36 episodes
Breakfast with Vinnie! Vinnie Colaiuta
-
- Music
-
-
4.9 • 172 Ratings
-
Eat up!
-
Episode 36 - The Lost Art Of Listening
This Episode talks about Listening and how it affects our comprehension, communication and awareness in life and musically as well.
-
Episode 35 - Special Guest David Foster.
David Foster is one of he most successful and key figures in contemporary music.
A consummate performer, composer, and producer,
he has won 16 grammy awards from 47 nominations, 3 Oscar nominations, 2 nominations and a golden globe award, and 7 nominations and an Emmy award. He has also composed soundtracks for several blockbuster films including The Bodyguard, and. St. Elmo’s Fire.
He’s penned and produced a staggering array of hit songs and records from artists as diverse as Earth Wind and Fire, Andrea Boccelli, Chaka Khan, Chicago, Celine Dion, Stevie Wonder, Seal, and many more, as well as having an uncanny ability to spot new talent, such as Michael Buble.
Foster has also been inducted into the Canadian hall of fame, and received his star on the Hollywood walk of fame on Vine street, just next to the Beatles.
He has a Broadway musical in the works called Boop, about the iconic character Betty Boop, and has been philanthropically involved by creating the David Foster Foundation in 1986, to provide financial support to Canadian families in need of life saving transplants.
All of this is just a brief overview of his many, many achievements.
In an engaging new episode, we take a captivating journey with this celebrated music maestro. Taking listeners through his magnificent career, this compelling and heartfelt conversation is a testament to the passion that touches on the human aspects of music and showcases the enduring spirit of music in our lives.
www.davidfoster.com
X - @officialdfoster
Instagram - davidfoster
-
Episode 34-Special Guest Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford spent a working life as an internationally-known musician with Yes, King Crimson, Bruford, and Earthworks before stepping out of practice to investigate aspects of creativity in popular music performance. Having earned his PhD from the University of Surrey in 2016, he now writes and lectures on the topic, travelling extensively to multiple European and North American institutions. His latest book Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer, University of Michigan Press (2018), guides the reader through the many dimensions of creative performance, and offers fresh insights into in-the-moment interactional processes in music.
Bill lives in the Surrey Hills in the UK with his wife, Carolyn. His life’s work as a musician is well documented on CD and DVD at Summerfold and Winterfold Records and at www.billbruford.com . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group ‘Yes’ in 2017.
Bill Bruford spent a working life as an internationally-known musician with Yes, King Crimson, Bruford, and Earthworks before stepping out of practice to investigate aspects of creativity in popular music performance. Having earned his PhD from the University of Surrey in 2016, he now writes and lectures on the topic, travelling extensively to multiple European and North American institutions. His latest book Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer, University of Michigan Press (2018), guides the reader through the many dimensions of creative performance, and offers fresh insights into in-the-moment interactional processes in music.
Bill lives in the Surrey Hills in the UK with his wife, Carolyn. His life’s work as a musician is well documented on CD and DVD at Summerfold and Winterfold Records and at www.billbruford.com . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group ‘Yes’ in 2017.
YouTube
Facebook
https://billbruford.com
-
Episode 33 - Special Guest David ’Avocado’ Wolfe
David "Avocado" Wolfe is a Speaker, Author, Earth Activist & Peak Performance Coach, health, wellness, nutrition, raw food advocate ,and drummer. He is the author of several books, including Eating for Beauty, Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms, and Naked Chocolate. With 25+ years of dedicated experience and having hosted 3000 live health events, David has led the environmental charge for radiant health via a positive mental attitude, eco-community building, living spring water, and the best-ever quality organic foods, wild foods, juices and herbs. David ‘Avocado’ Wolfe is the visionary founder and president of the non-profit The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation charity (www.ftpf.org) with a mission to plant 18 billion fruit, nut, and medicinal trees on Earth.
www.davidwolfe.com
Instagram: @davidavocadowolfe
X (formerly Twitter) @DavidWolfe
Facebook: DavidAvocadoWolfe
Telegram: @davidavocadowolfe
-
Episode 32 - Special Guest Pete Parada
Pete Parada is a professional musician who has performed or recorded with Face To Face, my Chemical Romance, Devo, The Offspring, Saves the Day, deco, Alkaline Trio, Rob Halford, and Chris Shiflett as well as the Tim Pool band, and his new band called The Defiant. He now has his own studio called Imposter Syndrum where he records, composes and collaborates. Pete is a powerhouse whose passion heard in his playing carries over into his valiant championing of justice and humanity.
-
Episode 31 - Special Guest Dr. Dina McMillan Part Two!
This episode features Dr. McMillan discussing her new book "Fascination with the devil-why women love emotionally dangerous men", as well as socio political issues on micro and macro levels.
www.drdinamcmillan.com
Customer Reviews
#36 - The Lost Art of Listening
BRILLIANT!!
Best drum talk !
Vinnie it s such a smart kid !
You make us happy & envy
At the same time❤️🍷🤘🏻🥁
Often insightful, but freewheeling has its limits
This podcast is what a podcast can ideally be: a host talking about whatever he wants to talk about, because he’s earned the right to do so. When he sticks to music, in particular drumming, and things related either directly or indirectly to the music business, “Breakfast With Vinnie” is a very insightful listen. Some episodes, in particular the shorter ones which are essentially thought-pieces or topical essays, can be astoundingly insightful, if not touching. His tribute to Chick Corea stands out in that way. It’s worth listening to more than once.
When Vinnie and his guests veer into politics, philosophy and social issues, however, it’s anybody’s guess what’s about to happen. At times it can get a bit awkward, if not cringeworthy, in its simplicity and naïveté. This can happen, for example, when subjects like the US Constitution come up (no, it’s not the best thing out there, and its inherent 18th-century flaws are one of the reasons why the American political system, and American society more generally, are now ungovernable and the US is quickly reaching a pre-revolutionary state of disorder and disintegration).
The recent interview with David Wolfe is an example of this freewheeling format veering off the road and dangerously close to a ditch. There was exactly zero self-interrogation or questioning of what Wolfe thinks about the way the world works, neither by himself nor Vinnie. While Wolfe obviously knows a lot about health and nutrition, he started to sound like Bill Maher after a few joints and a shot of vinegar when he left his wheelhouse. Vinnie’s relatable, small-town Pennsylvania-boy style usually keeps him from becoming overbearing or straying too far, but that’s also likely what keeps him from challenging people who occasionally spout obvious nonsense.
Maybe Vinnie should do a little exploring by finding a political scientist, sociologist, or historian who also plays the drums so they can mix it up a little bit with more valuable insights on things not related to music and drumming, while letting Vinnie shine while talking about what he knows best. Then get back to the podcast’s sweet-spot by talking about music and the musician’s life with people like John McLaughlin and Gary Chafee…