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Ep. 30 David Friedman (Part 1)

Release Date: 03/25/2019

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

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/

Ep.35 An Exploration of Improvisation with Stephen Nachmanovitch(Part 1)

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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: ...

Ep. 33 Jamey Aebersold

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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

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...

Ep. 30 David Friedman (Part 1)

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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...

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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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), conducted and vocal arranged 6 musicals on Broadway and numerous Disney Animated Films (including Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) wrote songs for The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Bambi II and Trick, scored 3 television series, performed his revue Listen To My Heart – The Songs of David Friedman to audiences Off Broadway, all over America and abroad, and is currently in his 10th year of co-writing (with Kathie Lee Gifford) and performing a song-a-month for the Today Show’s Everyone Has a Story Segment. (This month will be his hundredth song.) In addition to Desperate Measures, David has written 4 other musicals with Peter Kellogg: Chasing Nicolette played to rave reviews at The Westport Country Playhouse, the Prince theater in Philadelphia (where David was awarded the Barrymore Award for best score) and Village Theatre in Seattle, and recently had a backer’s presentation in New York with John Rando directing; Stunt Girl, about the life of Nellie Bly, the first woman investigative reporter in New York and the first woman to run a major corporation, was seen in a critically acclaimed production at the Village Theater in Seattle, which was followed by a staged reading at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. (After seeing this reading, Gloria Steinem called it, “Altogether, the strongest female story I've ever seen on Broadway -- or pretty much anywhere”); Money Talks, a four-character musical that follows the path of a $100 bill as it passes from person to person, with Benjamin Franklin playing the $100 bill, was presented at the Davenport Theatre last year; and Lincoln in Love, a musical about Abe Lincoln’s early years, was presented at Goodspeed. David’s Christmas Oratorio, King Island Christmas, written with Deborah Brevoort, has had over 50 productions around the world. David is also a best-selling author with 5 books including We Can Be Kind - Healing Our World One Kindness at a Time, based on his song of the same name. (Currently in its Fifth printing.) His three books on his Metaphysical Method, The Thought Exchange, explore how to not only choose the thoughts we wish to hold, but how to stay with them and see them manifest in our lives. He is a sought after speaker, lecturer and teacher around the country. For more information, go to www.MIDDERMusic.com.

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Davids Website: www.MIDDERMusic.com

We Can Be Kind - book and song https://www.amazon.com/We-Can-Be-Kind-Kindness/dp/1633536750

Nancy LaMott singing We Can Be Kind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49m0--Wsk6E

Koga (animated children’s series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvmrHk_ih2E

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