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#9 Maestro Alexander Shelley: The Architecture of Music

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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The Art of Conducting

A conductor must be able to give a beat that however you do it. A symbiosis between me and the 80 musician s on stage is, in fact, i find one of the most beautiful things that humans do. Just the co ordination of 80 people on stage a dand i think the correct state of mind for for a conductor while performing is even though i don't ate,. I have have a close friend who meditated when he was growing up, andhe used to describe it to me. And actually the experience of conducting is very similar. You are in a state of very, very high focus, where you're ideally not thinking about a specific element. Youre chann

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