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EP 51: 2023 Retrospective

MFM SPEAKS OUT - January 05, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour
In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle comes out of retirement to present a 2023 retrospective. We will share some of the content we brought to you in 2023, and  enjoy a few other surprises as well.     Our guest for the January episode was Haana.  Haana is a violinist, vocalist, el...

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EP 50: Mark Chimples on the Origins of the "No Wave" Music Scene

MFM SPEAKS OUT - May 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour
"We Had Changes We'd Never Thought of That Created Surprise and a Chaotic Feel." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Mark Chimples, a.k.a. Mark C. Mark is the guitarist and synthesizer player with Live Skull. Formed in 1982, Live Skull is considered by many aficionados to be the qui...

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EP 49: Sylvian Leroux Speaking on His Love for West African Trad Music and the Fula Flute

MFM SPEAKS OUT - April 28, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour
"I Didn't Look For The Fula Flute; It Came And Got me!" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Sylvain Leroux. Sylvian is a flutist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, inventor, and prominent member of Musicians for Musicians. Sylvain Leroux grew up in M...

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EP 48: Keyna Wilkins on Being a "Musician with Attitude (MwA)"

MFM SPEAKS OUT - March 24, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour
"I think Live Music Will Always be Very Exciting and There Will Always Be a Market For It." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Keyna Wilkins. Wilkins holds a Master of Music Composition at Sydney Conservatorium, studied composition, classical and jazz piano, and classical flute wit...

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EP 47: Adam Reifsteck on Bringing People Together Through Music

MFM SPEAKS OUT - February 24, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour
Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Adam Reifsteck. Adam is a New York-based composer, electronic music artist, producer, entrepreneur, and music activist. He writes for small ensembles, produces electronic music, and performs improvised group compositions on Wi-Fi-connected laptops....

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EP 46: Haana on Combining Classical with Electronic Music

MFM SPEAKS OUT - January 20, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour
"When I Started to Consciously Put it all Together, I was Forging My Own Path and Creating My Own Way of Putting These Elements Together." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Haana. Haana is a violinist, vocalist, electronic music artist, visual performer, and entirely self-containe...

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EP 45: MFM Salutes 2022!

MFM SPEAKS OUT - December 23, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour
"You inspire us to work hard to improve the service we do for the music community."  In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle offers a retrospective of the progress of the MFM Speaks Out podcast in 2022. The guests mentioned, and / or whose music was included, include Ken Butler, Ariel...

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EP 44:  April Centrone on Her Interest and Pursuit of Arabic Music

MFM SPEAKS OUT - November 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour
"Our bedrock is education. We’re always intent upon creating beautiful alliances." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is April Centrone. April Centrone is a multi-instrumentalist (specialising in the riqq, darbuka, frame drum, trap drum, and oud), co-founder of the New York Arabic Orc...

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EP 43: Hubert Howe on Finding Your Own Voice

MFM SPEAKS OUT - October 28, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"You have to take yourself seriously and find your own voice." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Hubert Howe. Hubert Howe grew up in Los Angeles, California, where he began his musical studies as an oboist. He was educated at Princeton University, studied with J.K. Randall, Godfre...

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EP 42: Jeff Slatnick & Music Inn

MFM SPEAKS OUT - September 23, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes
"I Like the Power of the Simple Expression of a Musical Idea." Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Jeff Slatnick. Jeff has been an employee and later the owner of Music Inn for over 54 years. Music Inn is one of the oldest music stores in New York City (second in longevity only to S...

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EP 41: Bruce Lee Gallanter Speaking About His Beginnings with the Downtown Music Gallery and the Future of Music Retail

MFM SPEAKS OUT - August 26, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"I find Joy in Discovery All the Time!" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Bruce Lee Gallanter, the owner and proprietor of Downtown Music Gallery (DMG), a Manhattan based music store that specializes in new, used, hard to find, and out of print CDs, Vinyl, DVDs, and books. DMG was...

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EP 41: Bruce Lee Gallanter

MFM SPEAKS OUT - August 26, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"I find Joy in Discovery All the Time!" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Bruce Lee Gallanter, the owner and proprietor of Downtown Music Gallery (DMG), a Manhattan based music store that specializes in new, used, hard to find, and out of print CDs, Vinyl, DVDs, and books. DMG was...

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EP40: William Parker on the Spiritual Essence of Music and Improvisation

MFM SPEAKS OUT - July 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"Music is Defined as Anything that is Beautiful, and What Makes Something Beautiful is Music" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is free jazz bass master William Parker. Parker was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in the Melrose housing project. His first instruments were...

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EP 40: William Parker on the Spiritual Essence of Music and Improvisation

MFM SPEAKS OUT - July 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"Music is Defined as Anything that is Beautiful, and What Makes Something Beautiful is Music" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is free jazz bass master William Parker. Parker was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in the Melrose housing project. His first instruments were...

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EP 39: Baba Don Eaton On African Drumming and His Harlem Roots

MFM SPEAKS OUT - June 30, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"You Gotta Make Them Say 'Wow!'" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Baba Don Eaton Babatunde. He is a percussionist and master of African drumming and the rhythms of the African Diaspora in the Americas. Baba Don has performed and recorded with Abidun Oyewole and The Last Poets, P...

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EP 38: Banning Eyre on Expanding Our Conception of the Guitar in Africa

MFM SPEAKS OUT - May 27, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour
"Recognizing yourself in (this music) or finding a mysterious familiarity is something completely unexplainable." Our guest for this episode is Banning Eyre. Banning Eyre is a writer, guitarist and producer, and the senior editor and producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide.  He h...

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EP 37: Neel Murghai on Brooklyn Raga Massive and the New Raga Renaissance

MFM SPEAKS OUT - May 13, 2022 13:10 - 1 hour
"We're Creating New Musical Art Forms Indigenous to Brooklyn." Our guest for this episode is Neel Murghai. Neel is a sitarist, overtone singer, percussionist, composer, teacher, and Co-Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a raga inspired musician's collective.  He is a graduate of Go...

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EP 37: Neel Murgai on Brooklyn Raga Massive and the New Raga Renaissance

MFM SPEAKS OUT - May 13, 2022 13:10 - 1 hour
"We're Creating New Musical Art Forms Indigenous to Brooklyn." Our guest for this episode is Neel Murgai. Neel is a sitarist, overtone singer, percussionist, composer, teacher, and Co-Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a raga inspired musician's collective.  He is a graduate of God...

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EP 36: Ariel Hyatt on New Ways to Monetize Music

MFM SPEAKS OUT - March 25, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutes
"The Old Ways of Music Monetization are Gone, and We Have to Think of Other Ways of Monetization" In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews Ariel Hyatt. Ariel is a digital marketer, writer, and teacher who assists independent musicians in career development. She is the author...

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EP 35: Ken Butler on Music Meets Sculpture

MFM SPEAKS OUT - February 25, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes
"I've Always Been Interested in Finding Connections Between Art and Music" - Ken Butler Our guest today is Ken Butler.  Ken is a musician, experimental musical instrument builder, and visual artist. He builds hybrid musical instruments and other artworks that explore the interaction and transfo...

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EP 34: MFM Salutes 2021

MFM SPEAKS OUT - January 01, 2022 14:43 - 1 hour
" You inspire us to work hard to improve the service we do for the music community."   Episode Summary: In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle offers a summary of our progress as a podcast and of MFM as a whole during the year 2021, and shares music from our guests.  Episode Notes:...

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EP 33: Anne Wichmann on Infusing Electronics with Live Performance

MFM SPEAKS OUT - November 26, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes
"We cannot be in lockdown forever with this virus…we need events…we need art in our lives, and we need interaction with art and with music. More importantly, music cannot be taken for granted. We can make shows happen in a safe and positive way for everyone involved." In this episode of the "MF...

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EP 32: Jeffrey Green on Musical Instrument Retail and its Relation to the Professional Musician

MFM SPEAKS OUT - October 29, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes
"It's All About Building Relationships" - Jeffrey Green Our guest today is Jeffery Green. Jeffrey is a professional sales engineer, musician, composer, and theorist with Sweetwater, the world’s largest online musical instrument retailer, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He holds a Bachelor of Musi...

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EP 31: Michael Harrison on Bridging Indian and Western Classical Music

MFM SPEAKS OUT - September 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour
"I'm happy to continue exploring music for the rest of my life" Our guest for this episode of MFM Speaks Out is Michael Harrison. Michael is a composer, pianist, vocalist, and music educator. His unique approach to piano includes the use of tunings and structures that extend the ancient concept...

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EP 30: Flaviyake on the Importance of Skill Stacking to Achieve Music Career Success

MFM SPEAKS OUT - August 27, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes
"The secret to success in the music industry is to always be learning and never stop improving your skills." In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Adam Reifsteck interviews singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer Flaviyake (aka Duck The Bass) about the importance of combining multiple musical skills t...

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EP 29: Alina Bloomgarden on Bringing Jazz to the Classical Music World and Music to the Prisons

MFM SPEAKS OUT - July 30, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes
"If one person's sense of value as a human being is renewed, their family, their community, all of us are affected by it in a positive way. We all benefit" In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, our guest is Alina Bloomgarden. Alina was the original producer of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), the Li...

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EP 28: Axel Mueller on the Founding of Pro Musik

MFM SPEAKS OUT - June 25, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes
"We need a better way of living for the music scene." In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Adam Reifsteck interviews German saxophonist and composer Axel Mueller about his work as a musician and activist which led to co-founding a new union in Germany called Pro Musik that supports freelance musi...

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EP 27: A Professional Musician's Perspective on Drug and Alcohol Addiction

MFM SPEAKS OUT - May 28, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour
"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...

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012 Tim Goodyer

Meeting Musos - May 17, 2021 04:10 - 1 hour
In the final episode of Season One, Mark chats to West End drummer Tim Goodyer about the past twenty years playing for the biggest shows in town including his time on the recent smash hit musical, Hamilton in London. They also discuss how things have changed during the course of the Coronavirus ...

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011 Christian Henson

Meeting Musos - May 10, 2021 04:25 - 46 minutes
Christian Henson is a multi nominated (including Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Awards) and multi award-winning composer. With over 45 films to his name, he has proved to be a prodigious and versatile force within the UK film industry. In 2016 Christian scored Jason Connery’s feature ‘Tommy’...

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