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Aging Like A Fine Wine - The Michael Fitzpatrick Interview
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Dec 19, 2023
Join Caren as she delves into the extraordinary life and musical journey of Michael Fitzpatrick who is is definitely Aging like a fine wine. From playing with the Dalai Lama to performing for the Pope, Michael's experiences are sure to captivate and inspire. Learn about his unique concept of "tuning the planet" and get an exclusive sneak peek into Michael's upcoming projects, including his mission to bring healing music to hospitals, veterans, and elderly care facilities. #tuningtheplanet #michaelfitzpatrick #healingmusic Click HERE for your complimentary copy of The Ultimate Napa Travel Guide: https://www.uncorked.online/napa-guide Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@carenglasser Subscribe to our Spotify Channel: https://spoti.fi/3oXWCL3 Get up to the minute updates, subscribe to our Instagram Broadcast channel: https://bit.ly/UNCORKEDBROADCASTCHANNEL Check out some of our favorite products in our Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/47PjaPx Listen to the Life Uncorked Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3JXij4K
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the
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for those of you who are tuning in you
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just had a special treat here this was U
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Michael Fitz Patrick doing what he does
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best you're tuning the planet when you
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say that what does that mean if you go
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to places in nature in particular um
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that you have an affinity for and you
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actually sit and and play right then you
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get in tune sometimes you get the sense
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that the
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animals the the winds the trees are are
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listening if you will so tuning the
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planet originally came from that Genesis
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after having spent six days with the doy
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Lama in a remote Monastery in the middle
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of nowhere um
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the the tuning the planet moniker became
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much more specific in that we were in
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tend on going in there to to tune in and
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and to tune back let's talk about the
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journey I mean you played with the doy
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llama you played with the Pope so tell
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us about some of those things I learned
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through friends that the Dal Lama was
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coming to spend six days at this remote
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Monastery in Kentucky for this what
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turned out to be a historic Summit of
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Eastern and Western monks and nuns who
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were coming together to try and
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find not only common ground but a a a a
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common compassion if you will and when
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he came into the room it was a presence
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unlike anything I'd ever felt before it
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was deep um and then I played into that
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space for six days and ended up sitting
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literally right next to him for the
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final closing tribute and you know it it
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was totally surreal and then his people
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and the vatican's people who were were
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Co producing the summit
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said we think the the music is so
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powerful that it can transmit this
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compassionate Consciousness which got
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forged during those six days okay so I
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thought wait a second I think I've just
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been commissioned to produce the world
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premiere CD of the dolly Lama where
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would you do something like that I
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thought well you can't do it in a studio
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in New York City um where would you and
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then this image flash flashed in my mind
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of Mammoth Cave which is in Kentucky
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it's the largest cave system in the
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world I thought well that would be
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incredible the Acoustics would be great
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the visuals would be great be very
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cinematic and um couldn't be that big of
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a deal to get the cave I
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thought so I pitched it they said let's
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do it it ended up taking three years to
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to to make it happened when it was
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supposed to be nine months and I learned
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all kinds of things about how you write
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a letter to the private office of his
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Holiness the Daly Lama in daram Salah
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India how you write a letter to the
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offices of the Vatican from
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that um once this the album came out it
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was called compassion all these doors
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started
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opening Hollywood doors Washington DC
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doors um and over the
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years it led me to playing for the pope
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at the Vatican
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what was that like Michael well it was
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as John Lennon said it's all show
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biz you know you get there you get to
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the venue it's quite a
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venue and you know you're mindful of the
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magnitude of the role that the pope
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plays I didn't again have any experience
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right with him but I had at that point
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16 years of being around the world with
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the doy Lama
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so I had an understanding of what
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protocols were like and what it was like
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when when you
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encounter uh a being like the doy Lama
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or the pope right I want to throw some
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pictures up and why don't you tell us
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what we're looking at here yeah so this
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is from the his Holiness the doy Lama
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yes so this is in Louisville Kentucky
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it's in uh
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2013 and that that stunning backdrop
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that you see is real it's it's a it's a
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section of this 120 foot Buddha tapestry
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that that they had hung behind them it
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was really quite stunning this is the
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first time that the doy Lama has heard
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or seen me playing the electric chel uh
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the next picture I'm bringing up is
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United Nations International Day of
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Peace when was this that was in Time
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Square um the year before last so
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2021 2021 yeah so sir Ringo Star sir
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McCartney they were they came in live
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via satellite the piece that I played as
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the keynote for all the events with the
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Dal Lama is titled invocation of the
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earth which is what came out of the cave
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that was the first music that got born
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so as we're talking about this this is
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your your newest recording newest
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release correct yep and I'm going to let
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people know how they can uh pick up a
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copy of this I'm putting a QR code here
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take your phones out guys and just scan
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it and it will take you over uh to the
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page that has all of this on it there's
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also a link in the comments so tell us
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about this album it came out in July of
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this year it was a specifically
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commissioned Suite of
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Music um designed in a therapeutic
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clinical setting for people suffer uff
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ing from PTSD anxiety grief mental
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health
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challenges stress the stuff of Modern
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Life Steve Hurst who was the benefactor
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that that approached me I met him at the
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when I played
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there years ago and he told me he was
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launching this company and that he had
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an idea for some music um the more he
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described what it was he was looking for
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the more I thought huh I know the guys
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that I can put this together with the
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the three guys on the right are are
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buddies of mine from Kentucky that I
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have not been in touch with or played
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music with in in 30 years wow they're
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all Sonic Geniuses wow and they've they
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got the vibe so I just called them up
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and I'm like this is what it is are you
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interested right then I called my La
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guys CJ and Ben and said this is what it
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is are you interested and then I lined
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up all the sessions
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and this music started pouring in we
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were being carried by it in the three
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weeks that we mixed it down I made one
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comment and it wasn't it that perfect is
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that what you're saying right wow and
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you know with a little bit of
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trepidation I I brought it to Rob and I
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said you know how does it
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sound right above and beyond what do you
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think about about it how does it sound
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right and he s he said it sounds great
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he goes wait till I'm done with it okay
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so what happens when you put it on is
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you go into the same um really peaceful
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calm state that we were in when we were
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recording it which makes total sense it
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just it just it locks you into that that
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freeny yeah I I can't wait to listen to
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it go ahead and scan this and first of
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all the website is beautiful so there's
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a lot of different things there that you
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can find um information about who and
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and what you you
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do I I I listen to what you said and I I
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you sent me a bunch of notes and you
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talk about mental health and PTSD and
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anxiety and this is such an important
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topic so many people so many people I
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don't think I know a single person is
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that is not suffering from some sort of
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anxiety based upon what's going on in
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our world and music is so important um
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I've always said that music is the
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universal language and that it speaks to
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those those who might not otherwise
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understand hear or even comprehend
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because you don't have to know the
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language you don't have to know the
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words it's the melody itself how do you
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feel about that this business of tuning
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of taking
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oneself outside of The Fray of of the
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increasingly
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chaotic world that that's in we're in
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crisis right I mean that's just the
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reality we're in a global crisis people
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are freaked out nobody knows what to say
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people are scared to say stuff right and
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few people know what to do or or you
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know what can I do how can I help right
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well you're doing your part Michael
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you've played Hollywood Bowl Time Square
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you've played for his majesty King
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Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in
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Jordan and with the Jerusalem Symphony
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or orchestra in Jerusalem why don't you
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tell us what's happening next year in
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June June 6th 2024 is the 80th
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anniversary of dday so part of what's
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happening with the healing music on the
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ramp to the 80th is to now begin to take
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it into the front lines of the hospitals
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by the bedsides to to the veterans into
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the hospice you know Elderly Care
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Facilities because that's where it can
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make an immediate impact for those who
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are figuring out they need to know you
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more go and visit uh Michael at his
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website Michael Fitzpatrick dcom you can
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also visit him on his Facebook page at
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Michael Fitzpatrick cello and on
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Instagram at tuning theplanet and
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finally go pick yourself up a copy of
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this we'd love to hear what you say um
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and again if you just want to QR it do
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that because that's much more fun I
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think I want to thank you Michael I mean
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your music obviously it is touch people
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around the world that is where you go
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and you continue to go so Michael thank
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you thank you thank you go out and do
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good
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