Season 3 Trailer
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
12/08/22
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Hi! I wanted to give you an update on Conversations with Musicians. The next episode will be released January 7 2023, as Episode 1 of Season 3.The world is often a scary place, but my hope is that this series brings a positive and contemplative time into your life, with so many inspiring stories, insights and music from my featured guests. Season 3 is continuing with a fascinating diversity of creative musicians following different paths. In 2021 and 22 I released a total of 50 episodes, with many bonus shorter episodes in my Inspiring Excerpts series. If you look at my episode catalog on my podcast website, you’ll find links to all the episodes in both video and podcast format, with descriptions, photos and many transcripts. If you sign up for my newsletter through my website https://www.leahroseman.com/ then you’ll be getting lots of sneak peeks of upcoming guests. Finally, for less than a monthly cup of coffee, you can sponsor this series and get access to my exclusive Q&As, and a selection of unique perks tailored to your interests, through my Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/LeahRoseman I wish you and your loved ones health and happiness. I so look forward to sharing with you many more musicians’ perspectives! my photo: Curtis Perry
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Leslie DeShazor
November 26, 2022
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Leslie DeShazor is a multi-style violist, violinist and composer based in Detroit. She teaches students both through the Sphinx Organization and the Detroit Symphony as well as privately. She was named one of thirty Professional Movers and Shakers in the Performing Arts by Musical America in 2019 and in 2022 she released her jazz and R&B album “Journey With Me” which features herself as soloist, bandleader, and composer.
Towards the beginning of this episode you’ll hear her composition “Simply Complicated” from “Journey With Me”. This conversation was full of stories and insights from Leslie’s life. She shared valuable perspectives that educators, parents and anyone who mentors children and young adults will find inspiring and thought-provoking. We talked a lot about why kids quit playing music, why so many young adults today have trouble figuring out the direction of their life, and how the educational system can take away people’s innate creativity and confidence. Leslie is such an articulate and engaging speaker; I’m sure listeners everywhere will enjoy this episode! The musicians on Simply Complicated are: Nate Winn - drums, Brendon Davis - piano Brandon Rose - bass Photo: Bruce Turner
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Cold open quote plus Intro
(02:00) album Journey With Me, accepting help
(06:16) differences playing acoustic and electric instruments
(07:30) intro to tune “Simply Complicated”
(13:25) Leslie’s childhood musical pranks, growing up in Inkster and Canton
(16:10) the importance of Detroit in many different musical genres
(18:36) the influence and importantce of church music
(22:47) Interlochen, perspectives on exposing kids to a competitive atmosphere
(32:43) Leslie’s approach to coaching student ensembles
(36:14) Leslie’s history going to Orchestra Hall, continuity and history of Detroit
(40:52) parenting, guiding children in music
(42:37) University of Michigan and Wayne State college experiences, James Dapogny, how to guide students, the importance of helping music students with options
(51:00) dealing with injury
(53:06) different cultures through dance, learning Spanish, teaching with Sphinx
(56:14) Sphinx organization
(01:03:10) Musique Noire, Eunoia Society, JoVia Armstrong
(01:04:45) problem with labels in music, colonial attitudes
(01:10:44) teaching music using different strategies
(01:16:35) challenges in guiding students
(01:19:53) students who are over-scheduled, the benefits of allowing time for creativity and play
(01:25:42) Cole Randolph taking time off and motivation
(01:26:42) dealing with stress through exercise, jumping rope, keeping balance
(01:30:00) freelance life stress
(01:31:18) teaching body percussion, benefits of community music making, learning from other educators
(01:35:35) Leslie’s advice about bravery
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Renée Yoxon
January 7, 2023
•84m
Renée Yoxon is a trans non-binary singer, songwriter, jazz musician, and trans voice teacher.
In this episode, Renee shares some beautiful and inspiring performances from their albums, as well as stories from life as a disabled person and how their disability and chronic pain has guided the direction of their career. We talk about their musical development, and their experiences both bad and good as they navigated their musical education (after finishing a degree in physics!). Renée explains the kind of work they do with trans vocal exploration and we dive into all kinds of topics in the usual tangential style of this series. The transcript and video are linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/rene-yoxon
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Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:21) Renée’s physics degree, start in school band, Jazz Works camp
(00:04:19) free improv group, intergenerational friendships
(00:06:38) intro to “Willow Weep for Me” by Ann Ronell
(00:08:53) “Willow Weep for Me” with René Gely
(00:13:57) piano, ukulele
(00:15:26) “Beautiful Alchemy”, film with Teagan Lance and album
(00:17:14) “Terrible Alchemy”
(00:23:19) Blossom Dearie
(00:23:52) worldless improv
(00:24:37) studies in New York, living as a disabled person, vocal technique
(00:29:33) singing in rock band “Gorgeous George”, care of the voice and endurance training
(00:32:20) trans voice aleration, TikTok success, pitch lowering, taking risks and learning to be silly
(00:40:14) gender presentation and gender identity
(00:42:35) ways we can alter the voice
(00:45:09) different languages in terms of vocal alteration, vocal fry and gendered cutural coding for vocal characteristics
(00:47:52) TikTok
(00:49:22) teaching Trans Voice Alteration to other teachers
(00:51:45) the importance of teaching business skills to musicians, University of Limerick, Edel Meade
(00:55:58) Banff, McGill, growing up in Ottawa, the importance of mentors, Mark Ferguson, René Gely
(01:00:29) social anxiety, speaking in public with a different voice or new language
(01:02:38) different people who take Renée’s courses on voice alteration
(01:03:18) songwriting, Aoife McAtamney Pink Breath
(01:04:27) “Drinking Coffee”
(01:08:58) songs “The Bad Years” about their chronic illness
(01:10:27) Kazaa music sharing, learning jazz repertoire
(01:12:53) Renée’s perspective on the music industry as a disabled person, and experiences at McGill university with lack of accessibility
(01:17:46) Mx non-binary honorific, the importance of pronouns
(01:20:32) disability rights, more about their McGill experience
(01:22:45) Montreal
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