240: Meshell Ndegeocello

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Because many of you are on lockdown due to the Corona virus outbreak. We're bringing you new episodes of The Trap Set every day for the foreseeable future.

Today's episode features the inimitable Meshell Ndegeocello. Meshell has charted a wildly adventurous artistic course over the past 30+ years, and throughout it all, she has retained a unique creative fingerprint.

Meshell and Joe talk about: achieving a balance between honoring one's own creative vision and facilitating that of others; Meshell's rich inner world, which she first developed during childhood; the DC go-go scene; becoming a professional musician while caring for a baby; and reconciling the call of the muse with the desire to entertain a crowd.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trap Set. rap set.
0:40.3	We ascend above our sorrow, set the fear aside Because many of you are on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak,
0:45.3	we're bringing you new episodes of the trap set every day for the foreseeable future.
0:50.3	Although we've always recorded conversations in person, we're recording remotely for the
0:55.7	time being. The silver lining being that now I have access to folks who don't have plans to be in the
1:01.0	Los Angeles area anytime soon. If there's someone you'd like to hear on the show, please reach
1:05.6	out via social media or email at the trapset at gmail.com.
1:21.3	Today's guest is the inimitable Michelle and Degiocelo, heard here with collaborators Justin Hicks and Keneda Miller.
1:31.3	Michelle is a phenomenal bassist, songwriter, and film composer who has charted an artistically adventurous chorus over the past 30-plus years, but throughout her many iterations has retained a strong creative fingerprint.
1:36.3	Michelle spoke to me from her home in upstate New York.
1:39.3	Hello?
1:48.2	Hi, Michelle.
1:49.6	Hi, how are you?
1:50.8	Good, how are you?
1:52.3	I'm well.
1:54.2	What are you up to?
1:56.6	I just made my lunch.
1:59.6	I have a 10-year-old, so we have to stay on the schedule because we have to homeschool him
2:05.5	because there's no school for the rest of the year.
2:08.6	Well, thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
2:11.8	Oh, no, this is homeschooling.
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