Finn Barnaby | The Experiment: Piano Improv Meets Podcast Innovation

Disruptors

Rob Moore

Careers, How To, Business, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Marketing, Investing, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In his most experimental episode ever, Rob interviews pianist Finn Barnaby to answer commonly asked questions on the show - but with a twist. Instead of speaking his responses, Finn expresses himself solely through music compositions on his piano. What unfolds is a highly entertaining glimpse into Finn's creative mind and talent as a musician. From commenting on the state of affairs in the UK to sharing brutal life lessons, Rob and Finn also discuss all things music, including mastering an instrument, the role of AI, and the dilemma between creative expression and commercial viability that all artists face. Finn Reveals: Motivation is key to mastering a musical instrument - natural talent helps but drive matters more The importance of understanding music theory The opportunities AI presents for musicians Why word-of-mouth reputation matters Why the right teaching and guidance makes learning piano achievable Why improvisation skills separate human musicians from AI BEST MOMENTS “I’m a closet creative” "Motivation is all you need" "Word of mouth is very valuable" "I really appreciated simple music as an art form, you can sell to the masses and still keep your identity" "There’s been some really interesting developments with music in AI. And I’m really curious to see If it can, or when, or what happens when it can improvise." "I'll be curious to see...if I climbed the success ladder. I'd be very curious to see where the no came in." "I teach lots and lots of people and the ones that succeed are the ones that are motivated." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter https://robmoore.com/podbooks rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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0:00.0	This is the most experimental episode I have ever done.
0:05.0	I think I'd quit coffee and I had this idea that we could do an episode where I ask questions,
0:12.0	but my guests don't answer with words they play music.
0:16.7	Not everyone's going to get this, but I found a professional pianist who plays piano
0:21.7	for the rich and famous and powerful and we do two parts one
0:25.9	answered in music to answered with an interview and I'd love your thoughts on this
0:31.0	experimental episode I also want to thank Finn Barnaby
0:34.4	for the time and effort he put into recording this episode with me.
0:37.4	Enjoy the experiment.
0:40.4	Welcome to Disruptors Experimental episode. I'm a closet creative and for years I've had
0:48.2	this idea on the show to have answers not spoken in word but expressed in music. I love music. And so in more
0:59.5	than a thousand episodes this is the very first time I have a very special guest, an amazing
1:06.3	pianist and we're going to cut this interview down into two parts and the first
1:10.6	part is I'm going to ask some questions that commonly come up on the
1:15.6	Disruptor show that you seem to like as our audience members, followers, fans, and instead of speaking the answer Finn's
1:26.9	going to play his emotional expression to the question.
1:34.0	Then we're going to debrief each one,
1:36.0	and then we're going to do a bit of a chat,
1:38.0	not a fire side, a piano side chat afterwards.
1:41.0	So I'm really excited about this episode. I've never done
1:44.0	anything like it in a thousand. I bet you there's probably not a podcast in the
1:48.2	country of the world that's done anything like this. So everyone this is Finn.
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