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EP 27: A Professional Musician's Perspective on Drug and Alcohol Addiction
MFM SPEAKS OUT
English - May 28, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBMusic Interviews Music Business Entrepreneurship adam reifsteck dawoud kringle mfm music activism musician interview musicians for musicians musicians rights professional musicians Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"Music is service."
This episode of MFM Speaks Out will be different from our usual format. Dawoud Kringle will be interviewing his guest; a professional musician and recovering drug addict and alcoholic. Out of respect to our guest and the tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous and other substance abuse recovery programs, we are protecting our guest’s anonymity and referring to him as Dave. Our discussion will center around alcoholism, drug abuse, and substance abuse recovery among musicians.
Topics discussed: How did substance abuse and music enter Dave's life and how they intersected, the presence of drugs and alcohol, stigma of addiction among musicians, how it affected his life and career, the turning point where he decided he’d had enough, the difficulties of cleaning up and staying clean, and advice to musicians (and all others) who are suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.
Music featured on this episode:
"Cocaine Blues" (written by Porter Irving & Rev. Gary David [c. 1905], performed by Dave Van Ronk)
"Heroin" (written by Lou Reed, performed by The Velvet Underground)
"Master of Puppets" (written by James Hetfield, performed by Metallica)
Credits
Producer and host: Dawoud Kringle
Publisher: Musicians For Musicians (MFM), Inc. and Sohrab Saadat Ladjvardi
Technical support: Adam Reifsteck
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