
#147 Dave Balen, percussionist and composer
Dave Balen has been playing music all his life, primarily as a percussionist in all sorts of musical genres. He and Jefferson Glassie met in...
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Host Jefferson Glassie, chief spiritual dude of the Planetary Gigs Society, talks with guests about the power of music and how we can create a better world through music.

Dave Balen has been playing music all his life, primarily as a percussionist in all sorts of musical genres. He and Jefferson Glassie met in...

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Lionel Cole is an amazing Grammy nominated musician, with the music business being part of his life as the son of Freddy Cole and nephew of...

Eileen McKusick is a pioneering researcher in the fields of electric health and therapeutic sound, as well as the creator of the sound thera...

Natalie Glassie is a ballet dancer, who is also Jefferson Glassie's niece, they talk about the essential role of music in dance.

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Rudy Colombini has been a singer and musician all his life, and has been the lead singer for the Unauthorized Rolling Stones among many othe...

This is the first video version of the Planetary Gig Talk podcast, appropriately, with podcast guru and musician Blake Althen. Blake was res...

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Bruce Blaylock began piano lessons when he was very young, but he wasn't that into it because the teacher never asked him what Bruce wanted...

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Peter McClard was born of the 60's, that time when black and white became color and music exploded. He had a voracious appetite for music ev...

Fia was ten years old when she went to a Christmas concert at a cultural school in Sweden and first heard an oboe. "I got so enchanted, I sa...

Billy Presnell started playing music when he was really young, about five years old. Piano was his first instrument, and he got a guitar whe...

Julie Rust grew up in a house where there was a lot of music; her father played trumpet and her mother was a big band singer, and Julie grew...

Vivienne Aerts grew up in The Netherlands, and started piano at age 5, and by age 12 was the choir conductor. After performing all over, she...

Qiaoli Wang remembered the old Buddhist music from growing up in China, but then she had to opportunity to help preserve the music for poste...

Peter de Koning from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a drummer and also the creator of Live Earth 2020, which will happen on August 29-30, 20...

Anni Beach grew up in a musical family; her mother was a harpist, her sisters were musicians, as was her husband. She took piano lessons as...

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Biko Casini is the percussionist with my favorite music group, Rising Appalachia. Biko turned me on to The Music Lesson book by Victor Woote...

I met Neeti Kumar at the Devi Music Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She teaches classical Indian singing and dance at the ashram. I have been so...

Sandro Shankara is a very spiritual musician from Brazil, who leads musicians, pilgrims, and seekers on tours to sacred places like the Amaz...

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Ria Marie's mother was a singer and voice teacher, and Ria used to listen outside the lesson room at her house. "I was just captivated by si...

I met Hubert Gonthier-Blouin at the Spirit of Music camp at Wooten Woods and we hit it off right away. Both of Hubert's parents were musicia...

Allen Holmes is an excellent musician and good friend, and was one of the first interviewed for the Planetary Gig Talk podcast. He remembers...

Brent Paschke was co-founder of Spymob and is best known as Pharrell Williams' guitarist, having worked with Pharrell since 2001. Brent was...

Kevin Roy Kramer has been listening to the Planetary Gig Talk podcasts, has attended Victor Wooten's camps, and reached out to me so I invit...

I met Linda Helms at Victor Wooten's Theory of Music camp; she's a sound bowl practitioner. I had brought my sound bowl, so the energies bro...

Val Carter was referred to me because she wants to do a podcast on mid-adulting and asked if I would show her about producing podcasts. So,...

I met Nathan at Victor Wooten's Spirit of Music camp. We were talking about random stuff and Nathan said he runs a research firm and investm...

Great conversation with Dylan Hughes at Victor Wooten's Spirit of Music Camp! Dylan's parents were theater actors and his father really love...

Chris Anander is an amazing musician. His earliest memories are musical memories, such as when he was in a stroller at age two with Tchaikov...

Stephen Jay is a fabulous musician, composer, and really smart and spiritual guy! He has played based in Weird Al Yankovic's band for decade...

Roy "Futureman" Wooten has been playing music with his brothers his entire life. I was fortunate to be able to talk with him for the 100th P...

Vance Umphrey says, "Music was there before I can start remembering anything." His mother was a singer and his grandfather was a choir direc...

Dan played music at school growing up in California, and was in several bands, but also conducted music. He says music education is very imp...