The Mindful Musician

In this episode of The Mindful Musician Podcast, Matt Oestreicher sits down with Victor, Joseph, and Roy "Future Man" Wooten for a wide-ranging conversation about music, mentorship, creativity, parenting, identity, and what it means to live a meaningful life. While the Wooten Brothers are known extraordinary musicians, educators, mentors, innovators, and Grammy-winning artists, this conversation q...

    Tickets for BOTH SIDES NOW on Saturday April 25th at SHU Community Theatre: https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/all-events/-both-sides-now%3A-the-music-%26-lives-of-leonard-cohen-and-joni-mitchell   About the show BOTH SIDES NOW:  "Two singer-songwriters sit on the edge of a cliff…" With these words, we are drawn into the world of Both Sides Now - a theatrical concert that explores the music a...

Charlie Hunter Interview | The Mindful Musician Podcast with Matt Oestreicher 🎟️ See Charlie Hunter live at SHU Community Theatre on Thursday March 26, 2026: https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/all-events/charlie-hunter-trio In this episode of The Mindful Musician , host Matt Oestreicher interviews Charlie Hunter. Charlie Hunter is known for his groundbreaking hybrid guitar instrument which allows...

  Nathan East & Noah East The Mindful Musician Podcast with Matt Oestreicher In this episode of The Mindful Musician, Matt Oestreicher sits down with legendary bassist Nathan East and his son Noah East for a wide-ranging conversation about musicianship, philosophy, legacy, and what it truly means to sustain a life in music. This episode is connected to the March 1st performance at the SHU Communit...

🎙️ New Episode of ON THE MARQUEE This week on The SHU Community Theatre Podcast, we welcome legendary guitarist John Scofield.  John Scofield's guitar work has influenced jazz since the late 70's and is going strong today. Possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk edged jazz, a...

  Matt shares his new episode of the SHU COMMUNITY THEATRE PODCAST with the Mindful Musician.   VENUE WEBSITE:  https://shucommunitytheatre.org/   This week on The SHU Community Theatre Podcast, we welcome singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Coley O'Toole. A proud Connecticut native, Coley shares the incredible story of his journey from playing local gigs to touring the world as...

Matt returns to the Mindful Musician podcast to talk about his new-ish role as the Executive Director of The SHU Community Theatre in Fairfield Connecticut and to tell you to come see comedian Todd Barry there on Saturday February 24th.      VENUE WEBSITE: https://shucommunitytheatre.org/ GET TICKETS FOR TODD BARRY'S HALF JOKING TOUR:   http://shucommunitytheatre.showare.com/ToddBarry LINK TO THE...

link to part 1: http://www.mattoestreicher.com/themindfulmusician/2019/10/15/ep35-an-exploration-of-improvisation-with-stephen-nachmanovitchpart-1   part 1 on iTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-35-exploration-improvisation-stephen-nachmanovitch/id1039740479?i=1000453557899   The full length album that we recorded: "The Liquid Between The Styles" - (including the pieces from this pod...

The full length album that we recorded: "The Liquid Between The Styles" - (including the pieces from this podcast) https://themindfulmusician.bandcamp.com/releases   Stephen Nachmanovitch links: Website: http://www.freeplay.com/ His new book The Art of Is: Improvisation as a way of life http://www.freeplay.com/Writings/TheArtOfIs.php His classic book Freeplay http://www.freeplay.com/Writings/2-ama...

Here's a mini-episode related to ep.33 where I interviewed Jazz Educator Jamey Aebersold.  Mini-episodes are for: talking about a specific idea from the interview that I was inspired by, keeping the momentum of the podcast, and for talking about some of my current projects(self-promotion.)    Music for this episode: Per Your Request - The Verve Jazz Ensemble composed and arranged by Matt Oestreich...

Jamey Aebersold was born July 21, 1939, in New Albany, Indiana. He attended college at Indiana University and graduated in 1962 with a Masters Degree in Saxophone. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Indiana University in 1992. He also plays piano, bass and banjo. In 1989, the International Association of Jazz Educators inducted Jamey into their Hall of Fame at the San Diego conventio...

  Mini episodes aim to clarify and catalog one idea or principle that can be helpful to those of us who manage our own creative careers. This episode features a story from Composer David Friedman(The Today Show, Desperate Measures, We Can Be Kind) about asking for what you want. To hear more from David, listen to episodes 30 and 31. Link to the blog post about this topic: http://www.mattoestreiche...

DAVID FRIEDMAN  David Friedman, composer of the award-winning hit musical,  Desperate Measures,  (Drama Desk for Music and Lyrics/Outer Critics and Off Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical) is one of this country's most beloved songwriters, best known for writing songs that touch our hearts and speak to our souls. He has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all of th...

DAVID FRIEDMAN  David Friedman, composer of the award-winning hit musical, Desperate Measures, (Drama Desk for Music and Lyrics/Outer Critics and Off Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical) is one of this country's most beloved songwriters, best known for writing songs that touch our hearts and speak to our souls. He has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all of the...

Lipbone Redding is an award-winning vocalist, guitar player, voice-strumentalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher and traveler. He is best known for his one-man orchestra show; simultaneously playing, singing and making the instrument sounds with his mouth and without the use of a loop pedal. Lipbone incorporates a full spectrum of musical styles from American Roots and Jazz to throat sin...

Dwayne Cooper is from Florence, SC and currently lives in NYC.  He began singing in a Christian a cappella group called "The Cunningham Singers". Often referred as a modern day Sammy Davis Jr. meets Barry White, he is what the industry calls a "triple threat" and has performed in the Broadway casts of MOTOWN, HAIRSPRAY, several National tours and most recently the NY Revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe....

THE MINDFUL MUSICIAN PODCAST HOMEPAGE: http://www.mattoestreicher.com/themindfulmusician/   TODAYS GUEST:  Jeffrey Lee Campbell LINKS: www.jeffreyleecampbell.com BUY HIS BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Close-Improbable-Adventure-Guitarist/dp/1947309331 BIO:      Originally from North Carolina, Jeffrey Lee Campbell  was raised on a steady diet of rock 'n' roll, soul, and Top 40 music. Playi...

Information about Stas and his band Baraka Moon's new release:    BARAKA MOON Links: http://pressjunkiepr.com/video/bismillah-baraka-moon-album-wind-horse-2017-official-video/ For More Information: www.facebook.com/BarakaMoon www.barakamoon.com e: info@barakamoon.com t: 415-596-3518    sign up for the Mindful Musician mailing list at www.mattoestreicher.com   https://www.facebook.com/themindfulmus...

One of my most interesting experiences in music has to be the time I toured with the band of a spiritual teacher(read: cult leader.) I was the only one in the band who was not a devotee of his.  Well, about 10 years later, this teachers community dissolved amidst scandal.  For the first time since then I talked to his 2nd in command who was the guitarist in the band.  I finally got some answers ab...

share and like us on itunes! Check out the mindful musician podcast at www.mattoestreicher.com/podcast Support Matts non-profit work bringing arts education to in-need communities at:  http://www.yourtime2shine.org/donate-now/ As musicians we are always meeting and working with new people in new places. For this episode I asked several working musicians about their worst experience in the music bu...

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Bassist Dmitry Gorodetsky on the Mindful Musician Podcast talking about how to navigate the music scene as a freelancer.   Some topics that come up: How to play well with others - listening well, working without ego, the importance of authentically connecting with the people around you,  How to work in New York vs Los Angeles Dmitry's very interesting musical upbringing in Belarus (former Soviet U...

Adam Rafferty is a masterful musician and educator. His solo acoustic guitar performances of songs like Superstition and Billie Jean have earned him millions of views and admirers. He is often found touring the world with his guitar. Also find him here: http://www.adamrafferty.com/ and study with him here: http://www.studywithadam.com/ Other things/people discussed in this episode: http://www.dani...

Adam Rafferty is a masterful musician and educator. His solo acoustic guitar performances of songs like Superstition and Billie Jean have earned him millions of views and admirers. He is often found touring the world with his guitar. Also find him here: http://www.adamrafferty.com/ and study with him here: http://www.studywithadam.com/

Most musicians now know Ari Herstand (pronounced Ar*ee Her*stand) as the guy who has helped them fly with their instruments, book national tours, get songs placed on TV and make more money with their music career - without the help of a label. Herstand's music business advice blog, Ari's Take, was nominated by the LA Weekly as the best music blog in Los Angeles and has become a go-to resource for...