Chris and I have been having musical soulversations for close to two decades.  An accomplished film composer, conductor and musician based in LA, he has worked with Michael Bublé, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera and many others.  More importantly, he has a deep and profound understanding and approach to the art and practice of creating music. We went through David Darling's Music for People apprenticeship together and share a similar love and passion for the art of improvisation. We dive into the first time he heard Dark Wood one of David's poignant solo cello albums that helped him begin to look at the art of music making from a more profound and simple approach - what David often called Deep Listening - or playing from INSIDE the music, i.e., allowing the music to be birthed from this incredibly intimate, innocent and vulnerable place we all have within.  Join us for this deep dive into what "Being In The Music" means to us and how David's legacy lives on a year after he transitioned to the other side of things.

Here is a bit more about Chris:

As a conductor and orchestrator, Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli has worked with top recording artists Michael Bublé, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera, and She & Him, among others. He is also an Emmy-nominated composer whose latest classical work, Continent’s End, is available on the Delos Music label. His music can be found on the web at posthornmusic.com.

Chris' IMBD:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1125129/

00:00 Intro

04:00 David Darling's Album Darkwood - Simple, Deep, Personal Expression

05:00 A Tuba at Esalen Institute 

10:21 Spirit and the Breath

19:35 Playing from Deep Inside the Music  

21:00 Soul Source and Jung

23:00 Returning to Child as Healing

25:00 Vulnerability of the Voice

29:00 Play One Thing - Simplicity and the Moment of Belonging in a music improv 

35:00 Even the Most Accomplished Musicians Struggle with getting out of their way

39:00 Deep Listening and Being Inside the Music 

44:03 Film Composing 

50:00 Power of Community in Supporting Creative Expression