Episode 74: Eviatar Slivnik - Drums, Dreams, and Discipline
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Episode 74: Eviatar Slivnik - Drums, Dreams, and Discipline
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Eviatar Slivnik is a jazz drummer and composer, based in Brooklyn, NY.
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(00:00) Moving to New York to test yourself
(04:21) Early heroes and jazz influences
(08:37) Falling in love with jazz’s mind and soul
(12:54) Jazz as high-level conversation, not noise
(16:49) Why expertise matters before improvising
(20:58) Childhood development: bands, drive, priorities
(25:26) Arts high school in Tel Aviv and practicing
(29:44) Rejection from workshop sparks daily discipline
(34:10) Two-hour routine: humiliation, habits, results
(38:33) Dreaming bigger at Berklee and in NYC
(42:57) Jazz history: hardship, resilience, origins
(47:22) Paradoxes: street music, complex art form
(51:41) NYC grind: clubs, jams, community, reputation
(56:06) Stops and restarts: Berlin, COVID, returning
(60:34) Philosophy: practice, depth, ego, “good hang”
(64:41) Breakthrough call: touring with Avishai Cohen
(67:08) Touring reality: stress, logistics, reward
(71:19) Money, saving, and success as staying in game
(74:36) Compound interest mindset: practice, character, longevity