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Join viennese composer and percussionist Reinhard Flatischler for an eye-opening listening experience. Through inspiring interviews with world-renowned artists, leaders, teachers, high- class performers and scientists, this podcast goes beyond music and explores rhythm from different angles: percussion, drumming, singing, chronobiology, spirituality, modern digitization and health. It will give you new perspectives of how to improve your creativity, your health and your resilience and getting into the flow of life
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With this solocast I invite you to listen to the music of "MegaDrums". Some of the best drummers of our time join forces in this unique group, that I founded in 1985. Get to know the diverse musical backgrounds of these master drummers and experience for yourself, that "World Language Rhythm" really exists.
Mickey Hart, Arthur Hull, Babatunde Olatunji, Glen Velez and Layne Redmond are just a few prominent names of the REMO drum family, to which I also proudly belong. Remo Belli, founder of the REMO company was a pioneer in bringing awareness to the importance of drumming and rhythm for wellbeing, health and creativity. This episode highlights his lifetime achievement.
Dive with us into the process of analyzing different rhythm theories, always accompanied by enthralling music samples. I invite you to follow us into the contemplation how we are able to visualize rhythm, investigating the many concepts that exist around rhythm. Is the theory of rhythm helping us to understand this primal force of life on a deeper level?
'Life begins where fear ends.' This is one quote of Osho, Miten's spiritual teacher. Miten has lived this paradigm and produced together with his wife Deva Premal and other incredible musicians tunes, that are able to touch your heart on a deep level and - whenever there is love, fear has no place.
Rüdiger Braun is a free journalist and scriptwriter. He has engaged all his life in the quest of finding out, why some music feels groovy and some music does not. He is the author of the award winning book " Our seven senses". With music examples and deep reflections going hand in hand I hope that this episode can jumpstart your interest in the magic of rhythmic synchronisation.
Some people specialize in certain niches and that is great. Australian performer and TaKeTiNa Teacher Tania Bosak however has a real broad vision to experience life through many channels. She shares how her life unfolded between daring experiments, the longing for community and the challenge of being a woman leader on stage. And if you listen to this episode you will be surpised how harmoniously all those facets come together in her work.
Freedom of speech and the curiosity on fellow humans - this is what this episode is all about. Through the lease of the one thing that connects us all - rhythm. This podcast hosts musicians, scientists, physicians from all corners of rhythmic expression. And as you listen to them and their music, you might discover that the common ground is way stronger than the obvious discrepancies. It's time to connect and listen to each other.
1Listening is so much broader than just music. If I want to listen by heart, I need to be empty in my thoughts and I need to be still. And maybe music is a perfect way to learn that ability, especially the way my today's guest listens. Evelyn Glennie is a true legend already in her lifetime. She is a multiple Grammy award winner, she is a Ted Talk speaker and she has been given more than 100 awards internationally. But this is just the icing on the cake. The real thing is that she lost her hearing when she was about eight, and instead of quitting music, she embarked on a career that brings a new paradigm of listening to the world.
Dr. Bruce Lipton has revolutionized biology. He has come up with the idea that your own beliefs can change the way your DNA acts in your life. He has debunked the central dogma that wants you to believe that you are a slave to your genes, which you of course are not. Bruce is a biologist and a best-selling author of many books. For me, Bruce is a liberator because he has empowered countless people around the globe to become masters of their own lives. Join us to discover how to change your vibration and become master of your genes!
Today, I invite you to join me on a journey where you will meet a young female drummer who has made it to the top league in music, without having been born in the upper echelon. Aleksandra Šuklar plays in high-performance music events like "World of Hans Zimmer." But you don't make it to that level just by practicing a lot... So, let´s find out what's her secret.
Driven by curiosity and the passion to share, Bernhard travels the world collaborating with musicians across all genres. In this episode we talk about how to transfer Indian rhythms onto western drums, his experience being a student of great tabla master Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, how to start learning completely new rhythm concepts, how to deal with and learn from challenging and confusing moments in your musical career, and much more. Join us to explore, as Bernhard says, the wonderful, not yet heard sound worlds that rhythm can bring to your life.
Musicians associated with Bernhard mentioned in this episode:
Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, Trilok Gurtu, Rakesh Chaurasia, Anoushka Shankar, Soumik Datta, Nitin Sawhney, Israel Galvan.
The Hang Massive project evolved from busking on the streets of European cities to performing festival line-ups and high-profile music venues around the world. In this episode, Reinhard investigates with Danny and Markus the power of simplicity in both, music and life. With their music and lifestyle, Hang Massive's founders show that you can go very far with your projects by supporting yourself in your contemplative practice and the simplicity in your life.
In this episode, I discuss with young composer and Kodo performer Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga about the strict 2-year apprenticeship training -away from civilization- to become a Kodo member, how they rehearse new compositions, how they reach such a group precision and resonance, the deep spiritual meaning of playing these giant drums and much more. Join us in this journey to traditional rituals and contemporary thoughts about ancient instruments.
Michael is a music educator with a passion to make videos for people who want to learn about percussion. He's been creating videos on YouTube since 2010. He's more than 300 videos in which he teaches different rhythms and instruments, techniques, styles and more. In this episode we talk about how he started teaching online, the similarities and differences of the rhythmic traditions of Brazil, Cuba and Africa, and about the balance between following the tradition and creating your own combinations.
In this episode, I discuss with Joseph Pepe Danza -musician, Zen practitioner and sound healer who’s been living within the Eastern Traditions of Daoism and Zen Buddhism for the last 40 years- about how to get the groovy thing out of discipline, the keys in the practice of any musical instrument for the sound to pass through us without resistance and the big chance we have to attain vertical time through music.
In this episode, I discuss with Michael Spiro about the roots of Rumba, the role of drums in spiritual traditions such as Cuban Santería, the path he traveled to become first a conga player and then a priest in that tradition, and the fascinating stories behind the formation of emblematic groups like Los Muñequitos de Matanzas and Afro-Cuba de Matanzas. Join us in this journey to The Heart of Cuba!
A short and powerful talk with Gustavo Gitti, certified TaKeTiNa Rhythm Teacher and leader of the online meditation community "O Lugar."
How can we find stability and orientation in the confusing and wild situation of the world today? How can rhythm, meditation and being of benefit to others strengthen this stability and awaken our wisdom and compassion?
We went through the meditation practices of stability, wisdom and compassion, the space and stillness that opens up in rhythm training and the benefits of putting wisdom and compassion in action by practicing silent contemplation together with artistic expression.
In this episode with Greg Ellis - who is the rhythm power in films like Matrix Reloaded, Argo, Dragonfly, 300, Iron Man and many more - we dive into "Stepping out of the click", an excellent metaphor for what we are experiencing between organic time and mechanical time. We also discuss about the drummer's role in modern film score and RhythmPharm, the rhythm tonics crafted by him.
In this episode I talk with percussionist and handpan player David Kuckhermann about his musical compositions with handpan and world drums, the history of the hang created by PanArt, being fluent playing odd cycle rhythms and his online music school.
In this episode I talk with the conga legend Giovanni Hidalgo about the feeling of groove, the mindset for training percussion, how the pioneering conga players like Candido Camero and Tata Güines tuned their congas, Giovanni's musical and life stories, the healing power of rhythm, the revival of MegaDrums and much more. Giovanni even gave us an amazing live conga solo!
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