How the Words You Sing Become the Life You Live with DPAK
Abel James Show
Abel James Bascom
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Today we're here in the studio in Austin with a genre-defying force of nature. DPAK is a sonic visionary, a boundary-smashing artist, and speaker who ignites stages and earbuds around the globe. He’s performed with icons like Rihanna, India.Arie, and Jason Mraz. He writes and performs songs that mean something, and his art is living proof that, at its best, sound can set people free.
Even more than that, DPAK is a rare artist who can drop a banger anthem at a festival, then cogently explain how inputs and outputs work, like a rogue systems engineer with a mischievous mind.
If you're a deep and expansive thinker, you're going to dig this one.
In this special in-person episode with DPAK, you'll hear:
- Why the “lone wolf” phase of the creative process is a myth
- How censorship, self‑censorship, and propaganda shape what you think is possible
- The hidden power of sound, tuning, and mantras to change your physical, mental, and spiritual state—whether you “believe” in it or not
- Why your playlist might secretly be eroding your self-esteem as you bob your head
- And much more...
- Website: https://dpakworld.com/
- Instagram: @dpak.world
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gv5EPhOtWTHz3wlXtOEyE?si=9p0ZlguoQiibtjRYeElj4g
- Facebook: @DPAKWORLD
- YouTube: @DPAKWORLD
- X: @DPAK_WORLD
- TikTok: @dpakworld
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| 0:00.0 | Hey all, this is Abel James, and thanks so much for joining us on the show. |
| 0:04.0 | Have you ever done something just because someone told you not to? |
| 0:08.0 | In today's special episode in the studio in Austin, Texas, we're here with a true force of nature. |
| 0:14.0 | Deepak is a sonic visionary, a boundary smashing artist, and speaker who ignites stages and earbuds across the globe. |
| 0:22.6 | He's performed with icons like Rihanna, India R.E., and Jason Mraz. |
| 0:27.6 | He writes and performs songs that mean something, and his art is living proof that, at its best, sound can set people free. |
| 0:34.6 | Even more than that, Deepak is a rare artist who can drop a banger anthem at a festival, |
| 0:40.3 | then cogently explain how inputs and outputs work like a rogue systems engineer with a mischievous mind. |
| 0:47.3 | If you're a deep and expansive thinker, you're going to enjoy this one. |
| 0:51.0 | So I just got back from playing a bunch of shows in Vegas and recording a new |
| 0:54.6 | album in Nashville. There's lots going on in Austin, too, with live shows coming up and speaking |
| 0:59.8 | events. So if you'd like to come and join us in person or on some of the live streams, I highly |
| 1:04.8 | encourage you to sign up for my newsletter at abeljames.com. That's abeljames.com. And my new album, I am so psyched about. I'm laying down tracks right now, some more vocals, got some saxophone and even some clarinet that I'm going to be playing, some more guitar. So to stay up to date about all of the in-person events and live streams coming up, make sure that you sign up for that newsletter at abeljames.com or my substack at abeljames.substack.com. And also, we've been helping people get in the best shape |
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