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#2a- Tourganic Shorts: Select quotes from TTP #2 - Bass player Jordan Scannella's Path to Healthy Plant-based Living
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Bass player Jordan Scannella is a force to be reckoned with. Jordan constantly tours internationally with the group Tortured Soul and manages to do this while living a plant-based lifestyle focused on health and maintaining wellness. Years ago, Jordan had a crazy experience of a 3 month prison stint in Japan for a minor offense and during that time he wrote all the lyrics for his first solo album, which grew to him fronting his own hiphop/funk band- Jorscan. In this conversation:
- Jordan's path and why/how he went plant-based and how that decision has affected his overall wellbeing and ability to thrive on the road.
- How a juice fast propelled Jordan into a higher state of awareness of diet and how that transcended into his musicality and all aspects of his life.
- Jordan's run in with the law and incarceration for possession of a tiny amount of pot in Japan. How he took something that could have shook his psyche and derailed his career and turned it into a truly positive force in his life that continues to affect him daily.
Beyond being a extremely gifted bass player and overall musician, Jordan is great human being with much wisdom to offer to the world. His path is an inspiration and I hope you enjoy the second episode of the Tourganic podcast.
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
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Transcript
Introduction to Torganic Podcast
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Welcome to the Torganic Podcast. In these condensed episodes, I offer a small taste of the full podcast interview with some select moments and quotes.
Meet Jordan Scannella aka Jorscan
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This week's guest is New York City bass player extraordinaire Jordan Scannella, also known as Jorscan. Of all the truly great and amazing musicians I've had the fortune of playing with throughout my career,
00:00:21
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Jorskan is one of my favorites.
Journey into Veganism & Music Impact
00:00:23
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Jordan tours the world with the band Tortured Soul. In this episode we get into how he thrives on the road eating a plant-based diet, what got him into veganism, some dramatic life moments, and how these changes in his life affected his music and creative mind state as a whole.
00:00:38
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If for anybody that has or has not or believes in the idea of juice fasting, I know it can be a somewhat controversial topic, but there was a massive change.
Juice Fasting Experience & Awareness
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When I finished that, not only did, I don't know, there's just a lot of things that clicked in my life. I felt really good. I was way more aware of what I was eating, too, because after you drink juice for 14 days, you're like,
00:01:01
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I'm not putting that in my body. It's a sanctuary. It is a sanctuary, but it helps you really realize. So I was very picky about what I ate, and I just, I don't know, I seem to carry this lightness into all other aspects of my existence too.
Diet's Role in Clarity & Focus
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I got a couple cool touring gigs, some other bands around that time, and I think I brought something special to the table, was able to come in and be me and also contribute to them musically. A few things that, I don't know, now that I'm thinking about it, I do think that the diet, along with the juice fasting, really actually helped just to clarify and focus me in a way, both within my health and musically, too.
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I am a fan of the process. I'm a fan of, like, just having a routine and sticking to it with really, you know, no other expectation besides seeing it through, you know, and that feeling of accomplishment at the other end.
Routine, Discipline & Musical Focus
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Like, it's the same thing that I applied when I did the Juice Fast or if I was training for a half marathon or whatever it might be. Yo, DB.
00:02:19
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I was thinking a little bit more about our conversation the other night and realizing that I guess like what I talked about after the juice cleanse where your body is really like fresh, receptacle and you feel everything you put into your body and how good that is especially after a cleanse same idea should go kind of in the inverse
00:02:45
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When we're talking about playing music, in the best of my moments, I'm extremely aware, listening, and not thinking, but really being conscious of what notes I'm playing, my phrasing, my time, my rhythm.
00:03:04
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So it's the same thing that should be going out, you know what I'm saying? So what you're bringing to your body, you should hold sacred. And what you send out of your body while playing music should be just as sacred.
Engagement & Call to Action
00:03:16
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Please check out the full episode with Jorscan. I would be so appreciative if you let me know what you think by commenting, rating, and subscribing to the show on iTunes.
00:03:25
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These things really do help. You can also find more of what I'm up to and the episode show notes by visiting Torganic.com and come say hello to me on my Instagram page. Until next time, peace.