Kabir Sehgal
Artist, Producer, Author, Veteran
Kabir Sehgal is a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author of 23 books, US Navy veteran, and former J.P. Morgan banker
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7PS: Go play baseball โพ
Read time: 1 minute, 285 words. At seven years old, Yo-Yo Ma performed for Pablo Casals, one of history’s greatest cellists. Ma was already a prodigy. His days revolved around lessons, rehearsals, and practice. Casals listened carefully. Then he offered surprising advice. Go play baseball. Not another scale. Not another hour with the cello. Baseball. Ma later understood the message: Live a full life. Because mastering your craft is only half the work. You also need a life worth expressing. ๐๐พ…
7PS: How to invent a genre ๐ก
Read time: 1 minute, 301 words. The best genres shouldn’t quite make sense. A few years ago, I visited Mehmet Ali Sanlฤฑkolโs basement studio outside Boston. Charlie Parker on one wall. Turkish masters on another. Handmade instruments everywhere. This is where Turkish Hipster took shape. Turkish makam. Brazilian percussion. Hip-hop. โ70s rock. Big-band jazz. You don’t invent a genre by starting from scratch. You invent one by combining things that have never had a reason to meet…
7PS: The note that never stops rising โฌ๏ธ
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7PS: Creative work starts in the margins ๐ผ๏ธ
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7PS: How to turn down a creative project ๐โโ๏ธ
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