Songs for a Living Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/songs-for-a-living Songs about my podcast conversations with artists on For a Living. Daniel Lazar baff9f6e-f647-5c9a-b5a8-d549fb2169b1 no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:35:49 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:27:11 -0800 https://img.transistor.fm/jIg3JAHCnNuRv9IcCxXAbgYvZl1LuZ00sTYJKTP3Vnc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MDQ4LzE2OTE5/OTI2NDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Songs for a Living episodic Daniel Lazar Songs about my podcast conversations with artists on For a Living. Songs about my podcast conversations with artists on For a Living. Daniel Lazar No No Each Petal a Portal (for Eric Pan) 7 7 Each Petal a Portal (for Eric Pan) full 219dd606-8774-4449-a3f4-3c56ba29e189 https://share.transistor.fm/s/339e9953 This is a mediation on my podcast conversation with composer and pianist, Eric Pan.

Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are a cento, selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner.

I. Beneath the Dogwood’s White Explosion
II. No Essential Mysteries
III. The Hand Holds Tight the Line
IV. No Hand, No Hold

The composition was recorded at Funkhaus Studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan.

Brian and Joshua were both guests on Season 7 of For a Living. Here are my conversations with Brian and with Joshua.  

]]> This is a mediation on my podcast conversation with composer and pianist, Eric Pan.

Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are a cento, selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner.

I. Beneath the Dogwood’s White Explosion
II. No Essential Mysteries
III. The Hand Holds Tight the Line
IV. No Hand, No Hold

The composition was recorded at Funkhaus Studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan.

Brian and Joshua were both guests on Season 7 of For a Living. Here are my conversations with Brian and with Joshua.  

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:00:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 1214 This is a mediation on my podcast conversation with composer and pianist, Eric Pan.

Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are a cento, selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner.

I. Beneath the Dogwood’s White Explosion
II. No Essential Mysteries
III. The Hand Holds Tight the Line
IV. No Hand, No Hold

The composition was recorded at Funkhaus Studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan.

Brian and Joshua were both guests on Season 7 of For a Living. Here are my conversations with Brian and with Joshua.  

]]> piano, keyboards, jazz piano, thelonius monk, herbie hancock, travel poems, berlin, new york, new york jazz, neukolln, kreuzberg No Giorgio Morandi's Bottles (for Benjamin Rubloff) 6 6 Giorgio Morandi's Bottles (for Benjamin Rubloff) full 2519f414-23c6-488e-9ec6-4d00bb3f4582 https://share.transistor.fm/s/01a8662a This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan.

]]> This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan.

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:58:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 245 This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan.

]]> No Mandelstam: Voronezh, 1935 (for Joshua Weiner) 5 5 Mandelstam: Voronezh, 1935 (for Joshua Weiner) full ae536485-55ad-4ffe-837d-5866923502b1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ff1b0cb This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with poet and professor, Joshua Weiner. The lyrics are a version of a Osip Mandelstam poem, translated by Weiner. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums, Mark Kondziolka on sax, and is produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with poet and professor, Joshua Weiner. The lyrics are a version of a Osip Mandelstam poem, translated by Weiner. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums, Mark Kondziolka on sax, and is produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:56:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 227 This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with poet and professor, Joshua Weiner. The lyrics are a version of a Osip Mandelstam poem, translated by Weiner. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums, Mark Kondziolka on sax, and is produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> No Keep the Pencil Moving (for Hannah Dougherty) 4 4 Keep the Pencil Moving (for Hannah Dougherty) full e348f61d-4918-4e76-b650-5d554c0f398f https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a6cfede This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based visual artist, Hannah Dougherty. 

Lyrics - Daniel Lazar (and Dr. Seuss)
Lead Vocal - Daniel Lazar
Backing Vocals - Megan Fleming and Scott Robbin
Guitar - Scott Robbin
Bass - Marty Kondziolka
Drums - Marty Kondziolka

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Marty Kondziolka. Thanks Marty!!

]]> This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based visual artist, Hannah Dougherty. 

Lyrics - Daniel Lazar (and Dr. Seuss)
Lead Vocal - Daniel Lazar
Backing Vocals - Megan Fleming and Scott Robbin
Guitar - Scott Robbin
Bass - Marty Kondziolka
Drums - Marty Kondziolka

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Marty Kondziolka. Thanks Marty!!

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:54:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 214 This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with Berlin-based visual artist, Hannah Dougherty. 

Lyrics - Daniel Lazar (and Dr. Seuss)
Lead Vocal - Daniel Lazar
Backing Vocals - Megan Fleming and Scott Robbin
Guitar - Scott Robbin
Bass - Marty Kondziolka
Drums - Marty Kondziolka

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Marty Kondziolka. Thanks Marty!!

]]> No Bodies Keep the Score (for Elina Akhmetova) 3 3 Bodies Keep the Score (for Elina Akhmetova) full 712a0cfe-9a72-4002-a4ba-43fd9010ef7f https://share.transistor.fm/s/4cc92b35 This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with dancer and choreographer Elina Akhmetova features Kevin Fleming on guitars and backing vocal, Megan Fleming on vocal, and Marty Kondziolka on drums. It also features the John F. Kennedy High School Berlin Choir under the direction of podcast alum, Dr. Joseph Curtis.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with dancer and choreographer Elina Akhmetova features Kevin Fleming on guitars and backing vocal, Megan Fleming on vocal, and Marty Kondziolka on drums. It also features the John F. Kennedy High School Berlin Choir under the direction of podcast alum, Dr. Joseph Curtis.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:53:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 262 This song is a reflection of my podcast conversation with dancer and choreographer Elina Akhmetova features Kevin Fleming on guitars and backing vocal, Megan Fleming on vocal, and Marty Kondziolka on drums. It also features the John F. Kennedy High School Berlin Choir under the direction of podcast alum, Dr. Joseph Curtis.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> No Angel from Montgomery (alt. track for Sonya Naumann) 2 2 Angel from Montgomery (alt. track for Sonya Naumann) bonus 2e3b9173-9b7c-443a-8fb7-f14de48bc2ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/0cf1572c A whiskey-soaked cover the John Prine song that I recorded the night I recorded a podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann. Produced by Brian Trahan. I didn't release this with the podcast, but why not drop it here?

]]> A whiskey-soaked cover the John Prine song that I recorded the night I recorded a podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann. Produced by Brian Trahan. I didn't release this with the podcast, but why not drop it here?

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:51:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 357 A whiskey-soaked cover the John Prine song that I recorded the night I recorded a podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann. Produced by Brian Trahan. I didn't release this with the podcast, but why not drop it here?

]]> No When I Paint My Masterpiece (for Sonya Naumann) 1 1 When I Paint My Masterpiece (for Sonya Naumann) full 6fdffcd3-64cb-4e08-981b-ab69d5a5a340 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6b83798 This less than masterful, muddy cover of the Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> This less than masterful, muddy cover of the Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:50:00 -0700 Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar 376 This less than masterful, muddy cover of the Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my podcast conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann.

Produced by Brian Trahan.

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