Elliott's Podcast

By Elliott Fienberg

Every week, Elliott gives a mix of mind-expanding music and thoughtful messages to help bring you back into your centre. elliottfienberg.com

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Elliott's PodcastNov 07, 2021

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39:51

When Everything Disappeared Twice (Live in the Studio Version)

This episode of Elliott's Podcast showcases my new tune When Everything Disappeared Twice which you can listen to on all streaming services. Spotify link is here.

Feb 19, 202311:45

The Gift

This episode talks about my mission to help share the gift of both playing music for you, and to tap into the infinite power required for you to do this on your own. The power is available to everyone who chooses to accept it and take it on. Wishing you the happiest holidays today.

Dec 25, 202219:48

The Two Channels of Consciousness + Ambient Rhodes Piece

This week's episode of Elliott's Podcast talks about the two channels of consciousness which are derived from Ram Das. Moving to channel two is a tool for removing fear, doubt and worry from your daily internal dialogue.

The episode ends with a relaxing piece on the Rhodes that dances around the pentatonic scale.

Read the piece by Ram Das here.

Dec 17, 202223:30

The Trey Anastasio Method for Inspired Play

In this week's episode of Elliott's Podcast, I talk about encouraging a sense of play with music and how that might be different from our traditional ideas about practice.

I also show a great holiday gift for guitarists to play in the morning, the Mustang Micro, as well as the iReal Pro app for generating backing tracks to play along to.

The song I played along to was called Thursday Night, Friday Morning by IKSRE and Party Store: https://iksre.bandcamp.com/album/northwest-southeast

Interested in attending a session to help encourage you to play music? Fill out the form here https://forms.gle/SFZwUs1dQSJHDn1e6

Watch the video with Trey talking about his morning routine here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkWQoD4aqGE

Mustang Micro: https://www.long-mcquade.com/219403/Guitars/Guitar-Effects/Fender-Musical-Instruments/Mustang-Micro.htm

iReal Pro: https://www.irealpro.com/

Dec 11, 202240:13

Reconnecting with the Guitar

This episode puts me back in the bedroom location for a guitar jam with some chat before.

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Dec 04, 202216:26

Constancy Bears Fruit

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Be sure to listen to the seasonal mix of the latest music from Elliott's Podcast over here.

Nov 27, 202206:32

Fingerprint the Sky - Seasonal Mix Special Edition

Welcome to the special edition of Elliott's Podcast where we review the music that's been made over the past few months. These mixes are dedicated to my Patrons but this month also the Red Rockers get a shoutout. Photo by Adam.

Patrons get the full mix without any talking and in higher quality audio at http://patreon.com/fienberg.

Nov 20, 202233:49

Take a Minute for Yourself

A great opportunity to put the news feeds away and just sit with what is.

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Nov 13, 202204:15

The Best Goal You Can Have

Thanks for listening I have a home at http://elliottfienberg.com which you can visit to learn more about my work.

Nov 06, 202205:28

Your Creativity is in Orbit

This week is a short prompt to help you reframe your creativity, seeing it as something that is slightly adjusting and evolving every day. And you get a Rhodes jam in Bb!

Oct 30, 202206:22

Grounding - Calming the Noise Down

In service of settling down all the noise that might be floating around your mind this week.

Oct 23, 202205:09

How to Design a Creative Habit

This week I talk about the idea of the cue and the reward and how you can build momentum in doing your Most Creative Work (MCW).

Referencing the book, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

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Oct 16, 202242:28

The Enormity of Nature (Just Sit in the Park)

Sitting in a park is an underrated habit. Better if you can go by yourself, and top marks if you go to one that is outside of your neighbourhood. Just look on the map and get out there. Your time in the park is the perfect antidote to the stress of living in the city.

Oct 08, 202204:50

Begin With Where You Are

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Oct 02, 202206:33

Mix Series: One Day Things Will Remain Still

This episode is part of my mix series that is designed as a thank you to my Patrons. It compiles music that was made for this podcast in the weeks prior.

On this episode we hear:

Provoking Lake Sunset
The Map
Gonawinda
Harness
Head

Sep 25, 202243:31

Making Time for Community

This week we kick off with a track I call Gonawinda and then we discuss the idea of community and how I have started a Discord to help put this vision to the test. https://discord.gg/3RKdb2xF (good for 7 days after the episode airs)

Derek Sivers Dancing Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ

Sep 18, 202232:51

Facing the Fear of Technology - Jam in E Major and Discussion

This week I offer some strategies for making your commitment to using tech a bit less daunting. We start things off with a heady jam in E Major. Thanks for listening to Elliott's Podcast as always. My website is elliottfienberg.com for more articles and info about my work.

Sep 11, 202235:38

The Mindset of a Songwriter: Matt James in Joseph Workman Park in Toronto

It was great to connect with my old friend Matt James at Joseph Workman Park, as part of the music in parks series on Elliott's Podcast.

Inside you can expect to learn about some different strategies that a songwriter like Matt might employ to work through ideas.
How to structure a music practice session and plenty of other tips about the creative process.

And there are two short performances to boot.

Find Matt's work at https://townhousemusic.com/

Sep 04, 202249:23

Sleep Tea Ritual and Fake Spotify Artists at Bedtime

Lots to go over, being in my old bedroom at night time inspired me to discuss some sleepy time rituals around going to bed early. If you have serious sleep issues you can learn more about my friend Talia Shapero's work as mentioned in this episode

Aug 28, 202231:43

Harnessing a Sense of Surrender

The idea that naturally came about this week is to continue writing a piece of music for another lake that I visited on this month’s hiking trip. We stayed on three lakes, so this week I wrote a piece called Harness and paired it with the video from that one.

Mentioned in this episode: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

I Didn't Do The Thing Today by Madeleine Dore

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Aug 21, 202229:23

Drop into the Provoking Lake Sunset

Sunset captured on Provoking Lake in Alqonquin Park. Thanks for coming along for the journey!

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Aug 14, 202238:39

Track Premiere: Good Vibe Society

This week we play my new track Good Vibe Society which you can listen to on streaming here.

Join the Patreon to get the download of this track here.

Thanks for coming along for the journey...

Aug 07, 202209:11

Music Mix: Pathways into the Park (July/August Mix)

Leading up to doing this mix I had been thinking about how a musician can push themselves so hard to always be creating new work, but if they (I) just stopped for a minute to appreciate all the work that had been done up until now, one would be in a much better place.

So this mix compiles a bit of music from Elliott's Podcast lately, and superimposes some of my studio work from around 2020-21. Patrons get a version that has no talking at the front of it - patreon.com/fienberg. Thanks for listening!

Jul 31, 202227:46

Alchemizing Fear into Creativity

This show is about taking your darkest emotions and using them as fuel for your greatest work. There is a short segment on sleep which is a big theme in Elliott's work. We finish up with a short blues jam called, "I Didn't Know".

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Buy him a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/elliottfienberg
Subscribe to support this work on a monthly basis at http://patreon.com/fienberg

Thanks for listening!

Jul 24, 202229:31

Elliott Plays Harmonica and Lap Steel Guitar in Cedervale Park

A discussion about the Quarter Turn from Mark Nepo's Drinking from the River of Light.

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Jul 17, 202223:37

Elliott Plays Clarinet in Earlscourt Park and Talks about Working with the Moon Cycles

Thanks for hanging with Elliott this week!

Oprah article on working with the moon: https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a35684513/moon-phases-manifest-meaning-astrology/

Support Elliott's quest to play music in unconventional spaces at http://patreon.com/fienberg http://ko-fi.com/elliottfienberg

Jul 10, 202225:21

Elliott Plays in Bickford Park (Toronto)

Bickford Park is a park in a neighbourhood of the same name but it's not far from Koreatown and Little Italy. The park is popular for sports as there's a long field for soccer, as well as a baseball diamond and a dog park. Finally, there is a washroom which is of similar quality to many of the other park washrooms in Toronto.

I didn't have time to check it on this outing to see how the soap, hand sanitizer and paper towel situation is these days.

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Jul 03, 202207:45

Elliott Plays in Sir Winston Churchill Park

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Jun 26, 202224:39

Discovering Creative Wealth

On this week's episode, Elliott discusses his concept of "creative wealth". There's also an improvised nylon guitar piece to kick things off.

Mentioned: How We Feel App.

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Jun 19, 202233:57

Your Creative Home

This week's podcast shows my new fretless guitar and talks about the home you create for your creative work and how to cultivate that relationship just like any other relationship in your life.

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Jun 12, 202239:49

Elliott's Music Mix Series: Furnishing the Cosmos

Today I bring you my latest mix which compiles music that was originally recorded on my podcast in roughly the month of May but a bit of April as well. These mixes are created for my patrons on Patreon but I thought it would be nice to share it on my podcast feed. The patrons get a higher quality FLAC download of this.

There is one track in there that is technically unreleased called How to Disappear into the Thin Air. Other than this track all the music made here is done in some sort of improvisation for the podcast.

The name of this mix is a reference to Erik Satie who worked on "Furniture Music" which was essentially the muzak of his time. Those compositions were meant to be easy going and so accessible they could be played in the background of a furniture store while people went shopping.

I would like to think that this music can be put on in the background, and since I'm mostly playing guitar throughout all the pieces, that it's almost as if I am sitting in the corner playing for you.

If someone hired me to serenade their party, this is what I would ideally play. I wouldn't want people to focus on me with any sort of intensity like they do a traditional concert.

So in a way, this mix is almost like a prototype of a live show that I could one day play, even though it's stitched together over a few weeks of Elliott's Podcast.

Album photo of a Hong Kong apartment building by Aleksandar Pasaric on Pexels

Jun 05, 202258:43

The Decisive Moment

The Decisive Moment is that one moment where a track makes perfect sense. As if everything was in place just for that segment of time. Support my work at http://patreon.com/fienberg and https://ko-fi.com/elliottfienberg

May 29, 202225:17

Setting Levels

Lots to talk about with my morning routine and accessing flow with making music. Thanks for listening!

May 22, 202254:07

Shaman Soundsystem (Guitar and Vocals on Elliott's Podcast)

Thanks for listening!

May 15, 202221:17

The Waves of Infinity (Electric Piano and Pedal Steel Guitar Ambient)

There is no talking in this video but I was lucky to catch some waves on the dock at my friend's cottage this past weekend over on Lake Simcoe in Ontario.

Day to day we have things that disrupt and interrupt us but our ability to find some calm and a sense of presence will always renew itself like the waves of infinity.

Visit my website at elliottfienberg.com for more info about where to find my music. Thanks for being here now with me.

May 08, 202209:03

Elliott's Podcast One Year Special Anniversary Episode

Thanks for listening for the past year! This episode features my newest release The Way It Begins Is Never The Way It Ends which you can listen to on Bandcamp or on Spotify.

May 01, 202248:56

The Infinite Bridge (Relaxing Ambient with Nylon Guitar)

My suggested use of this episode is to put it on using your phone or tablet close to bedtime to help you fall asleep.

My new release is out on Thursday, April 28th: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ell...

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Apr 24, 202224:31

Music in Circles

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Apr 10, 202240:46

Let's Jam!

I switch between two rooms for Elliott's Podcast. This episode is in the bedroom where we just play guitar.

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Apr 03, 202232:40

The Power of Chill

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Mar 27, 202239:34

The Cosmic Babysitter

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Mar 20, 202221:59

March 13, 2022

Mar 13, 202200:50

Earth Envy: Lac Des Femmes Field Recording

This episode combines me playing the electric piano with some field recordings that were taken around the area called Lac Munroe. Specifically Lac Des Femmes which is an easy one hour hike. I also included a rapid called Les Chutes Croches (I said Proches on the episode).