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For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings is a collection of chats/jams with some of the leaders in the progressive string playing community. The focus is on grooving and playing rhythm strings, like rhythm guitar. Grooving is the crucial entry point into our popular musical culture and something virtually ignored in traditional classical training. Each show includes a "Groove Hacker" segment, in which we take a groove from a recording and recreate it on strings; a Groove Topic/Question for discussion; and a game called "Not My Gig", which is a 3-or-so-question trivia quiz on a subject I’m hoping my guest knows nothing about. https://www.tracysilverman.com/ https://www.StrumBowing.com
Episodes
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Matt Glaser
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
“There are things in the music that conjoin us all.” Matt Glaser chats about the music that still inspires him after 50 years of study—the swing music of the 20’s thru the 50’s—and his perspective, after years of study, that the same musical ideas were shared across racial and economic boundaries, and how this has defined American popular music.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Curtis Stewart
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Curtis Stewart is a violinist/composer who is at the forefront of the new music world as a solo performer and recording artist, founding member of the Publiqartet, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra and professor at The Juilliard School. We talk about his new Grammy nominated album, Of Love, the influence of his musician parents, teaching music at his own NYC high school for 10 years, and play a round of “Not My Gig”, where we find out just how much Mr. Publiquartet knows about…the Public Library.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Ginny Luke
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
With a musical worldview centered on individuality, freedom and emotion, Ginny talks about how to deal with the challenges women face in the performing arts, how to be fearless onstage, her new album, and how and what she teaches the students at her Popular Strings class at the Thornton School of Music, USC.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Regina Carter
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Regina talks about her sound, her move from classical to jazz, her experience as a hospice caregiver, and then I ask the MacArthur genius how much she knows about...the song "MacArthur Park."
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Jean Luc Ponty
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Jean Luc Ponty is the father of all modern jazz violinists with a long and ground-breaking career. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jean Luc talks about his transition from a young classical violinist fresh out of the Conservatoire to one of the leading jazz instrumentalists in Europe, to his impact on American rock and jazz fusion. We talk about who influenced his playing, what gear he uses, and about being in Frank Zappa's band. Personally, there is no violin player who has had a greater impact on me musically than the legendary Jean Luc Ponty!
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Jesus Florido
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Violinist and tireless educator Jesus Florido talks about the importance of the groove in Latin music and how it's expressed on the violin. We share an astonishment at how the groove is so often ignored by classical violinists in favor of tone production, and then I quiz Mr. Florido about...obscure facts about the state of Florida.
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Best of ’22: All Killer, No Filler
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
A collection of highlights of my conversations from the past year, with short musical excerpts, starting with the Zach Brock episode from January and including Natalie Haas, Sara Caswell, Billy Contreras, Roberto Sierra, Diana Ladio, Danny Seidenberg, Sirius String Quartet, Tomoko Akaboshi, Mark Summer, Mia Asano, Eugene Friesen and Daniel Bernard Roumain.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain shares his unique perspective as a black progressive string player and composer in a very traditional classical world. We talk about his journey of self-discovery and the importance of advocating for new ideas and updating of traditions. Then I quiz the composer of one of the better known contemporary solo violin works, "Filter", about the rock band Filter. Hilarity ensues.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Eugene Friesen
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Eugene Friesen is one of the architects of progressive string playing. We go deep and we get specific--Eugene slows down an example of his trademark pizzicato technique and drops nuggets of gold all through this podcast, getting philosophical and sharing little known secrets of his early years. And then the inventor of the educational superhero, Celloman, gets quizzed on indie-rock festival vendor, Jelloman.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Mia Asano
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Mia Asano is a young electric violinist who has become one of the most visible content creators in the string world. She's a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music and we talk about how she got over 2 million views and 100K followers one night. And how she fell out of love and back in love with music.