The Philly Sound Off

Chris and I have an interesting question about all facets of music. Chris goes deep into his background and life experience and tells his great story!

Conversation includes:

- what he's been doing during this Pandemic

- his training

- about the five string violin he plays

- his personal path to the violin

- how he practices and prepares for his performances

- Effortless Mastery

- his favorite musicians

- and much more :)

Timothy and I reflect on how we dealt this pandemic and the lockdown.

We discuss practice routines and preparing for competitions

Recording oneself

Comfort with speaking to the audience

What is required learning for major Intl. Violin Competitions

Timothy’s violin and influences

His approach to playing Bach

Timothy’s evolving relationship to music and social media

If Timothy wasn’t a musician???

What is the last piece of music that Timothy listened to?

Benjamin discusses his approach to different Symphony Orchestras.

We talk about how musicians and listeners respond to a musical experience and inspiration.

Benjamin discusses “shining eyes” and “one butted playing” and reaching students and musicians.

We discuss more tempo and impulses and the impact on audiences.

I ask Benjamin about the “it factor” and how performers reach certain heights and transcend.

We talk about shifting our mentality of life.

In this episode, Benjamin and I discuss my initial road of how I was introduced to him through my golf pro. Next we discuss time and how everyone experiences “time” in such a personal way. Benjamin then gives many musical examples at the piano of tempo and time. Some of the examples analyzed and discussed are Beethoven’s 9th, Beethoven’s 5th and Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 amongst other works.

We then discuss other topics such as feedback from musicians, vibrato and the metronome.

In this episode, Andrew and I discuss different Rock bands. Andrew gives his list of top ten, and he details his reasons for liking them and the influence it had on his compositions.

I also list my favorite bands and we discuss...

In this Episode, I have an in depth conversation with Amy Beth about her musical journey as a violinist. We discuss performance anxiety and teaching pedagogy among other many other things.

In this episode, I have a conversation with Philadelphia Orchestra member of the bass section, Rob Kesselman.

Superfan Kenneth and I debrief about the last couple of weeks starting with the Orchestra's performance of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess as well as the two new works... Escaramuza by Montgomery and Coincident Dances by Frank. In addition to that we talk about the outstanding Spiritual sung by the Morgan State University Choir.

In this episode, Assistant Principal Cellist of the Seattle Symphony, Nathan Chan, and I have a great conversation about massive presence on social media. We talk about how it all started on Youtube when he was a teenager. 

We also have a discussion about Classical music and where it fits into social media. 

Nathan and I also talk about our overall relationship to all kinds of music.