The higher self

In this conversation Bunny Brunel shares historical moments from his past. Bunny also talks about connecting to the higher self.

podcast topics

* Great Drummers

* Tony Williams

* First time playing with Tony Williams

* Stanley Clarke

* Al Jarreau

Joe Chiccarelli

Chick Corea

Mile Davis (When Tony Williams was 17) Miles told him to grow a beard and act tough)

Al Di Meola

Return To Forever (the first two albums)

How to play your instrument at the highest level

You just do what you have to do

If you start analyzing you never go anywhere

When you go into art your actually connecting with your higher self

Your higher self is connected to you and to other you

The higher self has knowledge with the whole

most composition starts on the piano and then I pick up the bass

praying works because it puts people in contact with their higher self

and the higher self puts people in the right place at the right moment

Tania Maria

a guy with a glass of Cognac at the Ronnie Scott Club in London

Patrick Moraz

you do the best you can with what you have

EDM, rap, producers, and DJ’s

regarding EDM can you make music without electricity?

As Stevie Wonder puts it if there is no melody its not music

producer

Phil Ramone

Michael Brecker

Michael Green

Frank Zappa

The music business today

Formula

Smooth Jazz should be called something else because it is not Jazz

Regarding Smooth Jazz: you have people playing soprano sounding like a kazoo, soloing over 2 chords.

were loosing the significance you know of what these things where

People don’t know what jazz is anymore

Charlie Parker

Dizzy Gillespie

Milt Jackson

fusion

John Wackerman

Momentum

Bass Ball

Studio Recording

Digital Performer

midi

regarding daw’s, if its working don’t touch it

Studio Visions

Gibson killed many musical innovations

Highlander TV series

Zayn

Music Companies today

the old record deals

Touch

Ivanhoe

Advice for Bass players

don’t forget to play the bass

bass player not soloist

Neil Stubenhaus

Nathan East

Kyle Eastwood

Jazz Dance

Lee Morgan

Larry Coryell

Herbie Hancock

Austin Peralta

Alan Holdsworth

Frank Gambale

ghost notes

Steve Gadd

Chad Wackerman

the note your not playing is more important than the note you are playing

 

Related Links

part 1 podcast

Bunny Brunel Official Website