The Lean Musician Podcast

Sophie Alloway

Sophie Alloway is a fantastic UK drummer that tours internationally with a ton of artists like The Lydian Collective, Chihiro Yamanaka and Wildcard.

June 9, 2019

Lean Musician

The Musician's Writing Process | Part 1

In this episode we look at a preview of a talk I'm giving at a music school soon, all based around the composer's writing process.

March 26, 2019

Terri Lyne Carrington

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When the first musician you ever sit in with is Rahsaan Roland Kirk, your first gig is when your 10 and names like Max Roach, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Haynes, Alan Dawson and Jack Dejohnette are really interested in your development... you know you're off to a good start.

November 13, 2018

Barry Green

Mastery & The Inner Game of Music

Barry Green is a writer, performer and teacher. He was principal bassist for the Cincinnati symphony for 28 years. He’s coached hundreds and hundreds of people on their performance, not just the practical but the inner game. He’s an endlessly fascinated and inspiring musician who’s been on a lifelong quest and exploration of musical mastery. He’s the perfect guest for us to have on.

September 25, 2018

Dave Swift

Go to the Source

For the last three decades, Dave has been the main bass man for Jools Holland. In this interview we hear about how Dave started out, we hear about his journey to becoming a well rounded musician, his early years with Jools, all the experiences with the band & we talk a load about education.

September 25, 2018

Chris Donnelly

Just Start

Chris Donnelly, a Juno-nominated pianist and composer from Toronto Canada came on the show to discuss how to practice, the importance of play, finding flow with computers, chip tunes and much more.

September 25, 2018

David Reed

Improvise for Real

In this episode of the Lean Musician podcast I have David Reed on. David is the founder of Improvise for Real - a methodology and library of materials that allow anyone to start and improve their improvising in a unique and natural way.

August 22, 2018

William Westney

Performance, Practice & Redefining Mistakes

During the first episode of the Lean Musician Podcast episode we discuss William Westney's work in education, as well as his deep exploration of practice & performance. At first glance, the concepts that William explores here are non-traditional, but as you will hear - they are from a tradition and musical wisdom that has been around for a long time.

September 25, 2018