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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction Jam-Scat-Move-Groove | |
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| Performer, Performance and Audience | |
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| From The Inner Game of Music via The Mastery of Music to Bringing Music to Life | |
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| Comparing The Inner Game to Bringing Music to Life | |
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| The Structure of This Book | |
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| The Methodology | |
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| The Three Techniques | |
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| Inspiration | |
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| Researching and Developing Bringing Music to Life | |
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| Here's the Invitation | |
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| The Methodology | |
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| Recapturing the Child | |
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| The Importance of Returning to Our Childhood State | |
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| My Own Path Back | |
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| Returning to My Childhood at Music for People | |
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| Darling's Mantras | |
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| Freaking Out | |
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| Egoless Participation | |
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| My Own Return | |
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| The Importance of Allowing Emotions | |
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| From Child to Adult | |
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| Child on the Inside, Adult Outside | |
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| Maintaining the Youthful Approach | |
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| A Natural Exploration | |
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| First Love | |
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| A Recipe for Inspiration | |
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| Inspiration and Creative Expression Go through the Body | |
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| Breathing Inspiration | |
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| Your Body is the Vessel for Your Creativity | |
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| Multi-skill Integration | |
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| Three-skill Integration in the Creative Process | |
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| Eastern Disciplines that Integrate Mind, Body and Spirit | |
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| If the Body is Stiff and Unyielding, It Cannot Express Life | |
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| Vocalist Rhiannon Gets Inspiration through Her Body | |
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| Integrating the Pulse, Body and Voice through Drumming | |
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| Finding the Pathway | |
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| Experimental Workshops: 2005, Inspiration in Music, Oakland, California | |
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| The Result Was to Bring Inspiration and Life to Our Music | |
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| Next Stop: VanderCook College of Music, June 2006 | |
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| Golden Gate Bass Camp becomes Fertile Ground for Bringing Music to Life! | |
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| Mega-Session: Voice, Rhythm and Movement with Kristin Korb, Pat Klobas, John Clayton and Alan Scofield! | |
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| Applying These Principles to the High School Orchestra | |
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| Heart, Soul and Stomp! | |
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| The Eyes Have It | |
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| My Second Year with the Heart, Soul and Stomp Schools | |
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| An Ongoing Invitation | |
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| The Three Techniques | |
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| Breath (Voice) | |
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| Breath Comes from the Air | |
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| Watch Great Artists and Learn from Them | |
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| Singing in Tune: It's about Resonance | |
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| Activity: Singing in Tune | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Activity: Chanting and Toning | |
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| Activity: Vocal Release-an Effortless Voice Practice | |
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| Feeling and Singing | |
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| Activity: Communicating Feeling | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Activity: Feeling One Thing and Communicating Another | |
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| Reflection | |
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| How Indian Ragas Connect Us with Feelings in Music | |
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| East or West-Maybe You Don't Have to Choose | |
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| Techniques for Using Breath and Voice | |
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| Arriving at Unison | |
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| Watching Jazz Musicians as They Sing Along | |
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| Activity: Sing Along with Your Playing | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Connecting Your Body with Your Voice | |
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| Singing Louder Inside | |
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| Sing Louder, but also Play Softer | |
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| Back to Resonance | |
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| The Breath Resonates Within | |
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| Pulse (Rhythm) | |
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| Rhythm Is Everywhere | |
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| Activity: Finding the Pulse | |
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| The Power of Pulse, Groove and Rhythm | |
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| Connecting with Others through Rhythm | |
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| Mindful Drumming and Kokomon Clottey | |
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| Beverly Botsford and Drumming as a Spiritual Experience | |
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| Activity: Even-handed Drumming | |
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| A Musician's Best Friend: the Metronome! | |
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| Subdivisions: Sharing the Groove | |
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| Following a Changing Pulse in Your Breath and Upper Body | |
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| Sharing the Groove | |
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| Activity: Sharing the Rhythm with Your Body | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Activity: Sharing the Rhythm with Others in an Ensemble | |
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| Activity: Subdivided Rhythm in the Body and Melody in the Voice | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Holding the Groove Is Everyone's Responsibility | |
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| Bringing the Groove to Life! | |
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| A Vocal Technique for Instrumentalists | |
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| Being in the Flow Is Like Being Played by the Music | |
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| Movement (Body) | |
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| Letting the Music Flow through the Body | |
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| Eurhythmics | |
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| Activity: Moving to the "Funeral March" in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony | |
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| Activity: Paying Attention to the Body while Hearing Music | |
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| Tai Chi and Martial Arts Are Essential Gifts to Music | |
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| Activity: Breath and Circle | |
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| Activity: Imaginary Tai Chi Movement in Sound | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Activity: Tai Chi Pizzicato | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Grounding | |
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| Nia-a Wonderful Discipline with Many Musical Benefits | |
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| InterPlay Allows for a Free Improvisation Exploration of the Body, Mind and Spirit | |
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| Activity: Put the Feelings in Your Body | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Activity: Three-sentence Story | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Teaching Dances through the Body not the Mind: Just Do It! | |
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| Focusing on Your Core Source of Energy Using Gravity | |
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| Activity: Breathing from the Floor | |
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| Activity | |
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| Movement and Music-the Integration of the Two | |
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| Activity: Embody Words, Feelings, and Sounds | |
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| Movement Rules! | |
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| Inspiration | |
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| The Complete Package | |
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| Balance and Integration | |
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| Joshua Bell Plays Debussy | |
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| Activity: Play the Role of Joshua Bell | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Kronos Quartet-Foxy Lady! | |
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| Activity: Capture the Movement! | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Tito Puente "El Rey del Timbal" Trio de Timbales | |
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| The Maestro Is the Model of the Heart and Soul of Every Performer | |
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| Bernstein Conducts the Finale of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony | |
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| Activity: Play the Role of Leonard Bernstein | |
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| Reflection | |
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| The Complete Package Calls on the Conductor Within | |
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| Gustavo Dudamel/SBYOV: Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Movement 2: "Allegro" | |
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| Dudamel Uses His Breath to Keep the Music Flowing | |
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| Martin Luther King, August 28, 1963: I Have a Dream | |
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| Being in the Moment-It's You! | |
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| Jerry Panone: Getting to the Moment | |
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| Jane Buttars: Improvisation: It's spontaneous. It's Me! | |
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| Heather Keller: Getting to the Magic Is about Listening to the Breath | |
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| Ron Kravitz: Let It Flow from Your Body | |
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| Mindi Turin: Connecting with the Voice of Your Guitar | |
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| Mary Knysh: Finding Your Sound, Finding Yourself-it's You! | |
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| My "In the Moment" Improvisation Experience | |
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| Chasing the Rainbow | |
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| Touching the Soul Goes Very Deep | |
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| The Nature of Life and Spirit on Earth | |
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| Following the Silence | |
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| Feeding the Soul Is Growing | |
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| The Final Step: Follow Your Rainbow! | |
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| Acknowledgments (Barry Says, "Thank You") | |
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| Resources | |
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| Books | |
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| Instructional DVDs | |
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| Websites | |
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| About the Author | |