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Flute 360 | Episode 202: “Meet Austin Pancner from The Functional Musician!”

Join Austin and Heidi as they talk about everything regarding health and fitness. This four-part series will unlock the questions you have about your health as a modern-day musician. We get it. We’ve been there. It’s not fun being in pain and not knowing where to turn. So here is your chance to meet and get to know a valuable resource and Heidi’s friend, Austin! Austin is not only an expert when it comes to your health and fitness, but he understands the struggle that you could be facing right now. In this episode, Austin introduces himself, and he dives into an 8-week course that he’s offering to you in the Summer of 2022. Listen to hear all the details!

E202 – Resources Mentioned:

• Register to Austin’s course here!
• Austin’s YouTube Channel
• E171 with Austin – listen here!

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Known for his role as guitarist for Canadian rock group The Odds, Murray Atkinson is a creative force with an eclectic vision, and he joins DTP to take us behind the music of his instrumental guitar rock album ‘Mubla Tubed’, as well as his ambient orchestral album ‘Aetherium Divine’! We also dive into Murray’s work with video game music, the importance of serving the song, and much more in this episode of Desert Tiger!

Tara Trinity is an ambitious multi-talented performer. She is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, playwright and dancer, who quickly proved her brilliance as a child prodigy winning her first classical piano competition at age 5. She was later chosen to originate a role on Broadway in Paul Simon's musical, ?The Capeman.? She went on to attend the esteemed Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University as a classical piano performance major. In January 2013, she was awarded Honorable Mention at the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition for her original song on vocals and ukelele ?And I Love You.? Trinity and her band – the Tara Trinity Band - bring a unique mix of jazzy pop and old school R&B. Visit Trinity's website at http://www.taratrinity.com Like America Meditating on Facebook and Download our FREE Pause for Peace app. Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org

Konnie Ellis is an author and homeschooling mom living in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has had several articles published in various magazines, which tell about the adaptive techniques she uses to live a full and productive life. Konnie and her three siblings were all born blind, but they don't let this stop them from living happy and active lives. Konnie's interests include writing, playing the piano, reading and teaching. In addition to homeschooling her own two children, she has done daycare, taught piano, run a tutoring service, and homeschooled other people's kids as well. The biography she has recently published tells the story of her brother, Rory Hoffman, who is a two-time winner of the Inspirational Country Music's Musician of the year award and is a very successful multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville.

Join April Sims and Vincent Versher (sitting in for Christopher 'Poetry Man' Fields) as they welcome MO Pleasure to April Sims A and E Radio Show. A little bit about MO Pleasure Known affectionately as Mo Pleasure, this renowned multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, began playing acoustic piano at the age of four and by his early teens already mastered several instruments including bass, trumpet, guitar, drums and violin.Upon receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from University of Connecticut, Mo began his professional music career playing bass with Ray Charles. He then began working as a session musician, backing some of the most accomplished talents in Jazz and R&B including George Duke, Natalie Cole, Dianne Reeves, Jonathan Butler, Rachelle Ferrell, Michael McDonald, Oleta Adams, Roberta Flack, Marcus Miller and Frankie Beverly and Maze, to name a few.From 1989 through 1992, Mo was both keyboardist and musical director with saxophonist Najee, pianist Alex Bugnon, and vocalists Philip Bailey, Patti Austin and Jon Lucien. In 1993, he became a member of the legendary group Earth, Wind & Fire, and ascended to become the band’s musical director in 1994. Mo was featured playing keyboards, trumpet and guitar with Janet Jackson’s 2001 “All For You” tour and played keyboards and trumpet with Boney James’ 2004 “Pure” tour. As a principal member of the group Devoted Spirits, Mo was featured playing keyboards for Jimi Hendrix’s 60th Birthday Celebration and the 2004 “Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix” tour. Mo most recently toured with Roberta Flack and Rachelle Ferrell.In addition to performing at worldwide jazz festivals including Montreux, North Sea, St. Lucia, Cancun, and Montreal, Mo has been a featured concert pianist, performing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra and for the Boston Ballet.There are many Television and Video performances to Mo’s credit, including Ray Charles BBC Special, Mad TV, BET on Jazz, VH1, The Tonight Show, Earth, Wind & Fire documentary Shining Stars and HBO Special – Janet Jackson in Hawaii. His movie soundtrack credits include Talkin’ featured in the Disney movie “Three Men and a Little Lady” and the EWF single “Cruisin,” featured in Spike Lee’s “Get On The Bus.”Two of Mo’s CDs were released independently in Spring 2005. Devoted Spirits’ “Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire” and Audio Caviar “Transoceanic.” Audio Caviar is a collaboration featuring Mo on piano, bass, trumpet and flugelhorn, Ralph Johnson on drums and Denmark guitarist Steen Kyed.Mo’s first offering as a solo artist, Elements of Pleasure, was released in 2006. The release earned him a devoted worldwide following and established him as a producer and multi-instrumentalist with singular talent. Scheduled for release in late 2008, Mo’s second solo effort, Mo’Elements of Pleasure, expands upon his first project. The lyrical movement of the piano, the soulful sounds of the trumpet and flugelhorn and the funky rhythm of the bass are the elements that touch the heart, mind and soul. The music is a combined collaboration of instrumental funk and soulful vocals, reminiscent of his many musical influences. Demonstrating the respect and cache he has garnered in his illustrious career, the album is chockfull of special guests including Tony Terry, Maysa, Ali Woodson, Philip Bailey, Maxayn and Bobby Ricketts.   April Sims (http://www.wearegreaterthani.com)