The higher self

In this conversation Bunny Brunel shares historical moments from his past. Bunny also talks about connecting to the higher self.

podcast topics
  • Great Drummers
  • Tony Williams
  • First time playing with Tony Williams
  • Stanley Clarke
  • Al Jarreau
  • Joe Chiccarelli
  • Chick Corea
  • Mile Davis (When Tony Williams was 17) Miles told him to grow a beard and act tough)
  • Al Di Meola
  • Return To Forever (the first two albums)
How to play your instrument at the highest level
  • You just do what you have to do
  • If you start analyzing you never go anywhere
  • When you go into art your actually connecting with your higher self
  • Your higher self is connected to you and to other you
  • The higher self has knowledge with the whole
  • most composition starts on the piano and then I pick up the bass
  • praying works because it puts people in contact with their higher self
  • and the higher self puts people in the right place at the right moment
  • Tania Maria
  • a guy with a glass of Cognac at the Ronnie Scott Club in London
  • Patrick Moraz
  • you do the best you can with what you have
EDM, rap, producers, and DJ’s
  • regarding EDM can you make music without electricity?
  • As Stevie Wonder puts it if there is no melody its not music
  • producer
  • Phil Ramone
  • Michael Brecker
  • Michael Green
  • Frank Zappa
The music business today
  • Formula
  • Smooth Jazz should be called something else because it is not Jazz
  • Regarding Smooth Jazz: you have people playing soprano sounding like a kazoo, soloing over 2 chords.
  • were loosing the significance you know of what these things where
  • People don’t know what jazz is anymore
  • Charlie Parker
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Milt Jackson
  • fusion
  • John Wackerman
  • Momentum
  • Bass Ball
Studio Recording
  • Digital Performer
  • midi
  • regarding daw’s, if its working don’t touch it
  • Studio Visions
  • Gibson killed many musical innovations
  • Highlander TV series
  • Zayn
Music Companies today
  • the old record deals
  • Touch
  • Ivanhoe
  • Advice for Bass players
  • don’t forget to play the bass
  • bass player not soloist
  • Neil Stubenhaus
  • Nathan East
  • Kyle Eastwood
  • Jazz Dance
  • Lee Morgan
  • Larry Coryell
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Austin Peralta
  • Alan Holdsworth
  • Frank Gambale
  • ghost notes
  • Steve Gadd
  • Chad Wackerman
  • the note your not playing is more important than the note you are playing

 

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