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Del Bigtree Speaking at Robert F. Kennedy Pres. Rally

Transform Health - May 29, 2024 21:10 - 26 seconds - Video
Del Bigtree from TheHighwire.com (and now Robert F Kennedy Junior's press secretary) speaks at the recent Presidential candidate rally near Denver, Colorado, on May 19, 2024.   Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an independent Presidential candidate for the 2024 election. He is set apart from the stan...

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Dangers of Cooking with Plastic: Toxins in Food and Water, and Hormone Disruption

Transform Health - December 14, 2023 00:37 - 4 minutes - Video
I see everyone cooking with plastic wrap film, plastic food containers, and more. This is a really bad idea, as the plastics give off chemicals, especially when heated. The toxic effects are worse with more flexible plastics, like plastic wrap for food preservation. Try to avoid plastic wate...

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Latest Health News: 5 Things To Do to Help Your Health Right Now

Transform Health - December 14, 2023 00:23 - 7 minutes - Video
• Consider attending a Health Conference: Wise Traditions is on this weekend Oct. 20-22, 2023. It’s held in Kansas City, Missouri. (annual) The Children’s Health Defense conference will be held Nov. 3-5th in Georgia, in the USA. • Try to eat organic, or less beans and grains. • Try to AVOID....

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#123 Testing Légère's New French Cut Alto and Tenor Sax Reeds

Listening to This Counts as Practice - December 06, 2023 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik tries out the new Légère French Cut reeds for alto and tenor saxophone and compares them to the Signature Cut and Vandoren/D'Addario cane examples. If you enjoy listening to the same measures of music played over and over and over and over, then this will be right up your alley! Get in to...

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DETOX: Best Ways to Do It, and How NOT to Do It, from Diana at Transform Health

Transform Health - November 07, 2023 00:59 - 4 minutes - Video
Detoxification of the body, how to do it, helping the liver, detox while eating (no!!), detox well before pregnancy... Don’t do it together as a couple (or you’ll be sorry). Drinking fluids and walking can also help stimulate detoxification. I forgot to mention sweat and herbal medicine can help...

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Real Vitamins (B, E) are Better Than Man Made Versions:

Transform Health - November 07, 2023 00:27 - 2 minutes - Video
Real vitamins from food sources are better than anything created. For Vitamin E, there are four forms, and its best to have them together in a supplement. We really don’t want the fake version. Vitamin B series - The REAL FOOD is the best available form already – no need to do anything. We w...

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How to Prepare Vegetarian & Vegan Foods for Most Vitamins & Minerals |Transform Health is live!

Transform Health - November 06, 2023 23:59 - 3 minutes - Video
You may be eating well, but your menu may not add vitamins and minerals to your body. Here are instructions for soaking or fermenting grains, beans, nuts and seeds to give you the maximum amount of absorbable nutrients. Very important for vegetarians and vegans, especially. It’s very important t...

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#122 What's Next

Listening to This Counts as Practice - August 22, 2023 22:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik's mulls over the show's future. Please complete the very brief listener survey here: https://forms.gle/2CzzwEZvroD6EHTq7  And attend or stream Erik's upcoming faculty recital, 3 p.m. PST on Sept. 10 at PLU! Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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Episode 208 - Adrian Gordon

Everything Band Podcast - June 21, 2023 16:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Adrian Gordon is an internationally performed composer and seasoned music educator and currently serves as the director of orchestras at Providence Day School in Charlotte, NC. In addition to teaching, Adrian is the founder of Leap Year Music Publishing, which publishes string music for elementa...

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#121 Another School Year in the Books

Listening to This Counts as Practice - May 25, 2023 23:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik's subconscious ordered another episode. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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Episode 207 - Sixto Montesinos

Everything Band Podcast - April 26, 2023 01:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Dr. Sixto F. Montesinos Jr. is assistant professor of music and head of instrumental studies at Saint Mary’s College of California in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an active Mexican-American conductor, flutist, music educator, and scholar researching new and effective ways to strengthen Mexi...

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Episode 206 - Vu Nguyen

Everything Band Podcast - February 22, 2023 02:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Vu Nguyen is the Director of Wind Ensembles and Conducting at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Prior to his appointment at the University of Connecticut, he served as the Director of Bands at the University of Indianapolis, was a conductor of the Wind Ensemble at Washington Unive...

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(Audio) Royal Rife’s Amazing Microscope and Sound Healing

Transform Health - February 20, 2023 17:21 - 1 minute
Learn about researcher Royal Rife’s Amazing Microscope that could see bacteria and viruses as different colors. Then he and his team applied sound healing frequencies to kill off certain pathogens. He was able to cure 16 terminally ill cancer patients.* He was also able to prove that these pat...

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Royal Rife’s Amazing Microscope and Sound Healing

Transform Health - January 30, 2023 21:20 - 1 minute - Video
Learn about researcher Royal Rife’s Amazing Microscope that could see bacteria and viruses as different colors. Then he and his team applied sound frequencies to kill off certain pathogens. He was able to cure 16 terminally ill cancer patients.* He was also able to prove that these pathogens a...

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#120 Selmer Tenor Mouthpiece Shootout - S90-170, S90-180, Concept

Listening to This Counts as Practice - January 30, 2023 05:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik records a spur-of-the-moment episode comparing the Selmer Concept and S90-180 tenor mouthpieces against his S90-170. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#119 Testing the D'Addario Venn G2 Synthetic Reed

Listening to This Counts as Practice - January 16, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik tries out the new(ish) D'Addario Venn G2 synthetic reed and compares it against the first generation. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#118 The Mostest Tips for the Newest of Years

Listening to This Counts as Practice - January 14, 2023 00:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Now with almost 100 percent fewer tips! Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#117 Gigging and Plugging

Listening to This Counts as Practice - October 17, 2022 22:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik checks in again after a symphony gig and plugs some stuff: Volatility Index for solo alto saxophone is now available for purchase from Alea Publishing. Catch the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble on Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. PDT on 98.1 KING-FM or on Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. PDT at PLU (livestream). G...

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Episode 205 - John Wojciechowski

Everything Band Podcast - October 14, 2022 16:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Saxophonist John Wojciechowski is originally from Detroit and has spent the last 18 years performing and teaching in Chicago. In addition to leading his own groups, he has performed or recorded with  The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Woody Herman Orchestra, The Chicago S...

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Episode 204 - Josh Johnson (w/ host Jake Walker)

Everything Band Podcast - September 26, 2022 18:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Joshua Johnson currently serves as the Associate Director of Bands at Traughber Junior High in Oswego, Illinois. Prior to coming to Oswego, Josh served as Director of Bands at North Kirkwood Middle School and Associate Director of Bands in Kirkwood, Missouri. Joshua attended the University of ...

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Episode 203 - Karen Fannin

Everything Band Podcast - September 13, 2022 01:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Karen Fannin is Professor, Director of Bands, and Interim Director of the School of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, instructs courses in music education, and provides leadership for all as...

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#116 Busy Busy Busy

Listening to This Counts as Practice - September 08, 2022 17:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik phones one in. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#115 Backun Vocalise TM2 Mouthpiece Trial

Listening to This Counts as Practice - June 19, 2022 22:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik tests the new Backun Vocalise TM2 against his current Selmer Claude Delangle (and older Selmer S90-180) mouthpieces. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#114 HBDTM

Listening to This Counts as Practice - June 06, 2022 22:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik treats himself to a new mouthpiece and listens to John Corigliano's new saxophone concerto. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#113 Fourth Anniversary Hullabaloo

Listening to This Counts as Practice - May 15, 2022 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
A wild celebration followed by a little metronome talk. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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#112 Whither Must I Podcast

Listening to This Counts as Practice - April 01, 2022 23:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik shares some brief updates and a recording of "Whither Must I Wander" by Vaughan Williams from his recital in February. Get in touch at [email protected] or eriksteighner.com

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Episode 202 - Mary Cogswell

Everything Band Podcast - March 23, 2022 00:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Mary Cogswell is the current president of the South Dakota Bandmasters Association, the editor of the Beginning Band Adaptable series, and a long time beginning band teacher. If you teach beginners, this is the episode for you!

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Episode 201 - Kenneth Collins

Everything Band Podcast - March 09, 2022 03:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Biography Capt. Kenneth C. Collins, a native of Reno, Nevada, entered the Navy in 1989 and attended recruit training in San Diego, California. Upon completion of Musician "A" school, he served as a percussionist in fleet bands in Guam and Newport, Rhode Island. His first assignment upon receiving...

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Episode 200 - Matthew Maslanka

Everything Band Podcast - February 27, 2022 17:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Matthew Maslanka is David Maslanka’s second son and the primary caretaker of David’s music. Born in New York City in 1982, he grew up listening to his father composing at the piano. From the age of 10, Matthew started helping out by making photocopies of scores and dubbing cassette tapes for Dav...

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#111 Recital Plug (Feb. 20)

Listening to This Counts as Practice - February 19, 2022 17:30 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik plugs his upcoming recital with pianist Oksana Ejokina, to be held at 3 p.m. PST on Sunday, Feb. 20 at Pacific Lutheran University (streamed live via this link). The program includes works by Djupstrom, Maurice, Vaughan Williams, and Yoshimatsu. Get in touch at [email protected] or er...

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