Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
TTP #6a- Tourganic Shorts: Drummer Stephen Chopek on The Discipline of Persistence- Chopek Breaks Down How He Has Been so Consistent in Living a Disciplined Life on the Road with Health of Mind, Body and Soul, Through His Daily Meditation, Fitness Routine
11 Plays7 years ago
Drummer Stephen Chopek is an inspiring example of someone who is committed and unwavering in his pursuit of health of mind, body and spirit on the road.
In this conversation:
- Making the transition from career drummer sideman to front man and solo artist. What that progression has entailed and what he has learned.
- Motivating factors in Chopek’s transition to being a plant-based vegan- Master Cleanse, empathy for Animals, listening to his body on tour in order to find out how he could perform at his highest level.
- The life changing experience of doing a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation retreat and how that has manifested in his everyday life and his music i.e. the power of decision making, the concepts of impermanence and acceptance.
- What Chopek gained by cutting out alcohol on the road and how that set him up for a morning routine that has enabled him to thrive.
Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast in iTunes and visit www.tourganic.com for more info on this episode and living healthy on the road
Tourganic Podcast Theme songs 'The Path' and 'Shirtmaker's Brawl' written by David Bailis and this episode's musical interludes by Stephen Chopek and Stephen Chopek/Charlie Hunter Live
Recommended
Transcript
Torganic Shorts Overview
00:00:03
Speaker
This is Torganic Shorts, where I take select moments and quotes from the full podcast.
Meet Steven Chopeck
00:00:08
Speaker
My guest this week is the great drummer and now solo artist, Steven Chopeck.
From Drummer to Solo Artist
00:00:12
Speaker
After career backing up numerous great artists, such as John Mayer and Charlie Hunter, and a stint in the pimps of Joytime, Chopeck has been touring as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Lessons from Live Performances
00:00:23
Speaker
As you know, there's... practicing is really important, but there's really no substitute for a performance, a live performance, and all the things that you learn kind of on-the-job training, right? Just kind of baptism by fire, just being out there. Because it's just a totally different headspace of... regardless of whether or not there's, you know, two people in the room or 200 or 2000, there's just something about that performance headspace that... that just...
Empowerment Through Performance
00:00:49
Speaker
you just need to do it.
00:00:52
Speaker
you put yourself out there and you just kind of leave it all on the stage and there's just kind of a uh... there's just like an empowerment to that you know it's not just a growth process as a musician but as a person and it's easy to fall into comfort zones you know comfort zones that you're aware of comfort zones that you're not aware of so i find it it's even more important to make an effort to put yourself into situations that you're not
Applying Music Discipline to Life
00:01:21
Speaker
that comfortable with, just to kind of break out of yourself. You know, when you're young, learning how to tie your shoes, it was this monumental task, right? But you do it, whether or not you're conscious of it, that's preparing you for kind of the next thing, right? And so if growing up and being an adult and being able to put those pieces together and realizing that the discipline that it takes to learn an instrument, you can apply it to whatever else it is, your diet or your health, and specifically
The Power of Effort and Routine
00:01:51
Speaker
transferring that discipline into any other aspect of your life. And this kind of feedback loop is that what you put into it, you get back tenfold. Bringing things on the road to kind of having things with me makes a big difference rather than getting something at a rest stop. You're king of the food bag. Yeah, food bag. I'm all about the food bag.
00:02:17
Speaker
to make an effort to get up an hour a couple hours earlier, to meditate or to exercise.
Growth in Discomfort
00:02:22
Speaker
That definitely has a big part at home that's particularly on the road in staying focused on that path and getting the day, getting my day started off on a high note.
00:02:33
Speaker
There's something about pushing yourself that's part of the enjoyment of the process. You know, I've kind of grown to almost not seek it out, not seek to make myself uncomfortable, but appreciate those uncomfortable moments because I know that's kind of a signal of it being somewhat of a growth process.
Instrument Discipline and Routines
00:02:52
Speaker
Yeah, I find that all those things kind of feed each other, the discipline involved that I put forth in initially learning an instrument
00:03:02
Speaker
is the same discipline that I use in maintaining a workout routine or a specific diet routine.
Closing and Audience Engagement
00:03:11
Speaker
Big thanks to Chopek for coming through and thanks to you guys and the listeners. Please take a moment to comment and rate the show on iTunes and let me know what you think of the Torganic podcast. Until next time, peace.