Ayaka Matsui
Improv On A Piano and Building A Creative Agency
Episode Notes (by minute):
2:00 - Ayaka talks about her Ivory Beats improv performance and the creative process behind it
2:30 - How Ayaka has synesthesia, where she sees color when she hears music
6:00 - How “improvisation is freedom”
9:00 - When she realized that she had a very rare disease called juvenile muscular atrophy. This affects her ability to play the piano in a classical sense
10:30 - “So that's how I started to transmute what was inside of my body, my heart into music. And that was a form of improvisation.”
13:00 - How Ayaka feels like a tree, co-creating music with people
21:00 - How Ayaka has been playing the piano blindfolded as a way to train her intuition
26:00 - When Ayaka decided to leave her job and then got an unexpected call two days from someone to work on a project
30:00 - Ayaka describes the work her company, AYDEA, does in helping Japanese companies enter in the US market
35:00 - A business lesson that Ayaka has learned: to stick to what is most important to her vs chasing a shiny object
38:00 - Why Ayaka thinks its important for us to harness the power of imagination
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 11/23/23