149 Sessions

Can you evaluate whether you are successful without first clarifying what metrics you're using to define success and working out the sincerity and relevance of that decision? Well, we've tried it, and it is not an ideal formula. Fortunately we have cultivated some other ideas along the way, which we discuss here.

Vulnerability is already a tricky subject, and here Jen and Noah explore the subtopic of being vulnerable in public by putting oneself "out there" as musicians or otherwise, including a look at different elements that add to vulnerability, ranging from one's inner state to the potential of sharing especially personal stories and/or emotions.

In Part 2 of this two-part discussion, Jen and Noah continue to explore what it is to experience music, particularly the physical experience therein and the elusive question of why we connect to the sounds that most move us.

In Part 1 of a two-part discussion, Jen and Noah earnestly take on the questionable task of unpacking what it means to experience music, exploring emotional, spiritual, and visceral aspects and what makes it so important for them.

Jen and Noah enjoy an in-depth conversation with award-winning pianist and composer Sumi Tonooka. Topics include race in America, the balance of career and family, the phases of life, the impact of geography on artistic process, race in America, and formation of identity as an artist and human.