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Self-Worth and the Musicians Mindset with Lefteris Moumtzis

Co-founder of Louvana Records, Cypriot musician, composer/ producer and educator Lefteris Moumtzis pioneers festivals like Fengaros Music Festival, Music Village Fengaros, and Lefkosia Loop Festival, and is Cyprus's first generation of post-internet global artists. A default status his journey saw him attain after a portfolio of work in London following his studies in Berklee College Of Music after the unassuming backdrop of military service connected him with the epiphany of music being his true call. One that his childhood musical exploits as the offspring of a music teacher at the piano and saxophone had probably been hinting at the whole time.
In this sensitive and intimate conversation, we address the subtleties of the fragile corners of the songwriter's mind, the tricky yet fulfilling balancing act collaboration can be, and the celebration of a younger generation of post-colonial artists whose mentoring is a role he has embraced very naturally.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.holisticpianoacademy.com
 
Recorded on a Zoom L8 mixer kindly sponsored by
https://www.sound-service.eu   
 
 
Connect with Lefteris: 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LefterisMoumtzis
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ic7JLe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedom_candlemaker
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LMoumtzis
Connect with T.L.:
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Coaching: www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

F for 'Fusion', Growing Up In the Gharana, and a Brief History of Indian Classical Music with Pratik Shrivastava

At home on stage in India and around the world since pre-adolescence, multiple national-award winner Pratik Shrivastava is a rare representative of Indian musicians whose rootedness in the tradition of Indian Classical Music blends seamlessly with innovation authentically relevant to a global South-Asian lens.
 
Initiated into the art of playing the Sarod by grandfather Pandit Rabi Chakraborty, of the “Maihar Gharana”, he was mentored his uncle Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty. Under the observant and nurturing eye of his mother, eminent sitarist Rina Shrivastava, who decided to move the family to Kolkata from Hyderabad for Pratik's music Education in the earlier years.
 
We catch up in Kolkata briefly before his move to Mumbai to exchange notes on the complex nature of the genre 'Fusion', his journey to an alternative around its murkiness, music education, and the time we met at 3 in the morning for one of the most enjoyable studio-sessions of my life.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
 
Download the soundtrack to this episode at http://bit.ly/someoneintro 
 
Recorded on a Zoom L8 mixer kindly sponsored by
https://www.sound-service.eu   
 
 
Connect with Pratik:
 
Instagram: instagram.com/sarodpratik 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Sarodshri
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarodpratik/
Connect with T.L.:
Artist Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
Coaching: www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

TCK Dichotomies, Klugscheissing and the Future of Green Entrepreneurship with Daniel Hires

Based in Barcelona after a decade-long stint in Berlin, activist, social entrepreneur, innovation catalyst Daniel Hires was a three-month-old baby when he was adopted from South Korea before he went on to be raised between the US and Germany by his German mother and American father.
 
A family man today himself, his vision is '..a future of humanity in balance with nature and life on Earth'.
 
Coach and advisor to social enterprises and co-author on project kickstarting publications, Daniel's work is the intersection of social innovation, technology, business strategy, and human-centered design.
 
His passion facilitates interactive workshops and authentic relationships within communities, innovative leadership practices, and economic transformation.
 
We catch up for the first time post-pandemic to exchange notes as fellow TCK's, nomads, and the blurred lines between critical thinking and Klugscheissing. And reminisce on how we finally managed to meet in person in Lisbon on one of the craziest evenings of our lives after almost 5 years of exclusively online correspondence. 
 
This episode is brought to you by www.holisticpianoacademy.com
 
Recorded on a Zoom L8 mixer kindly sponsored by
https://www.sound-service.eu  
 
Connect with Daniel:
 
Website: https://daniel.eco
Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiresd/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/projecthires
Connect with T.L.:
Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Building the Legacy of Contemporary European Percussion and Integrating Institutionalised Education In The Real World with Stephan Maass

The biography of Stephan Maass reads like the who's who list all contemporary jazz and popular music from the past two decades.The very unique approaches the Bavarian-bred part-time Viennese musician has adopted towards playing multi-percussion, producing music, and being an educator is an inspiring insight into the mind of an extremely sensitive, intelligent, and deep thinker who has been a natural path-breaker in the history of contemporary European Music.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.holisticpianoacademy.com
 
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu  
Connect with Stephan: 
Website: https://maassmusic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephan_maass_percussion
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanmaass
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanmaassofficial
Connect with T.L.:
Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Being 'The Voice Of Manipur' With Akhu Chingangbam

Akhu Chingangbam is a musician, activist, scientist, and founding member of the legendary band 'The Imphal Talkies' and Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Manipur's largest 10,000 footprint-strong music festival. 
A childhood spent growing up amidst regular conflict and raids that he thought was everyday normality until his move to New Delhi to complete his Ph.D. in Physics gave him his first alternative perspective, his growth and credibility as one of the most authentic and boldest spokespeople for the globally controversial region of Northeastern India through his soulful music and multiple social projects is an inspiring story of hope that garners the respect of listeners and supporters all over. 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com and www.holisticpianoacademy.com
 
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu 
 
Connect with Akhu: 
Tweets: http://twitter.com/ImphalTalkies
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/imphaltalkies
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/imphal-talkies
Blog: http://imphaltalkies.blogspot.com/
Connect with T.L.:
Website: www.everynowheremusic.com
www.holisticpianoacademy.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

The Anatomy Of A Career As A Music-Producer in 2021 With Lorenz Schimpf aka LO

With 8 million plus streams to his credit, Berlin-based Producer/Musician Lorenz Schimpf aka LO belongs to that rare breed of artists whose out-of-the-box musical approaches transcend the unassumingly unconventional influences of a small-town native in the postcard-picturesque backdrop of the Schwabian Alps. Bursting onto the scene in the 2000's as an underground Soundcloud prodigy, his swift success and collaborations with some of the freshest names in the industry were but a natural predecessor to his most recent, critically acclaimed solo album 'Night Owls'.I catch up with my former piano-student-turned-college-mate for some laidback reminiscing and perusing on the work-life balance for the music-producer and the anatomy of a music-career in 2021.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com  
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu  
 
Connect With LO :
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thisislo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iseelo
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39vUY6Y
Website: http://www.thisislo.com 
 
Connect with T.L. / EveryNowHere
Website: www.findtl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Uniting the Warrior And The Monk With Cameron Shayne

Most well-known as Hollywood Celebrity Trainer for the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Charlie Sheen, Rene Russo, and Meg Ryan, founder of Budokon Academy Cameron Shayne is considered the father of the 'mixed movement arts' culture. Currently working on his third black belt in Jiu-Jitsu (where he started his journey with the legendary Rickson Gracie as his first teacher), his unique approaches to balancing the feminine and masculine energies, deep practice of Yoga, and razor-sharp intellect that has delved into years of research towards his practice has set new standards for what is possibly one of the most progressive schools and studies for physical movement today.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com  
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu 
 
Connect with Cameron:
Website 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameronshayne
Connect with T.L. / EveryNowHere
Website: www.findtl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Kai Eckhardt (Pt.2) : 'Demons, Angels and Booty shaking in 9/8

Recorded during the California wildfires of 2020 amidst US pre-election mayhem, in Part 2 of my conversation with my friend and mentor Kai Eckhardt we delve into his entry into the international Jazz-Fusion career as bass-player with the legendary John Mclaughlin trio after opening thoughts on 'attitude'.
(Please check Part 1 for extended bio).
 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com  
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu 
 
Connect with Kai: 
Website : https://kaieckhardt.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/kai.eckhardt.94
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kaizone61/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/kaieckhardt?lang=en 
 
Connect with T.L. / EveryNowHere
Website: www.findtl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar

Multiple Lifetimes In One With Kai Eckhardt (Pt 1)

The life of Kai Eckhardt reads like one unbelievable series of multiple lifetimes' worth of experiences squeezed into one so far.
Born 1961 in Mainz, Germany to the Liberian '50 cent Doctor' of a polygamist tribe who went on to become the country's President's medical advisor after finishing a degree in medicine from New York City where he'd landed as a stowaway, and a Lutheran-Evangelist German mother who survived the Allied Forces bombings of Nazi Germany as a 10-year-old by sheer chance, only to go on to be shunned by her family and friends for marrying a black man, Kai Eckhardt's contribution to the world of Jazz-fusion is etched into history books as founding bass-player for one of the most important Jazz Guitar Trios of the world with John McLaughlin and Trilok Gurtu.
A career he walked away from to return to Germany to nurse his foster father in his last years while watching him redeem a soul plagued by the conscience of an SSS fighter who escaped Russian captivity shortly before the end of WWII, saved only by the convenient coincidence of not having being tattooed with the symbol due to late enrolment.
All before he eventually migrated to California where he went on to make waves with his genre-bending band Garaj Mahal , and lives in with his partner (now wife) of 30 years with whom he fathers two offsprings.
In this first part of two episodes, I dive in deep with my dear friend and mentor Kai Eckhardt to visit the earliest years of his childhood growing up as Germany's first generation of colored natives amidst the disturbing, heartbreaking yet soul-stirring and conflicted era of post-WWII Germany. One which still employed Third Reich veterans as school teachers and sports coaches and stands testimony to the country's ever-evolving and conflicted stand on its contemporary identity.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com  
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu
 
Connect with Kai: 
Website : https://kaieckhardt.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/kai.eckhardt.94
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kaizone61/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/kaieckhardt?lang=en 
 
Connect with T.L. / EveryNowHere
Website: www.findtl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar
 

Navigating the Producer/Musician Journey Between US and Europe for 20 plus Years with Matthew Brown

Credits and collaborations including the likes of Lucinda Willams, Bill Frisell, The Walkabouts and films "Eden' and "Nightstalker" in addition to composing critically acclaimed ambient music under the moniker 'Disinterested' are an effortless testimony to the rare and sensitive artist who is Matthew Emerson Brown.
Founding member of highly acclaimed dream pop band Trespassers William and the first studio manager and engineer of Sonikwire Studios in Orange County, California, Matthew Browns career in the music business since 1999 in various capacities as artist, producer, composer and engineer represents a waning breed of musicians equally at home in the analog and digital realms of sonic art.
Matthews move to Seattle in 2005 to pursue a freelance recording career saw him join the band the Soft Hills, signed to Hamburg's Tapete Records, thus leading him to Germany where he went on to be founding member with the band Wait Wait. Recently relocated to Seattle, Matthew continues to produce, record and mix and create as member of the Hannah Ramone band.
We catch up after 6 years to talk about the quirks of working between continents, figuring out what a good take is and the shifts the music industry seems to be embracing.
 
This episode is brought to you by www.everynowheremusic.com  
Recorded on a Zoom L8 Mixer kindly sponsored by https://www.sound-service.eu
 
Connect with Matthew : 
www.emerson77.com
www.spaceranchstudios.com
Instagram: spaceranchstudios
 
 
Connect with T.L. / EveryNowHere
Website: www.findtl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39S0dP5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlmusician
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlmazumdar