Shaping Your Journey- Aldo Mazza & Guests
Shaping Your Journey features intimate conversations with experts and friends in the music world. With the choices we make in life and the human connections we form throughout our lives, we hold the power to shape our musical and life journey.odcast weblog
Episodes
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Roy Wooten - also kown at Futureman, talks abouts his journey growing up in a musical family. He went on to becoming not only a 5-time Grammy award musician, playing with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, but also he became a composer of various genres such as ballet, symphonic works and screenplays. Wooten is also a recognized inventor of electronic instruments such as the Dru...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Rob Birenbaum discusses his path starting off as a salesman and drum teacher at a local Missouri drum shop to creating his own shop, Drum Headquarters of St. Louis, MO, He then went on to HQ Percussion, which famously produced the iconic RealFeel practice pads and Sound Off drum mute pads
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Robert Leroux discusses his career as a percussionist, teacher and administrator performing with many reputable orchestras including the National Arts Centre, the Montreal Symphony, the Grand Ballet Orchestra, and the SMCQ to name but a few. In the latter part of his career, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal before continuing his journe...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Donny McCaslin discusses his journey from California to studying sax at Berklee, touring with Gary Burton and Steps Ahead, recording David Bowie' s Blackstar album and continuing his solo career.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Steve Maxwell recounts his experience as a drummer who then went into the traditional corporate life and then circled back into drumming going on to becoming a major collector of rare drums which led him to opening his own drum shop "Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums" in New York and Chicago. He has worked with Charlie Watts and many other famous drummers supplying them...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest John Santos discusses his path to becoming a highly recognized composer, producer, percussionist and Afro-Latino music educator in addition to being a seven-time GRAMMY nominee.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Bob Breithaupt discusses his illustrious career as a performer, an arts administrator, educator, and an avid entrepreneur-developing the percussion department at Capital University, President of PAS and being an active clinician.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Rick Latham explains how his love for drumming was shaped at the early age of twelve, listening to the powerful rhythm and blues influences of Southern gospel music, R & B and soul music. Today, he is recognized as one of the world's most in demand touring and studio drummers and he is especially known for his many books and DVDs on funk drumming.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest is the legendary frame drum artist Glen Velez. Glen discusses his path to becoming a five-time Grammy winning percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world and how he became to be recognized as the founding father of the modern frame drum movement.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest is the great piano virtuoso Omar Sosa who is joined by his band mate - the Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita in conversation with me. Both of these formidable musicians discuss what led to their magical musical collaboration when they met back in 2012.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Jim West discusses how he became a successful music producer, making a mark in the industry now for over 50 years which led him to create Justin Time records - Canada's biggest independent jazz label.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Graham Webb discusses his rise as a drummer turned business man who was able to create a huge empire of hair salons and hair salon products which was later sold to an international corporation. He has authored books about his inspirational life speaking about how one can overcome any challenges life throws your way with the right mindset. He is an acclaimed motivational spea...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Russ Lawton describes his musical path growing up in the Boston area where he began studying drums. He then went on to touring with an Afro-band Zzebra to then joining Trey Anastasio (front man of the group Phish) and touring and recording with him for over two decades. He has been on Faculty at the KoSA International Percussion Workshops several times.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Jim Catalano discusses his humble beginnings as a serious percussion student and then going on to work at the Ludwig/Musser company for 41 years, while also serving on the board of the Percussive Arts Society. Jim is presently an active clinician and adjunct instructor at Notre Dame and St Mary's College in Indiana.
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Skip Hadden talks about his early beginnings in music, studying with Ralph Pace and later going to pursue his studies in Cleveland with Bob McKee and Ramnad Raghavan. He quickly established himself in the jazz world performing with such great musicians as Kenny Werner, Dewey Redman, Bill Dobbins, and Joe Lovano to name but a few. He also recorded with renowned artists such a...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Karl Perazzo talks about how he was born into a musical family and he began playing Latin music at age two which shaped his particular interest in Afro-Cuban percussion instruments. At the age of seven, he played in a band that his mother and father created, which later became a gateway for him to perform with Cal Tjader, while Karl was only in 6th grade. He then on to play ...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest is the great marimba artist Linda Pimentel. Linda recounts her journey from learning piano to moving on to specializing in marimba. She then went on to become one of the pioneers as a solo marimba artist. She continued her journey, obtaining a PhD and teaching at University inspiring countless others
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Rich Mangicaro explains his varied talents both as a percussionist and drummer performing and/or recording with many of music’s most influential artists such as the late Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Jeff Bridges, Aaron Neville, The Tubes, James Morrison, David Crosby, Jackson Browne and many more. He held the position of head of Artist Relations for Paiste for nearly 2 decades and...
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest percussionist Cyro Baptista recounts his path from growing up in Brazil where he was exposed to the rich culture of Brazilian music and its rhythms, to then moving to New York where he went on to becoming an in-demand percussionist working and recording with such greats as Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, Trey Anastasio Wynton Marsalis and countless others!
In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Frank Bellucci discusses how he became enamoured with playing music at the young age of five and actually started gigging at the age of ten! His passion led him down the path to becoming one of New York City's outstanding session drummers, an in-demand educator and clinician.
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