#36 - Pockets in the Cloud

<p>Some of what was discussed in this episode:</p>
<p><ul>
<li><a href="https://onbeing.org/poetry/a-portable-paradise/">A Portable Paradise</a> - A poem by Roger Robinson
<li>A continuation of the discussion about the "nutritional" value of music, contrasting <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Bl6wpkWCQ4KVgnASpvzzA?si=Pb04sCNXTASYMUMN9J2wQA">BROCKHAMPTON</a> with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PL91Egx_HYobgc6_malfa_sESXhPr4wW1l">Trio Mandili</a>
<li>Art that acknowledges your feelings but enables self indulgence vs art that elevates and connects to something bigger - what can we make of the contrast between these two?
<li>How does music make us feel "seen"
<li>Does the music acknowledge a listeners state of mind or drive it?
<li>Spider shouts out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_of_Death">Faces of Death</a>
<li>Ruairi contrast his experience of grunge and Irish Traditional music
<li>Music without place
<li>What can modern record makers do to embrace inclusivity and human immediacy?
<li>Modern music is denuded of the regional elements in a sort of homogenization
<li>Are foreign audiences less cynical about music than those in America?
<li>Is it the time and place, the context piece?
<li>Does Outkast <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1UsmQ3bpJTyK6ygoOOjG1r?si=SyZv4yDQRnqLoeLHwt2CQw">Speakerboxxx/The Love Below</a> feel like it's from Atlanta?
<li>Younger people are growing up in a modern statelessness. Their sense of the U.S. is abstract and disembodied. Living in Pockets in the Cloud?
<li>If one grows up without the connection to heritage, time or place will the strong & distinct flavors of other places have value? Are we witnessing a fundamental change in what connection means?
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/balajis">Balaji Srinivasan</a> influences Ruairi's thinking on the distributed future
<li>Spider - the purpose of audio engineers is to capture the human connection
<li>"Should I boost the top end or cut it?" - without a sense of the artists' intent how can we make technical decisions?
<li>Spider what you are responding to in Trio Mandili is their openness and vulnerability
<li>What do people fundamentally need on a deep level?
<li>Drummer <a href="https://soundbetter.com/profiles/292112-sam-ks ">Sam Kaufman Skloff</a>
<li>Jon on mixing a song that isn't quite there - "The performance of a bad song is still a bad song"
<li>If you are showing up and you keep trying as a professional, then you have done what you are paid for
<li>"There is no place where the challenges are over, start enjoying making records now"
<li>Tim Ferriss interview question - What is the best thing that you have purchased for under a $100? The value of a bottle of wine
<li>"The language of drinking wine is to savor" - the communal nature, the signaling power of wine
<li>How are we adapting to the modern landscape?
<li>Jon feels himself shifting toward the lack of connection to music
<li>Studies on the positive effect of music on people - <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201908/music-emotion-and-well-being">Psychology Today</a> & <a href="http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1088034&dswid=8513">Diva-Portal</a>
<li>The value of time alone to really dive deep
<li>What is Michael's business STTTUS becoming? What is changing?
<li>What does it mean to be good at a lot of things but not be able to weave them together?
<li>Talking about the term multi-potentiality, Michael referred to this <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling?language=en">Ted Talk</a>
<li><a href="https://alanweiss.com">Million Dollar Consulting - Alan Weiss</a>
<li>Michael's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CN8OR7AHAgO/?igshid=8nudpk4hgvju">IG Live</a> exploration of creativity with Ainjel Emme and the concept of "Deep Observation”
<li>Michaels description of how STTTUS can help with “The Four Quadrants”
<li>Ruairi challenges Michael - Who Michael is really? What are we really doing here? And the same question for his clients
<li>Exploring Micheal's strengths
<li>Seth Godin on Becoming a <a href="https://seths.blog/2013/09/category-of-one-is-a-choice/">Category of One</a>
<li>Jordan Peterson And Russell Brand on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apuygXKOnpI">speaking your truth</a>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ihwKkIMJWmmp1huNH0iWC?si=pKPh1N-XTCGDbdK1-OskwA">New Young Thug Record</a>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7Eoz7hJvaX1eFkbpQxC5PA?si=7k_mK6jfSIi9aUn73aZXdQ">John Coltrane - A Love Supreme</a>
<li>Anthony Fantano - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw">The Needle Drop</a> - The need for art criticism
<li>Audio engineer's aesthetic judgement, they need for a point of view and understanding taste
<li>Architecture, and frameworks of aesthetic judgement - belonging, thriving cities, public spaces and what they say about us
<li>Are moving away from shared understandings of beauty, form and art?
<li><a href="https://www.balboapark.org/performing-arts/spreckels-organ">Balboa Park San Diego</a>
<li>Young artists want to be innovative, bold, and creative. The risk of a firehose of novelty
<li>Architect Louis Khan - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iIULF16eYw">My Architect Documentary</a></ul></p>
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<p>Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals</p>
<p>http://www.hdaudiopost.com</p>
<p>"Conversations Theme"
Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers
Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg
Piano: George Hazelrigg
Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg
Drums: John O’Reilly Jr.
Mixed by Jon Castelli</p>