44: Duncan Sheik, '90s Rocker Turned Broadway Composer

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Duncan Sheik first made a name for himself in the mid-90s with the hit song, "Barely Breathing," and has since reinvented himself as a Broadway composer. He won two Tonys and a Grammy Award for music he composed for the smash Broadway hit, "Spring Awakening," and he also composed music for Broadway's "American Psycho." But when Sheik first started out, performing on stage made him very nervous and it wasn't until he was introduced to Nichiren Buddhism, which involves the practice of a form of mantra meditation, that he got over his fears. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:11.8	I'll be totally honest. I didn't know much about Duncan Sheik. I'm pretty big music
1:26.4	fan. But he had somehow escaped my notice. I had heard barely breathing I guess when
1:34.4	it when his big hit back in the 90s. But I was too busy listening to pavement and other
1:40.0	indie rock bands. So that he was never really got onto my radar in a big way. But then
1:45.4	somebody recently pointed out to me that he's a meditator. In fact, he's been doing it for
1:48.5	a while and it's been a big part of his creative process. So we invited him to come in and
1:54.0	he did and I was super impressed and charmed by the guy and I think you will be too. So
1:59.4	I give you Duncan Sheik.
2:03.5	From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
2:10.5	Thanks for coming on. Yeah. My wife was psyched when I told her you were coming on the
2:16.4	show. She didn't know until this morning. She's like, what? You're a chicken. Tell her
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