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Play It Like It's Music
by Trevor Exter
Purists may whine that the best days of music are behind us, that capital “M” music has seen its peak and is no longer relevant. But here at Play It Like It's Music we believe the opposite: not only is the act of musicmaking an essential life skill with a lineage stretching back to the beginnings of human history, but the vocation of the professional musician is more vital today than it ever has been. Once a month, join musician, songwriter and producer Trevor Exter as he drops in on working musicians from every genre. playitlikeitsmusic.substack.com
Episodes
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Not really like surfing, but sort of.
The gig was amazing. Thank you. More coming up! See below. - Trevor Good morning. I don't mind staying in the personal realm here. The story of music is too big, anybody's own story is always too big and you can only ever try to convey a small slice of it. I can just try to convey the relevant...
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On music and structure
Back from a short (unscheduled) silent spell, just in time for the shows to start this week: Thursday I’m playing my first show of the new stuff with a band. 5:30 pm at South Hill Cider in Ithaca, NY. Opening for Bronwen Exter, my excellent sister who is also lending me her rhythm section. It’s…
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Singing loud and saying everything
"What Freud mistook for her lack of civilization is woman's lack of loyalty to civilization" - Lillian Smith Moving forward: On self-silencing and un-silencing. A savvy cultural commentator might say that David Bowie died an extremely artistic, expressive death when he timed his final album…
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Venice: a Voice Memo
Note: Play It Like It’s Music is growing back into itself, and I thank you for listening. The “show” part of the show will be diversifying as we go along, but next week there’s no episode since I’ll be on vacation celebrating my 50th birthday. We’ll catch back up the following Wednesday.…
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Time flies
It’s hard to believe a whole week has passed since last week. I’ll admit to being a little overwhelmed by all of the communication but it feels pretty organized, so I’ll keep rolling with it. Since I opened up the can of worms by announcing the fall tour, I’ve been able to re-connect with quite a...
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"Hey man I thought you were a Cellist."
Hey, thanks for all the lovely responses to last week’s post about the fall tour. I ‘ve been getting many kind thumbs ups, invitations to new places, offers of hospitality, help in booking more gigs and especially house concerts. Please keep em coming! If you’re curious about hosting a house...
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Tour Announcement (aka the dipping back in of the toes)
Hi, it’s Trevor. How are you? It’s been a while: this is the first email post I’m sending out since early 2021. I’m coming to you today to announce some fall tour dates, my first in many years. I will be sending weekly updates again now, so feel free to adjust your subscription or unsubscribe if...
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"The thing that I enjoy the most"
080: Chris White Good morning! This is the final (for now) episode of Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. We’ve got a great guest today to wrap up this phase of the show. On Wednesday, March 24th of 2021 as always, music is not content. It’s connection. I’m thrilled that we...
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"A safe place to deal with my problems"
079: Dwight Ritcher Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 17th of 2021 Music is not content, it’s connection. Glad to be here with you today. As I’ve been mentioning, I’ll be winding the show down for now after next week’s episode...
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"It's important to find things that give you pleasure in life"
078 Gideon Freudmann Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 10th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. It’s March Madness! As in, I’m going mad over here. There is so much life-stuff interfering in my musical life right now....
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Creativity is in the cracks.
Episode 77: Announcement! (and some choice rants) Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 3rd of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. Saying hi to you from the interwebs in these uncertain times. I’m going to do something…
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"Music is the first language that made sense to me"
076: Eugene Friesen Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 24 of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I had a crazy performance anxiety dream the other night. In the dream I’m famous enough to get invited to do crazy random...
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"It's part of the fabric of my family and my community"
075: Samuel Glazebrook Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 17th of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I’m making this connection with you now, and I’m making the content too. It’s all happening in 21. So far I haven’t…
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"Music is the most powerful method for advancing culture."
074: Joey Chang Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 10th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. Folks are listening to the album and writing in with your opinions, and I love it. Kendra said “This is really wonderful.…
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Stephen A. Thomas
073: Stephen A. Thomas (aka Sejen Aios) Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 3 of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I’m rockin the new theme music today, which you may recognize from the new record I just put out on...
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New album out today!
Good day to you all! I have a special announcement to share with you today. TRIOS 01: lo-fi chamber electronica is available today. This is my first release in six years. But if you read my newsletter and listen to the show you probably know that a lot of music has been brewing. I’ve been through…
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"To connect with other people about things that matter"
072: Aaron Gilmartin Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 27th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. I’m doing it, I’ve printed the mixes and I’m in the mastering process for this crazy new instrumental album I’ve been...
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"My spirit always has to make music"
071: Pyeng Threadgill Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 20th of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. Big day today. I won’t bore you with my take. Plenty of hot takes out there, for what’s going on. You know? Seriously…
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"It's part of my DNA"
Episode 070: Teddy Kumpel Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 13 of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. I said it last week and I’ll say it again: I’m going to put up an instrumental album on February 1st. It’s going well:...
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"It connects me to everything beyond the human experience"
069: Mai Bloomfield Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. I’m glad to be back with you on a new morning, whatever the day brings! On Wednesday, January 6th of 2021 music is not content. More than ever, It’s connection. OK. NEWSFLASH. I’m going to put up…
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"Try not to have any shame about what you do"
068: Yousef Bassirpour Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 16th of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Yousef Bassirpour is working under the name Big Blind, and the music is heavy, spacious and beautiful. He’s a fixture…
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"To sing is to pray"
067: George Crotty Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 9th of 2020 Music is not content, it’s connection. I’m glad to be talking with you today, over this amazing little pop-up radio thingy we call podcasting. There are a million...
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"It's irresistible to me, I wouldn't want it any other way"
066: Nathan Gillis Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 2 of 2020 Music is not content! It’s connection. I skipped a week last week. Did you notice? We were too busy cooking food over here (that we’re still eating since it was a...
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"It's all for something"
065: AJ Nocito Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, November 18th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. It's just as hard to find musical partners as it is to find romantic partners. Some people can make it look easy, but finding...
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"It's always a peak life experience"
064: Kent Klineman Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, November the 11th of 2020 music is not content, it’s connection. I don’t know about you but I’m really struggling to hold it together mentally this week. After all the goings on and…
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"I love creating something that wasn't there"
063: Mike Block Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, November 4th of 2020, MORE THAN EVER Music is not content, it’s connection. I’m recording this on Tuesday afternoon, so the voice you’re listening to right now is still on the previous...
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"The best way to express myself, and to understand the world"
062: Nesrine Belmokh Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, October 28th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. I voted this past weekend. Have you? Are you planning to? Good idea to get it done early when you can. Especially with…
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"I love to blame it on inspiration"
061: Ed Marshall Good Morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, October 21st of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Today’s conversation is a wild ride, I’d say it’s fitting for the times we’re in too. Is there life after a dedicated music...
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"Experience is important, listening is important"
060: Jenna Moynihan Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, October 14th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. Day in, day out we have to reckon with our surroundings and with the moment we’re in. Losing Eddie Van Halen, listening in...
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"It's in me naturally. When I talk, I'm talking Music"
059: Shareef Clayton Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, October 7th of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Last weekend I got to spend a day at the beach chopping it up with a good friend. We’ve been friends since our 20’s, which...
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"It sings the songs of our life"
058: Tamara Fuller Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, September 30th of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. We’ve heard plenty about how musicians are handling the pandemic time away from being able to play in clubs and otherwise...
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"I can always be learning"
057: Emily Rice Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, the 23rd of September of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Hell of week we’re having, right? Let’s make it better. Emily Rice is a British born composer for film and TV, who...
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"I don't think I've ever not been able to make music"
056: Aaron Whitby Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, September 16th of 2020 Music is not content, it’s connection. Today we are blessed to have Aaron Whitby with us. But first here’s a random thought: Music used to be important. And it…
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"Music helps me keep my sanity"
055: Martha Redbone [Photo by Christine Jean Chambers] Good Morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, September 9th of 2020 Music Is Not Content. It’s connection. It’s summertime and love is in the air. Actually, love is always in the air if you…
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"It's the most therapeutic tool I have"
054: Abby Ahmad Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, September 2 of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Glad to be here with you as 2020 enters its final third. What’s gonna happen now? Who the hell knows, I for one am all soft…
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"It fills a void... it's emotionally working things out"
053: Mark Marshall Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, August 26th of 2020 Music is not content! It’s connection. A quick note: last week’s episode may not have reached you since there was a big traffic burst here on Substack and the…
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"The consistency and the showing up" + our New Playlist
052: Daniel Wright Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. [photo by Josh Soskin] On Wednesday, August 19th of 2020 Music is not content, it’s connection. And some of you will remember when I picked that tag line out. It was a few months ago, soon after I...
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"Vibration is at the heart of the universe"
051: Avram Fefer Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday August 12 of 2020 Music is not content, it’s connection. [photo by Rene Thomas] A while back (like 20 years or something back) I put on a joint birthday party with a good friend named...
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Episode 50 breather.
Hi there. No interview today! I’ve got many more coming, but since we hit that milestone of episode 50 last week I’ve been living much more in the music space. I figured it might be nice to put together a little check-in piece for you all, and run down a bit of music instead. It’s quick, so mash...
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"It's in my bones"
050: Nicole Nelson Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday July 29th of 2020 music is not content, it’s connection. This is episode 50. [photo by Thom Adorney] Every now and then, if you get around to clubs and stuff to hear people…
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"I love the feeling of it"
049: Adam Levy Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music, I’m Trevor. Thanks for listening. On Wednesday, July 22 of 2020 music is not content, it’s connection. If you like this show, please tell a friend! We have a great one for you today with world-renowned guitarist and songwriter Adam…
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"I don't remember ever being without it"
048: Liz Knowles Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music, I’m Trevor. Thanks for listening. On Wednesday, July 15th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. We are nearing 50 episodes of my precious little show, and I’ve got some great interviews in the can here moving forward. Thank...
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"It makes me feel the most like myself"
047: Josh Flowers Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, July 8 of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. Opening thread (click through for my elaboration): And now the main event. My humble show continues on virtually as we continually...
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"It's the same as breathing oxygen."
046: Blake Morgan Good morning! This is Play It Like It's Music, I'm Trevor. Thanks for listening. On Wednesday, July 1st of 2020 music is not content, it's connection. I did it, folks. I sold my drum machine. My beloved MPC 1000 went off to a lucky buyer in Texas this week and I now have much…
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"There's so much that only music can say"
Episode 045: Tasha Blank Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, June 24 of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Let’s take a break from the cello, shall we. Let’s dance. On the show today is one of my favorite DJ’s, Tasha Blank. While...
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"When you put it out, that love is there."
044: Cremaine Booker a.k.a. ThatCelloGuy Good morning! It’s Play It Like It’s Music, I’m Trevor. Thanks for listening. On Wednesday, June 17th music is not content, it’s connection. We are going 3-for-3 this month with the cellists, and I’m super happy about it. We will pivot back to more variety...
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"There's a tenacity that it takes to do this."
043 Marika Hughes This is Play It Like It's Music, I'm Trevor. Thanks for listening. On Wednesday, June 10 of 2020 music is not content, it's connection. To play the cello requires a smattering of cleverness and precision on the part of the player. The finger mechanics are complex, the alchemy of...
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"It actually makes me feel good."
042: Bruce Mack Good morning! This is Play It Like It's Music, I'm Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, June 3rd of 2020 music is not content, it's connection. And I've been bothered about everything going on this week, glued to the news just like a lot of you. We went out and marched down...
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"I know I'm not the only person to benefit from it"
Episode 041: Shana Tucker This is Play It Like It's Music, I'm Trevor, thanks for listening. [photos all by Jannelle Blackman] On Wednesday, May 27 of 2020 Music is not content, it's connection. The quarantine wears on, the death toll climbs and the life toll sits in limbo. I am here with another...
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"I make music because I haven't lost hope"
Episode 040: Chris Hierro It’s a good day to hear that, IMO On Wednesday, March 20 of 2020 music is not content, it’s connection. Welcome to the show. This is Play It Like It’s Music, I’m Trevor. Thanks for listening. Break Out The Crazy has been releasing original music since 2016 but is really...
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Purists may whine that the best days of music are behind us, that capital “M” music has seen its peak and is no longer relevant. But here at Play It Like It's Music we believe the opposite: not only is the act of musicmaking an essential life skill with a lineage stretching back to the beginnings of human history, but the vocation of the professional musician is more vital today than it ever has been. Once a month, join musician, songwriter and producer Trevor Exter as he drops in on working musicians from every genre.
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Purists may whine that the best days of music are behind us, that capital “M” music has seen its peak and is no longer relevant. But here at Play It Like It's Music we believe the opposite: not only is the act of musicmaking an essential life skill with a lineage stretching back to the beginnings...
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