#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting with human mammals

Last year she and her husband, Mike, with their band, The Mammals, toured small folk music venues for a month in Australia as a duo with their two kids, organized two community music festivals back in Upstate NY, and recorded a new full-length studio album due out next summer. Ruth is a dedicated folk musician and artist, but also works hard to study, shape, and share the musical, environmental mission of the Ashokan Center as the Director of Arts & Communication. This is where Mike and Ruth host their two annual folk music festivals, the Winter Hoot and the Summer Hoot each year. In this episode, the lessons that Ruth shared extend far beyond the scope of folk music. We talked about balancing your ambition beyond your craft, whatever your craft that happens to be. We also talked about leveraging patience and impatience as well as the importance of learning all sides of the business you are in. We also take on some mindset topics like how the power of music evokes emotion and how to connect with other humans in a meaningful way. Selected link love + resources from the episodeConnect with Ruth: The Mammals: Website | Facebook | Patreon | Hoot (both winter and summer): Website | Facebook | Ruth on InstagramWoodstock Youth TheaterBard CollegeJay UngarAshokan Farewell (song/theme for Ken Burns’ Civil War series)Lynn HardyThe Balfa BrothersNewport Folk FestivalPeter, Paul and MaryKingston TrioOdettaSmells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (video)Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (book)“My Baby Drinks Water” by The Mammals (song)Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm on LvcSFred Rogers: Fred Rogers Center | The Good Neighbor, Maxwell King (book) | Won’t You Be My Neighbor (documentary)Katharine Hayhoe on LvcSEmmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas (movie)Pete SeegerTao Rodrieguez-SeegerCrooked Still (band)Chris Merenda (performing artist)The Restless Age (band)Jingmai O’Connor on LvcSAja Schmeltz on LvcSGood Work InstituteAshokan CenterThe Fantastic Fungi (documentary)Wild EarthJames Hansen (climatologist)Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Summit at Ashokan CenterKickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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