Episode 14 - Knocked Out of Your Comfort Zone with Charlie Kert
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Charlie Kert is an arts educator, musician, skateboarder, and the founder of Little Fingers Music - a Toronto-based music school. He has released multiple children's CDs, a progressive folk rock album, developed and performed in an interactive rock operetta for children, and was a sponsored, competitive skateboarder in the 1970s (and continues to tear it up on the halfpipe to this day!). While they might seem like totally separate pursuits, skateboarding is a central source of inspiration for Charlie's songwriting, teaching and creative philosophy.
Intro: Shake yer Shakers by Charlie Kert
Outro: Breathe by Charlie Kert
Mentions:
- Z-Boys
- Come From Away
- The Road
- Midnight in Paris
- Before trilogy
- Dogtown and Z-Boys
- Tom Sims
- Wee Willi Winkels
- Lonnie Toft
- Jeff Grosso
- Jay Adams
- Alan Gelfand
- Sébastien Foucan
- David Belle
- George Miller
- Russell Broom
- 4'33" by John Cage
What we're putting in the spotlight this week:
Charlie:
- Creative solutions
Morley:
Ryan:
Where you can find us:
Charlie Kert:
- littlefingersmusic.com
- Instagram: @LittleFingersMusicTO
- Facebook: Little Fingers Music
Ryan O'Connor:
- Instagram: @ry.oconnor
- Twitter: @ryanoconnor08
Morley Kert:
- Instagram: @morleykert
- YouTube: Morley Kert
- Website: morleykert.com
Collectively:
- Instagram: @intothespotlightpodcast
- Twitter: @into_spotlight
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