I live by two mantras. “Breath in the suffering, breath out the love.” That’s the basis of most of my meditations. When that doesn’t work, then, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” ~Bonnie Whitmore Continue reading The Bonnie Whitmore Interview
“When we play at our best we really play beyond ourselves and the music happens by itself.”
~Jazz saxophonist Nat Birchall, in an interview with Wanda Waterman, June, 2016 Continue reading Nat Birchall: Playing Beyond Ourselves
“I think most artists are empathetic people. That’s the bane of being creative.” ~Christian Patrick, guitarist and lead vocalist for Heavy Static. Continue reading The Bane of Creativity: The Christian Patrick Interview
What possessed a bunch of classical musicians to come together and make music based on “the idea of north?”
According to Colin Savage, it was both an organic process and an idea whose time had come. Continue reading An Idea of North: The Ensemble Polaris Interview
“The fun part for me is the concept stage, when I get to plan what happens in the piece. My attitude toward what I create is that everything must have a unity about it. If you want to achieve something very Mozartian you have to trim the fat and you can only do that with a clear vision.” Continue reading Dinuk
The Mindful Bard 