East Forest - Music As Mentor, Psychedelics, And Artists Versus AI
ManTalks Podcast9 Syys 2024

East Forest - Music As Mentor, Psychedelics, And Artists Versus AI

Talking points: music, artistry, creativity, AI, culture, spirituality, psychedelics


Music has been around for thousands and thousands of years. There’s a reason for that: it’s a powerful, synchronizing force between peoples, places hearts, and minds. And when you add psychedelics, well, that’s a recipe for incredible journeys.


I’m honored to have had this convo with one of my favorite artists, and we dig into just how important music is not just for enjoyment but as a guide, mentor, and facilitator. We also cover his upcoming doc, Music For Mushrooms. Listen in, team.


(00:00:00) - What role does music play in our lives that we often overlook, and how East’s relationship to music has changed over the years

(00:08:25) - What’s worrisome about AI and music?

(00:16:47) - How artists can weather the storm

(00:23:05) - On initiation, and the threshold we’re crossing into a vast, uncharted era

(00:26:00 ) - What was it like making music with Ram Dass?

(00:32:49) - How do you make music for a psychedelic journey, and how the union of music and psychedelics leads to something more

(00:43:15) - How do you describe psychedelics to someone who’s never done them?

(00:48:21) - How music can be a mentor and a guide to turn to

(00:51:55) - What sparked East’s Music For Mushrooms documentary


Since 2008, East Forest has used music to guide listeners through modern journeys of deep introspection. The electro-acoustic project has remained primarily a solo effort (of Krishna-Trevor Oswalt), straddling the worlds of ambient, neoclassical, electronic and indie-pop.

Whether via his Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner album series, his collaborative spoken word album with Ram Dass, or one of his communal “Ceremony Concerts,” East Forest’s goal has always been “building bridges and creating an approach that’s grounded, embodied, and unarguable.”


Connect with East

-Website: https://eastforest.org/

-Documentary, Music For Mushrooms: https://eastforest.org/music-for-mushrooms

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/

-Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/east-forest/304982626

-Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3AWGOhO


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