Music Meaning Mystery

Is Music a Gift From ”The Other World”? - With musician and writer Joshua Cutchin

Joshua is a tubist and writer. We discuss tuba music, gigging economy, faerie music and more.

Joshua's website: https://www.joshuacutchin.com/

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Originally recorded July 28 2022

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Sounds used in this podcast came from the below sources and used under fair dealing law of Canada; education:

Outro song - Firewater - Electric City

Can Music Produce Miracles? - with guest Solveig Englund, music therapist

Solveig is a music therapist, a musician, and possibly a literal angel (?) according to at least one guy. We talk about music therapy as applied in pre-school to hospice care and the literal miracles it produces. And of course once again, music as medicine.

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Originally recorded August 5 2022

What Is The Future Of Music? - With musician & astrologer, Zamboni Funk

Zamboni is an astrologer and a musician. We have a discussion about the future of music and also about black music which takes us into a discussion on race and "whiteness".

Zamboni's website: https://www.zambonifunk.com

Zamboni Funk on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/69XoFcxl9COHiYXZtMdAAE?si=1ba98c3cf2894ce5

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded June 8 2022

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Sounds used in this podcast came from the below sources and used under fair dealing law of Canada; education:

Erykah Badu - On & On

What Shall We Do With Our Shadow? with guest: Seriah Azkath

Seriah is a Heavy Metal radio DJ and also hosts a paranormal podcast. We talk about great concerts we've been to, haunted radio stations, can heavy music be medicinal?, and a paranormal experience Seriah had involving music.

Seriah's metal show: http://www.thelastexit.org/

Seriah's paranormal podcast: https://wheredidtheroadgo.com/

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded April 13 2022

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Sounds used in this podcast came from the below sources and used under fair dealing law of Canada; education:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg626BVWeXW4MBkQ3GAf8AA/about
https://www.youtube.com/c/ASMRReview/about

Can Birdsong Tell the Future? - Leina Savage: Bird Omens and the Music of Nature

This month’s podcast is a conversation with Leina Savage. Leina specializes in reading Bird Auspices. This means bascially, divination by bird. But not exactly as Leina explains. We discuss the history of bird augury, the music of the forest, the planetary associations of birds and more.

Leina's website: https://leinasavage.com/

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded May 9 2022

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Background bird sounds provided by youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/dhuting
Night nature sounds provided by youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGidxwtLftHppm6UxJuDPQ
Toad croak from youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/MartyCalabrese
Black capped Chickadee sounds from youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/SerbiA66
California Quail call from youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyq1m1n9-6dNOEg5nfQG1eg
"Exceptional Blue Jay calls" from youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/MyBackyardBirding
Spotted Towhee calls from youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/LangElliott
"11 crow sounds and calls" by youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/c/KrariTheCrow

The above sounds used under fair dealing law of Canada; education

Kristen Houser - Animal Music

Kristen is an animal communicator. We discuss what animal communication is, how the song of whales  sparked a cultural revolution against industrial whaling, and a special message from the animals for musicians.

https://www.faunaspeak.com/

https://www.instagram.com/faunaspeak/

faunaspeak@gmail.com

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded December 18 2021

Evan Amoto: Rewire the West (beauty in the western classical music canon)

Evan is inspiring others to enter into a relationship with the beauty of western classical music. We discuss why beauty matters, Evan's personal favorite pieces of music, Dante and much more. 

Evan's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RewiretheWest

Evan's website: https://rewirethewest.com/

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com

The Music Meaning and Mystery Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded Nov 13 2021

Su Terry Returns and a one year anniversary giveaway!

What are you gonna bring to the table when you're older and not cute any more?

A chat with Su Terry about vibes, why John Coltrane played so many damn notes, vertical music, Raw Sound as the Source and a story about Billy Taylor and Art Tatum.

Su Terry's website: https://suterry.com

The video with Bobby McFerrin and the pentatonic scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk

This podcast's accompanying article: https://musicmeaningandmystery.com/2022/07/21/of-frogs-and-birds-the-podcast-turns-1-giveaway-included/

Timothy Sailor's podcast: https://nightbirdpodcast.com/

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Music Meaning and Mystery website: https://musicmeaningandmystery.ca/

The Music Meaning and Mystery Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded October 4 2021

Bettina Rothe: Music, Body, Dance, Medicine

Bettina is a dancer specializing in ecstatic dance. She believes dance can heal the wounds of fragmentation. We discuss music's effect on the body, her experiences with dance at the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is ecstatic dance and much more. 

Bettina Rothe's website: https://www.bettinarothe.com/


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Music Meaning and Mystery website: om

The Music Meaning and Mystery Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded October 20 2021

The Ethnomusicology of the Ancients with Drew

Drew is an ethnomusicologist currently working in North Africa. We discuss the ethnomusicology of the Bible. This spins out into a discussion about how various pre-modern people's can teach us to deepen our relationship to music and learn to reprioritize it. 

Drew has a youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/clobbort

Music Meaning and Mystery website: om

The Music Meaning and Mystery Substack: https://musicmeaningandmystery.substack.com/

Originally recorded October 11 2021