165 - Payton MacDonald

This week's guest is Payton MacDonald - a musician, filmmaker, and cyclist. All of his work centers around exploring the boundaries of art and endurance, whether creating ground-breaking new music, mind-expanding films, pedaling a mountain bike hundreds of miles a day in remote areas, or doing all three at the same time. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello 1:30 Working with Keiko Abe? 8:00 Sonic Divide film 17:40 What information did you give the composers that you commissioned? 20:00 How has performing outside for "no audience" changed how you perform for a traditional concert hall audience? 23:45 Megan: Music in The American Wild project, and other outdoor performers. 29:35 When did your passions (percussion, biking, and the outdoors) come together? How did you prepare? 36:20 How has the Sonic Divide changed your prospective on repertoire? How we share experimental music 40:55 Your teacher, Michael Udow? 42:50 More on your classical Indian experience? 50:12 Next projects? 55:27 Studying with Julie Spencer?