#29 Ray Soul — Bass | Processing Grief Through Music and Other Languages

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Listen on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwtI7cgroJQ&feature=youtu.be Also check him out at: http://www.soulraymedia.com/ Instagram: @soulraymusic Ray Soul has been a professional jazz bassist and producer immersed in the New York jazz scene for over a decade. While studying with Reggie Workman as an undergraduate at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, he was driven by a recurring quest to find his voice and develop his own concept of jazz, which he has termed 'Interactive jazz: Jazz as a New Visual Art.' He extended this concept while pursuing his Master’s degree in Music Technology at New York University. In 2015 he premiered his new show entitled Abstract Expressionism in Jazz, an hour-long jazz performance he developed over the past two years to re-identify jazz as a form of Abstract Expressionism. As both a leader and composer, Soul has released four jazz albums since 2007 and has participated in numerous tours and international jazz festivals in China, Japan, and Korea. Ray has also worked at Jazz at Lincoln Center and at the Museum of Modern Art. He is currently working as an assistant director for the Global Initiative at Berklee College of Music and pursuing his Doctor of Education degree in Higher Education Administration at Northeastern University. YouTube: https://linktr.ee/thebestmusicpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebestmusicpodcast Blog: https://blog.bestmusiccoach.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thebestmusicpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestmusicpodcast/ #RaySoul #seuaprendiz #jazz 0:00 Intro 2:10 Warm-up questions 5:46 Ray's creative process 7:55 Ray's work in the movie industry 12:45 Ray's experience as an immigrant 20:25 Asian artists and the mainstream 23:45 Advocacy for Asian artists 27:15 Seu Aprendiz 37:50 Why English? 41:55 One Soul Fellowship 43:55 Marking yourself as an artist 49:30 Lifestyle: Sleep 54:50 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation 58:51 Lifestyle: Exercise 1:01:00 Lifestyle: How do people in your life support you? 1:08:20 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself? 1:09:50 Practice: Time of day 1:11:20 Practice: Maximum effective duration 1:16:00 Practice: Would you practice? 1:18:50 Creativity: Time of day 1:23:10 Creativity: Burnout 1:25:50 Songwriting: Inspiration 1:30:40 Performance anxiety #musicians #songwriter #songwriters #composers #musicmajor #musicmajors #musiceducator #musiceducators #musiceducation #podcast #thebestmusicpodcast #clips #musicpodcast #singer #guitarist #guitarplayer #trombonist #trumpet #violin #viola #cello #bass #brass #trombone #mandolin #banjo #drums #percussion #timpani #marimba #oboe #sax #saxophone #clarinet #basoon #alto #soprano #tenor #piano #keyboard #musicians #songwriter #songwriters #composers #musicmajor #musiceducator #musicpodcast #singersongwriter #musiceducation #singer #trumpet #violin #viola #cello #bass #trombone #musiclife #musicmaker #musicteacher #drums #percussion #saxophone #clarinet #guitar #piano #podcast #thebestmusicpodcast #musicislife #musicindustry #PandoraPodcasts Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman Audio and Video: Zach Ramey [e-mail] Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography