Conversations

http://www.convos.at

Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals

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"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli

Some of what was discussed in this episode:

• A Portable Paradise - A poem by Roger Robinson
• A continuation of the discussion about the "nutritional" value of music, contrasting BROCKHAMPTON with Trio Mandili
• Art that acknowledges your feelings but enables self indulgence vs art that elevates and connects to something bigger - what can we make of the contrast between these two?
• How does music make us feel "seen"
• Does the music acknowledge a listeners state of mind or drive it?
• Spider shouts out Faces of Death
• Ruairi contrast his experience of grunge and Irish Traditional music
• Music without place
• What can modern record makers do to embrace inclusivity and human immediacy?
• Modern music is denuded of the regional elements in a sort of homogenization
• Are foreign audiences less cynical about music than those in America?
• Is it the time and place, the context piece?
• Does Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below feel like it's from Atlanta?
• Younger people are growing up in a modern statelessness. Their sense of the U.S. is abstract and disembodied. Living in Pockets in the Cloud?
• If one grows up without the connection to heritage, time or place will the strong & distinct flavors of other places have value? Are we witnessing a fundamental change in what connection means?
• Balaji Srinivasan influences Ruairi's thinking on the distributed future
• Spider - the purpose of audio engineers is to capture the human connection
• "Should I boost the top end or cut it?" - without a sense of the artists' intent how can we make technical decisions?
• Spider what you are responding to in Trio Mandili is their openness and vulnerability
• What do people fundamentally need on a deep level?
• Drummer Sam Kaufman Skloff
• Jon on mixing a song that isn't quite there - "The performance of a bad song is still a bad song"
• If you are showing up and you keep trying as a professional, then you have done what you are paid for
• "There is no place where the challenges are over, start enjoying making records now"
• Tim Ferriss interview question - What is the best thing that you have purchased for under a $100? The value of a bottle of wine
• "The language of drinking wine is to savor" - the communal nature, the signaling power of wine
• How are we adapting to the modern landscape?
• Jon feels himself shifting toward the lack of connection to music
• Studies on the positive effect of music on people - Psychology Today & Diva-Portal
• The value of time alone to really dive deep
• What is Michael's business STTTUS becoming? What is changing?
• What does it mean to be good at a lot of things but not be able to weave them together?
• Talking about the term multi-potentiality, Michael referred to this Ted Talk
• Million Dollar Consulting - Alan Weiss
• Michael's IG Live exploration of creativity with Ainjel Emme and the concept of "Deep Observation”
• Michaels description of how STTTUS can help with “The Four Quadrants”
• Ruairi challenges Michael - Who Michael is really? What are we really doing here? And the same question for his clients
• Exploring Micheal's strengths
• Seth Godin on Becoming a Category of One
• Jordan Peterson And Russell Brand on speaking your truth
• New Young Thug Record
• John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• Anthony Fantano - The Needle Drop - The need for art criticism
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http://www.convos.at

Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals

http://www.hdaudiopost.com

"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli

Some of what was discussed in this episode:

• Are the Conversations crew really "Some of the best Engineers in the world"?
• Charles Kenny on Twitter - "I just got vaccinated by a woman born in Vietnam, with a vaccine created by two Turkish refugees living in Germany and manufactured by a US company run by a Greek migrant. Thank you, world.
• Balaji Srinivasan on Time Ferriss
• A short exploration of incentives "Show me the incentives and I will show you the outcome" - Charlie Munger
• Spider shares is passion for the Georgian Folk Trio - Trio Mandili - What is it that makes this music so powerful?
• Spider's selections here
• Top 40 music - is it denatured?
• Mix tactics to humanize music - naturalizing synthetic sounds and modernizing classic & organic sounds
• How deeply are records made today connecting to young listeners? "Alive Inside documentary and the power of music to connect deeply
• How traditional music survives and is handed down - the aural and oral traditions
• Jon's NYC meals and the power of a simple, transcendent meal
• Via Carota
• Aska
• Intent in record making
• What can modern artists do to leverage whatever it is that makes trio Mandili special?
• Other people in the room, the power of collaboration
• Music as a means to express the ineffable, to take over where the spoken and written word runs out - "I hope you have had the experience where a song has cracked you open"
• Is modern record making often words on a page with no intent - effective nonsense?
• The timeliness of a recording and how it fits into a cultural landscape
• Michael captures the themes and recaps the conversation so far
• A working list of the attributes of timeless work

1. Generational
2. Communal
3. Natural/Rooted/grounded
4. Personal
5. Unprotected
6. Unafraid
7. Transcends the listener
8. Brave
9. Evidence
10. High stakes
11. Unencumbered
12. Meaningful
13. Rich with emotion
14. Connected performers
15. Honesty
16. Historical

• A discussion of the evergreen lessons in Shakespeare
• How Capitalism and modern markets are incentivized to decouple us from history
• What are we really optimizing for in the record making process?
• The early days of The Gift Shop and the importance of a technology free zone of piano & guitar to explore songs
• Songs, mixes and masters as "Closed Systems" where everything affects everything
• “Nobody wants to listen to your fear” - Spider
• Referencing other artists work - how and when?
• Active & dangerous elements in a song, mix, master - un-inhibiting the music
• Timelessness - the power and the pitfalls of this word in the studio
• George Hazelrigg and his ideas on the personal vs the universal
• Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra
• "Music is a conversation between the past and the present, the artist and the listener" - Ruairi
• Joshua Redman and gutural saxophone, the endless variation of nature
• A conservative movement in music?
• How do we demand nutritious music?
• A discussion of context - why we focus on the pretty flower and not the pot, the soil, the water...
• Michael’s listening challenge - Actively decoding the meaning of words as group to empower progress
• "How do we discern innovation from decay?" - Spider
• What does it mean if modern singers don’t smile?
• How often are you truly humbled by art? Regardless of the medium

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http://www.convos.at

Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals

http://www.hdaudiopost.com

"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli

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