Bruce Adolphe (he, him) is a composer, author, and performer celebrating, in 2022, his 20th anniversary on public radio where he is the piano puzzler, and his 30th anniversary at Lincoln Center. Bruce's music is performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Daniel Hope, Angel Blue, the Human Rights Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Brentano String Quartet, and many others; he's also the artistic director of Off the Hook Arts Festival in Colorado. He's the author of several books including "The Mind's Ear" and the forthcoming "Visions and Decisions", and a chapter in the just published "Routledge Guide to Music and Human Rights"._________________________________________Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith here at Meridith Grundei as the performer artist gal and if you want to be a more confident and credible speaker, please visit her at  Grundei Coaching, LLC  You can find Joseph: Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for this podcast!And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREONThank you.