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In this week's episode we have another incredible interview online. One of the few music specialized audiologists (only 5 to 10 total) in the US. Dr. Heather Malyuk talks to us about ear health, musician life and more. In this episode we get into:

1) How common ear issues are with musicians in particular 2) The importance of having regular visits with your audiologist (testing higher frequencies too) 3) What are the actual issues you can have... it's more diverse than you think. 4) Heather's program she created that you can learn all about your ears, and if you run a music program can bring into your school. (https://www.soundcheckaudiology.com/curriculum) You definitely want to check it out. 5) Future of ear improvements!!!! 6) And so much more that you're not going to want to miss it.

Heather has been a musician and fantastic Violinist in the local Cleveland/Akron scene most of her life and Tim has been fortunate to do some work with her as well, including the track starting the show. Here is her bio from her company " Soundcheck Audiology" : Soundcheck Audiology is a mobile, concierge wellness practice founded by Dr. Heather Malyuk, a musician and audiologist who hails from Northeast Ohio, but is known internationally as an expert clinician and public speaker in the field of hearing wellness. Dr. Malyuk grew up in a musical family and since the age of 2 has been singing, playing piano, violin and fiddle, and guitar. In her early teens, she began teaching music, touring, and recording. She received an undergraduate degree in Music History and Literature from the University of Akron and continued on to earn her Doctor of Audiology (AuD) degree from Kent State University. From 2013-2017, Dr. Malyuk was the clinical director at Sensaphonics Hearing Conservation in Chicago, Illinois. There she was mentored by Dr. Michael Santucci, who is known as the trailblazer and luminary for musicians' hearing wellness. Dr. Malyuk's time at Sensaphonics furthered her passion for both music and audiology, propelling her to become one of the world's leading experts on hearing wellness for those who love sound.

Contact your local audiologist! Get yearly appointments. You can also contact Heather at [email protected] and setup an appointment. Is there anything more important to protect than your hearing as a musician?

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Also follow Soundcheck Audiology on Facebook and Instagram to get your Audiology Fix on Memes and great summarized research.

The song to start is "Stop" by Emily Lees performed by Jared Lees Orchestra featuring Heather on violin and Tim on guitar and viola. You can find here: https://jaredleesbass.bandcamp.com/track/stop-3

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Honored to have special guest Neil Zaza on our episode today of Wood Air Metal guitar podcast. He talks about how it all started, his new album, his Kiesel Guitars, upcoming shows, etc... etc...

Oh and a bonus, we all had the absolute pleasure to study with the amazing Stephen Aron. And we all got our butts handed to us as well that still lives in everything we do today, like all great teachers give you.

We also have a connection with the amazing Bob Fraser (Cleveland Legend).

Those in the Akron, Ohio USA area, this Thursday Neil is playing the grand opening of the Knight Stage of the Akron Civic Arena. https://www.akroncivic.com/shows/321

Of course find everything Neil on http://www.neilzaza.com/ And his Signature model from guitar powerhouse Kiesel Guitars (https://www.kieselguitars.com/catalog/guitars/nz6h)

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We discuss the incredible way MJ wrote music, along with how that applies to music study, musicianship, etc... etc...Here's the article we discussed. Pretty amazing stuff.... and he couldn't read music. https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-incredible-way-michael-jackson-wrote-music-16799 Is reading about music equivalent to reading about painting? If you want to be able to draw, at first you need to learn how to see (actually see)... to play music well, don't you have to learn how to hear? Actually hear?

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We had other plans but dive right into new discoveries with metronomes and time. Take the training wheels off.

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Not much to add to the title. Hope you enjoy. We are back from vacation we talk about lots of stuff guitar and music oriented.

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Well this started off well.... After shrinking Adam in the beginning, we talk about the shrinking pockets of musicians because of places like Julliard upping tuition over 15% this past year???

What gives? Also, would you send your musician child to music college? Or would you encourage a different route? (coming from 2 college music majors)...

Also, we talk about the number one thing that would help the music industry more than just about anything and that's lowering the age limit to who can go to bars. Not allowing 18 year old college students to go to shows really dampens things.

And we're just getting started. Here is the Two Set Video about Julliard where they do way better at explaining things than we do, and probably explains a big part why they're more popular and funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xhnViy_Yfg

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Apple Music recently updated their service to not only improve audio by offering lossless audio, but also are starting to roll out Spatial Audio via Dolby Atmos. However, it appears they're not all created equally. We talk about it on here. Starting music from Red Side Visible "A Break from Normality" record.

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Plans... who needs plans. We quickly go from best laid plans and dive deep into the ideas of analog and digital, this was all inspired by the fact that Tim finally released the Red Side Visible record that's been about 10 years in the making. This includes 4 videos, and availability on streaming services

http://hyperurl.co/RedSideVisible2 (this handy link will get to popular services)

While discussing this release, it was mentioned how some have asked about getting vinyl, and while this sounds pretty amazing in principle, the costs make it very difficult to do in reality (without losing a lot of money). This all descending into... why even bother with records? Etc... You know the story, now hear us jaunt about it.

Oh... and go buy Tim's album ;-) Or at least add it to your playlists and share ;-) We're not pushy or anything.

Alright...till next time!

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Last weeks episode on "Spectacle Culture" inspired a link being sent about the book "Society of the Spectacle" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle from sociologist and guitarist extraordinaire (most importantly) Dr. Mark Worrell.

In this episode Mark imparts some serious wisdom on us, and I think we're still processing all the nuggets. I think your head will likely be turned around a few times with the thought process going here, and how we live in a spectacle society... ultimately fascinating stuff.

Mark has an impressive resume, with it looks like 7 sociology books? And many journal articles, etc... but also a killer guitarist you should check out. His sociological background : https://sites.google.com/view/marxheim/home?authuser=0

Find his music youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/gtroblq

Last weeks episode on Spectacle Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEqI0udbF2o&t=2644s

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Adam and Tim tackle talking about the great video by Ali Jackson on "Professional Musician FACT checks Bill Maher" - https://youtu.be/SyYlV4-8Xvw

Much talked about about the idea of what is "good" music? Is it the top 1% and nothing else? Or should that really be more appropriately label the best entertainment? Music is a tricky subject, particularly on accolades as we all know (classical and jazz guitarist...)

How much skin do you have in the game?

Music by Red Side Visible from the song "Snap Crackle Pop" on the album "A break from Normality"

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