140. The Grammy Winner Who Discovered Music Is Medicine: Barry Goldstein

About this episode

Mindie Kniss interviews Grammy Award-winning producer Barry Goldstein about the healing power of music and his journey in the industry.

In this episode, Mindie sits down with Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, and author Barry Goldstein for a rich conversation about music as a tool for healing, heart coherence, creative flow, and energetic management. Barry shares his unlikely journey (from house music and hip hop in the Bronx, to winning a Grammy with Les Paul, to pioneering the use of music and sound as medicine) and offers deeply practical wisdom for entrepreneurs looking to protect their energy and bring their biggest visions into the world. Episode Highlights From the Bronx to the Grammy stage — Barry grew up with a love of music planted by his mother at the piano, learned guitar in the '70s (sporting what he calls "the Jaffer," a Jewish Afro), and eventually won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental working alongside Les Paul, the inventor of the electric guitar. Burnout led to breakthrough — After achieving success in club music and hip hop production, Barry hit a wall. Determined to reconnect with the joy of music, he set his metronome to 60 BPM and began composing long, unstructured soundscapes, unknowingly pioneering what we now understand as heart coherence music. The science of sound and heart…

People in this episode

Host: Mindie Kniss

Guest: Barry Goldstein

Topics covered

• music as medicine
• heart coherence
• entrepreneurship
• creative flow
• energetic management

Keywords

• music
• healing
• heart coherence
• entrepreneurship
• creativity
• soundscapes
• Grammy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Les Paul

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