Planetary Gig Talk

Penny Mealing had a career as a successful professional singer, then decided to become a music teacher of young children. She talks about her goals and techniques and explains the importance of music education for all children.

Information on music education pedagogy that Penny Mealing mentioned during this podcast:

• Zoltàn Kodàly (vocal based) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.
• Carl Orff (instrument based) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education.
• Emile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States.

These are the 3 most influential music pedagogical practices and fantastic composers in their own right.

John Tinger is a master guitarist, known for his inspirational and improvisational music. He also is a philosopher about life, music, and vibration. In this episode, he also discussed in detail how he cured himself of focal dystonia, which affects numerous musicians.

Chrissy Kirkwood is the founder of the Music Monastery, A Spiritual Home for Artists, in Nashville, TN.

With special guest:

Chrissy Kirkwood

Nico Moore is a heartfelt musician, sharing, expressing, finding freedom, living, moving, and speaking free. He and Jefferson Glassie met at The Sanctuary Summit at The Farm in April 2024 and discovered they have much in common.

With special guest:

Nico Moore

Caron Collins has been a music educator basically all of her life, and she used a collaborative method of teaching music and conducting musical groups. She is the creator of the Curiosity, Collaborative, Creativity program and website, and recently also developed a course for music educators titled Peace Building through Music Education. She joins host Jefferson Glassie of the Planetary Gigs Society for a wide ranging conversation about the power of music, and also discussions of Musicians without Borders and Women Frame Drumming.

Lionel Cole is an amazing Grammy nominated musician, with the music business being part of his life as the son of Freddy Cole and nephew of Nat King Cole. He toured with Mariah Carey and has played with many famous musicians. Lionel became good friends with Jefferson Glassie recently through their mutual friend Tara Gorman, who met Lionel years ago through Up With People. Lionel is a brilliant music shaman and eloquent spiritual guru.

Eileen McKusick is a pioneering researcher in the fields of electric health and therapeutic sound, as well as the creator of the sound therapy method Biofield Tuning, founder of the Biofield Tuning Institute and Tuners Without Borders, and the author of Electric Body, Electric Health and Tuning the Human Biofield. She and Jefferson have a fascinating discussion about the biofield and music, and how we can open up and tap into coherence.

With special guest:

Eileen McKusick

Natalie Glassie is a ballet dancer, who is also Jefferson Glassie's niece, they talk about the essential role of music in dance.

Marshall Thomas and Jefferson Glassie met at Victor Wooten's Spirit of Music camp at Wooten Woods and engaged in some interesting discussions about the connection of music and plant medicines, which they discuss further in this podcast.

With special guest:

Marshall Thomas

Jefferson Glassie met Melani at the Devi Music Ashram in Rishikesh, India; they had a lot of synchronicities! Melani is into the book When the Drummers Were Women, knew Biko Casini and Rising Appalachia, works on indigenous peoples issues, and ended up singing with Jefferson for his 70th Birthday celebration in Rishikesh. She also is a founding member of the Council of Music Shamans.

With special guest:

Melani GG