Fear and Excitement For My TED Talk

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Harry Mack discusses his preparation for a TED Talk and the creative process behind freestyling.

In episode 35 of Flow State Podcast, Harry Mack talks about preparing for his recent TED performance, wild moments improvising with Marc Rebillet, and taking time to follow your own creative path. In this episode’s Meet The Team segment, short-form video editor Bryan asks Harry what it takes to turn off the impulse to rhyme. Harry answers questions about keeping freestyling fun, mental buffering while flowing off-top, and avoiding overwhelm, before reacting to a fan-submitted freestyle, and closing it out with some bars. _____ Show Notes: TED https://www.ted.com/ Jacob Collier https://www.jacobcollier.com/ Marc Rebillet - HARRY MACK IS ON THE STREAM https://www.youtube.com/live/ggLpFa6CQyU?si=lyX21FUu2047o0ve Boomtown with Marc Rebillet https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_8ZigCvtAn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Euro Tour https://www.harrymackofficial.com/shows Lauryn Hill talks about the pressure of making more music vs. creative freedom https://youtu.be/KM87JhDpZcw?si=JNz5xUEtJkPkL5ae Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill https://open.spotify.com/album/1BZoqf8Zje5nGdwZhOjAtD?si=yJIacMpUSu6OYH-Z0u8XvQ Nas - Illmatic…

People in this episode

Host: Harry Mack

Topics covered

• TED Talk
• freestyling
• creative process
• improvisation
• music performance

Keywords

• TED Talk
• freestyling
• Marc Rebillet
• creative path
• improvisation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TED

Books & works: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Illmatic, Contents Under Pressure

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