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Music and More Episode #4 - Wyeth Aleksei

November 11, 2014

Hannah Parkins ’16 and Davis Erickson ’16

Welcome to episode #4 of the newly titled Music and More podcast! This week we got the chance to chat with our dear friend trumpet player Wyeth Aleksei. In this episode, we discuss:

"I didn't run home, I took the bus" (how Wyeth chose trumpet) 0:40
Support from parents 1:54
If you could practice any other art form... 2:58
Kevin Spacey 3:20
Who inspires you? 3:24
Kevin Durant and confidence 4:30
What was your musical "moment"? 5:24
Basketball & stress relief 6:03
Shout out to Ma'ayan 6:42
Flash Mob & accessibility 7:18
Feminist critique of Miley Cyrus criticisms 8:17
Who's your favorite pop artist? 9:26
Autotune & Photoshop, Andy Dwyer 10:26

We hope you enjoy listening to this episode with Wyeth as much as we enjoyed producing it!

Until next time,
Hannah and Davis

Responses to this Entry

I didn't know about the flashmob at the Air and Space Museum until this podcast and now I looked it up AND I LIKE IT SO MUCH. Thanks for mentioning it, Wyeth!

(Also sleep. Sleep is good. Do the sleep.)

Posted by: Ma'ayan on November 19, 2014 11:21 AM