JEFF MARDER | Broadway Music, Freemasonry, Martial Arts, & more
Simply put, JEFF MARDER is a world-class talent. He has established himself as an A-list Electronic Music Designer, keyboardist, and Conductor for numerous Broadway shows, tours, Cirque du Soleil, and the Radio City Christmas Show. He’s also the former pianist with the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble and toured the world with them for 6 years. In his spare time he’s a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practicioner, travel blogger and music tech guru.
Jeff is also a legacy Freemason, which is where our friendship began - and which I talk about in detail myself publicly for the first time ever, here or anywhere. This is one of the VERY BEST, most candid and interesting talks I have ever had on the mic, and easily one of the most personal and meaningful shows I’m likely to release, too, so I really hope you check it out.
I’ll do a FULL TRANSCRIPT for this one as soon as possible and publish that also. Please enjoy, share, rate, review, and subscribe wherever YOU get your podcasts, and enjoy!
JEFF MARDER links:
mardermusic, inc:
http://mardermusic.com
BudoBelly (Jeff’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blog):
https://budobelly.com
Ikimashou Travel (Jeff’s travel blog that he writes with Brian Li):
https://ikimashoutravel.com
441K (Brian Li’s music technology blog):
https://441k.com
“How China Works” - iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-iTunes / Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-Soundcloud / Android / Windows / all devices: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-LibSyn
Migration Media: https://www.migrationmedia.net
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Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux
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New LOGO!
I woke up today to a very nice surprise: my friend and previous show guest Ronald Paredes (episode #022) sent me the new LOGO that he designed for me. He is writing a post about all the symbolism he included that I will quote and repost here when that goes live, but for now, let me just say THANK YOU to Ronald for doing such a great job! I think that in this image, he really captured the essence of what I am aiming for with this show, and I couldn't be happier with the result.
Please visit Ronald at his site for more information about this very talented artist, and if you missed his interview, listen to Episode #022 of "BFMK". Enjoy!
- Brendan
RONALD PAREDES: The War of Art
#022 - The War of Art | Ronald Paredes
This week’s show features artist and graphic designer Ronald Paredes. In it, we discuss the situation back in Ronald’s home country of Venezuela, what it’s been like to move and live in Nanjing for 11 years, his art and design background, charity and non-profit work and much more. Ronald has a serious passion to explore creativity in all its forms, and in his current and upcoming projects, he doesn’t shy away from the artist’s mission to explore life’s most meaningful, if painful, truths.
Note that some episodes are like a packed PowerPoint full of bullet points on a highly focused topic, and those will continue. But sometimes, the interview ended up feeling much more like a conversation between friends, and I think this one is more in that category - in a good way. Ronald and I have talked a good bit on WeChat previously and it was late when we recorded this, so it didn’t seem right to artificially amp it up too much.
I also took a gentler approach to the edit again, leaving more of the natural pauses than I typically do in order to preserve as much of the natural feel as possible this time, because we had WICKED Skype issues. It’s hard to hear Ronald introduce himself up top, I had to cut out some otherwise great chunks that just didn’t clean up enough to be legible, and it still gets a little distorted or “hashy” in places, but Ronald is a thoughtful observer of life and I think the interview is worth saving and posting, so I hope you enjoy.
Unpaid Plug time: Auphonic.com saved this episode, and consistently improves so many others. I started using their service a few shows in, and their algorithms are basically magic. Their service made THIS episode usable (since the Skype demons tried their damnedest to ruin it) but for a better example of what their wizardry when the signal is better (but imperfect) to start with, check out (for example) the Steve Barr episode, which was recorded in a hotel room on my iPhone, but sounds like it’s in a studio
And if you find value from the podcast, please consider SUPPORTING the show by a share, a direct referral, likes and comments on posts, a contribution of some kind (Paypal, WeChat, and bills large and small all accepted) via the various links and means below. Cheers!
Ronald Paredes on WeChat, Instagram, Facebook:
mundosanto
Ronald Paredes website:
http://www.mundosanto.co/
Ronald Paredes documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT7Z2tJWlcY&t=357s
Brendan Davis on WeChat:
BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter:
@VeritasInLux
BFMK website:
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