• Grammy Winner
• Platinum Selling Artist
• Complete badass virtuoso in jazz, funk, r&b, metal, punk, etc.
• Shared the stage and studio with Carlos Santana, The Rolling Stones, Public Enemy, etc.

He’s a chameleon, but how does he escape categorization or the limiting beliefs that restrain so many people?

Where does he find “the juice”?

And how is playing with the Stones just as exciting as having his lost wallet returned?

Listen to this lively discussion where Vernon discusses having an open mind, finding your own voice, using mortality as inspiration and finding the “wild” moments in your everyday life.

In this episode:

• Avoiding categorization — being put into a box
• Keeping the focus on what you love
• Marching to the beat of your own drum
• Anthrax vs Burt Bacharach
• Music is about diving into the human experience
• Unique expression of “their moment”
• Learning how to listen to music
• Listen without judging
• James Brown
• The Beatles
• The Rolling Stones
• Dave Clark 5
• Sly Stone
• Jimi Hendrix
• Carlos Santana
• Frank Zappa
• Music that black people listen to vs what white people listen to
• Disclipline and practicing
• At first playing

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It sounds like a cliche, but the truth is that we’ve trained ourselves to multitask and split our attention across many different arenas. The cost? We don’t take the time to truly experience and enjoy our day and it’s contents.

We’re so focused on finding relief in the future that we’re forgetting about the moment we’re living in — now.

Our culture and its expanding arena of attention-grabbers like Facebook and Twitter make it more challenging to just have a glass of wine or a simple meal. For instance, we’re finding it increasingly necessary to eat AND read email AND watch TV.

According to “Yeah Dave” Romanelli, a former PR agent for Shaquille O’Neill we can create a short checklist of things to focus on throughout the day — Humor, Something Delicious and the Beauty all around us. This will ultimately have a big, positive impact.

In this episode:

• Jeff Spicoli and Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Technology Addiction
• Continuous Partial Attention
• Washington Post Experiment — Joshua Bell, violinist in the subway
• How meditation is hard
• Getting kicked out of

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Wolfgang Bloch has always taken the unconventional path in life.

Born in Ecuador, he followed his passion to California and into the arts and graphic design. A surfer from the age of twelve, he was also cultivating a love of the water.

After a successful, but ultimately unrewarding career in commercial art, he broke free and eventually found his true passion…and learned to find art in life’s imperfection.

Wolfgang tells us how “grunt work” can be seen as a “base” for our true expression and how to tell when it is just a dead end.

Wolfgang has gone on to become a renown fine artist in the surf world and beyond, creating mesmerizing surf vistas.

He has just released a book showcasing his work and chronicling his journey.

Listen as Wolfgang describes his uncommon path and the values that helped him rise to the top of the surfing art world.

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About Wolfgang Bloch

Wolfgang Bloch was born and raised in the vibrant Latin American culture of Guayaquil, Ecuador. At a young age, Bloch discovered the joy of surfing along… Click here to read the rest...