Tapasya Loading

Podcast for the holistic musician. From Grammy-Award winners, NY Times best-selling authors, and lesser-known heroes, Indian-German Musician/Educator T.L. Mazumdar engages in conversations with path-breakers meant to open minds for artists and audiences alike. DISCLAIMER : The views of guests are not necessarily reflective of T.L. Mazumdar’s. T.L. Mazumdar is not affiliated to any religious institutions or organizations.

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Monday Aug 21, 2023

All details on https://www.tapasyaloading.com/sheilachandra2023

Tuesday Aug 08, 2023

All details on www.tapasyaloading.com/jake-sherman

Thursday Jul 20, 2023


Chennai native Shreya Nagarajan Singh launched SNS Arts Development Consultancy to offer strategic guidance and management to artists in the Indian arts landscape after an extraordinarily accomplished career as a performing artist as a Bharatnatyam Dancer, academic credentials that include a Masters's Degree in Arts Management at Columbia College on a Fullbright Scholarship, delegation in the Asia Pacific Leadership Program in the The East-West Centre in Hawaii, and a 6month solo-travel stint in a pre-Google Maps era still left her looking for a way to fulfill her true calling: make an impact on the Indian arts landscape that addresses some of its biggest loopholes that include archaic pedagogical methods, patriarchal power dynamics, casteism, informal economies and an eco-system that struggles to decipher accountability.
 
This long-form conversation turned interview aims to explore the journey that has been since.
 
All details on:
 
www.tapasyaloading.com/snsarts

Tuesday Jun 27, 2023

Miles is a professional and technical writing instructor and consultant. He specializes in helping both public and private organizations communicate plainly and transparently with their stakeholders and with the public. He teaches at the University of California, Davis, and also works with a variety of consulting clients, ranging from financial institutions to local, state, and federal agencies. He received his MFA from the University of Southern California and makes his home in Sacramento, California with his wife and daughter.
(Source: Guest) 
 
Miles and I met at the Tate Modern cafe in London as I sat there wondering why my writing has kept getting criticized by academia the way it has most of my life. 
What followed was the beginning of a conversation with him and his family (who eventually left us to it to catch some art) we both knew we wanted to take forward.
Here is the result.
 
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
 
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Audio Production: T.L. Mazumdar
Episode Notes/Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu
Connect with Miles:
Website: https://www.milesminiaci.com/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-miniaci-96461212/
Connect with T.L.:
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3JxiGmH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

Tuesday Jun 13, 2023


(Rec. 16th March 2023)
 
Author and host of the Amazon #1 best-selling How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams and the book’s accompanying podcast of the same name respectively,(which is the #1 Music Business podcast globally, charting on six continents with listeners in 140+ countries), founder of #iVoted Festival and Partner at Collective Entertainment, Emily White's portfolio in music management began at the tender age of 23 and went on to include a stunning roster of path-breaking artists that include the likes of Imogen Heap, The Dresden Dolls and consequent collaborators like Billie Eilish, Trey Anastasio of Phish, Playboi Carti, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Living Colour, Young the Giant and countless more who have participated in her pathbreaking #iVoted Festival.
 
An in-demand speaker and consultant due to her expertise within the modern music and sports industries, artist development, social media, and beyond, White has been on the cover of Pollstar Magazine with her name also gracing the cover of Billboard magazine. Her work has been additionally profiled in Variety, Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Alternative Press, Brooklyn Vegan, The Fader, Stereogum, Relix, CNN, Vox, The Huffington Post, ESPN, and more. She is a frequent guest blogger for Hypebot as well as Midem in Cannes, France, where she is a regular speaker.
 
In addition, White has proudly served on the boards of Well-Dunn, Future of Music, CASH Music, SXSW, The David Lynch Foundation Live while additionally serving on The Grammys’ Education Committee and Pandora’s Artist Advisory Council. She was named to Billboard’s 2020 Women in Music Executives of the Year list.
 
In this long-form conversation, we delve deep into the perils of falling prey to social media trends, why artists are entrepreneurs by default, and how physical movement arts and music are potentially powerful partners for a healthy artistpreneur mindset.
 
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Music & Audio Production by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Audio Production: T.L. Mazumdar
Episode Notes / Text : www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
Connect with Emily:
Website: https://www.collectiveentinc.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emwizzle/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emwizzle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emwizzle/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-white-457095110/
Connect with T.L.
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3JxiGmH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Monday May 01, 2023

 
(Rec. 22nd Nov 2023)
The trajectory of Bastian Voelkel’s career could have easily resembled that of another small-town music aspirant in Germany resting on the wreaths of a secure pensioned job as a teacher at the local music school as his earliest environment might have potentially suggested as the most suitable. The 18-year-old keyboardist however, decided to head synth-in-hand to audition for Europe's most elite university for pop musicians, taking the usual rejections from mainstream German jazz education gracefully in stride. And nailed the audition.
 
What followed over the years amidst the overwhelming and once-controversial but always innovative Pop-Akademie BW music-business vs music education conundrums and experiments in ‘Ausland-Semesters’ in the Netherlands, was the chance meeting with now long-time band-mate Alice Merton and a tireless and curious work-ethic that led to a Grammy nomination and a few 100 (and counting) shows around the world, earning him the reputation of one of the hardest-working keyboardists in Germany. 
 
I catch up with fellow Nord-artist and fellow Pop-Akademie BW alumni to discuss the importance of understanding space in live music performance, the trials and tribulations of touring internationally as a keyboardist, and the significance of authenticity and loyalty as a musician in this day and age.
 
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
(Now part of www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
 
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Produced by T.L. Mazumdar
Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
 
Connect with Bastian:
Website: https://www.bastianvoelkel.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastianvoelkel/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bastianvoelkel
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8025289/
 
Connect with T.L.
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3JxiGmH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

Tuesday Apr 11, 2023

While best known for accolades like national and world championship titles in martial arts, being named one of the top 100 trainers in the world by Mens Journal and trainer for elite professionals including the DEA, FBI, Secret Service, and athletes including players for the Phillies, Dodgers, and Eagles, Steve Maxwell's legacy in the world of fitness, health is one that transcends the mere physical with one rare quality that sets him a class apart from most contemporaries: wisdom.
At 70, Maxwell is fitter than many 20-year-olds, still travels the world teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and works intensely with clients and students online, a medium he had mastered decades before digital nomadism or remote work was established as a mainstream form of education. 
We address these topics and more in one of his rarest interviews that reveals parts of his past that very few are aware of: his musical upbringing and background.
Additionally, we touch upon many others that the conventional 'fitness' milieu would possibly frown at, including coffee enemas, the power of prayer, unpacking the dichotomies of physical violence and our common passion for astrology.
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
(Now part of www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
(Get a 25% discount on all courses as a podcast listener here)
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Produced by T.L. Mazumdar
Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
 
Connect with T.L.
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3JxiGmH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
Connect With Steve:
Website: https://www.maxwellsc.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevemaxwellsc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevemaxwellsc/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Maxwell
 
 

Tuesday Mar 21, 2023

The heart-centered passion of Ariel Hyatt, when fused with the astute intellect of a deep thinker whose observations on the ever-changing landscape of the global music industry have been the source of guidance for over 100,000 creatives in over 12 countries, results in one of the most appropriate status’s of a true ally for the independent artist in the 21st century.
Founder of one of the most globally respected (NYC-based), artist-development and marketing strategy firms, Cyber PR, and author of 6 books on marketing, crowdfunding, social media, and publicity, (including an #1 Amazon best-seller), Hyatt has been cheerleading independent artists for 26 years and running, helping them take control of their own marketing, leading masterclasses and workshops, earning her a rare brand of credibility in the industry that sets her apart amidst the murky waters that have threatened to demoralize the independent artist from the beginning of time: PR.
In this long-form conversation, we unpack the true meaning behind the same, discuss the challenges of the independent artist attempting to make a post-pandemic ‘comeback’, the struggles we face to connect authentically beyond the shimmer of metrics in a hyper-digitalized age, and the dangers of going about ‘business as usual’ in 2023.
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
(Now part of www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Produced by T.L. Mazumdar
Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
 
Connect with Ariel:
Website: https://www.cyberprmusic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyberprmusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyberpr
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/cyberpr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cyberpr
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cyberprmusic
 
Connect with T.L.
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3JxiGmH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023

The staggeringly versatile skill-set of NYC-based Dutch Singer, Educator, Psychologist and Artist-preneur Vivienne Aerts busts myths around the ‘Jill of all trades’ paradigm with a nonchalance that leaves even the most skeptical purist taking a bow, and her protege as co-facilitator of iconic Pianist Kenny Werner’s ‘Effortless Mastery’ irrefutably established.
Assistant Professor at Berklee since 2014 where Werner and Aerts build a new generation of holistic performers at the Effortless Mastery Institute, the Fulbright scholars eclectic ‘experience’ events in collaboration with her husband, renowned pastry chef Ted Steinebach was the root of her multi-disciplinary approach to the making of her new album, ‘Typuhthâng’, which not just features a 100 female musicians from around the globe, but also comes with a bar of bean-to-bar chocolate from Original Beans Chocolate, a company that pro-actively empowers female cacao farmers of Virunga State Park in Congo.
We catch up in this long-form conversation and exclusive listening session, as one of Tapasya Loading's founding guests returns with the fascinating journey that the past three years have been, close on the heels of the aftermath of an Effortless Mastery Weekend-Intensive retreat.
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
(Now part of www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
(Get a 25% discount on all courses as a podcast listener here)
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Produced by T.L. Mazumdar
Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
 
Connect with Vivienne: 
Website
Bandcamp
Spotify
Instagram
Facebook
Edible art performances: www.vervool.com
Connect with T.L. :
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Mentorship & Coaching: www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
Piano & Music Lessons: www.holisticpianoacademy.com
Content Writing: www.tlwrites.com
Instagram
Spotify
Facebook
Twitter 
 

Thursday Mar 02, 2023


LA-based Colombian bassist, arranger, educator, and musical director Esther Rojas's  multifaceted and versatile skill-set while aptly facilitating high-calibre collaborations with iconic artists like Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Jon Secada, and Carlos Vivesamong others, when not donning the MD hat for mammoth large-ensemble projects (like the Bogota Big Band), is only the reflection of a remarkably deep and sensitive thinker whos inner work on well-being and mental health sets a commendable precedent for future generations of artists and musicians around the globe.
 
This long-form conversation addresses some of the most pivotal issues contemporary artists deal with going in-depth on understanding sustainability, mental health, work ethics, and the process involved in honing the required skillsets for the same while navigating the diverse environments that have shaped the wisdom shared from her story.
 
This episode is brought to you by: 
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
(Now part of www.holisticmusicianacademy.com)
(Get a 25% discount on all courses as a podcast listener here)
Listen to T.L.'s new album HERE
Music by: www.everynowheremusic.com
Produced by T.L. Mazumdar
Text: www.tlwrites.com
Recorded on a Zoom Podtrak P4 kindly sponsored by:
https://www.sound-service.eu     
 
Connect with Esther:
 
Website: https://www.estherojas.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther.rojasr/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/estherojasr
Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhrzcQmsmbsgKioJH8UM_g
 
Connect with T.L.
www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticmusicianacademy.com
www.holisticpianoacademy.com
www.tlwrites.com
Instagram
Spotify
Facebook
Twitter 
 
 

DISCLAIMER : The views of guests are not necessarily reflective of T.L. Mazumdar’s. T.L. Mazumdar is not affiliated to any religious institutions or organisations.

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