The Universal Language of Music with David Johnson
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
For this episode, we are joined by David Johnson, a renowned music producer and writer who has grown up around the likes of Miles Davis and Buddy Rich, and performed alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen. Needless to say, David has experienced his fair share of the music industry. You’ll find out what its like to be 18 and touring the world, building honest friendships, or even losing your home and music studio to 25 inches of water, twice! Our discussion is that of a wholesome journey with honest, good-hearted lessons learned a long the way. Moreover, David gives an inspiring lesson on the universal language of music.
David Johnson is currently working on a documentary called Patch.CV that focuses on the growing movement of modular synthesis which you can find on www.patchcv.com
You can reach David on info@patchcv.com
David also has a Record Label and Film/TV sync music company called Gearkids Creative as well as a label called Organic Vinyl
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| 0:00.0 | You know, they were all just people and nice people. |
| 0:05.0 | You know, you've got Bruce Springsteen jumping up on your drum riser, |
| 0:08.0 | screaming into his microphone, he's right in my face and I'm singing backup vocals with him and I'm realizing this is really him. |
| 0:16.8 | This isn't an act. |
| 0:18.4 | That whole, you know, Jersey boss routine, it's not a stick. This is the real guy. |
| 0:27.0 | And that's when I just went, |
| 0:30.0 | I'm starting to understand something here. |
| 0:33.3 | Again, that people are just people. |
| 0:37.7 | And artists are just like me. |
| 0:39.6 | They want to experience something. |
| 0:41.2 | And when they're passionate about something, they're in it, 100%. |
| 0:45.0 | He didn't let go of that persona of him, you know, of who he was at any minute. |
| 0:52.1 | He was present. He was there and it was powerful man. I was just |
| 0:56.8 | beside myself. And how do I react? I sing back up vocals as loud as I possibly can. I'm banging the drums as hard as I can. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm grooving so everybody else on the stage is impacted by this moment. And there's no time for ego when you come off the stage and you go |
| 1:18.5 | hey you know Bruce man that that was really cool he's like yeah, that was fun man. I should do that again sometime. I'm like, yeah, we should do that again sometime. But I'm not going to go home and go, hey, so Bruce wants to do some more stuff. |
| 1:35.0 | No, that's just a moment that I get to carry around saying, |
| 1:39.0 | all right, I've experienced that. I know what that's like moving on what's next |
| 1:47.0 | I'm Srenny Rao and this is the Unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've started movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art. |
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