Everybody Speaks Music

We  are joined by Canadian fingerstyle guitarist, Don Alder.

Don is one of those guitarists that plays with a passion rarely seen, it's that same passion he applies towards serving his community. Alder’s music career has garnered many awards and accolades, and has a long history of working with non profits in hands on leadership roles. In 2022 Don was one of six musicians to receive the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Lieutenant Governors award to acknowledge his lifelong work of bridging music to inspire and create positive change in Canada and around the world. Don is very proud board member of Empower Through Music and serves as it’s Development Director.

Don is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist with a "wow factor" that has led to winning all the top Modern Guitar Competitions in the world, multiple endorsement deals with major manufacturers.He is a top endorsee for Yamaha Guitars, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Ernie Ball Strings and Santo Angelo Cables, Riversong Guitars, Emerald Amicus, Tonewood amp, so keep an eye out for a Clinic near you.

Please visit Don’s website for more info
http:/www.donalder.com

Play on, my friends!

Friends Welcome to another episode of Follow up Fridays, and today we're going to take action.

There's a lot of procrastination going on these days and a lot of reasons why we're not getting to do the things we love. Let's face it, our schedules are busier than ever. we're inundated with information that we don't want, and it's causing a lot of distractions. I know you want to play music, and that's why you're here. And I thought today's episode would be a very important step in making sure you get to that instrument. As soon as you're done listening to this show, pick up an instrument and play for five minutes. In fact, pause this episode right now, and play for five minutes and come back, I'll still be here

Friends, please help Kris and I welcome Jenn Ladd to the show! Jenn is the owner of Blue Dog Guitars and shares with us her inspiring story about following your dreams!

I thought I would do an episode on Choose Your Own Adventure. A lot of what we do as artists and musicians is think about where we'd like to go next, what's inspiring us, and we're constantly seeking that next sign of where to go. So after a few years of playing, you'll have a pretty good idea of what you like and don't like. One of the things you might be surprised to hear is that some of the music you truly love to listen to, isn't all that fun to learn on your chosen instrument. And other times music you never even paid attention to is so much fun.

We have another great story to let you guys in on today! We've got Erica Branda on the show today. Erica has been a friend and a student for the last four years approximately give or take a couple years. Erica has been a very big inspiration in both our lives. One of the things we didn't even talk about in the episode was that recently she changed her entire career to follow her passion of music to become a music therapist. We didn't even talk about that today. But once you hear her voice and hear her story of why she's so empowered by music, you're gonna want to know more about her journey!

https://www.podpage.com/everybody-speaks-music/ 

Hey everybody, welcome to Episode Three of Follow up Fridays. And on behalf of my co host Mojo Kemp and myself, I'd love to thank you so much for taking in the show. We really appreciate all the support. Don't forget to hit the like button, share, subscribe, leave a review, it really helps us get the word out. How was that episode with Tony? Let's stop and think about the impact of hearing Tony's story about picking up the guitar at the age of 54. Without being able to see, you know, we all find obstacles in our journey. But often when we encounter someone like Tony, you know, a true warrior, somebody who leads by example, we get so inspired, we have no choice but to get back to doing what we love. Thank you so much, Tony, for sharing that story. One word comes to mind when I think of Tony, endurance. I don't think we talked about that enough in music. This is not a sprint, it's a marathon, you're going to be playing your music for the rest of your life. The ability to tough it out when it doesn't feel like it's going anywhere. Or when you want to quit, walk away completely and think oh, it wasn't for me. While those people that are talented, they must be lucky. Don't let that mindset get you down and get you away from doing what you truly love.

Welcome to Everybody Speaks Music! Thank you so much for downloading the show. 

Today we are joined by Ironman and musician Tony Duenas. One day Tony woke up and his whole life changed....

It is our honour to put these shows together for you and to share these stories!

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-01-18/blind-runner-tony-duenas-marathons-triathlons

http:/www.empowerthroughmusic.org

You can email us at [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

You can also find the show's website at https://www.podpage.com/everybody-speaks-music/ 

"Playing music is a physical activity that demands training. And in that sense, it is no different than learning how to throw a discus run the high hurdles or swim the butterfly, the body must acquire an intelligence of its own. The muscles must learn to move in new and disciplined ways. These physical challenges force the mind to confront obstacles, pain, fatigue, self doubt." Welcome to Episode Two, of Follow Up Fridays. I'm Kris, one of your co hosts on Everybody Speaks Music, and today we're going to be talking about practice. That was an excerpt from my favorite book Zen Guitar

On today's show, Kris and Mojo are joined by George Shindler. George shares his tale about picking up the guitar at age 70.....
Music has gone on to change George’s life in so many ways.
Now he shares his life wisdom and passion for music as a board member on Empower Through Music. ETM is a charity that provides cost-free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged and underserved youth.

Click here to learn more

www.empowerthroughmusic.org 

Thank you for downloading the show, it is our honour to be bringing you these stories.

You can email Kris & Mojo at [email protected].

Hey everybody, it's Kris here for our first masterclass where my goal is to give you some takeaways from our recent episodes and something you can use to apply to your own growth as a musician. And I thought today being the first episode, we should start right from the very beginning. So you're a musician. What does that mean? We're going to relate all the elements of music to three  triangles.
Consider this  to be a philosophical yet practical approach to how we view ourselves as musicians and where that knowledge can take us.