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+++ OUT TODAY: BCDELUXE +++
GET THE ALBIM https://lovelandcph.bandcamp.com/album/bcdeluxe
We really hope you will take your time to appreciate this… Andrew D’Angelo and Loveland Music present the singular solo bass clarinet album “BCDELUXE”, recorded in Berlin between October 2025 and April 2026, and set for release on limited-edition vinyl on Sept. 18, 2026.
“BCDELUXE” follows a series of visionary solo albums released on @lovelandcph including Mark Turner “We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads”, Palle Mikkelborg “Light”, and Thomas Morgan “Around You Is A Forest”.
Listen/save: lnk.to/BCDELUXE
Order vinyl: lovelandmusic.dk
1. BIC2. Blues Lightening3. Referendum4. PK 38095. Nicolele6. Sonification7. Dingsbums8. Contrast Agent9. Bambara10. Norsk Mystique11. Happy Mellow12. Light Language
All compositions by Andrew D’Angelo
Andrew D’Angelo: Bass Clarinet
Recorded by Andrew D’Angelo at Baruther Strasse Studios.
Mixed at Baruther Strasse Studios, Berlin & Peter Karl Studios, Brooklyn
Mastered by Peter Karl (Assisted by David Elberling)
Artwork: Tal RCover Design: Claus DueFilm by Andreas Koefoed and Adam Jandrup.
Produced by Andrew D’Angelo, Peter Karl & Jakob Bro
Loveland Music 2026 (LLM039)Supported by The Danish Arts Foundation & KODA’s Cultural Funds.
Thank you to my long time friend Chris Speed for making his solo clarinet recording as inspiration. Chris recorded my piece “Sphasos Triem”. Thank you - I love you Speed! Special love and gratitude to my brother Peter Karl. I never would have made this music without you man! And my endearing love and gratitude to Jakob Bro and his team at Loveland Music!
00:00 Meet Andrew D'Angelo & His New Album
01:20 What Is a Bass Clarinet?
03:00 From Brain Surgery to Creating Music
05:50 Andrew's Hospital Journey
08:04 Making Music During Chemotherapy
10:35 The 15-Minute Creative Process
12:34 Is This Music Channeled?
14:00 Creativity, Intuition & Spirit
15:10 What Does It Mean to Consciously Channel Music?
17:20 The Intention Behind BC Deluxe
19:30 When the Bass Clarinet Came Alive
20:25 Andrew Shows Us His Bass Clarinet
24:15 Andrew's First Solo Record
26:00 How Andrew Plays the Bass Clarinet
28:20 Andrew Talks About Nathe's Psychic Readings
29:40 Music, Psychic Readings & Energy
31:50 Releasing the Record Into the World
33:27 The Five-Star DownBeat Review
35:25 What Andrew Learned Through His Health Journey
37:50 A Message of Hope & Gratitude
38:20 Tarot Reading for Andrew
39:00 Finding Joy During Difficult Times
40:26 Where to Find BC Deluxe
42:10 Andrew's Final Thoughts
43:40 Spirit, Ancestors & the Creative Journey
44:16 Thank You & See You Next Time
The tarot readings on this channel ("Video Readings") are for entertainment only and are not a substitute for professional advice. They're based on subjective interpretation of the cards and should not be taken as fact. We do not guarantee accuracy or reliability. You releas
+++ OUT TODAY: BCDELUXE +++
GET THE ALBIM https://lovelandcph.bandcamp.com/album/bcdeluxe
We really hope you will take your time to appreciate this… Andrew D’Angelo and Loveland Music present the singular solo bass clarinet album “BCDELUXE”, recorded in Berlin between October 2025 and April 2026, and set for release on limited-edition vinyl on Sept. 18, 2026.
“BCDELUXE” follows a series of visionary solo albums released on @lovelandcph including Mark Turner “We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads”, Palle Mikkelborg “Light”, and Thomas Morgan “Around You Is A Forest”.
Listen/save: lnk.to/BCDELUXE
Order vinyl: lovelandmusic.dk
1. BIC2. Blues Lightening3. Referendum4. PK 38095. Nicolele6. Sonification7. Dingsbums8. Contrast Agent9. Bambara10. Norsk Mystique11. Happy Mellow12. Light Language
All compositions by Andrew D’Angelo
Andrew D’Angelo: Bass Clarinet
Recorded by Andrew D’Angelo at Baruther Strasse Studios.
Mixed at Baruther Strasse Studios, Berlin & Peter Karl Studios, Brooklyn
Mastered by Peter Karl (Assisted by David Elberling)
Artwork: Tal RCover Design: Claus DueFilm by Andreas Koefoed and Adam Jandrup.
Produced by Andrew D’Angelo, Peter Karl & Jakob Bro
Loveland Music 2026 (LLM039)Supported by The Danish Arts Foundation & KODA’s Cultural Funds.
Thank you to my long time friend Chris Speed for making his solo clarinet recording as inspiration. Chris recorded my piece “Sphasos Triem”. Thank you - I love you Speed! Special love and gratitude to my brother Peter Karl. I never would have made this music without you man! And my endearing love and gratitude to Jakob Bro and his team at Loveland Music!
00:00 Meet Andrew D'Angelo & His New Album
01:20 What Is a Bass Clarinet?
03:00 From Brain Surgery to Creating Music
05:50 Andrew's Hospital Journey
08:04 Making Music During Chemotherapy
10:35 The 15-Minute Creative Process
12:34 Is This Music Channeled?
14:00 Creativity, Intuition & Spirit
15:10 What Does It Mean to Consciously Channel Music?
17:20 The Intention Behind BC Deluxe
19:30 When the Bass Clarinet Came Alive
20:25 Andrew Shows Us His Bass Clarinet
24:15 Andrew's First Solo Record
26:00 How Andrew Plays the Bass Clarinet
28:20 Andrew Talks About Nathe's Psychic Readings
29:40 Music, Psychic Readings & Energy
31:50 Releasing the Record Into the World
33:27 The Five-Star DownBeat Review
35:25 What Andrew Learned Through His Health Journey
37:50 A Message of Hope & Gratitude
38:20 Tarot Reading for Andrew
39:00 Finding Joy During Difficult Times
40:26 Where to Find BC Deluxe
42:10 Andrew's Final Thoughts
43:40 Spirit, Ancestors & the Creative Journey
44:16 Thank You & See You Next Time
The tarot readings on this channel ("Video Readings") are for entertainment only and are not a substitute for professional advice. They're based on subjective interpretation of the cards and should not be taken as fact. We do not guarantee accuracy or reliability. You releas
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00:01Hi, everybody. This is Nate. Welcome to my channel and welcome Andrew. Andrew D'Angelo who's joining me today to
00:09talk about his new album, his career as an artist, as a musician, and, you know, his challenges with the
00:19health scare and how he has worked through some challenges in the past couple of years to create one of
00:27the best albums in his career.
00:30How about that, Andrew? How do you feel?
00:35It's funny because when I was making this record, thank you for having me, Nate. Hello, everybody. Sorry. Thank you,
00:42Nate. It's just fun to finally have this record out. And I've been telling my friends, colleagues, you know, man,
00:50I think I just made the best record of my life, right? And they're like, what? And I don't mean,
00:56it just sounds lofty, right?
00:58You're like, you're 60 years old. You think you made? I was like, no, I don't know. I don't know
01:02how I did it. But I might have just made the best record of my life. I didn't say the
01:07best record of all time for everybody on, you know, in the universe or something.
01:12And so I'm like, now that it's released, now I'm waiting for all my friends to get back to me.
01:18Like, you know what I mean? Am I right?
01:21Yeah. Well, I've, you know, I've listened to your album. I thought it was absolutely fascinating. I love the journey.
01:31Maybe we need to show it first how it looks like here on screen. It's called BC Deluxe. BC is
01:39for bass clarinet, right?
01:40BC Deluxe, man.
01:41Yes. So what is a bass clarinet for people who don't know?
01:46Yeah. So there's the clarinet family. And then there, I can't much help you. I mean, it's instrument.
01:51So there's the typical clarinet that you would hear, like, let's say at the Nutcracker or something like this, or
01:59on that famous orchestral piece with that gliss, that sliding gliss clarinet.
02:06So there's a regular clarinet. And then there's one that's an octave. So middle C, it's an octave below that
02:14horn. And that's called a bass clarinet.
02:16And that's what I play. But there's also a contrabass clarinet. And there's also an alto clarinet. So anyway, I
02:25play the lower version of the more popular ones. And it's very long, and it has a bell.
02:33And it's a very complex instrument that takes a lot of freaking time and energy to learn. And, but yeah,
02:45so is that a good enough explanation?
02:47Yeah, I think I can show it.
02:49Let's say, we're gonna, yeah, of course, but we're also gonna play a little segment of it. Before we get
02:55there, maybe let's talk about, so you were born in Seattle, you later on moved to New York, and now
03:00you're in Berlin.
03:01Can you tell us a little bit kind of when, when you started to work in this album, and how
03:08this overlap, you know, you, you had brain cancer. So how did that creation process took place and the timeline
03:16of the different events between, you know, your health concerns, and then the creation of this album?
03:24Right? Yeah. So I think you might have a clip of me in the hospital after the day after brain
03:33surgery. Yes. In any case, in the background is a track from the current record. So I guess technically, you
03:45can say that's when the thing started, although it was not even close to being on my mind.
03:49But once I started getting into, and anybody who has done chemotherapy or known somebody, you know, I've heard a
03:59ton of stories, of course, you know, it's kind of, it's got a life of its own. Chemotherapy basically tells
04:05you how to live. And that's okay. And we have a good relationship, but I had a lot of time.
04:11And I couldn't really do much. So I'd started just playing. And the actual timeline would have been from about
04:22October of 2025. Well, until about current, if you consider the release, but October, October 2025, October 14, was the
04:34first day I recorded. They're using it in the press release. So I remember that date.
04:41And October to basically April, Easter of the 26th was time spent designing and creating this music in this record,
04:53which for me is unbelievable, because typically, you're in the studio for maybe two days, maybe three days, and you
04:59make your record one and done, and you're out of there. So it was a real blessing for me, actually.
05:04Great. Great. Great. I will show the clip. I don't know if I answered your question.
05:10You did. You did. Out of this album, which one of the track is in the clip that I'm going
05:23to play the hospital clip?
05:24Okay. That would be Sonification Track 6.
05:28Sonification. Okay. So we're going to play the clip. And I think that's going to give people an idea of
05:34the music.
05:34Can I say something? Do you want me to say something about it after? I'll say something after.
05:38Yeah. We're just going to play it, and then we'll talk about it.
05:43Okay.
05:52Oh, yeah. There I am. At the hospital in Berlin. That was after my third brain surgery.
06:03It was just like beeping and gooping and people screaming. Anyway, I had a calm moment. But, uh, yo, I
06:12came back from the dead for you guys, man.
06:20Oh, man, man. So the Danish record label, Loveland Music, who is the one who put this record out, who's
06:35headed by Jakob Bro, who's amazing.
06:38Anyway, they associate with the filmmaker, also Danish, Andreas Kovt. And, um, he asked me, he's like, do you have
06:46any footage from, I don't know, like during the process? And he goes, anything.
06:51And I go in my folder and I find that it's just that video. And I'm like, oh, my God.
06:56I mean, it's not as bad because I've seen it a bunch of times now. But when I first looked
07:01at it, it's crazy. I mean, first of all, that hospital just wasn't a very nice place.
07:07But anyway, is there any nice hospitals? I mean, in the world?
07:13I mean, probably there's some that are better than others, but they're obviously a place of deep challenges.
07:24Yeah, I just, I just mean, you know, when I had my other two brain surgeries, I mean, I had
07:33my own room for the second brain surgery.
07:36They felt so bad. They gave me my own room overlooking Central Park in Manhattan.
07:40So I had this incredible view of the park.
07:45And on the east side. And anyway, it was a it was it was just a different experience.
07:51But yes, you're right. I was there to have brain surgery, but it doesn't hurt to have like espresso.
07:56And like a nice setting, sushi and, you know, this kind of thing that doesn't hurt.
08:03Tell me, Andrew, just so people can picture a little bit.
08:08So you were getting treatment in the hospital and then you were coming home feeling, obviously, nauseous, tired, dizzy and
08:18whatnot.
08:19And much more worse than that, I'd imagine.
08:22Yeah. So like when were you working on the album?
08:27Were you taking a nap and then working and then a nap and working or how describe if you can?
08:34How did this look like the actual creation process?
08:38And was this in this room where you are right now?
08:41Yeah. I mean, sorry for interrupting.
08:43I am in my studio, home studio in Berlin, and which is why I'm trying to kind of show that.
08:51I mean, I'm I'm on the top floor of a nice building and I'm right at the tree line and
08:59there's a cemetery behind me.
09:00So I have no buildings.
09:02It's just all trees for this huge cemetery, which is amazing.
09:08So I did all my recording here and mostly the recording aspect is mostly anyway.
09:16And yeah, I would just it's funny to think about.
09:20I thought it'd be better at like tapping into the energy, but it's like there were just times that I
09:26literally would sit and just be able to not even move.
09:31And not because I was one just to meditate or, you know, be still.
09:35It's like my body was like, yeah, you're not you're not doing anything right now.
09:39Right. And or I go to bed.
09:41I tried not to do the bed thing too much, to be honest with you.
09:45Like, I'd rather just sit and be numb.
09:48And then I would just run over jam.
09:51I mean, the press says 15 minutes at a time, which is pretty much true.
09:57It's about as much energy I have.
09:59And eventually I figured out for me, I set a timer.
10:03Like I set my I set up my my recording session on my DAW on my computer.
10:08And then I had a 15 minute timer track.
10:13And I would tell myself in the timer, it's been five minutes, it's been 15, you're halfway or it's been
10:18seven, you're halfway there, 10 minutes, almost done, one minute left, that kind of thing.
10:24I'd be encouraging myself to get it done.
10:30Right.
10:31Like 15 minutes.
10:32I can do it.
10:33Right.
10:34Of course.
10:35I mean, even if that means getting up and going to vomit.
10:37Right.
10:38It is what it is.
10:39But the thing is, I was just I don't know if it was like the kid in me, because when
10:45I was young, man, I was practicing constantly.
10:49So there was just this weird motivation of like old school, like I got to get this done.
10:56And I don't even know why, because nobody was on me.
10:59There was no record deal.
11:00There was no solo record.
11:02There was no bass clarinet, fancy anything.
11:04There was nothing.
11:05It was just a sick guy, like thinking, like having ideas, man.
11:10I was like, yeah, I should make a solo record.
11:12So I started texting a few people.
11:13Right.
11:14Like I was thinking of making a solo bass clarinet record.
11:16I was getting really positive feedback.
11:19And so it was just a matter of the crazy thing.
11:24And I want to get this in.
11:25I'm going to squeeze this in right here, Nate.
11:26OK, is that when I was sick, I was like, oh, I'll be able to like come back here and
11:34feel what this was like.
11:36Right.
11:36But now, jeez, I feel so good that it's hard to go back to how terrible it was.
11:46Of course.
11:46I don't I don't know if that makes any sense.
11:49Of course it does.
11:49But it's just one of those things where I was certain and I even wrote it down.
11:54I have a whole journal.
11:56I don't know how long that journal is.
11:59And in it, I mean, I'm saying I'll be able to come back to this feeling, but I'm going to
12:03describe it.
12:04Right.
12:05So anyway, it was it was it was crazy.
12:08But like checking out myself now and like the way I feel in my life and everything that a world
12:14of difference.
12:15It's just yeah, the difference is so vast.
12:19And that's not like an ego thing.
12:21It's just like I'm feeling like somebody asked me that.
12:25How do you feel?
12:25I was like, you know what?
12:26I feel fucking great.
12:30And let's talk a little bit about the did you feel a particular inspiration that it was you writing it
12:39or did you feel like you were guided?
12:42Oh, 100 percent.
12:44Had a conversation with my friend.
12:51Liz Kozak.
12:53She's an amazing pianist and keyboard player the other day.
12:56Good friend.
12:57Who had also gone through cancer herself the year prior.
13:03And she said about the music, about the record, because this is channeled music.
13:08So because this is like totally spiritual music.
13:11She goes, you are a portal.
13:13And she was looking at me really intently.
13:16And I've never heard her speak this way.
13:18And it was really amazing.
13:20She's like, you're the portal.
13:22This music is a portal.
13:24And I think you said something along the lines like it would be great.
13:27I did.
13:27Yeah.
13:28Nice music to chant to.
13:29So let's go with that.
13:31Let's say I did somehow channel this music.
13:36Okay.
13:37I don't know from where, from spirit or from where.
13:40I would be open to hearing what you think about that.
13:43But it's like, in my opinion, absolutely.
13:46But I tell you, every master class, workshop, whatever that I've done, I always ask my students or the participants,
13:55where does music come from?
13:58Like, where are you getting that information from?
14:01I had never gotten an answer.
14:03Well, my view on this is that that's where the world of creativity and intuition connect.
14:15Because you both kind of pull an energy from the ether from somewhere else.
14:23People say your guides.
14:25People say, you know, your ancestors, of course, ancestors, guides, spirit guides.
14:31But there's also, like, from the source, from God, people would say, God, the metrics, whoever you want to believe,
14:38right?
14:38And that energy, whether you are, you know, an intuitive psychic reader or you're an artist, to me, it all
14:48comes from the same source.
14:51So the creation process, and personally, that's what I like to create, and the intuition process, it's the same.
15:01It's the same energy.
15:03I feel like it's the same.
15:04Yeah, I agree.
15:07I guess it's just, I don't know why any one individual would have greater access to a channel than another
15:25individual.
15:25And I don't believe that.
15:27And I don't believe that.
15:28Everyone has access.
15:29I think the only thing that I would clarify for this particular record and this music was that I was
15:41consciously channeling.
15:42And one thing that was going on was my amazing friend and co-engineer on this record that we call
15:51him the master engineer, mastering engineer, Peter Carl.
15:57We were talking on the phone, because he's in Brooklyn, so he was helping me long distance.
16:03We were talking about how we wanted to capture more than just the sound of the audio, just the sound
16:10of the instrument.
16:12And we wanted to capture the energy, the resonance, the intention, all of that, everything people talk about.
16:21And so he's really into that.
16:24And so we spent a lot of time me sending him different files of me doing, you know, telling him
16:31I'm recording and then we connect and then I work and then I would send it to him and he
16:36would say, well, you know, I would make these changes.
16:39But it wasn't always technical.
16:41Sometimes it's like it sounds like you're a little, I don't know, whatever, you know, criticism.
16:47And so it was a part of it was that no one's better or worse or anything like that.
16:54It's just sometimes when you do it, I guess, in conscious awareness, which might be a coined phrase or something.
17:01But you know what I mean?
17:02When you're when you're doing it intentionally, I think it's different than when you're you're just kind of wielding a
17:08sword and you don't know what you're doing with it.
17:10Right. Something like this.
17:11I don't know.
17:11I like when you talk about your intention, when you created it, what was the intention?
17:19Did you do it for yourself, which is OK?
17:22Did you do it for the public?
17:23Who did you originally do it for?
17:32I'm going to put on my B.C. Deluxe hat for this question, sir.
17:37Is that OK with you?
17:39Everything's OK.
17:40You're invited.
17:41My feathers cap, my B.C. Deluxe.
17:47I started out thinking, you know, I've never made a record where like a ton of people could understand it.
17:59Like I've always made very, I guess, I don't know, specific music to my design.
18:06And never really thought about like whether or not people cared or liked it.
18:11So I was like, I'm going to try to make one where actually I do think about that.
18:17And you know what?
18:18That lasted like five minutes.
18:20And then I was like, I can't do it.
18:23Of course.
18:24I can't.
18:25I was like, I am no good at pleasing people.
18:28So I was like, you know what?
18:29I'm just going to make my own record.
18:31But the thing is.
18:34I've been playing bass clarinet for a long time.
18:37I mean, I got this bass clarinet I have on the record in like 96 or 98.
18:43Nobody's totally sure.
18:46And I was like, you know what?
18:47I don't think I ever really learned how to play this thing.
18:50I'm serious.
18:52I don't mean that I can't play.
18:54I don't mean that I suck or anything.
18:55But I was like, I don't think I ever really, really learned how to play this thing.
19:01Like a master.
19:04So I was like, that's what I want to do.
19:06And I'm just going to document that process as I improve, as I get better, as I get more functional
19:14at executing ideas, because I have better facility and more dexterity.
19:20You know, all of that stuff that makes everything just flow and work.
19:25So you're not fighting your tools.
19:27You're using them.
19:28And they're just working for you.
19:30At one point, and I swear at one point, I got up to record.
19:35I was feeling crappy from the chemo.
19:38And I opened up my bass clarinet case with the zipper.
19:41And I opened it.
19:42I swear my bass clarinet jumped out of the case.
19:45I swear my instrument jumped out of the case.
19:48And I was like, yay!
19:51And never mind the fact that our friend, Helen, the Irish granny Helen, told me, she goes, you know, just
20:01playing an instrument in your situation from the brain surgery and all that, and the health, she goes, that's just
20:08healing on its own.
20:09Never mind.
20:10True, true, true.
20:11True, absolutely true.
20:12So there was that part of it.
20:14I was doing it because I knew I thought it was helping.
20:17But I don't know.
20:18I'm not sure the pressure on my brain is a good idea.
20:21I got differing opinions on that.
20:23But I'm here.
20:23I'm okay.
20:24I seem okay to me.
20:25You look fantastic.
20:26I always.
20:27Well, thank you.
20:28Right.
20:29I just mean that in my mind, I seem fairly normal.
20:33I mean, I know I stutter sometimes.
20:35And I'm usually able to control that.
20:37But in general, I feel fairly okay for a guy missing part of his body.
20:43I don't know.
20:43I don't know how to put it, man.
20:45You know?
20:45Do you have your instrument with you?
20:48It's in the house.
20:49Why?
20:51No, I wanted to know if you wanted to show it for people.
20:56That's up to you.
20:57Yeah.
20:58Let's do this.
20:59I'm going to pause.
21:01Okay?
21:02Okay.
21:04What were you asking?
21:05You were asking me about my bass clarinet, right?
21:07Yeah.
21:08Yes.
21:08Thank you for pulling it out so people can see the instrument.
21:13Yeah.
21:13So there's several pieces, which I'm going to assemble on camera.
21:19Anyway, bottom stack, top stack, anything silver is a key.
21:24A lot of keys on this horn, man.
21:27Wow.
21:34And then this is the bell, which actually, when you think about it, we always joke, it's
21:41actually technology.
21:42Like, this is like an amplifier for the sound.
21:46Uh-huh.
21:46Uh-huh.
21:47Like old school tech.
21:49How do we get the sound?
21:52So, yeah, there's all kinds of ways to talk about how you put it together, but you have
21:55to be careful.
21:56And I've been doing it so long that I just kind of throw it together.
21:59And then the top joint and the bottom joint marry.
22:03And then he gives us a really long thing with all these keys.
22:09I mean, it's like, it's not, it's no joke.
22:13And I, it should be relatively clean, but there's just endless amounts of key work on this instrument.
22:18Ooh, yes.
22:22And like, look at all those keys.
22:24I got to make my pinky touch all those dang keys, man.
22:28Yes.
22:29It's like, which key do I hit?
22:32Anyway, and then this is the top part that called the neck that makes it look the way
22:38that you might think you would see it, right?
22:41Like more with the neck on it kind of thing.
22:44Beautiful, right?
22:45It is absolutely beautiful.
22:46Oh, whoa, look at that.
22:47That's cool.
22:49Yeah.
22:50That's a cool shot right there, man.
22:52I know.
22:54Cool.
22:55Do you have a name?
22:56Do you have a name for your instrument?
22:58BC Deluxe.
22:59Well, but the, is there like a nickname you give to your instrument?
23:04Well, somebody said, I have to call it BC Deluxe now.
23:07Oh, that's the nickname.
23:09Yeah.
23:09Well, I didn't name it, but do you have, do you have an idea?
23:12If you have an idea, I'm open to it.
23:14Oh, I think this, no, I don't have an idea, but I feel like it's like your...
23:20Now, BC Deluxe.
23:21Yes, that would be a great name for...
23:25And is it, oh, question, Andrew, is it an instrument that you play only solo or participates
23:31to an ensemble sometimes or either way?
23:35Me specifically or like other people?
23:37Or both.
23:39You specifically, you always play it solo or with an ensemble?
23:45To be honest with you, this is the first time I've ever played solo on it.
23:51Oh.
23:52Actually, quite the opposite of what you're asking.
23:55Yes.
23:56You know what, Nate?
23:57That has never even occurred to me.
24:00But other than the idle concerts or maybe a jam session or something, you know, in the
24:09middle of like Chicago or something maybe where I played, but otherwise, this is it.
24:15This is the first and only time, which I think plays into some reactions I'm getting.
24:24Like people just have never heard, like all I do is play with bands.
24:27And I'm also kind of known for like kind of playing rock bass clarinet.
24:34Like I play Yaka Bros music.
24:36I play in this nine-piece band called the No Net.
24:41And we've recorded many times.
24:43And there's 10 people or nine people in the band.
24:46And I'm playing this quiet, like crazy instrument in there and just screaming over the top.
24:52It's really fun.
24:53So, actually, this is a new venture for Andrew D'Angelo.
24:58But this really is a handsome jacket.
25:01Thank you, Alessandro.
25:04This pillow ended up on camera.
25:06I didn't expect that.
25:07Sorry.
25:09I don't know.
25:10It's not that easy.
25:11It's good.
25:12It's great looking.
25:12It looks nice with everything, right?
25:14Yes.
25:15With the bass clarinet.
25:16Yes.
25:17All right.
25:18Nate's been helping me with my set design, man.
25:21And do you play – so you play sometimes sitting, standing, both?
25:28Generally, I'd like to actually ask people this question.
25:33What would you prefer?
25:35Would you like to see somebody sitting, you know, for a show, a concert?
25:39I mean, the music aside, because people's taste is their taste.
25:43I mean, I think standing's great.
25:45But technically, people play it sitting, and they put, like, a – it's called a peg.
25:51It goes on the bottom here.
25:53It puts it so you sit with it like this, right?
25:57This would be the typical way that you see people play it.
26:01But I'm more like – this is why I have my neck strap on, because I'm more like moving around.
26:07Nate, don't move very much.
26:10You can't move.
26:12No, it's just funny.
26:15Now I can't stop thinking about it.
26:16But anyway, I generally move a lot, and also –
26:19And you've noticed that as you move, the camera doesn't move.
26:24Yeah.
26:25Why?
26:25Which is great.
26:27Yeah, I fixed that part.
26:28I took it out.
26:29Good, good.
26:30It's working.
26:31It's called center stage.
26:33You just unclick it.
26:35It's not a big deal.
26:36It annoys me.
26:37It makes me nauseous.
26:38But it wasn't doing that – it hasn't been doing that the whole time.
26:41You just noticed?
26:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:44It's a question.
26:45Another quick question.
26:46Is the sound, the music different if you're sitting or standing?
26:54If you get into really, really, really technical, nerdy stuff?
27:00Yes.
27:00Yes.
27:01Mm-hmm.
27:02It also makes a difference if you use a neck strap or if you use the peg on the bottom
27:08of the horn.
27:09All right.
27:10Now, for years, I used neither.
27:14I didn't use a peg.
27:15I didn't use a neck strap.
27:16I had a – I have a fancy thumb rest, which you're not going to be able to see, but
27:20it's very – I can hold my whole instrument with my thumb.
27:25So I don't even need to use one.
27:28And on some of the record, I don't even have – I don't have anything on.
27:31I just have it like a kid, like, sitting between my feet, and I'm playing.
27:38So when you were – you played clarinet, right?
27:41Yeah, I did.
27:42I did, yes.
27:43Well, how old were you?
27:44And were you small, like, was – did the clarinet – you played the B-flat clarinet, not this one.
27:50Yeah, yeah, not this one.
27:51Was it a big instrument for you to carry around, or is it –
27:54No, it wasn't.
27:55No, I didn't have any strap.
27:57I was – it was pretty easy.
27:58I was a teenager.
28:00It was pretty easy, yes.
28:02Oh, you were like a nerdy, like, clarinet playing teenage boy.
28:07I guess.
28:09I'm 13, and I play clarinet, and I'm from Paris, and I'm from Paris.
28:15I had – to be honest with you, I had more fun reading cards than playing clarinet.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Well, I'll tell you something about yourself there, mister.
28:24One time you were doing one of your lives where you do readings, and you're like – you're just –
28:30I mean, you're just going through people, which is amazing.
28:33You're so fast and efficient and brilliant, and somebody asked you, man, why do you do this?
28:40Why are you so generous?
28:41You know, why do you give us your time and do these readings?
28:44You're like, I don't know.
28:45This is very creative to me, and I got this – no, I got this message, man.
28:51Like, when you said that, I was like, yeah, it's like I'm watching a concert.
28:55It's as interesting and quite possibly, for me, more interesting than a lot of concerts that I've seen.
29:03Let me put it that way.
29:04Well, I mean, Andrew, you're making my point because that's what I was saying earlier.
29:08Like, it's coming from the same source.
29:10Yeah.
29:11So, you are playing, and it's like – it would be equivalent of saying, but, you know, it doesn't –
29:18are you not exhausted for playing for an hour?
29:21It's the same thing.
29:22Are you not exhausted for reading cards for an hour?
29:24No, because I connect with my own energy, and it feels pretty good.
29:29Yes, I need a break afterwards.
29:30I couldn't do that for hours and hours.
29:33The same way, you wouldn't play for hours and hours without taking a break.
29:36Right.
29:38Did I take a break after 15 minutes?
29:41Well, yeah, but you were doing that on top of being unwell, and that is something that I have –
29:49I mean, I've been fortunate enough not to have any health problems that would prevent me from making reading cards
29:56difficult.
29:57But I can only imagine if I were to try, and I'm sure this was – you must have felt
30:08the difference recording and playing being, quote-unquote, fine, and as opposed to dealing with the health issues.
30:17Like, it just doesn't feel the same at all, I'm certain.
30:23It's not the same.
30:24It doesn't feel the same.
30:27You want me to go back to the old setup?
30:29Are you – are we okay?
30:31We are totally fine.
30:32Yeah.
30:33Well, I don't know.
30:34I'm asking.
30:36What do you guys – what do you want us to do?
30:37What was your question?
30:38Oh, yeah, I – it feels very contrary to me, and so that contrary emotion is exciting, but I really,
30:52really, looking back, and when I –
30:56when I listened to the record after it came out, I took, like, two months, maybe even three months off.
31:03I just didn't listen to the music because I was like, I'm done.
31:07I was like, oh, my God, how did I make this music?
31:10And that's not anything about me.
31:12I just – there's a lot of energy.
31:15Like, never mind like or dislike.
31:17Like, I just give a lot of energy in that record.
31:19There's, like, a lot of forward momentum.
31:22There's a lot of, like, spirited sounds going on.
31:27And so I don't even know really where I was, and that's okay.
31:31Like, I don't know how to describe where I was, but I was drugged up.
31:36I mean, who knows?
31:37Does chemo – chemo is a drug?
31:39I mean, who knows?
31:40Maybe there's –
31:40It is, yeah.
31:41Maybe I was hallucinating, but who cares?
31:46You too – yeah, you were on your own journey.
31:49Yeah.
31:49A question, Andrew, I'm really curious about something.
31:52So once the record got out, and it's – to me, it feels almost like basically you're birthing.
32:00You know, you're, like, giving – you're delivering this baby that's yours, and then it's no longer yours.
32:07How is that whole feeling?
32:08Just very, very curious about that process and how you still possibly live that today.
32:15Do you feel like – how you feel the fact that it was just yours, and now it's not just
32:21yours?
32:21Are you happy about it?
32:23Are you – how do you live that?
32:27Frightened, shitless about it, to be honest.
32:31It's – one of my friends called me once, and she had had her first baby, and she's freaking out,
32:37wants me to come over,
32:39because she just gave her – her baby away to somebody who was going to take her to kindergarten or
32:48preschool.
32:49First time away from mom, basically.
32:52Whatever it was, it was the first time they had been separated.
32:55Yeah.
32:56And my friend was going ballistically crazy.
33:00I mean, she's like, you've got to come over.
33:02I don't know what to do.
33:04She's crying.
33:05She's – and I'm like, I have – first of all, I don't know why she called me.
33:10Second of all, I texted my friend, her husband.
33:13I'm like, what do I do?
33:15So I went over, but – so it's not that dramatic, but, I mean, there is some trauma,
33:20because what if – what if, like, that super positive review from Michael J. West in Downbeat magazine –
33:29and that, as you mentioned it, I have it here, so people can check it out.
33:35Please.
33:35It's a five-star review.
33:37I got five out of five.
33:39This is, like, this is, like, old-school, like, jazz magazine.
33:46Downbeat used to be called Downbeat Jazz Magazine, I think, back in the day.
33:50But this is, like, OG, like, jazz.
33:53And, anyway, a five out of five from Downbeat to me is, like, getting Siskel and Egbert, like, two thumbs
34:00up.
34:00Like, it's a really, really big deal to me.
34:05And that – obviously, Mike, you know, who wrote the article, Mike West, I mean, he obviously listened to the
34:12music.
34:12He – because maybe sometimes I feel like – like, did they even hear what I play, you know?
34:17It's cool.
34:18They did.
34:19They did.
34:20It's exciting.
34:20But at the same time, when somebody sent me that yesterday or whenever it was, they were, like, there's a
34:28review.
34:29They didn't say anything.
34:30They just said, there's a review.
34:32Right?
34:33And so I'm, like, okay, like, what if they don't like my baby, right?
34:37I don't know.
34:38Like, sometimes you – if this is such a good review, you tell – I would tell you, hey, Andrew,
34:44have you seen – there's a great review for you.
34:46Right.
34:46You would, like – you would, like, you would give a little, like, a little bit.
34:49I would just say, hey, there's a A review.
34:52Right.
34:54I mean, I'm not kidding.
34:56I – as somebody who – I put my first record out in 1989.
35:00Well, I recorded it in 1989, released in 1990.
35:05I've been in the business then, so that's 40 years, right?
35:09Something like that, 37.8 years.
35:13I've never gotten such a delightful review in my entire career, ever, for anything, ever.
35:21My mom never even was that complimentary.
35:25You should be so – and I feel like if people are watching right now, this is what I am
35:32certain they're thinking.
35:33Not only you pulled that off, but on top of that, you were dealing with extraordinary challenges.
35:40Yes, sir.
35:41And I feel like this is – if there's anything for me to take away from this, is how inspirational
35:47that is for anyone going through whatever challenges they are going through.
35:53Maybe health, maybe some other – from other situations.
35:56And so taking that from your own experience for people who are watching and dealing with something super challenging, what
36:07– what's not your advice, but what – how did you do it?
36:13My friend, my same friend, Liz Kossack, in this story, keyboardist, amazing.
36:20When she had cancer, she had her experience, and then I got it.
36:26And anyway, she was in, I don't know, Switzerland in the mountains or something.
36:31And she took this video of herself.
36:34Like, she's on a lake in – no, Austria.
36:36In Austria, right?
36:37Like, in the sun, working, doing a master class, right?
36:42All this stuff, doing concerts.
36:43And she sends me a video, and I'm like, you know, chemotherapy, like – and she goes, yeah, because I
36:49want you to see what you're going to be like in a year.
36:53This is what it's going to be for you in a year, and I want you to know that.
36:57And so, if anything, I would say, look, I mean, whatever you think of me, I'm telling you, I'm right
37:03by the world right now, man.
37:04Everything feels great.
37:05I feel healthy.
37:07I mean, I'm doing a lot of my own work with diet and all this stuff and blah, blah, blah.
37:11But at the same time, you know, sometimes, hopefully, most of the time, there is another side of that, you
37:21know, that's hard to see.
37:22It's hard to see the forest for the trees, I think, is the phrase that people like to use.
37:28That's great.
37:28And so, my friend sent me that video, which pissed me off because I was like, why are you sending
37:32me your tour videos?
37:34I was like, but it's just you being positive.
37:37She was like, because this is going to be you in a year or whatever.
37:44So, I want you to know that.
37:45And I was like, oh, okay.
37:47I get it.
37:48Yeah.
37:49Maybe that's overstated, but at the same time, I'm very excited.
37:55Nate, I just really want to say thank you for having me on.
37:58First of all, I guess, somebody who's been a chit-chatter in your thing there, it's nice to have people,
38:05like, learn, you know, see me.
38:06It's cool.
38:07I appreciate it.
38:08And also, thank you for everything you do.
38:10And I love your concerts online, man.
38:13They're great.
38:14Your shows are freaking great, man.
38:15I love them, man.
38:19All right.
38:19No, well, maybe, Andrew, just as we kind of close this, I wanted to, you know, this is a card
38:28reading or a psychic channel.
38:29So, let's pull a few cards, if you allow me, to give you a few messages from Spirit for thanking
38:37us, for spending time with us.
38:39Okay, sure.
38:40How about that?
38:41Okay.
38:42I hope it's not going to be anything all personal, like, you need to work on that.
38:45Oh, no.
38:46Oh, I mean, first, I mean, like, first of all, I was shuffling, and there's a card that fell off.
38:52Okay.
38:53And you're intuitive yourself, so I don't even need to tell you.
38:57This is the Ten of Cups.
38:59Look at that.
39:00Happiness.
39:01People around you.
39:02You're creating joy for people.
39:04Yay.
39:05Yay.
39:05And so, everyone who's watching and everyone who's listening to your record, you're giving them joy.
39:12What else do people need at this time?
39:15Joy.
39:16Right.
39:18Joy.
39:19You are creating, and this is, look at that, Four of Cups.
39:24A lot of people might feel like this in these times.
39:27They're worried.
39:28They don't know what to do.
39:29They don't know how to take what's going on.
39:32The world is so crazy.
39:33I don't need to explain that.
39:35They're feeling like this.
39:37And this is something in my own philosophy that even in the worst moment, what are the little joys that
39:46you can find in your life?
39:47Maybe this is a cup of coffee.
39:50Maybe this is a little bit of music.
39:52Maybe this is a walk in the park or in the forest or by the beach.
39:57But there's always those little moments of joys.
40:02And that is basically, in my view, what is life?
40:07So whenever you have a struggle, which is the next card, five of ones, think of those moments that can
40:16bring you joy.
40:16And your record, that's just that.
40:20It just brings joy.
40:23Cool.
40:25So I have an important question.
40:28Where do people find, we're going to put the link if they want to get the record.
40:32Is it like, do you have the actual physical record?
40:36Tell me, tell us a little bit more about how people get it.
40:40Yeah, it's on, it's a record.
40:43It's actually an LP, vinyl, and then a digital download or streaming.
40:50And in case where people were curious, you go to Bandcamp.
40:58And if you don't know Bandcamp, go to Bandcamp.com.
41:02And Nate will give you a link.
41:04Yeah.
41:05And you can purchase right there.
41:07And just know that the money from Bandcamp goes directly to the artists.
41:12Whereas if you go to other places like Spotify or these other joints, we don't really see any of that
41:19money.
41:19So if you go to Bandcamp, you can buy a digital copy of the record.
41:24Never listen to it, but you're supporting the music.
41:27You can do that.
41:28But you can also buy the record and listen to it a hundred times.
41:31I don't care.
41:32But the thing is, Bandcamp is a great place for us artists.
41:35And that's where Loveland Music, the Danish record label, Jakobro, that's where they have set up camp.
41:42Pun intended.
41:45But it's vinyl and digital.
41:48There is no CD.
41:49So the only product would be a vinyl.
41:51And they ship wherever.
41:53Don't even think about that.
41:54They have a distributor.
41:56So you just order it.
41:57It'll order it and the distributor gets it to you.
42:00So that part's ironed out.
42:03Was that helpful enough?
42:04I don't know.
42:05Super helpful.
42:06And I will put the link both in the description and as the first comment on this recording.
42:12Andrew, it was an honor to have you with us, to hear about your process, your struggles, your creation, your
42:24amazing reviews.
42:28I mean, again, like you should be so, so, so proud of what you accomplished.
42:34And thank you for creating music to the world.
42:38You're so welcome.
42:40I'm sorry.
42:41I thought you had read the review because you didn't really get back to me.
42:44And then I was like, oh, he probably was just like, oh, dang.
42:46I did.
42:47Yeah.
42:48No, it's just, it's really like you almost have to read it twice because you're like, did he actually write
42:53that?
42:54You know what I'm saying?
42:55It's really.
42:56I know.
42:57I am so glad.
42:58Really honorable, man.
43:00I am thanking everybody, my spirits and guide and my ancestors and all the archangels and my grandfather and my
43:10mother.
43:10Everybody's been helping me and my dad.
43:12It's been an amazing process for me.
43:14So like to get that from here, from heart out into the world to paper is an unbelievable experience for
43:24me.
43:24The fact that it went all, it traveled all this way and here you're reading it.
43:29I mean, you're reading it.
43:31I don't know.
43:31I just thought it was, it's beautiful.
43:33And then now I get to talk about it.
43:36And this, honestly, this just isn't stuff that I'll be asked that often.
43:40So thank you.
43:41I appreciate it.
43:42Like people are going to ask me what read I'm using and right.
43:45Like what microphone did I use to record and like these types of things.
43:49So I appreciate it.
43:51Huh?
43:51If people have questions, they can certainly leave them as a comment down below.
43:56And Andrew will respond to you.
43:58So yes, that's.
44:00They just gave me work.
44:01I just gave you a home.
44:03You have to read all of my comments on my channel now, Andrew, from this time forward.
44:09Just not just this video.
44:12And look for your name, by the way.
44:15Thank you, Andrew.
44:17I really appreciate this time.
44:19Thanks everyone for watching.
44:21And then we'll be back and you'll see Andrew in the chat probably on the next show.
44:26So thank you.
44:27And bye-bye.
44:28Bye, everybody.