Musitations™: Exploring Music, Meditation, Creativity and Wisdom

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