{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66d99821d4991eb8a6d26c47/68a1db5766f126ae3f9ff8be?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"082 - Taking Reich’s Advice","description":"<p>A nine-hour car ride with Steve Reich rewired <strong>Marc Mellits</strong>’s plan: skip the safe teaching job, move to New York, and start an ensemble. After years of mailing tapes to Bang on a Can with no reply, a surprise call from Michael Gordon led to a commission and Five Machines—a piece the All-Stars toured widely. Those performances sparked more invitations (Kronos among them) and a lesson Mellits passes on: rejection isn’t always the last word when performers champion the music.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>micro/Maker</strong> episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to <strong>music/Maker with Tyler Kline</strong> wherever you get podcasts, or at <a href=\"musicmakerpodcast.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">musicmakerpodcast.com</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at <a href=\"patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions</a>.</p><p>Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions</p><p><br></p><p>micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Loose Leaf Transmissions"}