Art and Being Toby Lloyd

Today on the show we have the Award Winning Film Composer, Musician and Artist Arli Liberman.Arli is widely known for his amazing work in film composing features such as Stylebender, Ka Whawhai Tonu, Valerie and Savage (Which he won the Silverscroll for best score with). He is also an incredibly accomplished musician and artist playing festivals all around the world and was the guitarist in the White Flag Project which was the worlds first Palestinian/Israel crossover band that saw him playing shows in Russia and all through Europe.His story is so captivating and moving and he talks us through his incredible life story that takes us from growing up in Israel to leaving home as a young teenager and pursuing music full time right through to winning awards as a composer. He is a living breathing expression of art and we couldn't think of anyone better to have on our show.You can check out his work here:https://www.arlimusic.com/Also special thanks to our sponsors Rabbit Island Coffee that make probably the best coffee in Aotearoa and to Taylah for letting us use her song "Okay" in the show.

Today on the show we chat with Michael Sutherland who is an expert in Psychedelic Music Therapy. 
Michael has spent his last few years studying music composition for the use in psychedelic music therapy sessions. He recently released a 6 hour guided meditation soundtrack that was carefully curated to guide people through psilocybin mushroom trips. 
Michael is such a wealth of knowledge on the subject of Psychedelics and has such a great story and im sure so many of you will have a lot of profound takeaways from this conversation with him.
You can check out his work at https://www.sutherlandsounds.com/
Thanks to our sponsors @rabbitislandcoffee for fueling us with their amazing coffee and thanks to @taylahmusicnz for letting us use her song “Okay” on the show!Disclaimer: We accidentally called Michael an "Expert in Psychedelic Music Therapy" however Michael's expertise is in Creating Music for Psychedelic Music Therapy. He is not a licensed therapist and our apologies for the mistake.

Today on the show we chat with Radha Iveta who is a Meditation, Yoga and Mindfulness Coach who runs Heart Awakening Silent Retreats all around Aotearoa. 
Radha is a wealth of knowledge in the mindfulness space and so in this conversation we dive deep into conversations about Consciousness, Non-duality, Spirituality, Meditation, Coffee and so many other topics.
Radha is such an inspiring and grounded human with such a great story and im sure so many of you will have so many profound takeaways from this conversation with her. You can also check out her Silent Retreats at https://www.heartawakening.org/Thanks to our sponsors @rabbitislandcoffee for fueling us with their amazing coffee and thanks to @taylahmusicnz for letting us use her song “Okay” on the show!

Today on the show we chat with the Emmy Award winning Film Composer Stephen Gallagher who has had an incredible career working with the likes of Brian Eno, Ed Sheeran, Nick Cave, Peter Jackson and the Beatles!!!
We had an amazing conversation about Stephen’s journey and we touch on imposter syndrome, gratitude, the proximity of excellence, intrusive thoughts, dealing with depression, working with your heroes and so much more!
Stephen is one of the most positive, talented and inspiring humans we know and it was a pleasure to have him on our podcast to shoot the shit about all things Art and Being. 
Thanks to our sponsors @rabbitislandcoffee for fueling us with their amazing coffee and thanks to @taylahmusicnz for letting us use her song “Okay” on the show!

In our first episode of the Art and Being Podcast, our host Toby Lloyd introduces himself and gives a little bit of history into what was the catalyst for this podcast, what kind of guests we will be talking to and what we will be talking about. This podcast is a platform for big ideas and will hopefully be a pond of inspiration for you to bathe in!
 
Big thanks to Taylah for letting us use her song "Okay" that we Produced as the theme song to the podcast. Taylah is such an amazing artist and you can find all of her music on all your favourite streaming platforms.
 
Also thanks to the sponsor of this episode "Rabbit Island Coffee Co." who make probably the best coffee in New Zealand!