For awhile now I’ve been subscribed to the Broken Records podcast using my trusty podcast aggregator app, but had yet to really take a listen. I tend to listen to lots of podcast that do not discuss music. Music is such a big part of my life and I love it. Sometimes it’s just nice though to learn about something else. I like listening to podcasts a lot. I love listening to other people talk and be engaged in conversations about really interesting topics.

Esperanza Spalding has long been one of my favorite musicians. I think it’s her mix of imagination and just pure creativity that I find really love. A few years ago I was able to attend a concert of her’s and it really inspired me to think about how I continue to infuse creativity into my performance and concerning that as the art itself. One of my favorite parts of this interview is about how she mentions how she created her own custom costume / suit to wear everyday because she didn’t want to have think about what she was going to wear. She also dove into how she doesn’t consider herself a jazz bassist even though she won a Grammy award for being just that. It’s fascinating really.

Next in my queue for the Broken Records is an episode with Brittany Howard.

Let me know what you think!

-Ciyadh

P.S. Started playing around with this new app, Agenda. I’m using it particularly to keep track of some language learning projects that I’ll write about…eventually.