Jun 15, 2018
Description:
In this episode Mandy talks with JJ and Dave Heller about how to balance work and being a mom, getting comfortable being different and how to work with a spouse. You will love JJ and Dave's lighthearted and fun nature as you listen in on a conversation about life on the road and what to do when things don't go as planned.
Selected Links:
So You Think You Can Dance Video
Music by: Phillip E Morris "Sunshine & Blue Skies" soundcloud.com/philipemorris & pema.bandcamp.com
Special Note:
JJ will be releasing I Dream of You - Vol II later this year. Here is her kickstarter program that you won't want to miss. Click Here Album will release in November.
Show Notes:
0:53 Introduction
2:35 For Domestic Days (a liturgy for you)
4:13 JJ and Dave Heller introduction
4:53 Non-stick cookware
7:01 An unexpected response
7:53 How to give the best gift to your spouse
9:11 Making music together
9:40 How’d you guys meet
10:22 How do you pronounce djembe
11:20 So You Think You Can Dance
12:23 How a song literally saved a life
13:05 How does God want to use me
13:40 How Bob Goff redefined success for us
14:25 Who needs hope and peace
16:16 How have you found your place in music
16:48 Fitting in vs Belonging
17:55 Why our music isn’t on the radio
18:50 How to make sense of tragedy
19:50 I Dream of You- how it’s changed the world
21:48 What if we just take a break
22:40 When your music accidentally puts kids to sleep
24:08 When things don’t go as you planned
25:47 Boring music doesn’t play well in a concert
26:30 Why we donate music to foster families
26:55 When and how things shifted
27:40 I Dream of You- 2 (a new album)
29:45 How to deal with creative differences
31:00 JJ the Incredible Hulk song writer
32:00 How to deliver criticism
34:00 The funny thing about lullabies
35:57 Fact check for Mother Theresa
36:24 How sexy is it to be on the road
37:35 Dealing with loneliness on the road
39:15 3 Days of travel for less than 45 minutes on the stage
40:20 It’s a miracle that I get to do this
41:31 What’s the best advice you never got
42:50 A quote from Cool Runnings