The 2021 Online Version of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was a few months back and so I'm a bit late in getting these posts out, but as always I seriously enjoyed catching various panel discussions. One such panel discussion was about music, money and mindfulness.
Here are some bio information that I took from the LA Times website.
Jeff Brabec is Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for BMG, the fourth largest music publisher in the world. Brabec specializes in evaluating music publishing catalogue acquisitions. He is the co-author with his twin brother Todd of the book "MUSIC, MONEY, AND SUCCESS: The Insider's Guide To Making Money In The Music Business" (8th Edition).
Lynn Helding is the author of The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning and Performance in the Age of Brain Science. She is currently Professor of Practice in Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at USC’s Thornton School of Music and serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Singing.
Richard "Wolfie" Wolf is an Emmy Award-winning composer, multi-Platinum selling music producer, and professor at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he teaches ever-popular classes on music and mindfulness. He is the author of In "Tune: Music as the Bridge to Mindfulness".
The following are my notes from the panel discussion:
Richard "Wolfie" Wolf
Richard "Wolfie" Wolf
Learned how to mediate as a senior in high school. He wasn't very good at it. Years later he went through a panic attack and was told to meditate 10 minutes in the morning and at night. He learned to concentrate and focus in order to meditate better.
