Michael Smolens
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Location | Berkeley, CA, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | back to website |
| Interests | Performing, composing, arranging, teaching/consulting, writing, nature, films, public radio |
| Favorite movies | Animation ("Spirited Away" "Triplets of Belleville" "Ratatouille") "Being John Malkovich" "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" "Borat" "American Beauty" |
| Favorite music | Nguyen Le, Egberto Gismonti, Art Lande, Keith Jarrett, Paul McCandless, Bobby McFerrin, Steve Reich, John Adams, John Harbison, Iva Bittova, J.S. Bach, Lakshmi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Kahn, "Uakti" |
| Favorite books | "The Gift" - Daniel Ladinsky translation of Sufi poet Hafiz, "This is Your Brain on Music" - Daniel Levitin, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" - John Perkins |