habits, beyond talent, that help them move ahead despite the inevitable challenges." Connect with Angela: Website: AngelaBeeching.com Sign up for the Pathfinder Guide: A free guide to help musicians who feel stuck or unsure about their next career move. Follow Angela on social media for more tips and advice on managing your career in music. Additional Links: Angela's book: Beyond Talent – A must-read for musicians looking to take control of their careers. A Big Thank You: Big thanks to our sponsor, the Yamaha Corporation of America. Yamaha has been a huge supporter of my career and the Honesty Pill Podcast since day one. Their commitment to music education, from marquee artists to beginners, is truly inspiring. Check them out at usa.yamaha.com. Stay tuned for more insightful conversations and diverse perspectives on music, practice, performance, and the business behind it all. Honesty Pill Links: Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Honesty Pill Podcast Visit Our Blog Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Additional Programs: Audition Accelerator Program: Dive into our intensive course designed to unlock your audition potential, empowering you with strategies, feedback, and insights to nail those high-stakes auditions. Learn more & Enroll Online Business Accelerator Program: Elevate your musical career with our program geared to equip you with the essential tools, strategies, and insights to build and scale your online music business effectively. Learn more & Enroll

In this episode we will investigate the mysterious world of Vocaloid. What is it? Why is it? And most importantly, does it upset Chri$tians? Vocaloid is a voice synthesizer program launched by the Yamaha Corporation in 2004. This software allows users to synthesize human singing by typing in the lyrics, much like text to speech.Each voicebank was modelled after professional singers and each voice bank has a custom avatar.Each voice has an animated character that goes along with that voice. For example there are Kagamine Len and Rin who are twins with yellow hair.Then there's Megurine Luka who has long pink hair and is very elegant.The most popular Vocaloid character is Hatsune Miku. A sixteen year old girl with long blue pigtails.She has become the defining icon of the Vocaloid phenomena. When you think of Vocaloid, and I'm sure you do as often as I do, you think of Hatsune Miku.This episode contains weird marriages, disappointing performances and ghosts!Also making cameos, Lady Gaga, David Letterman, Willy Nelson, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Wimbledon, Pepper's Ghost, John Henry Pepper, Tupac, Easy E, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Ronnie James Dio, Akihiko Kondo, Chiharu Dawn, God-ish, Pinnochio-P, Friedrich Nietzsche, Teniwoha, LGBTQ+, Song for Great Satan, Nanka-P, Song for a Great Evil King, Hachioji-P, q*Left, Sweet Devil, Valentines Day, Project Sekai Colourful Stage featuring Hatsune Miku, Mizuki Akiyama, Mrs Lovejoy, Ferry, She Could Be Satan For All I Know, Gumi, Gray Slate, Sad Satan, Oliver, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols, Jimmy Saville, Lower One's Eyes, Nulut, Osamu Dazai. #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #ConspiracyTheory #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Skeptic #Debunk #HeavyMetal #anime #manga #animation #japanese 

Show Notes: Episode Title: S3E40 - Emmanuel Ceysson: Mastering the Harp YouTube Video Link: Watch Here Introduction: In this captivating episode, we delve into the fascinating world of harp mastery with Emmanuel Ceysson. Join us as we explore his remarkable journey from starting the harp at the tender age of 7 to becoming a renowned professional harpist. Emmanuel shares insights into the challenges he faced as a male harpist, the intricacies of the pedal harp, and his unique approach to overcoming performance anxiety. Key Discussion Points: Early Beginnings and Unique Sound: Emmanuel's journey into the world of harp playing, starting at the age of 7. The allure of the harp's unique sound and its impact on Emmanuel's musical journey. Challenging Stereotypes: The obstacles faced by male harpists and the stereotypes associated with the instrument. Emmanuel's perspective on breaking through these stereotypes and carving his own path in the industry. Understanding the Pedal Harp: Detailed insights into how the pedal harp functions, including its unique tuning mechanism. Exploring the technical aspects of the pedal harp, with 7 strings per octave that can be altered with pedals. Historical Perspectives: A glimpse into the history and evolution of the harp, including the competition between pedal and chromatic harps in the late 19th century. Preparing for Auditions and Performance: Strategies for preparing for auditions on unfamiliar instruments and navigating inconsistent tuning. The visual impact of Emmanuel's iconic red Salzedo harp on stage. Orchestral Experience: Contrasting experiences of playing in symphony orchestras versus opera orchestras. Emmanuel's approach to learning orchestral repertoire, focusing on musicality over technical perfection. Overcoming Performance Anxiety: Insights into managing performance anxiety by focusing on personal growth rather than external validation. Emmanuel's journey in overcoming nerves and finding confidence in his craft. Conclusion: Emmanuel Ceysson's story is a testament to the power of dedication, perseverance, and passion in pursuing one's musical dreams. Whether you're an aspiring musician or a seasoned professional, this episode offers valuable insights into the world of harp performance and the art of mastering one's craft. Connect with Emmanuel Ceysson: Follow Emmanuel on Instagram @emmanuel_ceysson Visit Emmanuel's Website for more information and updates on his performances and projects. Additional Resources: Explore more of Emmanuel's performances and interviews on his YouTube Channel Acknowledgment: Special thanks to Emmanuel Ceysson for sharing his expertise and experiences with us. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insightful conversations with talented musicians like Emmanuel. Stay Connected with Us: Subscribe to the Honesty Pill YouTube Channel for the latest episodes and updates. Follow us on Instagram for behind-the-scenes content and exclusive updates. Sponsor Message: This episode is brought to you by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Visit Yamaha Corporation of America to learn more about their products and services.

Kelly sits down with Natalie Morrison and chats about how networking can impact your career path within the music industry. Natalie is currently the Senior Segment Marketing Specialist for Education at the Yamaha Corporation of America. Most notably, Natalie brings projects with purpose to life, and is the Co-Founder and Co-Producer of ReVoicing the Future, a Women of NAMM podcast. She is also serving on the NAMM Young Professionals Board of Directors. When not working, you can find her bustling around New York City at a record store, coffee shop, yoga class, concert, or Broadway show. ReVoicing the Future Podcast Women of NAMM More about Natalie: Instagram TikTok LinkedIn Outside The Bachs- ⁠⁠⁠Listen on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get More Students For Your Private Music Studio: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OutsideTheBachs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kelly on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kelly on TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Music Instructors, Piano Lesson Teachers, and Music Studio Owners

Welcome to Episode #112 of "The Other Side of the Bell", a podcast brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass. In this episode, John talks with Wayne Bergeron and Jeff Bunnell about their recently released album called "Homage" by the Los Angeles Trumpet Ensemble.  We hope you'll enjoy their conversation as well as the album. Join us at Dillon Music, November 9-11 for valve alignments and mouthpiece consultations. Email sales@dillonmusic to schedule an appointment! About the Los Angeles Trumpet Ensemble Album "Homage"  The recording scene in Los Angeles has a long history of great and highly versatile trumpet playing. For the most part, though, these trumpet players rarely get a chance to be featured. In 1957, Tutti Camarata arranged and produced a record called Tutti's Trumpets that featured some of the top session trumpet players in Los Angeles at that time. That was over 60 years ago. Wayne Bergeron and Jeff Bunnell started talking about doing another recording that would feature some of the current session trumpet players here in Los Angeles. Wayne suggested recording a trumpet ensemble CD to Jeff and they loved the idea and thought a choir of trumpets would work well. With that, the Los Angeles Trumpet Ensemble came into being. In choosing the music Jeff arranged for this CD, he wanted to pay tribute to some of the film composers who are part of the Los Angeles recording scene (and who write so well for the trumpet), and also pay tribute to some of the great trumpet players of the past and present.  Jerry Hey graciously wrote the arrangment for the last track, the iconic Al Jarreau tune "Roof Garden". Los Angeles Trumpet Ensemble Members Jeff Bunnell Wayne Bergeron Jon Lewis Dan Fornero Marissa Benedict Dan Rosenboom Rob Schaer Larry Hall Dan Savant About Wayne Bergeron Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most sought-after musicians in the world. Studio sessions, film dates, international touring, jazz concerts, guest appearances, and clinics keep him busy not only in his hometown of Los Angeles but worldwide. Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1958, Bergeron came to California at age one. He originally started on French horn but switched to trumpet in seventh grade where he found a natural upper register ability. Bergeron credits his junior high and high school teachers, Ron Savitt and Bob Smith, for molding his talent into practical working skills. Bergeron first caught the ear of many when he landed the lead trumpet chair with Maynard Ferguson's band in 1986. Bergeron can be heard on Maynard's recordings of Body and Soul, Big Bop Nouveau, Brass Attitude, and The One and Only Maynard Ferguson.  Bergeron demonstrates daily why Maynard remarked, “Wayne is the most musical lead trumpet player I've had on my band.” As a sideman, Bergeron's list of recording credits reads like a “who's who” in contemporary jazz and pop, running the stylistic gamut from Ray Charles to Green Day. Other names include Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Indina Menzel, Leslie Oden Jr., Herb Alpert, The Jonas Brothers, Burt Bacharach, The Dirty Loops, Seth MacFarlane, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Seal, Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Christina Aguilera, Dianne Reeves, Michael Bolton, Earth Wind & Fire, The Pussy Cat Dolls, My Chemical Romance, The Mars Volta, Chicago, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, Lee Ann Womack, Lou Rawls, Eric Marienthal, Kenny G., and David Benoit. Bergeron has worked on over 500 TV & motion picture soundtracks. A partial list of film credits includes Red Notice, Turning Red, Soul, Bob's Burgers, Ford vs. Ferrari, Toy Story 4, Frozen 1 & 2, The Lion King (2019), The Secret Life of Pets, Wreck it Ralph 2, Crazy Rich Asians, Sing 1&2, Moana, Frozen 1 & 2, Get On Up, Toy Story 3, Monsters University, High School Musical 3, Get Smart, Superman Returns, The Simpson's Movie, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Mission Impossible 3, Ice Age 2, Spiderman 1 & 2, Team America and South Park. Bergeron's featured trumpet solos can be heard on the motion pictures West Side Story (2021 Steven Spielberg), La La Land, Sing, The Incredibles 1 & 2, Rocky Balboa, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Rough Night, Jazzman's Blues, Vacation Friends, Ted 2, Minions, Minions 2:The Rise of Gru, Spies in Disguise, Jersey Boys, The Green Hornet, The Interview, Despicable Me 1, 2 & 3, Duplicity, Princess & the Frog, The Perfect Game,, Hey Arnold (the movie), The Rat Pack, Child Star, Aladdin King of Thieves and High Crimes and  many others. Numerous TV credits include Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, SAG Awards, NBC, ESPN & TNT sports themes, American Idol (2001-02), Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Animaniacs Reboot, Family Guy, American Dad, Simpson's, Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, The Cleveland Show, Green Eggs and Ham,  Jeopardy, America's Funniest Home Videos, Will and Grace, Phineas & Ferb, Emperor's New School, Mouse Works, Have a Laugh, House of Mouse, King of the Hill, Futurama, Buzz Lightyear, Hercules, and Hey Arnold. Bergeron's greatest love is playing lead in big bands. He has recorded and played with some of Los Angeles' most respected bands including Gordon Goodwin, Arturo Sandoval, Pat Williams, Sammy Nestico, Jack Sheldon, Chris Walden, Tom Kubis, John La Barbara, Bob Florence, Joey Sellers, Ray Anthony, Bill Watrous, Bob Curnow, and Quincy Jones. After being behind the scene for so many years, Bergeron stepped out on his own with his first solo effort, You Call This a Living?  This debut project earned him a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, as well as rave reviews from fans and press worldwide. Bergeron's second CD, Plays Well With Others, released on the Concord Jazz label in 2007, was met with the same acclaim. Bergeron's most current (and personal favorite) CD, Full Circle, was released in January of 2016.  Bergeron performs various events for the Hollywood Bowl summer season. He has done guest appearances with the L.A. Philharmonic, The New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Taiwan Symphony, and Tokyo Philharmonic. Bergeron is a National Artist for the Yamaha Corporation of America and is co-designer of the YTR-8335LA trumpet and YFH-8315G Flugelhorn. Bergeron also designed a series of trumpet mouthpieces with Gary Radtke of GR Technologies that are available through Bergeron's website. Bergeron was mentored by legends Uan Rasey, Bobby Shew, Warren Luening, Gary Grant, Rick Baptist, and George Graham. Bergeron hopes to inspire a new generation of young players and enjoys his work as a clinician and educator. “Nothing makes me feel more accomplished than hearing a young musician say that I inspired them or had a positive influence on their life. For me, that's the real payday.” Bergeron is currently on faculty at California State University Northridge. Perhaps Grammy winning composer and bandleader, Gordon Goodwin said it best, “Wayne is a once in a lifetime lead trumpet player.” About Jeff Bunnell Trumpeter Jeff Bunnell has enjoyed a successful career in many musically diverse settings. He is an active member of the Los Angeles freelance performing and recording community, and has been for over four decades. The many artists Jeff has worked and recorded with include Mel Torme, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Natalie Cole, Michel Legrand, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Seth MacFarlane, Rosemary Clooney, Paul Anka, Lou Rawls, Barry Manilow, Dianna Krall, Frank Sinatra Jr., David Sanborn, Diane Schuur, Brian Wilson, Tom Harrell, Steve Lawrence, Maroon 5, Michael Feinstein, Debby Boone, Andy Williams, Patti Austin, Brian Setzer, Jack Sheldon, Steve Allen, Marilyn McCoo, Engelbert Humperdink and Shirley Bassey. Jeff has toured with Ray Charles, Horace Silver and Poncho Sanchez. He has performed with many of the top big bands in Los Angeles including Tom Kubis, Bill Watrous, Alf Clausen, Johnny Mandel, Bill Holman, Arturo Sandoval, Gordon Goodwin's Phat Band, Les Hooper, Pete Christlieb, Pat Williams, Wayne Bergeron, Steve Spiegl, Carl Saunders and Bernie Dresel. He has recorded with many of these big bands including Ray Charles, Tom Kubis, Bill Watrous, Les Hooper, Pete Christlieb, Jack Sheldon, Brian Setzer, Wayne Bergeron, Steve Spiegl and Bernie Dresel. Jeff played the lead trumpet chair with the Carl Saunders Big Band, the Pete Christlieb Tall and Smail Band, and the Steve Spiegl Big Band. Currently Jeff plays one of the solo chairs with both The Tom Kubis Big Band and Bernie Dresel's BBB. Jeff has worked with many of the orchestras in Southern California including The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Long Beach Symphony, The New West Symphony, The Pacific Symphony and The Pasadena Pops Orchestra. As a session player Jeff has played on hundreds of feature film and television soundtracks. His film credits of note include “Star Trek Beyond”, “Jurassic World”, “The Incredibles”, UP (Oscar winner for Best Soundtrack), and “O.J. Simpson: Made in America” – where Jeff is a featured soloist throughout the film (Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature). His television credits include “Pennyworth”, “The Simpsons”, “Family Guy”, “Why Women Kill”, “American Dad”, “Parks and Recreation”, “Alias”, and “The Clone Wars” animated series. He has also played on hundreds of television and radio commercials, as well as the Academy Awards and the SAG Awards. As a musical theater pit musician, Jeff has played on more than 60 Broadway shows including “West Side Story”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “Dream Girls”, “Into the Woods”, “Sophisticated Ladies”, “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Titanic”. He has studied trumpet privately with Joe Alessi Sr., Boyde Hood, Bobby Shew, Claude Gordon and Uan Rasey. Jeff is currently a faculty trumpet and jazz instructor at The Master's University. Jeff is also a Bach Artist & Clinician. In addition to playing the trumpet, Jeff also works as an arranger, orchestrator, and conductor. He has orchestrated for film and television, as well as other areas of music such as Broadway Shows, cruise ship music and theme park music. His original big band charts can be found in the books of Arturo Sandoval, Bill Watrous, Jack Sheldon, Ron Jones, Emil Richards, Steve Spiegl and Bernie Dresel. He has published three transcribed jazz trumpet solo books through Aebersold Jazz. Links Listen to this episode online: https://bobreeves.com/blog/la-trumpet-ensemble/ Watch the video of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H2-vc5QQLpk    

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Show Notes: Welcome to the first episode of Season Three of the Honesty Pill Podcast! We're kicking off this season with a deep dive into the intersection of music mastery, performance, and entrepreneurship—a crucial area for musicians looking to expand and excel in their careers. We're chatting with Michelle Lynne, a musician who's not just sticking to the stage. She's weaving her talents as a pianist and singer with her knack for entrepreneurship, showing us how musical skills can open doors to diverse and rewarding career paths. Michelle's here to break things down, share her story, and provide some inspiration for fellow musicians wanting to wear multiple hats in the music world. In This Episode: Discover Michelle's journey from musician to musical entrepreneur, influencing audiences and students around the globe. Understand the importance of entrepreneurship in music and find the balance between musical passion and business savvy. Pick up some practical tips on personal branding, marketing, and building an online community around your musical journey. Highlights: 1. Music Meets Entrepreneurship: Learn how to translate musical talents into diverse and successful careers. Understand the entrepreneurial mindset that's key for musicians wanting to make a mark in the industry. 2. Building Brand and Community: Discover strategies for crafting a strong brand and fostering community connections, essential for sustaining a musical career. Learn about the power of networking and effective communication in establishing collaborative musical opportunities. Connect with Michelle Lynne: Website: Michelle Lynne's Website Instagram: @michellelynne Additional Links: The Fearless Artist Mastermind: TheFearlessArtistMastermind.com Stream "Hold On" Now: MichelleLynnePianist.com/New-Release Opus 16 Concerten: Opus16Concerten.nl Candlelight Concerts: CandlelightExperience.com Conclusion: Whether you're just starting out or you're a seasoned pro, this episode is packed with inspiring stories, actionable advice, and practical tips. Michelle's insights highlight the unlimited opportunities available in music, encouraging a balanced approach to building a fruitful musical career. A Big Thank You: Big thanks to our sponsor, the Yamaha Corporation of America. Stay tuned for more insightful conversations and diverse perspectives on music, practice, performance, and the business behind it all. Honesty Pill Links: Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Honesty Pill Podcast Visit Our Blog Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Additional Programs: Audition Accelerator Program: Dive into our intensive course designed to unlock your audition potential, empowering you with strategies, feedback, and insights to nail those high-stakes auditions. Learn more & Enroll Online Business Accelerator Program: Elevate your musical career with our program geared to equip you with the essential tools, strategies, and insights to build and scale your online music business effectively. Learn more & Enroll  

In this episode, Kelly sits down with Dr. Dave Gerhart to have a conversation about how musicians can become more marketable as they navigate through different career opportunities. Dave is Segment Marketing Manager, Education for the Yamaha Corporation of America and Lecturer of Percussion at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU, Long Beach, is a nationally recognized performer, composer, and educator. Dr. Gerhart, originally from Fairfield, California, holds a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California in Percussion Performance with a secondary emphasis in Music Education, Ethnomusicology, and Music Industry & Technology. He received a M.M. in Percussion Performance and Instrumental Conducting and a B.M. in Music Education from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Gerhart has been featured on CDs with the Robin Cox Ensemble, Steven Hartke, and Gabriela Ortiz. As a freelance musician, Dave has performed under Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, Carl St. Clair, Enrique Diemecke, Mehli Mehta, and has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Michael Kamen, Liam Teague, Yefim Bronfman, Ray Holman, Robert Greenidge and the Blue Man Group. His principle teachers include Dr. Michael Carney, Erik Forrester, Brad Dutz, and Raynor Carroll, principal percussionist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His steel drum ensemble, the Island Hoppin' Steel Drum Band, performs throughout Southern California. Dave serves on the Board of Advisors and the World Percussion Committee for the Percussive Arts Society. An advocate of using technology in the classroom, Dr. Gerhart was featured in Technology and Its Use by Percussion Educators in the 21st Century (Published in Percussive Notes – January 2012) by Tracy Wiggins and part of the case study Using Technology to Enhance Performance Pedagogy in the Postsecondary Brass Studio by Adam Snider. In 2010, Dave co-founded https://DrumChattr.com and currently curates percussion related content for https://PercussionEducation.com. Dave's compositions and arrangements for triangle, timpani, percussion ensemble and steel drum orchestra are published by Bachovich Music Publications, Boxfish Music Publishing and Living Sounds Publications. For more on Dave, check out: https://davegerhart.com/ The Entrepreneurial Muse - Jeffrey Nytch: https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurial-Muse-Inspiring-Career-Classical/dp/0190630973Watch more Outside The Bachs podcast episodes on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Listen on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get More Students For Your Private Music Studio: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OutsideTheBachs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow Kelly on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Kelly on TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Music Instructors, Piano Lesson Teachers, and Music Studio Owners

Tom Sumner, President of Yamaha Corporation of America, discusses news and innovations from the National Association of Music Merchants show. Hosts: Carol Massar and Madison Mills. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Straight Between the Eyes es el sexto álbum de estudio de la banda de hard rock, Rainbow, lanzado en el año 1982. La formación del grupo es la misma que había grabado el anterior disco Difficult to Cure, con la excepción de David Rosenthal, quien reemplazó a Don Airey en los teclados para este trabajo. Para la canción "Death Alley Driver" se realizó un videoclip, en el cual aparece un primitivo videojuego (el "Turbo") de la compañía Sega. #rainbow #ritchieblackmore #joelynnturner #hardrock #heavymetal #82 #etiquetanegra #lahoradelrock #radio #internet Lado A "Death Alley Driver" (Blackmore, Turner) – 4:42 "Stone Cold" – 5:17 "Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)" – 4:06 "Tite Squeeze" – 3:15 "Tearin' Out My Heart" – 4:03 Lado B "Power" – 4:26 "MISS Mistreated" (Blackmore, Turner, David Rosenthal) – 4:27 "Rock Fever" (Blackmore, Turner) – 3:50 "Eyes of Fire" (Blackmore, Turner, Bobby Rondinelli) – 6:37 Ritchie Blackmore - guitarra (Fender Strat, Marshall) Joe Lynn Turner - voz Roger Glover - bajo (Hondo Longhorn 4 & 8 string) Bobby Rondinelli - batería (Yamaha Corporation, Sonor & Paiste) David Rosenthal - teclados (Oberheim, Moog, Roland, Hammond & Hohner) Ingeniero: Nick Blagona (asistido por Robbie Whelan) Grabado en Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canadá Mezcla digital por Roger Glover y Nick Blagona Masterización digital por Greg Calbi, Sterling Studios, New York SINGLES 1982 - Stone Cold/Rock Fever 1982 - Death Alley Driver/Power (Japón).

Branon Dempsey: Find out my story and why I started Confessions of a Worship Leader.  Who pulls the strings in your church? Is it just politics, just the leadership or something more abusive? My story is about that and more, how did I survive?New Podcast from Worship Team Training: Confessions of a Worship Leader PodcastDownload wherever you get your podcasts:“Why I Started Confessions of a Worship Leader” ✂️ "Pulling Strings, Cutting CordsIt's Time to Confess the Mess…@BranonDempsey 

Branon Dempsey: Find out my story and why I started Confessions of a Worship Leader.  Who pulls the strings in your church? Is it just politics, just the leadership or something more abusive? My story is about that and more, how did I survive?New Podcast from Worship Team Training: Confessions of a Worship Leader PodcastDownload wherever you get your podcasts:“Why I Started Confessions of a Worship Leader” ✂️ "Pulling Strings, Cutting CordsIt's Time to Confess the Mess…@BranonDempsey 

Episode 35 of the Honesty Pill Podcast is LIVE! My guest today is one of the most sought after young orchestral conductors in the classical music scene, Elim Chan. Here's a pop quiz for you: How many professional, female orchestra conductors can you name right now? Ready...go! How'd you do? Not so great? Need some help? I'm going to introduce you to just a few of the industry leading orchestral conductors who happen to be women, and whose names you need to know. We talk about life in Belgium, what it's like to travel the globe conducting the world's most prominent orchestra, and what rather unusual sport Elim likes to enjoy to wind down after a long week (hint: she's got a slick right hook!) We also address classical music's long standing gender problem, and what our arts organizations and schools need to be doing about it.   Enjoy and Happy Listening! Chris @ Honesty Pill The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha!   Links Elim's website: https://www.elimchan.nl/  

My guest today is actor, improviser, writer, producer and comic genius, Roni Geva. So, a nihilist, a realist, and an optimist walk into a bar... That's actually not a joke, just the backstory of how my guest today became the incredible human being that she is. A disclaimer and a trigger warning for this episode: the actor Will Smith is part of our conversation, but this interview was recorded before the slap heard 'round the world occurred. So when we don't bring up that topic, you will understand why. Also, this episode discusses abortion. Roni us one of the most hilarious, bubbly people I have ever met, and she is also a master at shining a spotlight on history, civil rights, and other very serious things. This episode is not totally serious--there's some amazing, behind-the-scenes info on how TV shows and movies are made. Also, we'll teach you a little bit of Hebrew. Enjoy and Happy Listening! Chris @ Honesty Pill The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha!

This episode was recorded at the 18th annual Reverse Logistics Association Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, the center returns management, reverse logistics, and more. Host Scott Luton was joined by Eric Aparicio, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at Yamaha Corporation of America, the largest musical instrument manufacturer in the world. Even though reverse logistics is not part of his formal role, Yamaha allows team members the flexibility to invest time in things that are of interest to them – and for Eric that is circularity and reusing products. Eric shares his perspective on: • How the pandemic affected the labor force and downstream production • The significant and unsustainable costs associated with poor management of returns • The value that exists in returned goods if companies can find the right way to repurpose them Additional Links & Resources: Learn more about Supply Chain Now:https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now ( https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now) Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs:https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe ( https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe) Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/ (https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/) Download the U.S. Bank 2021 Q4 Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC (https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC) This episode was hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/power-connectivity-circularity-eric-aparicio-yamaha-837

My guest today is Los Angeles Philharmonic violist Mick Wetzel, who in addition to being a world class musician, is also the founder of The Viola Pro coaching for musicians on auditions, competitions and really tactical ideas on how to practice. We're going to talk about his own audition journey, how he learned to deal with performance anxiety and pressure, and exactly what Mick does in his OWN practice room to get ready to walk on stage at the Walt Disney Concert Hall week after week. Mick is also going to debunk a huge myth about whether or not talent has anything to do with being successful. What a great topic. I have to say, being a brass player and aiming my trumpet directly at the back of Mick's head in the LA Phil for the past decade and a half, the fact that we are still friends speaks to Mick's incredibly professional and friendly demeanor. And he's a pretty big dude too, so I'm really grateful we get along. Listen all the way to the end of this one, because The Viola Pro has some brand-new programs coming up that you are going to want to know about. Enjoy and happy listening!  The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! LINKS Mick Wetzel (Facebook) mick.wetzel (Instagram) theviolapro (Instagram) theviolapro.com (website)

My guest today is the self-proclaimed “Unfussy Oboist” Jennet Ingle. I love that title…can't wait to hear the explanation. Jennet, who in addition to being the Principal Oboist of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, is also the creator of tons of online resources for musicians, including her signature group program, Invincible Oboist, that helps oboists get past the struggle to find ease in their playing. Sounds pretty good! She also created the Reed Club, that meets every Monday online for social connection and actual making of fantastic oboe reeds, and a group for beginning reed makers called, “Zero to Reedmaker” which has group classes and elements of accountability. She even has a big announcement about a book that she just wrote and that's coming out soon! Wow…that's a lot of reed talk, and since I am the opposite of an expert on making or playing oboe reeds, let's get right to my conversation with Jennet Ingle. The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! LINKS @jennetingleoboist on Facebook @jennetingle on instagram www.jennetingle.com is my website @jennetingle on YouTube

My guest today is composer and founder of “The Wizarding School for Composers”  …can't wait for you guys to hear about that… musician entrepreneur Joseph Sowa. Musicians, let me ask you a question…you PLAY music all the time…but have you ever WRITTEN a piece of music? DO you even have a clue how you might go about trying to do that? And, if you were going to work on writing a piece of music…how would you know when it's done? We're going to get a behind the scenes glimpse at what a professional composer's creative process looks like. So, you've written a piece of music…now, how do you get it performed? Joseph is going to talk about ways to effectively grow your network and connect with the people who have the connections to get your music on stage. The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! Show Notes and Links http://www.josephsowa.com  

My guest today is the Principal Percussionist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, one of the most friendly musicians you could ever work with, my friend and colleague, Matt Howard. Sports, sports, and more sports…today's episode is a straight up masterclass on how being a professional musician is completely parallel to being a professional athlete.   Think your tenure process was tough? Make sure you listen all the way to the end for an unbelievable story about the types of hoops LA Phil musicians jump through to make our boss, Gustavo Dudamel happy. Worried that you got a “late start” in classical music? Wait until you hear the surprising success timeline for someone who later became one of the world's premiere orchestral players… He wasn't at all competitive Had never heard his hometown orchestra until he was a senior He mostly just played drums in a rock band Didn't practice Didn't take lessons And when he finally decided that we wanted to go to college for music, he only applied to one college, into which he did not get accepted. Sound like a roadmap to success? You might be surprised… Matt's going to share some amazing advice on how to prepare for an audition, how to effectively use a metronome, and we're even going to find out who he thinks is the greatest drummer of all time. You're even going to get a free percussion rudiments lesson from Matt, totally for free by listening to this podcast…you're welcome. Enjoy and happy listening!  The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! LINKS Matthew Howard, LA Phil Bio  

My guest today is vocalist, voice coach and podcast host Gina Morgano, and her website bio copy is so awesome I'm not even going to try and find a better way to say it, so let me just read this for you… “Gina Morgano is a radical romantic who believes in using her voice as an instrument of peace. She interprets uplifting stories with timeless fancy, inspiring hope so that goodness may shine.” Well, I don't know about you listener, but can we agree that all of us could use a little more shining goodness in our world right now? Yes? Okay. Good. What else can I tell you about Gina… She's a vocal soloist, chorister in her sixth season as a performer with National Chorale at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, and is also an avid recitalist and cabaret artist throughout the country. And just to jump off her resume credentials for a second, Gina is a true creator. From her podcast and Facebook Group a downloadable practice planner and workbook for musicians to a reading library called the “Singer's Bookshelf” You are going to find a ton of inspiration and knowledge on her website ginamorgano.com Enough teasing, let's get into my conversation with Gina! The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! Links www.GinaMorgano.com @GinaMorgano on FB, TY and IG contact@ginamorgano.com

My guest today is Scott Quackenbush, Principal Trumpet Omaha Symphony, Owner and Founder of Creative Measures, and it's worth mentioning that as a fellow homebrewer of excellent beer, Scott has developed a killer Double IPA recipe, which, by the way…I'm still waiting on that bottle to arrive in the mail, Scott… We're going to tackle the questions: Is there a linear path to becoming successful as an artist, and if so, what would that even look like? What does the phrase, “Neurodiverse strategies from a neurodivergent mind” mean and where did it come from? What is the ONE book you need to read if you want to learn more about how the ADHD mind works And Scott is going to give you deliberate practice strategies for musicians with ADHD that are TOTALLY relevant for anyone… If that's not enough, we're even gonna talk smack about people who we went to elementary school with… Ok…that's enough teasing…here we go… The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! Show Notes and Links Register for Scott's list and get his "In-STEP Practicing: 5 Practice Strategies for ADHD Musicians" guide right HERE.  www.takecreativemeasures.com https://www.instagram.com/takecreativemeasures https://www.facebook.com/Creative-Measures-106974531097248 Youtube: Take Creative Measures The ONE book to read on ADHD, "Driven to Distraction" by Edward Hallowell.     

My guest today is Violinist & EFT Coach for Musicians & Stage Artists, Jenny Clift! OK, listeners, raise your hand if you know what an EFT coach is… OK I see a few of you with their hands in the air...good for you! Personally, I had no idea what this technique was before I met Jenny and I found it so helpful and frankly mind-blowing that I had to have her as a guest on this show so you could learn about it too. Jenny is going to take ME through an actual EFT tapping session and explain what it means, some tips on adding tapping to your meditation sessions, and how to do it on your own at home. One of the things we talk about in this episode is “The Power of Neutral”, when things in our lives get stressful or you're feeling negative, how to get yourself to back neutral and actually create mental space for the positive thoughts to come back in. I know I could definitely use some help with that sometimes, and if YOU are going to be spending some extended time visiting family over the Holidays, you are going to want to take some notes from this episode! Oh, and by the way, the results are in and this episode registered a 9.2 on the “Woo Scale”, so for all of my Vortex, Universal Energy, Unicorn Type listeners who already know and love Jenny Clift's work…you're welcome. Enjoy!  The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha!   Show Notes and Links Subscribe to Jenny's list and get her "Shine on Stage: 10 Energy Tips to Banish Performance Anxiety" right HERE.  View Jenny's "Tapping Points" PDF right HERE. Watch Jenny's "Make Space for Greatness" Youtube video right HERE.  Website: https://abetterlifetapping.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abetterlifetapping/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/JennyCliftCoachingEFTtappingintoabetterlife Email: jenny@jennyclift.com  

My guest today is the amazing Gin Walker who is an actor, and as I like to call her, “Copy Consultant to the Stars”, and once you get to meet her, you'll realize that her word smithing skills are eclipsed only by her energy and sense of humor. Let me ask you a question… do you consider yourself a good writer? And I don't mean of novels or screenplays but of the type of writing we need to use every day in our communication with the people who are interested in what we do for a living. I'm talking about emails, social media posts, or even copy you would find on a website. Because if you're like most musicians you are better at playing your instrument than you are at talking about it and that includes when it comes time to send out those emails. I wanted to talk to Gin on the podcast because and forgive me for saying so but most musicians are terrible writers specifically when it comes to talking about what we do for a living. And it's really important especially in the hybrid environment that we're all living in online. Like all of the guests on my podcast, Gin is going to give you actionable advice on how you can evolve the way you create and structure your written communication and messaging. How Gin uses her experience as an actor to “step into character” when helping her clients write emails and social media posts There is so much in this interview that I'm going to stop talking right now and let you get to it… let's listen to my conversation with Gin Walker. The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to be sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America. Thank you, Yamaha! Links I'm on Instagram at @copygenie and on FB as Gin Walker, Copy Expert at https://www.facebook.com/copygenie. Website is ginwalker.com Email copygenie@ginwalker.com  

My guest today is social media giant, classical musician, founder of the podcast “Faking Notes”, hip-hop artist, and…a viola player. We are talking to Drew Alexander Forde, also known by over a hundred thousand followers on Instagram as, That Viola Kid” We're going to dig into some of the issues facing classical musicians and how we market our work, we're going to talk about being broke and figuring out how to hustle for the rent money, we're going to talk about where he got the name “That Viola Kid” and how he grew his social media following to the top two percent of the entire platform. If you've ever wondered how to get your message out, how you define being successful, or needed a 101 intro into the world of Hip-Hop music, this one is for you. The Honesty Pill Podcast is proud to have the Yamaha Corporation of America as our keynote sponsor!  Links The Faking Notes Podcast Thatviolakid.com instagram.com/thatviolakid YouTube.com/thatviolakid Twitter.con/thatviolakid "The Rap Yearbook" Shea Serrano

Host: Scott EdgarGuest: Jason Max FerdinandMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Host: Scott EdgarGuest: Kathy MelagoDr. Kathy Melago serves as Professor of Music Education at Slippery Rock University and head of the music education program.Music IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Legal career advice and stories of how to get yourself noticed for positions you can only dream of abound in Season Two Episode One with Lawyer Extraordinaire, Royanne Doi. Royanne has a way of explaining concepts that make you want to grab a pen and paper so you don't miss anything. Make sure you have some ready for all the gold nuggets she has prepared for you. Royanne is not only a champion planner, and self-named “process queen” but also a master of noticing those moments of serendipity that have led her to land a dream job she didn't know existed without even interviewing. How did she do it? Listen and find out! If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we'd love it if you would leave us a message here! In this episode you'll hear: The inspiration behind Royanne becoming a lawyer What happened when Royanne made a commitment to finding a job in Japan How asking a question at a large company event led to Royanne being offered the position she had been dreaming of Royanne's “potted plant” theory and her list of top qualities of million dollar earning General Counsel The cosmic coincidences that helped Royanne to make amazing pivots even with her 10 year plan The reality of being an outside director on a board The five levels of trusted advisory and which level you should be operating at Her favourite books and other fun facts About Royanne Royanne Doi is currently an Outside Director to Gojo & company, a social impact start-up company investing in micro-finance banks in emerging markets. She also teaches an executive MBA course at Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy. Her course is called “Leading Across Culture and Diversity.” Royanne most recently served as Advisor for Global Legal, Ethics & Compliance for Yamaha Corporation. Prior to her experience with a global Japan-based manufacturing music company, Royanne held senior legal positions with major financial institutions including Prudential Financial, Inc., State Street Bank and Trust Company and CIGNA/ACE Insurance. In addition to her current role as Representative Director of the US-Japan Council (Japan board), Royanne has served on various volunteer boards including the Japan In-house Counsel Network, the Association for Women in Finance in Japan, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and was the treasurer/director of the Japan-United States Education Commission (“Fulbright Japan”). Royanne has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law. She is a member of the California bar. She has lived in Japan since 1994, married for 30+ years to her law school sweetheart. She has three passions: economic empowerment for women, Asia with an emphasis on Japan, and the intersection between neuroscience and behavioral ethics. Connect with Royanne To connect with Royanne, please contact Catherine O'Connell Connect with Catherine Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnellcatherine/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyeronair Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.oconnell.148

Host: Scott EdgarGuest: Gary MayneGary is an active performer, presenter, educator, clinician, adjudicator, and mental health counselor who loves working with people of all ages and backgrounds.Music IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Host: Scott EdgarGuests:  Randall Standridge, Michael J. West., and Round Lake High School, IL StudentsMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Host: Scott EdgarGuests: Jared Cassedy and Lexington H.S. StudentsMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Host: Scott EdgarGuests: Authors of "The Horizon Leans Forward"Erik Kar Jun LeungJodie BlackshawAlex ShapiroCourtney SnyderRobert TaylorAlfred L. WatkinsWatch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Institute for Composer Diversity: https://www.composerdiversity.com/Alex Shapiro: https://www.alexshapiro.org/ProgrammingResources.htmlAlfred Watkins: www.alfredwatkins.orgJodie Blackshaw: https://www.jodieblackshaw.com/Brought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Guest: Narwhals and Waterfalls (Paige Bell and Adrien Palmer)Scott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Guest: Franklin WillisScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Guest: Dr. Nicole Robinson - teacher, entrepreneur, and equity advocateScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Guests:Jonathan GranthamElise HacklYorel LashleyShawna LongoDarlene MachaconBobby OlsonJuan Carlos TavarezScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Cait Nishimura, composer, songwriter, music educatorScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

March 5, 2021, I'm very happy that one of my longtime inspirations in the field of percussion agreed to chat, Mr. Anthony J. Cirone.  Anyone who has ever studied percussion has said the name, 'Cirone!', countless times, due to his groundbreaking snare drum solo book, Portraits in Rhythm.  The book is used at every high school, college, and percussion studio in the world as a barometer of a student's reading ability and musicality on the snare drum.  I've been using this book since the mid-1980s and still find new challenges in it today! Anthony J. Cirone received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from The JuilliardSchool. In 1965, he obtained positions with the San Francisco Symphony as a percussionist and at San José State University as Professor of Music. He also served as a lecturer at Stanford University from 1983 to 1992. In 2001, Mr. Cirone became Professor of Music and Chair of the Jacobs School of Music Percussion Department at Indiana University, a post he held for six years until his retirement in 2007.  Mr. Cirone has over 120 published titles, including three symphonies for percussion, four sonatas, a string quartet, orchestral works, and textbooks. His book Portraits in Rhythm for Snare Drum is used worldwide for training percussionists and his publication The Great American Symphony Orchestra - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at its Artistry, Passion and Heartache has received high acclaim. Another of his books, The Evolving Legacy of Portraits in Rhythm celebrates the original book's 50th anniversary.  In 1999, Mr. Cirone received a Special Distinction Award from ASCAP for his Pentadic Striations for Orchestra, and in 2011, he received a Paul Revere Award for Graphic Excellence in Book Design and Educational Folio. He is Executive Percussion Editor for Meredith Music Publications; a published author for Alfred Music; and a clinician for Zildjian, Yamaha Corporation of America, and Remo Inc.  Mr. Cirone is a member of the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.    

Jim Stephenson, conductor and composerScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Renowned Educator: Alice HammelHost: Scott EdgarMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Renowned Educator: John FeierabendHost: Scott EdgarMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Composer: Omar ThomasHost: Scott EdgarMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Composers: Brian Balmages, Brandon Boyd, Richard Saucedo, Alex ShapiroSpecial Guest: Bob MorrisonHost: Scott EdgarWatch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Composers: Brian Balmages, Brandon Boyd, Richard Saucedo, Alex ShapiroSpecial Guest: Bob MorrisonHost: Scott EdgarWatch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Heather Mansell appears for the first time, while Dave Gerhart and Alice Pan make return appearances to the podcast! Heather and Dave from Yamaha Corporation talk about their PASIC 2020 Presentation on Funding (04:00) and the 2020 year for Yamaha and both of them personally (21:00). Percussionist and Professor Alice Pan talks about her PASIC 2020 Marimba and Voice Performance (45:00) and her teaching at the University of North Alabama, living in the deep south, and moving back to Taiwan (58:30). Finishing with a Rave on the classic comedy The Naked Gun (01:21:45).Links:Dave Gerhart’s previous podcast appearanceDave Gerhart’s Yamaha pageHeather Mansell’s Yamaha pageMarcia NeelCARES Act FundingYamaha’s funding resourcesNo Child Left BehindNAMM FoundationNAMM Fly-InsMark FordGary BurtonSteve Gadd“Limelight” - Rush2020 LA DodgersAlice Pan’s previous podcast appearanceAlice Pan’s homepageJosh OxfordPASIC 2020 presentationUniversity of North Alabama percussionMatthew Lau“Zombie” - The CranberriesRaves:The Naked Gun trailer

Welcome to the Front of the House Fridays (FOTHF) podcast series on the ProSoundWeb Network, presented every Friday by Yamaha Pro Audio and hosted by veteran live and studio engineer Russ Long, who records his conversations with noted audio professionals literally in front of their homes (whenever possible) in following current social distancing guidelines.In Episode 12, Russ is joined by FOH engineer Chris Taylor, an industry veteran who has mixed a variety of tours including Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Janet Jackson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Cocker, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, and Jewel.Chris started in the audio Industry in the mid-1970s when he built a sound system and started renting it to local and touring acts out of Memphis, Tennessee. During this time, he provided sound systems and mixed FOH for a number of notable country acts including Charlie Rich, Kenny Rogers, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, DeGarmo and Key Band, and Amy Grant.In addition to touring, Chris has also worked on many live video productions. He mixed a number of David Foster Hit Man Shows and also provided the live music mix for the Grammys, Latin Grammys, CMA awards, and Garth Brooks Central Park Show.In 2002 Chris went to work for Yamaha Corporation of America after years of traveling on the road with many artists. He worked in the R&D area for Yamaha Japan and helped in the development of the new Rivage Console Line. He is now working as a part time consultant for Yamaha and occasionally mixes a few one-off shows such as the last CDB Volunteer and the Loretta Lynn Birthday Celebration. Host Russ Long is a top touring and multi-platinum recording and mix engineer who’s worked in professional audio for more than 30 years. Following a decade as Steven Curtis Chapman’s FOH engineer, he has spent over 12 years mixing FOH for Amy Grant, and has also mixed numerous high-profile events such as the KLOVE Music awards, the Challenge America Musical Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and Barbara Bush’s 90th birthday concert featuring Reba McEntire, Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant. In addition, he’s been part of the audio team for numerous broadcast events such as the Grammy Awards, the CMA Awards, ABC’s “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” TV Special, and more. Russ is currently part of Yamaha’s console R&D team.

Just as there are no two recipes that contain the exact same ingredients or measurements, there are no two success stories exactly the same. Recipe For Success features entrepreneurs, visionary leaders and innovators of all ages who will share their ingredients that make them successful – personally and professionally. Let's get cooking! Heather Geronemus trained as a professional ballerina while completing her Bachelor of Science in Marketing at New York University. At NYU, she also became a leader for the school’s Jewish Heritage Program, supporting and developing student mentoring, peer networking and education programs. Heather remained active in JHP post graduation as an on-campus fellow. She was honored by the organization in 2012 for her leadership and personal charitable efforts. Ms. Geronemus began her professional career at Bloomberg in New York as part of the publishing organization, later moving into the company’s financial products operation, where she held both marketing and product training roles. She moved to South Florida and joined Ultimate Software in 2010. Heather began her career at Ultimate Software in Marketing in 2010, promoting the company’s cloud based-human capital management and employee experience solutions. Heather now serves as the Director of Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility, overseeing Media, Customer & Community Relations. Ultimate is one of South Florida’s most respected technology businesses, supporting customers including the Miami HEAT, Bloomin’ Brands, Feeding America, SUBWAY, and Yamaha Corporation of America. The company is regularly recognized as an employer of choice, ranked in the top 25 in Fortune Magazine list of Best Places to Work for nine consecutive years. Heather is one of Broward County’s leaders, remaining constantly and actively involved with the South Florida community. Following the loss of her father, Dr. Robert Geronemus, to a drunk driver in 2009, Heather took a leadership role in Fort Lauderdale’s Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization. Heather established the Annual Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale in 2011 and has since then continually chaired the event. Heather is thrilled to chair this event for the tenth year in row, it has raised more than $2.5 million to date. In addition, she regularly represents MADD with local, state and federal elected officials, travelling to Washington D.C. to meet with Florida’s Congressional and Senatorial delegations. Heather’s efforts were recognized at MADD’s 2012 national conference, where she was awarded the Linda Kitazaki Volunteer Fundraising Award. She was named Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals at their National Philanthropy Day 2014 for her work with MADD Broward. She also received the 2011-’12 and 2014 MADD Florida Hero Awards for outstanding achievement, in 2019 this award was renamed the Geronemus/Unfried MADD Florida Hero Award in honor of Heather & Linda Unfried’s dedication to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Heather is proud to assume the Chair position on the National Board of Directors of Mothers Against Drunk Driving after serving as a Director and then Vice Chair over the last four years. Learn more about Ultimate Software at https://www.ultimatesoftware.com/. For more information about Junior Achievement of South Florida, visit https://www.jasouthflorida.org. Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasouthflorida LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/junior-achievement-of-south-florida/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasouthflorida Twitter: https://twitter.com/JASouthFlorida

I invited Bob to join me to talk a little about his unique relationship to Thomas Stevens, the path that led him away from pursuing a career in the performing arts, his approach towards design from artistry, his many years with Yamaha, and the unique historic moment that led him to briefly host two of the most important trumpet players of all time under one roof during a strange number of months in Los Angeles. There's a little bit of everything in this one, even some design history for the gearheads… Music generously supplied by Dan Gonzalez --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artssalon/support

From new keyboards that virtually recreate the circuitry of vintage organs to “silent” guitars, explore the innovations that the Yamaha Corporation of America brought to the 2020 NAMM show. Find out what thrills Blake Angelos, product specialist in Yamaha’s synth department, about the company's current product lineup and their long history of innovation. Then Andy Winston, guitar product specialist, demonstrates how Yamaha packs their TransAcoustic guitar with reverb and chorus (without wired connections) and what a “silent” guitar sounds like. Music Tectonics went to the 2020 NAMM Show, the 126,000 person trade conference of the National Association of Music Merchandisers. When Dmitri wasn't playing with the most exciting new gear on the trade show floor, he talked to the companies who are trailblazing with new musical instruments, controllers, and software— or reviving old sounds with new tech. Listen in! The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and find us on twitter, facebook, and Instagram. Let us know what you think!

Welcome to Miller Piano podcast episode number 5! It's Christmas time, and we have a special Christmas treat for you piano lovers out there. In this episode, host Jason Skipper talks with Shana Kirk, a Yamaha Corporation of America consultant and product specialist as well as many many other things, which we learn about in this episode. Shana talks in detail about new piano technology, and how that technology can be used to address common 21st-century learning challenges. Topics discussed: Shana's Personal and Education Background Life in Colorado Yamaha Disklavier's Piano Technology in the past 30 Years How Shana Became Interested in Piano Technology Common Piano Learning Challenges of Today and How the Yamaha Disklavier has Fixed These Examples on How Teachers Take Advantage of Yamaha Disklavier's Tech Features How Yamaha's Acoustic Pianos' Headphone Technology Works Distance Learning Tools The Future of Piano Technology How You Can Reach Out to Shana Transcript Jason Skipper 0:14 Welcome to the Miller Piano Podcast. I'm your host Jason Skipper. And in this episode, we have a talk with special guest, Shana Kirk. Shana is a consultant and product specialist with the Yamaha Corporation of America. She is frequently featured on event programs for organizations throughout the US and Canada. She writes music and music technology-based reviews and articles for blogs, websites and print publications, including Piano Magazine, and American Music Teacher where she co-authors the Tech Connect column. And it was just announced yesterday, I believe, that she is now the Director of Digital operations for the Francis Clark Center, among many, many other things. Shana, it's an honor to have you with us today. Welcome to the podcast. Shana Kirk 0:58 Thank you so much, Jason. It's great to be here. Jason Skipper 1:00 Did I get all that right? Shana Kirk 1:02 You did, I think so. It sounds like a lot now that you've read it out loud. Jason Skipper 1:07 Yeah. Well, I tell you, I missed a lot of it. Because honestly, reading from your bio, there's so much there. I know just looking at your education, it's incredible. Honestly, I've seen there you have a BA in Piano Performance and German from Lipscomb University, Master of music and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Denver and quite a few others that I honestly would just make a fool of myself trying to pronounce. Shana Kirk 1:34 That German stuff is pretty tough. Jason Skipper 1:36 Yeah, I was trying, I was looking it up trying to figure out exactly how to pronounce those in German, and I said nope. Maybe you can help us with that. Where else have you studied? What else have you done? Shana Kirk 1:47 So I spent some time in Germany actually, while I was a student in Lipscomb, and I studied at the Goethe Institute, which is a language school. And I went to the Musikschule, which is a music school in Mannheim. And I spent a little time also at the University of Mannheim. And so I have always enjoyed dipping my toes in a lot of water, I guess. And I just am so fortunate to have a really multi-faceted career and a lot of interest that just keeps me engaged in busy and curious in every possible direction. Jason Skipper 2:26 That's awesome. I think to sum it up, I read this on your LinkedIn profile, and it's really simple and to the point. I love it... it says, "I'm a pianist and a geek. And I combine those two qualities as often as possible". Is that right? Shana Kirk 2:40 Exactly, that's exactly, exactly it. Jason Skipper 2:42 I love it. I grew up playing the piano. I grew up playing music all my life, but I also consider myself a geek. I do a lot of those type of things. And I love playing with all the possibilities in technology with music, with MIDI and just, you know, working all these different things. So I love it. Shana Kirk 3:01 There's never been a more exciting time to just dive into both piano music and music technology and just 21st-century tools. It's a really, really great, great space to be in these days. Jason Skipper 3:13 It really is. And I don't think a lot of people know that, and that's one of the reasons why we're doing this podcast is just to let the world know what's out there. It's pretty amazing. Shana Kirk 3:24 Yeah, for sure. Jason Skipper 3:25 So before we get into today's topic, we always like to get to know our guests a little bit better, you know, your background where you're from. So I understand Shana that you mentioned, I know you're not... you don't live in Tennessee now, but I believe you are from Tennessee? Shana Kirk 3:43 That's right. I grew up in West Tennessee, a little town called Lexington. That's about halfway in between Memphis and Nashville. I went to Lexington High and my parents still live on a bucolic farm that is right off of Natchez Trace State Park. And so we get back there as often as we can. So I grew up as an absolute Tennessee farm girl who loved music loved all the great harmonies that surrounded me and all the Tennessee music has to offer. And then I went to college right there at Lipscomb. And where that was my first introduction into, you know, really diving into classical music, and really diving into music technology. And I really did have a wonderful experience there. Jason Skipper 4:27 Wow, wow. Well, where do you live now? Shana Kirk 4:29 I live right in central Denver. Jason Skipper 4:31 Okay. And how, you know, just real quick, how did you end up there? How'd you end up in Denver, moving away from Tennessee being so focused on music? How'd you end up in Denver? Shana Kirk 4:42 I was actually looking for graduate programs after I left Lipscomb. After I graduated from Lipscomb, my now husband and I were both kind of searching the world searching the country at least for places that look like fun and also had Continuing Education and graduate programs that would fit both of our needs and somehow Denver was just the place that we landed on. So it wasn't really as you know, there were a lot of factors that went into that. But basically, we were looking around for where could we have a great time and continue our education in the same city and Denver hit that sweet spot and once we were here, we just couldn't think of leaving. Jason Skipper 5:28 It's beautiful out there. I've looked at it multiple times all out through Colorado in that area, it's beautiful. The weather at least in the summertime and you know, most of the year is beautiful I know you get snow, I asked you before we started recording this but have you had any snow so far? Shana Kirk 5:47 There's actually already been a lot of snow in Colorado. If you're thinking about coming out for skiing, everything is already open. And, and just really in great shape up in the mountains. Denver has had more snow than we're used to by this time of year. But today, it's actually sunny and gorgeous, which is a little secret of Denver is that there are 300 days of sunshine and it's almost always sunny. Jason Skipper 6:09 Ah, you're making me jealous. Shana Kirk 6:13 Nobody makes biscuits like the Loveless Cafe, which we don't have. Jason Skipper 6:19 That's true, that's true! In any case, let's go ahead and get into the topic that we wanted to talk about today. we're getting into Piano Technology, specifically the Yamaha Disklavier, and addressing common 21st-century learning challenges. Piano technology has changed so much over the years. You mentioned a little while ago, how we live in one of the most exciting times in music and with piano technology. I think that the majority of people, when they think of pianos, they think of a beautiful instrument. A lot of times the classical instrument, the upright or the grand piano, but not a whole whole lot of people, not many people think about technology in the piano. The truth is it has changed a lot. How has piano technology changed over maybe the last 10, 20, 30 or more years? Shana Kirk 7:09 Well, 30 years is kind of a benchmark in the evolution of technology of the piano, especially the acoustic piano, because that's when true reproducing pianos that were outfitted with MIDI technology started being produced. So Yamaha's first Disklavier was about to think a little more than 30 years ago now and it was just a reproducing acoustic piano. But at the center of that was suddenly the ability to measure every single motion, every single gesture that a pianist could make on a piano could be measured in just incredible resolution even as long ago as 30 years. Shana Kirk 7:55 And in the interim, that has only gotten better. Starting in the mid-90s, Disklavier introduced high-resolution recording. So instead of the 128 increments of media measurement, that was then multiplied by nine. So in the approaching 1000 increments of measurement for every single keystroke, every single hammer hit, every single anything that happens inside of the piano is being measured to unbelievable accuracy. So when you have that kind of accuracy, you can actually reproduce a performance to the standard of a classical artist. In prior iterations of reproducing pianos, say what you might associate with player pianos of the early 20th century. There were actually some very sophisticated instruments even back then, but they couldn't come close to reproducing the humaneness of a classical performer, with all of the subtleties that are required and studied classical music. Jason Skipper 8:58 Wow. How did you - I know that you grew up here in Tennessee, and you studied at Lipscomb. But how did you get interested first in piano technology? Shana Kirk 9:07 So that's an interesting thing. So when I was a high school student, I was a pretty enthusiastic student, and an enthusiastic musician too. But you're in kind of a, an isolated area in rural Tennessee, where you don't know what you don't know. But I was just fascinated by all things music, and I knew I wanted to be in the music world. And I had played in band and taking piano lessons. And then I got to Lipscomb, and there was this whole other layer of musicianship that I had no clue about. So my teacher was Jerry Reed, who is you know, just a wonderful and award-winning and phenomenal teacher in the area. And I think that he saw a spark and also had a willingness to kind of be hard when it was necessary. Shana Kirk 9:59 And so he really gave me some guidance about classical music. And then and also just sort of helping me fit into that world because I had been a total, you know, country girl, and I didn't have a clue. But also at the same time, and this is like, you know, the ironies of growing up in the south, I think I had a small scholarship from the Walton foundation from Walmart. And that scholarship went on top of my other scholarships, and it was actually just cash and they just gave me a check. So with that, check, I marched myself to the music electronic store I don't even remember the name of it now is the dusty little store in northeast Nashville, and I bought a keyboard and a MOTU interface, orange, and bright-colored MOTU interfaces, and Finale version 2.6.1, the engraving software which came on, you know, three or four floppy disks best I remember, and a MAC classic computer. computer like the little screen, you know, monochrome Mac classic. So that was my rig. And I carried it back and forth to Lipscomb with me in the back of my Ford Escort. And, I discovered at the same time that our theory teacher who was a brilliant brilliant man named Gerald Moore. Dr. Moore, unfortunately, passed away a few years ago, but he had been doing a side gig for many years as an arranger in Nashville. So the idea of using a keyboard to write music into a computer was relatively new and we had started that learning curve at the same time. And so we shared each other's pain and learning how to do this. Shana Kirk 11:58 Bfrustrated by how often our computers crashed and how often we couldn't get the setup to work. I have admitted many times, although probably never on the radio that I got away with not doing a whole lot of my theory homework because I used to try to turn it in on finale and then my computer would crash and I would go to Dr. Moore and I would say Oh, my computer crashed. And he was so, he was this giant, like you know, I don't know how it seems like he was seven feet tall but he probably wasn't I don't know. A lot bigger than me person who would just... but he was sort of like a big, you know, cuddly, you know? He was just this nice, nice person, very, very warm person and he was saying, oh, Shana, I completely understand. You can just turn it in whenever and you would never get around to turning it. Hey, let me slide on so much theory homework. I'll have to also admit that I ended up taking some remedial theory classes in graduate school. Jason Skipper 12:58 But hey during that time, you got all the practice in there. So you learned... Shana Kirk 13:06 Definitely. I had this deep understanding of how MIDI and computers fit together, and you know why that is useful in the real world. Because there was Dr. Moore just doing incredible work in Nashville and increasing his output I think exponentially because all of a sudden, he didn't have to handwrite everything. There was this easy way. There wasn't even there was barely an email it wasn't like you could attach a message to I mean, you couldn't attach a score to an email or send anything online but at least you could get multiple copies output fast. Jason Skipper 13:42 Right. Right. That's awesome. You started From the beginning there. You started really, really early and learned it well. I think in our correspondence before this episode, you mentioned that the bulk of your work today in your job and everything you do seems to revolve around artists, educators and recording studios who use the Yamaha Disklavier, especially when it can help address common 21st-century learning challenges. Can you explain what you mean by that? Shana Kirk 14:16 Yeah, yeah, sure. So, I have had a longtime relationship with Yamaha as a consultant, since actually the time I was a graduate student here in Denver. And in that role, I have been in this sort of unique niche of having a big background in classical music and piano pedagogy, but also having this you know, additional layer of knowledge in technology. So Yamaha has hired me now for many years to help educators, especially college music departments. But also private teachers and artists and studios and whatever, to figure out what they needed and how they could be helped by this technology. And since my personal passion is for great acoustic piano performance, a lot of times that has carried over to Yamaha Disklavier. Shana Kirk 15:18 So, since the very early days of Disklavier, schools have adopted them for the purpose of helping students practice more efficiently. So it's one thing to practice for, you know, hours and hours like we do as pianists. But a lot of times that turns into things like repetitive stress injuries, or just plain old brain fry exhaustion. So something that was discovered and actually one of the original reasons that the Yamaha Disklavier was ever invented in Japan was to help students take advantage of being able to listen to themselves better. So if you, as an advanced pianist can record a performance on the Yamaha Disklavier, and then step back a few feet, and then experience your own performance as an audience member, or as a critique of your own performance. You develop listening skills and sort of self-assessment skills that you can't do when you're just in the middle of playing. So that's an incredible benefit to being able to have this very realistic performance of yourself just anytime you need to do that. Jason Skipper 16:35 Right. When you listen back and you hear yourself what you did, because a lot of times when you're in the middle of it, you don't realize, you know, you're messing up in a certain area, you get off time, I guess. I don't know, I mean... Shana Kirk 16:48 Yeah, absolutely, there's that. But then I call it sort of the microscope of a Yamaha Disklavier is when you have that performance. Now, remember that the Yamaha Disklavier, on the backbone of the Disklavier is MIDI. And MIDI is data, MIDI is not a recorded performance. So what can you do with data, you can manipulate it. So because MIDI is data, you can take a display of your performance. And you can speed it up, you can slow it down, you can change the key, you can take little segments out and loop them over and over again. And so anything that you can do in a MIDI studio, you can also do at the Yamaha Disklavier, but the benefit is you're doing it on a real acoustic piano with all of those, you know, brain-rattling vibrations in the room, all of this specialness of an acoustic piano. So I have been giving workshops for teachers for many years now demonstrating a lot of the ways that you can use Yamaha Disklavier as it's just a microscopic teaching tool. One short example I'll give... Jason Skipper 17:53 Yeah, that would be great. Shana Kirk 17:55 Say, I saw this in I saw this years and years ago what before I was working so closely with Yamaha in a teacher workshop with Susan Ogilvy who is also, you know, wonderful technology, promoter and just composer and wonderful person. So anyway, I was in this early workshop with Susan Ogilvy. And she had a student come and she was going to show recording and playback as a teaching tool, and she asked the student to play a scale. And the student, she was expecting that the student would miss a few things, and that she would play it back and we would be able to, you know, make note of Oh, you didn't quite get that, you know, finger passage exactly right, or something like that. Shana Kirk 18:43 But instead, the student was a total show off and he played really, really fast. And the audience kind of gasped at how great they thought it was maybe or maybe how great he thought of himself. And so it's right in the moment, Susan said, you know, I'm going to do something a little different here, I'm going to see what your performance sounds like, if I play it at half the speed, you played. And all of a sudden, you hear all of these bumps and uneven places and places where the two hands weren't exactly together. And suddenly you realize she's just taken a microscope to that performance and exposed everything about it that was insecure and shaky. And also, sometimes you hear two side by side really fast performances, and you can't quite put your finger on what, no pun intended there, why one is so much more professional-sounding than the other. Sometimes it's those microscopic differences in where your hands exactly playing together and was the scale exactly, exactly, even. And that happens across the board, not just in classical music. Jason Skipper 19:55 Right. What other ways Have you seen and maybe other examples are where teachers are working with their students or maybe schools are maximizing their efforts working with students with the Disklavier. What other ways have you seen that? Shana Kirk 20:11 So, it's, it's a long list. But a couple of my favorite examples are just anywhere when a school or a teacher especially and we all know the burden that is on teachers, especially these days with budget cuts in schools and just incredible schedules that the teachers have to put themselves through. I have a colleague Mario Ajero at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, and he has all of his students record their piano proficiency exam. So this is the class that you know group piano or class piano, where piano music students, not necessarily piano students, but any music students have to pass what's called a piano proficiency. And so at a big school like Stephen F, Austin, that can be an enormous number of students to go through and get and take these exams. So MARIO has all of his students record their exams on Yamaha Disklavier, so that he can come in and, and grade the exams without having to actually schedule with a student. And it just puts so much more flexibility into not just his schedule, but theirs, I mean, students, you know, especially music students are so booked with performances and recitals and even just attending other things. So so that is just a simple way that the Disklavier has to lighten the load of music students and faculty. Shana Kirk 21:35 And then modern Disklavier, so by modern I mean, just in the last, you know, five or so years, there has been an added element of synchronized video. So most Disklaviers in the last several years, you're able to connect either a camera, so a video camera, or even just an iPad. There's an iPad app that goes with the Disklavier called my music recorder. Those two things will let you marry together video of your performance and the physical performance that is on the display here. So how does that help modern competitive piano student? Well, we mentioned I think earlier the avoidance of performance injuries. And there have even been studies about this, you know, NYU, and Washington University, all kinds of things. So when a student can actually see the mechanics of their own performance on a video screen, and then at the very same time, see how a certain gesture of their body translated to a certain sound at the piano. You know, all of a sudden you have all of this information to take in, you can take notes on it, you can work on parts of your physical performance, that you might not be able to observe even from hearing yourself or from independently seeing a video yourself. Shana Kirk 23:00 So the two of those things put together just give you so much information to assess your own playing and to be a healthier player. I know even probably just now while we're talking to each other, I tend to be a pretty animated talker. And I realize, you know, one of my shoulders is higher than the other, I'm starting to leap forward in a weird way because I get excited when I talk. And you don't realize what little tensions you put into your body in ways that you talk in the way that you do your everyday things. When you're a pianist, and you're at the piano for hours and hours a day, those little motions in your body, those little tensions can really really multiply. So it's extremely important for pianists in today's ultra-competitive environment to have every possible advantage. Be able to reduce those tensions. Jason Skipper 23:51 Right to be self-aware, understand what they're doing, what they do, how it comes through in their music and everything they're doing, so... that's incredible. Shana Kirk 24:00 Yeah, it's critically important. I can't count the number of pianists that I've known that have dropped out of performing life because they have had injuries or because they saw an injury coming and didn't know how to avoid it. But also, I've seen wonderful success stories of pianists who were able to overcome injuries or avoid them in the first place. Just because of technology like the Disklavier. Jason Skipper 24:27 Right. Wow. Well, you say technology like the discovery, or are these options everything you're mentioning? Are they more just focused on the Yamaha Disklavier or what other pianos from Yamaha have the same type of options? Is the Disklavier really the one especially in performance things where it's that's the standard go to? Shana Kirk 24:47 I think the Disklavier is certainly setting a standard in every possible way. But Yamaha because it's such a big and interconnected company and such an innovative company, has carried over a lot of technologies and a lot of ideas across several different instruments. One of the most important ones, I think, is the ability simply to put on headphones. And every instrument Yamaha makes, including most acoustic pianos, are now available with what's called a silent feature. That, you don't have to have the playback ability of the disc severe or some of the more sophisticated MIDI features that are in the Yamaha Disklavier to appreciate why you might want headphones on your acoustic piano that solves so many problems for so many families. If you have more than one child in the house, if you have people who go to bed at different times, if you have close neighbors, if you have a student in your family who just is shy about having other people listen - I don't like other people listening to me, I doubt if most people do. So that is just you know, a problem solver just by itself. Shana Kirk 26:02 And because the core of the Yamaha Disklavier year revolves around this very, very precise measurement, the one hand, and on the other hand very, very high quality sampled sounds inside your headphones because remember Yamaha is also an electronics company. So many many very powerful sampled sounds come from the Yamaha see FX Concert Grand Piano from the Yamaha C7, which is the standard in every recording studio everywhere, you can ask your Nashville friends. Lots and lots and lots of choices. Yamaha is also the owner of Bösendorfer and that sample is now in a lot of our headphones instruments. And then you get into the very exciting more digital features of something like a Clavinova, where you basically have a multitrack studio at your fingertips You know, tons and tons of artists and educators and composers get tremendous use out of Clavinova. I mean, it's everything but the kitchen sink right inside the same. Shana Kirk 27:14 So for someone who may be listening, a listener out there, and they're trying to understand, you know, I grew up playing piano and I think mom and dad, my mom and dad would have been very happy if I could put headphones into my piano every once in a while, you know? And I guess the question is, you know, for some people out there, how does that work? You take a piano, how can you plug in an acoustic piano, and you plug in headphones, you know, just getting really basic here. How does that work where you can plug it in, and suddenly the piano doesn't make any sounds anymore? Can you kind of explain that to our listeners? Shana Kirk 27:49 Oh, sure. It's actually not that complicated that the mechanism of it is not that complicated. In a Yamaha acoustic piano that has a silent feature or a Yamaha Disklavier the silent feature, there is simply a bar that mechanic, you know, you hear a little motor go bug. And it just prevents the hammers from striking the strings or so then instead of hammer striking strings, they're just stopped by this little soft bar and it doesn't make it makes the same sound. I mean, that doesn't, you know, damage anything. And because the Yamaha Disklavier is based on fiber-optic technology, you're the hammers are not hitting anything. They're not hitting sensors or anything like that. They're simply passing through beams of light. And those beams of light can have unbelievably precise measurements. Shana Kirk 28:41 So whatever you're playing on the keys, even if it's fast, repeated notes, or if it's very slow movement of the key up and down, all of that is being measured, and then reproduced in a really, really sophisticated modeled sample of an acoustic grand piano. So one of the things that I think is great fun is you put on the headphones in your, you know, living room-sized acoustic piano that's an upright or small grand maybe that fits into you know, everybody's living room. And then when you put the headphones on, all of a sudden you're hearing this nine-foot concert grand. Jason Skipper 29:19 That's awesome. That's awesome. I wish I would have had that growing up. I really do. Shana Kirk 29:23 I think my family probably wishes they had that growing up. Jason Skipper 29:28 So one of the things that we've talked about here is learning and be able to work with someone who's somewhere else. A lot of times today, people are moving all over the place. My family, we've moved four times probably in the last 10 years. It's just one of those things that happens a lot of people move all over the place and what happens in today, how can we use the technology and today to be able to let's say you have a piano teacher somewhere else like another city where you were and you moved away from them, but you don't want to change teachers you don't know who to look for, then how could we use this technology for things like that? Or maybe you could give us an example? Shana Kirk 30:10 Yeah, well, obviously, distance learning is a really hot topic and education circles everywhere. And music education is no different. So the Yamaha Disklavier itself has a feature called remote lesson that is largely limited to institutions. So if you have a great faculty member at your school, and they have some niche expertise, that other people are enthusiastic about, about sharing, you can sort of beam that teacher one piano to the other piano I actually just now helped facilitate a lesson from Frederic Chiu who is a wonderful Yamaha artist and on the faculty of the Hartt School of Music, and, and other positions as well I'll mention and he was invited to teach a class to some students in Moscow. And so we set up a Yamaha Yamaha Disklavier at the Hartt School of Music, where they have that piano there all the time. And the students in Moscow were able to come to a Yamaha facility there. So Frederic Chiu to has a wonderful way of demonstrating how to create this magical sound in especially the music and the style of Chopin with combining certain subtle movements of pedals and ways to address the keys with velocity, so that's, you know, the speed of playing a key up and down. And all of that very, very intricate information, just jumped right over those thousands of miles into the piano in Moscow. And students were you could see them on the screen, you know, they were just their jaws were dropped. And these are not students who are new to piano repertoire, but obviously, his approach to this particular topic was so new and refreshing. So that was a really magical thing to watch just very, very recently. Shana Kirk 32:10 And years ago, I had a more practical application with Inna Faliks, who is on the faculty of UCLA, so University of California in Los Angeles. And she was invited to join that faculty as a very young artist. And that's not something that you ever turn down if you're in this world. I mean, faculty jobs in piano are so hard to come by. But she had this existing set of responsibilities in New York City. And on top of that, she had a new baby. And so it was going to be really complicated for her to travel back and forth to take advantage of her new job at UCLA, while not letting everything slide in New York and also while still having a new baby. And so she did manage to do quite a lot of travel and she was very much welcomed on that faculty and she's doing such a wonderful job there still. But for that early transition, we were able to help her alleviate some of the stress of travel by letting her teach some of her lessons from New York City to LA. So she taught students from Yamaha artist services in New York City and her students and it was really funny because it was in the winter and her students were always wearing shorts and everybody was all bundled up in New York. Sometimes it's the distance, sometimes it's the time zone. sometimes it's just the convenience of life. Sometimes a teacher is sick. Sometimes a student is sick. And just being able to use Distance Learning Tools, either at the Yamaha Disklavier or Clavinova or silent piano can also accommodate Distance Learning Tools if you apply the software. But they discover you are actually has a built-in feature. Jason Skipper 34:03 That's awesome. That's so amazing, I tell you. So real quick finishing up here. Where do you see the future of piano technology going? Where's the future from today? Do you know? Do you have any clue or? Shana Kirk 34:18 I have my eye on things, I tell you, I always have my eye on things. Yamaha is always looking into the future. I can tell you that. And Yamaha has done a lot of research and a lot of prototyping in the area of artificial intelligence. That's still very new in the sophisticated language of music, or to artificial music-making still feels a little artificial, right? Honestly, you can tell when robots playing music right? Instead of when a human is playing music, but the research is there it's getting closer and closer. I'm also really, really fascinated by how much multimedia is becoming part of our art. So you think of classical piano is this sort of stodgy, snobby world of older people sometimes. And it's not always used in the same breath as innovative or modern, right. But that's just not true at all. There is so much to be done. Because of the complexity of classical music. You can put together just unbelievably eye-popping multimedia displays, where the lady from the piano so from the signals from an acoustic performance, are actually creating their own art. So being expressed as visual graphics. And that's not even hard to do. Shana Kirk 35:52 There's an iPad app called Visual Performer that just immediately turns your performance at the keyboard into a multimedia display. But then there are artists like Dan Tepfer, who are also computer programmers, in addition to being great pianist, and he's a classical pianist and a jazz pianist. And you know, every possible brilliant he could be. And he's writing algorithms that interpret his playing, and then feed it back to the piano. So it's like he's having a duet with his future self. Really, really brilliant stuff. And in the middle of that he has, you know, fractal art. And it's just unbelievable mind-blowing, mind-blowing things. Then also I am aware of pianists who have very severe limits, pianists who have had strokes. I've worked with two great pianists who have had strokes or other conditions that limited one hand or the other, and they're able to continue playing the piano because they record one part and play along with their own selves at the Yamaha Disklavier. So the accommodations for people who have these abilities. That is a future way of just allowing so many more people to be expressive at the piano. You might have seen a video, there was a really great I think YouTube video of the piano of the singer Renee Fleming controlling a Yamaha Disklavier with brainwaves (See embedded video below). So that's research, you know, someone who has complete loss of mobility can still control a piano through their brainwaves. So there's just so much exciting research in the area of accessibility in the area of multimedia, and then you know, distance learning. I'm just waiting for your holograms to be something that I can do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-PlEAQMBY Jason Skipper 37:46 A hologram dancing on top of the piano while you're playing. Shana Kirk 37:48 Oh, yeah. So I do have to mention one multimedia artist before we close. That is really, really exciting. I don't think she hasn't done a lot of work on the Disklavier recently, but this just goes to show how long people have been, you know, experimenting with the Yamaha Disklavier as a multimedia instrument. The artist name is Xiao Xiao, X-I-A-O X-I-A-O. But she got hold of a discovery or during the time she was at MIT, and created something called MirrorFugue, where great pianists that she convinced to come in record for her, had their images, the actual images of their hands projected onto the keys. And one of the really special times that happened was she recorded the New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint. And no one was expecting that it would be one of the last years of his life. And so now we can go back in and see that magical performance you know when he sort of unexpectedly passed away. So it's a little bit you know, dark to think about, you know, preserving dead pianist. It's not something that I really tried to emphasize the Yamaha Disklavier. But it is really a wonderful way to preserve moments in history, whether it's your child's piano recital, or a great pianist that might have visited your house, or a great pianist, hit what was at a school or a graduate degree recital. https://vimeo.com/121710688 Jason Skipper 39:19 Wow, that's incredible. I'd say the sky's the limit. And just everything we can see there. By the way, folks, I'm going to go ahead out. And we're going to look for all of these things that Shana has mentioned in here, we're going to put them in the show notes. So if you didn't look, look through the show notes, you'll see links to these videos will embed them on the page as well. So check those out. Well, one last thing here. You know, they say there's a saying you don't know what you don't know. And I feel like that today, with you, it's just been amazing listening to everything that you talk about and that you're sharing we know that there's so much technology and everything they're doing but what haven't I asked you today that I should have asked or something that you'd like to share with your audience? Shana Kirk 40:08 So it like I said earlier, it is just an amazing time to be right here at the junction of music and technology and teaching. The truth is you don't have to be anything like a techie person to enjoy technology at the Yamaha Disklavier or any other technology equipped instrument in 2019. We're all used to using iPads. The technology has receded into the background. It's not the goal anymore, it's just another tool. So if you're doing something as complex and sophisticated as playing the piano, and if you are, you know, congratulations because you're keeping your brain going for the rest of your life, adding just a little technology to the mix to make it more engaging and more convenient, is really, really not a big hurdle to cross. We can connect iPad games that make piano play and feel like, feel like a game. You can connect an iPad and have your whole music library, turn the pages for you from right inside your Yamaha Disklavier or any of the keyboard. You can record performances of special people in your life and have them, you know, archived forever. So you shouldn't feel intimidated and it's great to have people like Miller Music on hand who know their way around and can give everybody a gentle introduction into what sounds like, you know, a lot of complicated technology but it's really, really not there is so much to offer now and it can be as hard or as easy as you need it to be. Wow. All right. Jason Skipper 41:57 Well, how can people find you? I know you have a website, you're, you write blog posts, you write a lot of different things. How can people find you online? And how can if anybody would ever want to get a hold of you? How can people find you? Shana Kirk 42:13 Right, so I have my own website, which is pianotopia.net. And I also helped coordinate a website for Yamaha that's called the Yamaha DEN. So the Yamaha Disklavier Education Network is the DEN. And I try and keep rotating content up there. That is just kind of the latest exciting things to do with Disklavier, especially in ways that education might use. Jason Skipper 42:38 All right. Well, thank you so much, Shana. It's been a pleasure to have you on the podcast with us. To our listeners, don't forget that you can find a transcript with this entire podcast along with show notes and links to all the content that we mentioned the videos and everything else we talked throughout right here on the website. Also, don't forget to look us up on iTunes, Google Play and Spotify. And subscribe to the podcast leave a rating and a review if you could. I'm your host Jason Skipper. We'll see you next time.

Yamaha has been involved in musical instruments since 1887, but didn't began making drums until 1967. Since then, they have made a huge impact on evolution of drums and drumming technology. Jim Haler, 16 year employee of Yamaha Corporation, gives a full run through of the full history of the company with tons of great stories and information along the way. Learn about the origins of all of the classic models like Recording Customs, and how all of the many divisions of Yamaha work together to create cutting edge gear. www.yamaha.com - Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for daily drumming videos! @drumhistory_podcast - Please give me a rating and a review if you like the show. I love getting feedback from everyone and hearing how you like the show, get in touch and let me know what you want to learn about next!

Yamaha has been involved in musical instruments since 1887, but didn't began making drums until 1967. Since then, they have made a huge impact on evolution of drums and drumming technology. Jim Haler, 16 year employee of Yamaha Corporation, gives a full run through of the full history of the company with tons of great stories and information along the way. Learn about the origins of all of the classic models like Recording Customs, and how all of the many divisions of Yamaha work together to create cutting edge gear. www.yamaha.com - Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for daily drumming videos! @drumhistory_podcast - Please give me a rating and a review if you like the show. I love getting feedback from everyone and hearing how you like the show, get in touch and let me know what you want to learn about next!

Yamaha Corporation of America Percussion Product Manager Dave Gerhart stops by to talk about his current workload (01:40), his daily duties at Yamaha and conference travel responsibility (20:10), growing up in northern California (40:25), going to CSU – Long Beach (where he is currently a Lecturer in Percussion) for his undergrad and master’s and his steel band experience (01:01:55), and spending time with the Random-Ass Questions (01:18:50).Finishing with a rave on The Jazz Ambassadors (01:41:35).Links:Dave Gerhart's homepageDave Gerhart's CSU - Long Beach pageDrumchattr podcastMike MainieriJauvon GilliamMichael CarneyH. Robert ReynoldsJoshua SimondsTroy WollwageNCPPMusic for All Summer CampMichael McIntoshThad AndersonJohn KilkennyTom AungstNAMMYamaha Impact DrumsYM-6100YX-230James Worthy"The Catch"Kobe Bryant's 60-point final gameHuey Lewis and the NewsChris WabichSteely Pan"Aja" - Steely Dan"French Suite" - William Kraft"Concertino" - Paul Creston"Music of the Day" - Bill Molenhof"Children's Songs" - Chick CoreaMarimba Concerto No. 1 - Ney Rosauro"Coffee Street" - Andy Narell"Northern Lights" - Eric EwazenIMSLPSteven Schick"Zyklus" - Karlheinz StockhausenJohn TafoyaTony CironeJoe GramleyMark Madsen dancingDavid Collier"Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson"Another Part of Me" - Michael JacksonWTF with Marc MaronRevisionist HistoryAnother RoundFreakonomicsCode SwitchThe Axe FilesWhy is This Happening?Ezra Klein PodcastMacBreakThis Week in GoogleKatie Couric PodcastHere's the ThingThe TurnaroundSeth Godin's Startup SchoolReWorkHow I Built ThisShantaram - David Gregory RobertsThe Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern11/22/63 - Stephen KingBruce CarverRaves:The Jazz Ambassadors trailer 

“If we read an article in the newspaper presenting two opposing viewpoints, we assume both have validity, and we think it would be wrong to shut one side down. But often one side is represented only by a single ‘expert’.” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. In this book, Oreskes and Cornway talk about media and science, and scientific consensus that became controversial in the public eye — from the SDI to tobacco to global warming. “Rome may not be burning, but Greenland is melting, and we are still fiddling. We all need a better understanding of what science really is, how to recognize real science when we see it, and how to separate it from the garbage.” We cover a wide range of topics, including: The tobacco industry and the regulations on smoking today Global Warming and all its many causes. Are all causes equally serious? How media talks about science and creates controversial topics out of scientific consensus The SDI and nuclear winter The sugar industry vs working out And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Merchants of Doubts by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway! Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show Flatgeologists [0:49] Strategic Defense Initiative [2:05] DDT Pesticide [2:19] The Sugar Film (2014) [06:05] Neighbourhood Effect [16:27] Tragedy of the Commons [16:27] Magnetic Resonance Imaging – MRI [18:30] Toshiba Corporation [18:30] Yamaha Corporation [18:30] The Spacex Launch [19:10] Black Mirror: Men Against Fire [22:06] Jordan Peterson’s interview on Channel 4 [26:24] Futurama: Crimes of the Hot [27:58] Mutual Assured Destruction Doctrine [32:30] CFC – Chlorofluorocarbons and Ozone depletion [38:06] Philip Morris USA [51:50] Krispy Kreme [53:48] Moore’s Law [1:14:08] Books mentioned Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman [1:13] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie [15:14] Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio [18:42] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser [31:40] 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson [1:07:16] (Nat's Notes) (Neil's Notes) (book episode) The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley [01:09:35] (Nat's Notes) People mentioned Naomi Oreskes Erik M. Conway Elon Musk [1:05] [28:00] [39:30] (on this podcast) Michelle Obama [10:25] Andrew Carnegie [15:07] Adolf Hitler [21:34] Jordan B. Peterson [21:27] (on this podcast) Nassim Nicholas Taleb [27:08] (on this podcast) Ronald Reagan [31:18] Richard Feynman [35:20] Freeman Dyson [35:34] Carl Sagan [36:43] S. Fred Singer [42:16] Show Topics 0:44 — Science and media. Topics that have become controversial in the public sphere, through media, that weren’t so within the scientific community; tobacco, the sugar industry, pesticides, etc. 03:58 — The sugar industry and its history of media deception; people’s perceptions on sugar, then and now. The industry’s attempts of bettering their images as sugar is more and more seen as unhealthy. 07:21 — Sugar and artificial sugar: its effects on your body and microbiota. The inexistent proofs that help losing weight. 09:16 — What about exercise? The food industries’ attempts to shift responsibility for health and fitness into “lack of exercise”, overblowing the importance of exercising. 11:05 — Two issues that are not necessarily separated by the book: on one hand, people should be better informed of the risks of their behaviors, like eating sugar, or drinking. On the other hand, should they not be allowed to engage in certain behaviors? Or simply have awareness of the risks if they do engage? Advocating for control, instead of banning, like the taxing on the tobacco industry. 13:15 — The public perception of tobacco as incredibly dangerous, and different perspectives in different countries. 15:21 — The conclusion of the book helps understands the author’s overall thesis. Many people who fought back against restrictions to industries had been Cold War veterans, looking to protect free market. There are certain areas in which free market doesn’t work, like air quality. 17:47 — Regulation is the mother of innovation: they force people to create new solutions, often starting from the beginning. 20:05 — Surprisingly, Hitler banned cigarettes once it was known they were lethal. He had various issues with what he considered “dirty” or “unclean”, which links back to his view of the people he persecuted. 22:35 — All the Nazi research regarding smoke got discredit following their defeat, since no one wanted to use nazist research. But were there such qualms about other research, like rocket science? Is it ethic at all to use research created unethically? 24:06 — Likewise, many studies for controversial topics just can’t be conducted for ethical reasons, or at times there’s too many variables. Epidemiology is useful in this case; though correlation doesn’t necessarily means causation. 25:55 — Climate change, and how its many causes often get simplified to just one problem. And even if we’re wrong about its causes, isn’t it too dangerous to ignore the chance human intervention is responsible? 29:41 — Good science focuses on what’s not yet known; but media often then latches on to these doubts, advertising what scientist don’t know and obscuring the science of what they do know. 30:48 — The SDI: Reagan's program against nuclear strikes through satellites. Was it a serious project? Was it a proposital rumor? Could it have started a nuclear war? How did the idea get so far when it had such opposition? 35:10 — Richard Feynman, Freeman Dyson, and their views on nuclear winter and global warming: two issues that were somehow conflated. Were the models being used accurate? 36:34 — Scientists often focus on areas of doubt, rather than what is already known. A topic largely discussed in the book is that scientists aren’t necessarily good at understanding public policy, media, or how to get their ideas across to the public and vice-versa. 38:06 — CFCs. Once again, many factors contributed to the damage to the ozone layer, but all were given equal weight when certain factors were much more damaging than others. The same was done regarding skin cancers, where many other factors were pointed out that were true, but not as relevant. This seems to be a common tactic to detract from central issues. 43:58 — Second-handed smoking and e-cigarettes: are they as dangerous as regular cigarettes? What of second-hand damages that come with alcohol, like drunk driving? Should alcohol and driving be more strictly regulated? 51:05 — The companies knew what they were doing: memos from tobacco companies show their strategy of trying to keep the doubt on whether or not cigarettes were bad for your health. The ethical dilemma around working for such companies. 54:46 — School’s approach to drug education: are abstinence arguments really effective, or are them increasing drug use? Alternative methods for decreasing drug use and its harmful effects. 01:00:45 — Global Warming is still very much a current issue. What arguments that are in vogue today could be misinformation? It can be difficult to find a balance between suspecting statements that challenge the current scientific consensus, and not completely shutting them down. 01:05:00 — The book has a critical stance on Capitalism and Technology. “Technology won’t save us”. However, it is possible to join business and sustainability. 01:09:30 — The book has a certain one-sided point of view, which can be true for most of the topics discussed, but can also be a dangerous attitude. Radical changes are also much more difficult to execute, such as suddenly switching entirely away from fossil fuels. 01:12:24 — Alternatives to developing without fossil fuels. What about nuclear power? Could that be a solid green alternative? Can solar power progress as fast as our technological needs? 01:18:05 — Sponsors time. 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First Segment: Yamaha. Steven Fisher, Product Marketing Manager Acoustic/DTX Drums Established in 1960 as Yamaha International Corporation, Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) offers a full line of musical instruments and audio/visual products to the U.S. market. YCA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation, Japan, and is one of the largest global subsidiary companies.   Second Segment: Computer and Technology News. Computer America went out in search of the best and the biggest technology news of the day! Check out stories such as: Google Glass Lives Again Leaked Memo Shows UK Power Under Hack Threat Comcast Says Net Neutrality Should Be Voluntary Netflix Subscriber Count Rolls Royce 2018, Because We Can't Afford One Either And More! Check out ComputerAmerica.com for full show notes! 

Vimal Thomas heads IT for Yamaha Corporation of America, the North American branch of the 125-year-old maker of musical instruments. In this wide-ranging conversation he touches on the nature of IT at a creative company and how security, performance, and creativity can peacefully (and successfully) co-exist.

Ed Soph is internationally recognized as an author, teacher, and musician. As a performer and recording artist, Ed has played with the big bands of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Bill Watrous, and Clark Terry. Small group credits include Joe Henderson, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Lee Konitz, Carl Fontana, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, and Eddie Gomez. Ed’s most recent publication, in both book and DVD format, is MUSICAL TIME, published by Carl Fischer. Other publications include THE BIG BAND PRIMER , and ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES FOR DRUMSET (Meredith Music).Ed has been the recipient of lifetime achievement awards in education from the Yamaha Corporation and the Percussive Arts Society and was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society’s Hall of Fame in 2016. He was also recognized as a “LeJENd in Jazz Education” by the Jazz Education Network.In addition to recording and touring, Ed is a professor of jazz studies in the College of Music of the University of North Texas, and an Artist Clinician for Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals, Innovative Percussion, and Evans drumheads.Some of Ed’s students have literally changed the world! Here’s a short list…Jason Sutter, Jim Riley, Keith Carlock, Ari Hoenig, Matt Wilson, Blair Sinta, Rich Redmond, Earl Harvin, Peter Erskine, Brian Delaney, Ross Pederson and a youngster named John Robinson!For more information about Ed see www.music.unt.edu/percussion

Today Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Guitarist of the Year and Vegetarian, Johannes Linstead to talk about his career as an award-winning guitarist and recording artist, his new CD MISTICO and his passion for vegetarian food. From being named “Guitarist of the Year”, to winning six “Best Album” awards, to four top-ten Billboard charting albums, to top-ten radio airplay, Johannes Linstead has become recognized internationally as one of the best selling guitarists and composers in the Instrumental and World Music genres. Johannes is an “Influential Artist” with Yamaha Corporation of America, the largest musical instrument manufacturer in the world. On stage and on his recordings, Johannes lets loose a fiesta of Spanish guitar magic! MISTICO, Johannes’ latest release, has taken his career to new heights, winning two titles in the ZMR Awards being named “Best World Album” and “Best Instrumental Album – Acoustic” plus ranking in the #1 position on eMusic.com’s “World Music” and “Jazz/Blues” charts. The album explores the many nuances of the Spanish guitar. From the traditional to the contemporary, from the passionate to the fiery, this masterpiece is a culmination of all his years as a guitarist.