Rick Glassman: Pushing Boundaries, Letting The Audience In

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04/15/24 • 84 min

Alright y’all— after 2 exhilarating improvisational explorations on his acclaimed podcast Take Your Shoes Off, it was time to bring the incomparable Rick Glassman into Flow State I knew it’d be a great pod, but I had no idea I’d get to reap the benefits of Rick’s PCS (Podcast Consulting Service) free of charge! I just genuinely love hanging out with this guy so much. It was awesome to hear about the parallels between my approach to doing improvised concerts and Rick’s approach to editing and animating his podcast. Also the narrative freestyle toward the end of this ep had my adrenaline soaring!!!! I think y’all are gonna dig this one— thanks so much for being here and enjoy

SHOW NOTES: Sur Jazz’s Portra 400 https://youtu.be/YzLWJOloaTI?si=26AaljZ064nl8OqO https://surjazz.bandcamp.com/album/portra-400 Harry Mack on TYSO - #195 https://youtu.be/Hs5LSHuseL8?si=4eUzeOSgNTmI9xxJ Harry Mack & Lamorne Morris on TYSO - #243 https://youtu.be/A3mHjf6lt-w?si=Qmpj2uSeAdaeMRh- I Am Phenomenal https://youtu.be/pEZCTUymiUw?si=Gi4UA-5nxqCdLS2J Rick Glassman’s Will Smith Monologue on TYSO https://youtu.be/2GjobYxWAmk?si=ZzcvXoZNEYb0dXKB&t=4021 Jim Kwik https://www.jimkwik.com/ Hypest Prom Ever (Guerrilla Bars 25) https://youtu.be/fShjMXWu6kU?t=1122

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Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:47 Podcasting Advice From Rick 00:11:03 Take Your Shoes Off 00:18:49 Struggles with Watching Yourself 00:21:16 Being Cool 00:28:08 Being Willing to Fail 00:31:03 Performance as Play 00:37:53 Focusing on Image vs Being Present (Smile and Be Ugly, Dude) 00:46:20 Visual Contextualization 01:03:34 Pee Break Freestyle 01:07:47 Long Form Freestyling 01:08:52 Three Girls At the Guggenheim Freestyle 01:18:00 Visualizing the Scene 01:22:59 Closing Conversation

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Previous Episode

The Magic Of Guerrilla Bars

What's going on, y'all? Welcome to another episode of Flow State. In this episode, I express my love for David Copperfield, we react to episode one of my Guerrilla Bars series, I answer some questions from the community, talk about my morning routine, react to a dope freestyle submitted from one of y'all, and close it out with the bars like we always do- Let's go!

*Hypest Prom Ever (Guerrilla Bars 25)* https://youtu.be/fShjMXWu6kU?t=1122 *Guerrilla Bars Episode 1* https://youtu.be/zqSNeMxCWq8 *Di3sel Optics on Omegle Bars 18* https://youtu.be/VBBMfHGMs7I?t=786 *Limitless* by Jim Kwik https://bookshop.org/p/books/limitless-expanded-edition-upgrade-your-brain-learn-anything-faster-and-unlock-your-exceptional-life-jim-kwik/20284792?ean=9781401968717 *The Artist’s Way* by Julia Cameron https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-artist-s-way-30th-anniversary-edition-julia-cameron/6665657?ean=9780143129257 *Atomic Habits* by James Clear https://bookshop.org/p/books/atomic-habits-an-easy-proven-way-to-build-good-habits-break-bad-ones-james-clear/12117739?ean=9780735211292

0:00 Intro 2:31 Shooting Guerrilla Bars 7:17 The Busking Experience 12:43 Seeing David Copperfield 24:47 Reacting to Guerrilla Bars 1 34:10 Q1: Unforgettable Content Moments 41:07 Q2: Is Flow State Contagious? 48:37 Q3: Dealing With Stress 1:02:26 Freestyle Submission 1:09:20 Closing Freestyle

Next Episode

This Is Non-Negotiable

In this episode, Harry explores some of the lessons he’s learned about sticking to goals, staying on track, and addressing what - if anything - he would change about his freestyle career. Harry also dives into his roots as a jazz musician with stories about coming up as a young jazz improviser, learning about how to really listen to the musical conversation, and offering recommendations for some of his favorite classic jazz musicians and albums. After fresh reactions to a multi-lingual freestyle submission and a classic Guerrilla Bars moment, Harry closes out the episode in his traditional way — through freestyle.

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Show Notes: Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet https://www.milesdavis.com/albums/relaxin-with-the-miles-davis-quintet/ Art Blakey http://artblakey.com/ John Coltrane https://www.johncoltrane.com/ Sounding Well Writ (Guerrilla Bars 7) https://youtu.be/8JPdpyjwU7w?si=rl6sto-yJm6brJ0S&t=159 Prove it to Myself https://www.harrymackofficial.com/prove-it-to-myself Get Away From Everything https://www.harrymackofficial.com/get-away-from-everything ________

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:09 Kobe Bryant and the Non-Negotiable Contract

00:09:49 Self-Compassion and Getting Back On Track

00:23:06 Question #1: If I could start over...

00:29:18 Question #2: Jazz Artist Recommendations

00:39:26 Question #3: The Jazz - Freestyle Connection

00:45:25 Freestyle Submission

01:00:01 Reacting to Guerrilla Bars 7

01:10:42 Closing Freestyle