Kaskade, Multi GRAMMY Award-Nominated Musician
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
This week’s podcast is with Kaskade, a Multi GRAMMY Award-nominated musician who has been a groundbreaking innovator in the dance music world, and a titan in the music industry as a whole.
While bridging the gap between old school music purists and a new generation of music lovers, he marries genres and twists labels to stay true to his roots while pushing the boundaries of what’s next.
Relentlessly touring the world and playing to millions of people around the globe, Kaskade has been in the trenches for over a decade.
His handwriting can be read all over the history of electronic music while his influence maintains an all-time high.
Over the past few years I’ve had the fortune of getting to have so many incredible conversations on this podcast.
What stands out in this conversation is the challenges of being an artist.
The challenge of creating work that comes from a place of authenticity, that is true to who you are, while at the same time wanting to reach as many people as possible and make a living.
We talk about innovation and how he balances fans wanting to hear him plays his hits vs. keeping it fresh and playing new music.
We also discuss how he manages anxiety when it comes to performing and the demands of touring.
For those who are unfamiliar with his music – definitely go check it out!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I've been in a lot of places and positions along the way and along my journey here in life, whatever, |
| 0:06.0 | and positions that I didn't like that I was like, this freaking sucks. |
| 0:10.0 | I can't stand what I'm doing right now and I don't like this, but it's finding something in that moment or in that situation that you can find a victory in that is yours that you can there's got to be a |
| 0:26.9 | rail light in there somewhere and you need to find that and focus on that and make that |
| 0:32.0 | your reality. Our reality. Alright welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervay. |
| 0:47.2 | And usually I just pause here and move on to like what this conversation is about. |
| 0:51.9 | But lately I've noticed a trend in my personal life |
| 0:54.6 | where people have been asking me, they listen to the podcast, |
| 0:57.4 | they have enjoyed the insights from the conversation |
| 1:00.7 | and the guests that we have on, |
| 1:01.8 | and they ask about my training. And I haven't done a good job. |
| 1:05.6 | Some people obviously know what I do, you know, the inner circles I guess know what I do and what |
| 1:09.5 | my training is, but for those where I haven't made it clear, I just want to take a quick moment to talk about it. |
| 1:15.0 | So by trade and training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist. |
| 1:18.0 | So what does that mean? |
| 1:20.0 | That means undergraduate degree in psychology. |
| 1:22.0 | That means a master's degree in kinesiology |
| 1:24.3 | a la sports science, the science of it, and then back to a PhD in psychology |
| 1:29.0 | licensed as a psychologist with a specialty in sport and performance. |
| 1:34.0 | And if there were such a thing as a sub-specialty, |
| 1:36.0 | which there really isn't, it would be in rugged and hostile |
| 1:39.1 | and high-consequence environments would be where I spend most of my time. |
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