Ep. 24 Dealing with Difficult People and Situations in the Music Biz feat. Travis LaMothe
Release Date: 10/03/2017
Ep. 37 The SHU Community Theatre (Featuring Todd Barry)
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Matt returns to the Mindful Musician podcast to talk about his new-ish role as the Executive Director of The SHU Community Theatre in Fairfield Connecticut and to tell you to come see comedian Todd Barry there on Saturday February 24th. VENUE WEBSITE: GET TICKETS FOR TODD BARRY'S HALF JOKING TOUR: LINK TO THE PODCAST THAT THIS IS FROM (The SHU Community Theatre Podcast) h
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Ep. 36 An Exploration of Improvisation with Stephen Nachmanovitch(part 2)
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Full length album we recorded: https://themindfulmusician.bandcamp.com/releases Stephen Nachmanovitch links: Website: http://www.freeplay.com/ His new book The Art of Is: Improvisation as a way of life http://www.freeplay.com/Writings/TheArtOfIs.php His classic book Freeplay http://www.freeplay.com/Writings/2-amazonlinks-fp.php Host Matt Oestreicher links: The Mindful Musician Podcast Homepage:http://www.mattoestreicher.com/themindfulmusician Website: http://www.mattoestreicher.com/
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Ep.35 An Exploration of Improvisation with Stephen Nachmanovitch(Part 1)
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Full length album we recorded:
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Ep.34 Mini Episode - Initiation into the mystical side of music/self-promotion
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Here's a mini-episode related to ep.33 where I interviewed Jazz Educator Jamey Aebersold. Mini-episodes are for: talking about a specific idea from the interview that I was inspired by, keeping the momentum of the podcast, and for talking about some of my current projects(self-promotion.) Music for this episode: Per Your Request - The Verve Jazz Ensemble composed and arranged by Matt Oestreicher new from Matt and author Brian Leaf: The Be You Card Deck for Teens - The new book of upcoming guest Stephen Nachmanovitch Podcast home page: ...
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Ep. 33 Jamey Aebersold
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Find more about Jamey Aebersold at:
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Ep. 32 Mini Episode about Dealing With Rejection
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Mini episodes aim to clarify and catalog one idea or principle that can be helpful to those of us who manage our own creative careers. This episode features a story from Composer David Friedman(The Today Show, Desperate Measures, We Can Be Kind) about asking for what you want. To hear more from David, listen to episodes 30 and 31. Link to the blog post about this topic: The Mindful Musician podcast is hosted by Band leader and producer Matt Oestreicher. The homepage can be found here: please subscribe/like/review on iTunes
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Ep. 31 David Friedman (Part 2)
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DAVID FRIEDMAN David Friedman, composer of the award-winning hit musical, Desperate Measures, (Drama Desk for Music and Lyrics/Outer Critics and Off Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical) is one of this country's most beloved songwriters, best known for writing songs that touch our hearts and speak to our souls. He has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all of the late/great Nancy LaMott’s CD’s and wrote many of her best known songs, (Listen To My Heart/We Can Be Kind/We Live on Borrowed Time/I’ll Be Here With You/Just in Time For...
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Ep. 30 David Friedman (Part 1)
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DAVID FRIEDMAN David Friedman, composer of the award-winning hit musical, Desperate Measures, (Drama Desk for Music and Lyrics/Outer Critics and Off Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical) is one of this country's most beloved songwriters, best known for writing songs that touch our hearts and speak to our souls. He has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all of the late/great Nancy LaMott’s CD’s and wrote many of her best known songs, (Listen To My Heart/We Can Be Kind/We Live on Borrowed Time/I’ll Be Here With You/Just in Time For Christmas),...
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Ep. 29 Lipbone Redding (One-Man Orchestra)
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Lipbone Redding is an award-winning vocalist, guitar player, voice-strumentalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher and traveler. He is best known for his one-man orchestra show; simultaneously playing, singing and making the instrument sounds with his mouth and without the use of a loop pedal. Lipbone incorporates a full spectrum of musical styles from American Roots and Jazz to throat singing and Indian Classical. Origins A free-range child, native to the swamps, farmlands and beach towns of coastal North Carolina, Lawrence “Lipbone” Redding cites his mama’s Soul, Boogie, Blues...
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Ep. 28 Dwayne Cooper
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Dwayne Cooper is from Florence, SC and currently lives in NYC. He began singing in a Christian a cappella group called “The Cunningham Singers”. Often referred as a modern day Sammy Davis Jr. meets Barry White, he is what the industry calls a “triple threat” and has performed in the Broadway casts of MOTOWN, HAIRSPRAY, several National tours and most recently the NY Revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe. He is also one of the founding members of THE DOO WOP PROJECT, a ten piece band that travels around the US performing Doo Wop music. As a songwriter/producer, he has charted #7 on...
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As musicians we are always meeting and working with new people in new places. For this episode I asked several working musicians about their worst experience in the music business - how they dealt with it, what red flags there were going into it, and how they would advise someone else to prepare for and navigate through these types of experiences. Episode 24 features a story by musician/producer Travis LaMothe
Travis La Mothe Bio:
With first club gigs starting at the age of 15, Travis has been actively performing for 23 years. Studies with Frank Giguere, Casey Scheurell, and Steve Wilkes, allowed a quick evolution in Travis’ skill set. Amassing performances in percussion ensembles under the direction of Sal Raniello (Hartford Symphony Orchestra,) live performance became a place to thrive in all genres.
Attempting to live up to his influences and working at creating his own, Travis spent six years touring with New England regional act Rane (Tides Records), opening for numerous national acts including the Barenaked Ladies, Ozomatli, Santana, and Tom Petty and playing almost every room in New England. After multiple albums and recording credits with the group, Travis left to pursue other musical worlds.
After winning the 2006 Hartford Advocate's “Best Drummer” award, Travis went on to play with several Advocate-acknowledged bands including The Bill Carleton Band, and Jet Black Jane. A jaunt into the jazz world helped Travis to see a different side of performance after spending 2 years as a member of the house band for WOR radio in Manhattan. He also joined Hank Agency artists “Jimmy and the Hat Tricks” for a 3-year stint in general business music. He was called to play with The Last Goodnight (Virgin Records), and subbed several gigs with Girls Guns and Glory (Lonesome Day Records) as well. All of this while maintaining 10-20 private students for the duration.
The pursuit is endless, and Travis currently plays pick up gigs throughout New England with many talented groups. He has also begun establishing himself in the production world. After opening his small studio “Sunderland Sounds” in Sunderland MA, Travis has already cut a few spots that you’ve likely heard on the radio…
To reach Travis for gigs and/or production inquiries:
860.604.7414
Samples of performances/work
Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4Z7N3e-oE
Commercial Spot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_xL9wlORDI
Telefunken demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28-jmeeGqFY