Host reflects on music as math and invites listeners to override self-doubt to make themselves present and be heard instead of fading into the crowd. The episode previews guests Ms. Shannon Paul and Speak Wonders and encourages amplifying individual voices into collective power.
In about 28 minutes you are going to see the one and only Ms. Shannon Paul Bopping on into the Cadre sphere. Music works the way that math does, right? Every once in a while, we'll override that rational part of our brain and irrationally make yourself be present, be heard.
Sam. Saturday in the park Kelsey took it was the fourth of July. People dancing, people laughing, a man selling ice cream, singing Italian songs. Everybody love the Couparte Sivo sonata. Can you dig it? Yes, I can. And I've been waiting such a long time to go ahead and say good morning to you on this Saturday, January 10th. We are 10 days in, we are 1 36th through 2026. I just saw a live band and eerie singing this. Well, we all sang it. Yeah, it's one of those songs that you hear and you just start going right, well, hey, I hope that you're doing well, everybody.
But if you're not, know that that is a okay as well. Whether you're doing great, whether you're doing less than great, you are still incredibly worthy, you are still incredibly capable of doing some pretty remark, remarkable things. And we are here to remind you of that and divide you the tools and the resources and the community and the perspective to feel better when you're doing it. I'm glad that I'm here. I'm glad that you're here. I know the things I know and I really, really care about you.
Coming up in about 28 minutes you are going to see the one and only Ms. Shannon Paul Bopping on into the Cadre sphere. Oh, and Speak Wonders on the third cup of coffee. Jiminy crickets. Watch out world. If that's caffeinated, Speak Wonder is going to be shaking this planet all day long. I'm not a big math person, not that I don't like math. It's just math normally doesn't hit my brain in a way that makes a lot of sense until it does. So I always say music is my math. You know, music works the way that math does, right?
The reason body is making that sound. Think about it. Do you go, I'm not important. If you think of the, the gathering, the party, the protest, if you think of, of the meeting, if you think of the team, if you think of the neighborhood gathering, if there's more people, do you see your worth go down? And if the answer is yes, I invite you to see that differently. Because I'll tell you, as a music director, when I have many voices singing, I don't want those voices to diminish. I don't want those voices to give less of themselves.
I want their uniqueness, their clarity, their power, their, their amplification power, their perspective, all of those things in full. If one voice gives me one X, I want 100 voices to give me 100 X. As speak, wonder said, I saw a live band in erie singing this song. Well, we all sang it. Every once in a while, we'll override that rational part of our brain that says, well, I'm obviously not important anymore because there's more of us here. Override that and irrationally make yourself be present, be heard, because the world needs you, not you as part of 100, like, blending in and disappearing.
But you being 1x amidst everybody else, being 1x to create this loud, positive force in this world. You may say this Cadre. Let the Cadre keep getting louder? Not because you disappear, because more of you show up, no matter where you are, no matter what's going on? Waiting such a long time? You've been waiting for today to start? It's begun? Y' all go get your Saturday? See you on another day tomorrow.
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