A musicians' guide to warming up
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Length: 04:30
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What do YOU do to warm up? That's a question producer David Schulman likes to ask when he interviews performers for the Musicians in their own words series. He's posed the question to Brazilian jazz singers , concert pianists, and Tuvan throat singers. And the answers can be as distinct as the music they make ...
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What do YOU do to warm up? That's a question producer David Schulman likes to ask when he interviews performers for the Musicians in their own words series. He's posed the question to Brazilian jazz singers , concert pianists, and Tuvan throat singers. And the answers can be as distinct as the music they make ...
Broadcast History
WATC January 12, 2008
Timing and Cues
Note that the audio includes a long music tail for host outro — last spoken words come at 3:30.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:What do you do to warm up? With Gillian Welch, Lang Lang, Cecilia Bartoli, Albert Kuvezin, Yo-Yo Ma ...
What do YOU do to warm up? That's a question producer David Schulman likes to ask when he interviews performers for the Musicians in their own words series. He's posed the question to Brazilian jazz singers , concert pianists, and Tuvan throat singers. And the answers can be as distinct as the music they make ...
What it takes for a musician to get warmed-up. We heard the words and sounds of ...
Old-time singer Abigail Washburn
Concert pianist Lang Lang
Flora Purim, singer of Brazilian jazz and seagull songs ...
Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli
Tuvan rocker Albert Kuvezin
Singer songwriters Gillian Welch and Dar Williams
Bel canto tenor Lawrence Brownlee
and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Our montage was produced by David Schulman.
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