Lifetimes of Listening

09/12/2023

09/12/2023

Lifetimes of Listening will be at the Holiday Open House for the SAACA Creative Collective today in the Music and Digital Arts studio!

We are grateful for a chance to collaborate with SAACA and to meet some of Tucson's artists and creators!

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photograph by. Sabrina Ripke and Pixaby

21/11/2023

Need to start a conversation for the holidays? Ask someone to tell you about a time where music has been important to them, or has played a role in their lives. We hope you’ll enjoy where the story leads.

Photo by from Pixaby.

15/11/2023

Download Episode Twelve Today on your Favorite Podcast App!

Episode Twelve Explores Mariachi and Folklorico, and the way it affects the young people who join the ensembles in school. Our guest, Araceli Valenzuela, has been a part of the youth mariachi movement her entire life. She’s led multiple ensembles, and has a passion for music education that is inspiring. Tune in to learn more!

Photo by Marisela Lucio from Pixaby.

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11/11/2023

Thank you, Veterans.

Image from USS Enterprise, and Pixaby.

10/11/2023

Episode Twelve explores the impact of Mariachi and Folklorico on the lives of kids who begin making the music in grade school. It's a great introduction to the musical styles by exploring the music's effects on the performers! Our guest Araceli Valenzuela has been helping change the lives of young people since she herself was a kid, by empowering them to learn and to perform Mariachi.

Picture by Vrmilo from Pixaby.

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07/11/2023

Araceli Valenzuela is our guest for Episode Twelve, where we discuss stories of Mariachi and Folklorico! Valenzuela has long been associated with the youth mariachi movement in Tucson, and her current ensemble is Nueva Luna (pictured here)! Seek them out and support Youth Mariachi and Folklorico ensembles!

04/11/2023

If you missed the Valenzuela family when they were featured last month on Good Morning America, you'll still be able to hear Aracelli Valenzuela on Episode Twelve of Lifetimes of Listening.

Our episode focuses on stories of Mariachi and folklorico, and will be available on November 15th!

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31/10/2023

Happy Halloween from Lifetimes of Listening

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28/10/2023

If you’re in Tucson next Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 1st), please hear more about Lifetimes of Listening at Brian Moon’s Tedx presentation.

24/10/2023

Our first “worked with all the celebrities” guest! Chris O’Dell’s perspective on the music of the 1960s and 1970s is worth hearing. Listen to Episode Eleven of Lifetimes of Listening whereever you listen to podcasts.

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21/10/2023

I can’t wait to share the lessons we are learning from all of you who have graciously shared your stories with Lifetimes of Listening! See you on November 1st at Centennial Hall on the campus of the University of Arizona.

17/10/2023

Jamili’s story about James Taylor will make you smile. If you liked it in Episode Eleven of Lifetimes of Listening, you’ll enjoy the full version on our website at https://musicalmemories.music.arizona.edu/

15/10/2023

Episode Eleven, "Won't You Call Me, Miss O'Dell" is available today.

Our Guest for this episode of Lifetimes of Listening is Chris O'Dell. She listens to musical memories about the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and James Taylor, artists with whom she worked in the late 1960s and 1970s. You can find the episode wherever you listen to podcasts!

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10/10/2023

What better perspective on musical memories about classic rock artists than that of someone who was there! If you are a fan of the popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, you will enjoy Chris O'Dell's memoir about her time working in the music industry. We are really grateful she shared her time with us for Episode Eleven of Lifetimes of Listening, coming out next week!

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07/10/2023

Lifetimes of Listening has been invited to give a Tedx talk at the University of Arizona on November 1st!

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03/10/2023

Journalist, cultural critic, and artist Zander Tsadwa, the founder and principle editor of Across the Culture shared some of the seminal stories that marked his early journey to self-expression as a writer and an artist. You can hear his music on SoundCloud under Zander an American. In addition to his written articles and blogs online, follow his commentary on Tik Tok. Or, hear the musical memories he shared with us at Lifetimes of Listening.

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30/09/2023

Our guest for October's episode of Lifetimes of Listening is Chris O'Dell, the "Miss O'Dell" from George Harrison's song. Her time working in the music industry during the late 1960s and 1970s brought her into contact with many of the most famous rock stars of that era. The conversation is not one to miss!

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26/09/2023

We've made our first internet List!

Feedspot ranks us 7 on a list of the Top 10 music podcasts in Arizona!

https://podcasts.feedspot.com/arizona_music_podcasts/

Thank you!

23/09/2023

Tucsonan local music fans probably know Eb Eberlein. We were so glad to feature a part of the story he shared with us in Episode Ten. The longer musical memory he shared with us lives up to what Leah Roseman described as her goal for interviewing a musician; it demonstrates the “breadth and depth” of a life in music. Thanks Eb!

Listen to Episode Ten of Lifetimes of Listening wherever you listen to podcasts.

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19/09/2023

If you've never WATCHED a podcast, this episode of Conversations with Musicians might be a good place to start. Anze Roman and Kara Talve composed the score to the TV series Prehistoric Planet. For the score, they created instruments using fossils and other items, and it's really compelling to see them played. You'll like this episode if you enjoyed our most recent episode, enjoy dinosaurs, or have fun seeing newly designed beautifully sounding instruments demonstrated. See Conversations with Musicians on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com//featured

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15/09/2023

Episode Ten of Lifetimes of Listening is Available Today!

Brian and Dan talk to Leah Roseman, the host of “Conversations with Musicians” about the kinds of things you learn when you listen to the stories musicians tell. Interviews with Eb Eberlein, Alana Weising, and Daniel Alberto Rivera Castelo from the archive help us dig deeper into the question of what you learn when talking with a musician. Just as you don’t have to understand music to be moved by it, you don’t have to play an instrument to learn from the life lessons that a musician’s stories reveal.

Photo by Ryan McGuire from Pixaby

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12/09/2023

When Kirk Hamilton of Strong Songs dives into a song that you have memories of, you end up learning about something that’s already inside of you. His episode of Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” brings one back to the 1980s in an instant. The song was so well constructed that even if you don’t typically think of it as a good song, you’ll love it by the end of the episode.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yojQa1q78tWEtbSq7ZdX6?si=0f85d39fa41f44fd

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09/09/2023

When is the last time you were inspired by a conversation with a musician? That question shaped our next episode for Lifetimes of Listening. Leah Roseman, a violinist, teacher and podcaster is our guest. Her podcast is called Conversations with Musicians, and she’s released nearly 100 conversations with musicians from all genres, and from around the world. She’s a masterful interviewer, and we wanted to learn from her, and to hear some of what she’s gleaned from the many conversations she’s shared.

05/09/2023

What makes a person decide to become a musician? How can they spend so much time cultivating a craft that may not earn them any renumeration? What wisdom do musicians have to share with us? Episode Ten of Lifetimes of Listening addresses these and other questions by examining musician’s stories within the archive.

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02/09/2023

Why follow Lifetimes of Listening on your favorite podcasting app? Why like and follow us on social media? The algorithms that suggest our show to potential listeners are built on the preferences of our current listeners. Help us reach a larger audience. Like. Subscribe. Follow. And thank you!

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29/08/2023

Does Mahalia Jackson make you feel the holiday of Christmas? The wonderful story about Mahalia Jackson told by Hans York in Episode Nine of Lifetimes of Listening can be heard in full on the web page in the archive ( https://musicalmemories.music.arizona.edu/archive/ ).

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26/08/2023

Why do we sometimes forget things that just happened? Why do remember things clearly that occurred long ago?

If you missed April 17th’s episode of Hidden Brain, it was all about memory. The show explores why it fails us, when it works and how to build it. And If you haven’t listened to our most recent episode, it’s about the science surrounding music and memory. Here's a link to Hidden Brain's memory episode:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/remember-more-forget-less/id1028908750?i=1000609365945

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