The Musical Poemwriter

This is Not a Drill

Brian Fretwell's work grows out of a rich mix of neuroscience, anthropology, leadership and what you might call self-interested curiosity. Rather than obsessing about where we fell short  and consoling ourselves we will learn from our mistakes, he encourages us to learn from our successes instead. The secret, he says, is connection.

Brian Fretwell & Finding Good: https://www.findinggood.com 

Theme music by Sean Balick. ”Sunday Lights" by Onesuch Village, via Blue Dot Sessions.

Ep. #303: Curiosity & Finding Good, with Brian Fretwell

The first time i tried breathwork, I felt how simple breathing can shift state, open the heart, and remind you you’re more than a body. It felt powerful and kind. So I wanted to share that feeling — a little gift to the world.

This session was created to connect people across time, distance, and circumstance. To connect with others, with a partner before a big day, and with the most important person in your life — yourself. Maybe even with something bigger.

If this session helps you or you want to say thanks, drop a comment or message me.

What to expect
A gentle, music-led journey with voice guidance. We flow between soft and slightly elevated breathing — always at your pace. The arc supports relaxation, presence, and a real sense of connection.


Safety
This is a gentle practice. Breathe at your own pace. If you have cardiovascular or respiratory conditions, epilepsy, are pregnant, or have other medical concerns, choose an extra-soft rhythm or consult a professional. This audio is not a medical treatment.

Credits
Breathwork guidance: Danielle Fisser, Inst: @daniellefisser, https://daniellefisser.com
Audio design & production: @states_of_being by @ira_soundmagic
https://irasoundmagic.com
Concept & curation: Ivan Gluzman / @iamgluzman

Breathwork session for Connection by Danielle Fisser

Try this on for size… it is Episode 88 with Ricky Richardson! We begin with Ricky’s first person story of finding connection in another country (0:45). We then welcome Ricky back to the pod for his illustrious 4th time (6:45)! We discuss where we are all at? (18:00) before going on a short video podcast rant. For our main topic, we discuss "Distance" (20:00), including questions such as, are we feeling distant or proximate to world issues (21:00), how is it showing up in our bodies? (26:00), are we consenting to the onslaught of news? (29:00), what is our need to “disconnect?” (35:00), are there ways to balance distance? (38:45), can we solve it by talking to people about it? (47:30), and what is our agency and choice in the matter? (52:00). We of course close with our Dressing Room and some things to Try On For Size this quarter (1:00:00)! As always we hope you enjoy :)

TTOFS Ep 88: The Distance (feat. Ricky Richardson)

Whispered by the pure heart, this poem is an invitation to true connection through presence — a meditation on seeing and hearing another soul in full awareness. 

Set to soft, ethereal AI-generated music, it flows like breath and silence intertwined. Each line unfolds gently, exploring what it means to listen without self, to meet the other in a pure space of openness — utterly void, yet alive. 

A tender moment of surrender and genuine connection. 🌿✨

TO HEAR YOU
(original poem)

I truly want
to hear 
what you are saying,
and see you -
exactly as you are.

So I must 
leave myself aside:
my own perceptions,
my thoughts,
my past,
my own way of
interpreting the world.

To see you
in this fresh moment
is to meet you
utterly void,
yet open.
And let you in
completely… completely
This moment
belongs to you.

No wish,
no expectations,
no projection,
no me at all
interfering.
Just you
unfolding.

To hear you,
I must attune
precisely
so I become you.
Everything else
would be just me
watching a story unfold
that I myself interpret.

If I want
to hear you,
to see you truly,
I must become you,
but never lose 
myself.

A
S

presence | awareness | mindfulness | connection | love | open heart | fusion | true love | love poem | ballad | poem set to music | soul journey | meditation | contemplation

To Hear You



Written by Briyan Frederick Baker and Joe Maki
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP & Jomah Kai Music, ASCAP
© Briyan Frederick Baker and Joseph Alan Maki. All rights reserved.
BFBMusic.com

Joe started this one with a piano instrumental he wrote initially some time ago and unearthed and revised on October 25, 2025. He described it like this:

“So I ran across a piano piece that needed fleshing out — I think it might be something. It’s called Hearth, or maybe Fall Ends. I’m deep in the autumn frame of mind, and it suggested a fire slowly dying with the frost creeping in. I had to use a different piano sound in the middle — not sure what I used originally.”

That set the tone. The piece immediately felt like late autumn — quiet, reflective, a little bit haunted by the chill of change.

When I took the inspiration for the lyric, I started from the word Hearth, but my mind wandered to Hearth and Home. The title felt familiar, almost comforting, yet the minor inflection in Joe’s music turned it away from any notion of simple warmth or nostalgia. It became something more complicated — a song about how we try to understand each other but rarely succeed.

The past week’s conversations with people crept into it too. It feels like everyone just wants to be understood and appreciated, but we’re all a little trapped inside our own heads. Words are blunt tools for delicate things. They don’t do us justice. So much gets lost in translation — and yet, we keep trying.

Hearth and Home

You’re stuck inside your head
Despite the universal truths
People are the same, but not the same
An extension of the fears that held their youth

But who am I but just someone
Another man who’s come undone
Unspun around the common thread
Stuck inside this great big head

After all is said and done
You never really know someone
You never know what you don’t know
You never know their hearth and home
You never know their hearth and home

It’s practically impractical
Before it gets dramatical
I’ll leave before the curtain calls
No, you won’t catch me after all… pretending
Words are dumb and never really know
The ending
Yet it’s always the same
It’s always the very same ending
And it’s such a shame

It’s such a shame!…

You’re stuck inside your head
Despite the universal truths
The brutes in us are winning
While all the ghouls in us come grinning

Through their masks at masquerades
They dance around the false facades
Mispronounced like lemonade
The credits roll, the image fades

After all is said and done
You never really know someone
You never know what you don’t know
You never know their hearth and home
You never know their hearth and home

About the Song
Hearth and Home sits in that fragile emotional space between intimacy and isolation — the quiet ache of realizing that even when we share our thoughts, we remain mysteries to one another. It’s a song about communication and disconnection, about the warmth we reach for and the chill that inevitably returns.

tags: piano, autumn, reflection, misunderstanding, communication, introspection, identity, masquerade, truth, perception, melancholy, relationships, humanity, masks, façade, emotion, nostalgia, isolation, connection, irony, lyrical, poetic


Hearth and Home

A soulful, cinematic moment suspended in time. “The Day” drifts between love, fear, and surrender — a warm blend of poetic R&B and dreamlike emotion. Close your eyes, breathe it in, and let your heart play the melody.

The Day

LYRICS

clic… connexion établie
Dance floor connecté, baby...

Je me lève, je salue mon miroir chromé, 
il me renvoie un « like », poli mais froid. 
Je fais défiler ma vie, c’est plus doux qu’la vraie, 
au moins l’algorithme m’écoute, lui, tu vois. 

Je parle aux machines, elles m’font la morale, 
elles me disent de respirer entre deux signaux. 
L’amour se télécharge, puis plante aussitôt, 
mais c’est toujours mieux qu’un vide, en stéréo. 

J’ai des amis pixel que je vois jamais vieillir, 
ils m’racontent leurs joies, je leur rends mes soupirs. 
On se like à mort, on s’aime sans se frôler, 
on vit à plein réseau, cœur en mode avion. 

Je parle aux machines, elles m’font la morale, 
elles me disent d’respirer entre deux signaux. 
L’amour se télécharge, puis plante aussitôt, 
mais c’est toujours mieux qu’un vide, en stéréo. 

Je me dis qu’un jour, faudra rallumer l’vrai ciel, 
voir si les nuages existent encore. 
Mais je remets ça à plus tard, artificiel. 

Je parle aux machines, elles me font la morale, 
elles m’disent d’respirer entre deux signaux. 
L’amour se télécharge, puis plante aussitôt, 
mais c’est toujours mieux qu’un vide, en stéréo. 


Mode Avion

Que noite inesquecível! Obrigado à todos que estavam lá e curtiram esse momento especial com a gente e obrigado à todos amigos, fãs, equipe e familiares que nos apoiam e sempre nos apoiaram!

Assista no YouTube: https://youtu.be/a_tHiPaCDEA

Track List:
00:00:00 - 01 - Sound Cloup - Officer Friendly (Original Mix)
00:05:18 - 02 - R3ckzet - Freddy's Coming (Original Mix)
00:09:09 - 03 - R3ckzet, Sound Cloup - Sirius B (Original Mix)
00:13:07 - 04 - R3ckzet - T.H.E. 
00:17:48 - 05 - Sound Cloup, R3ckzet - Vacilão (Original Mix)
00:21:27 - 06 - R3ckzet - Xzz! (Original Mix)
00:24:10 - 07 - Sound Cloup, Flux Zone - Cream (Original Mix)
00:26:41 - 08 - R3ckzet, Sound Cloup - Poker Face (VIP)
00:30:30 - 09 - Sound Cloup - Portal (Original Mix)
00:34:19 - 10 - Tujamo - Who (R3ckzet Edit)
00:37:23 - 11 - TOMAN - Verano En NY (Sound Cloup Sauce Edit)
00:40:21 - 12 - Cristian Marchi - I Got My Eye On You (R3ckzet, Pellis Edit)
00:44:11 - 13 - Sound Cloup - Bassline (Original Mix)
00:48:44 - 14 - R3ckzet - Over Time (Original Mix)
00:53:43 - 15 - Guru Josh Project - Infinity (Sound Cloup Magic Edit)
00:57:57 - 16 - Racionais Mcs - Capitulo 4 (R3ckzet Edit)
01:02:01 - 17 - Sound Cloup - Pussy Cats (Original Mix)
01:06:52 - 18 - R3ckzet - Psicodelia (Original Mix)
01:10:30 - 19 - Sound Cloup - Chapei [DEMO]
01:14:57 - 20 - Noizekik - Mr.06 (R3ckzet Remix)
01:19:17 - 21 - Sound Cloup - Tchutchuca EDIT
01:23:29 - 22 - R3ckzet - Bandoleira (Original Mix)

R3ckzet b2b Sound Cloup @ Connection Halloween 25.10.2025

“Love Is What Remains” captures that quiet truth we all feel when the noise fades — that after everything we say, lose, and try to hold onto, love is what’s left standing. It’s about the moments that outlast time: a glance, a hand, a song that makes us feel like we belong. Wrapped in a shimmering mix of dance-floor glow and soulful late-night calm, the song celebrates the beauty found in what endures — love as the last word, the steady pulse beneath every heartbeat and memory.

„Love Is What Remains“ fängt diese leise Wahrheit ein, die bleibt, wenn alles andere verstummt – dass nach allem Gesagten, Verlorenen und Versuchten die Liebe das ist, was übrig bleibt. Es geht um die Augenblicke, die die Zeit überdauern: einen Blick, eine Berührung, ein Lied, das uns das Gefühl gibt, dazuzugehören. Eingehüllt in einen schimmernden Mix aus Tanzflächenenergie und nächtlicher Soul-Coolness feiert der Song die Schönheit des Bleibenden – die Liebe als letztes Wort, als gleichmäßigen Herzschlag unter all unseren Erinnerungen.

Love Is What Remains

The rain came down but the fire stayed warm
We talked ‘bout dreams, about where they’re born
You said, “Life’s just minutes we borrow”
And I said, “Then let’s live for tomorrow”

The night was quiet, the clocks were slow
The stars leaned close, like they want to know
Why hearts still hope when the world forgets
Why we still dance through our regrets

Love is what remains
After all the words and rains
After all the highs and pains
Love is what remains

We build our days from fragile things
A note, a smile, a wedding ring
And every road that disappears
Still whispers softly in our ears

The truth’s not loud, it never shouts
It hides in what we care about
A look, a hand, a simple song
That tells us we belong

Love is what remains
After joy and after chains
After all the loss and gains
Love is what remains

When the fire burns low
And the years all go
Love is what remains


Love Is What Remains

Artist. Artisan. Alchemist

✨ On my journey of remembrance and awakening, my Soul began to whisper wisdom as poems. I am a poet of the Heart and the unseen — weaving words into soundscapes born of AI, to sink deeper and reach further. Each track is an original poem braided with music, a living offering of vibration and emotion.

✨I believe soulful art, especially music, can elevate consciousness, awaken the noble essence within, and help weave the fabric of a New Earth — a world where love wears many names and unity blossoms through diversity. This is the path I walk: a path of spirit, beauty, and delight.

✨My creations are more than songs. They are rituals of remembrance, transmissions of healing, and journeys through shadow into light. Inspired by raw emotions, archetypes, and the currents of the beyond, they open portals where Earth and Heaven, matter and spirit, meet in embrace. They are songs of life, beauty, and joy — the bloodline of the New Earth.

💫 If you are a seeker of your Essence, a weaver of dreams, and a lover of Life — you are home.

With more than 10 years of project experience, Carlinhos de Barros and Flávia Barreto have plenty of experience when it comes to Minimal and track feeling! Partners in personal and professional life, this couple's biggest difference is in their productions. Their sound is unconventional, heavy and full of groove, the sound line followed by this duo has a lot of personality, adapting with precision both in clubs and in “open airs”. With almost 300 songs released, Sound Cloup has been in the Beatport Top 100 dozens of times, including reaching Top 1 Minimal with the track "Candy Crush".

Duo consisting of Briyan Frederick Baker of Gajoob and Blind Mime Ensemble, and Joe Maki of Driveway Static.

Choose to be Curious is a show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it's conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.  

Now syndicated and available via Pacifica RadioNetwork.

@iamgluzman
Downtempo, organic house, chill rave, indie dance, melodic house, melodic techno

Try This On For Size is all about connecting with you!  From friends and family who we haven't seen in a while, to those of you we don't know, Try This On For Size is a discussion you'd have with us, wherever you might meet us, and hopefully it makes you giggle and think along the way.

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