Making of a Musician
Episode 8 Cris Sirc
Episode 8 features Cris Sirc of Angler, Phat Puff and Sirc. Listen in to how Kiss grabbed his attention and the club Clockwork Orange’s Indie Pop lead to the discovery of electronic music. We discuss what equipment to use, including how you can use an Atari to create music, favourite synth sounds a…
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Episode 7 Helen Ryder
Episode 7 features the talented Helen Ryder, a Melbourne based singer who has sung across many genres throughout her career: pop, country, soul, blues, gospel and jazz throughout her career. Listen in to hear how she came to a musical career, why she chose the songs for her debut album 'Someday Lov…
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Episode 6 - Serina Pech
Episode 6 of Making of a musician features the fabulously gifted Serina Pech. This interview was recorded on the eve of the launch of Serina's self-titled EP on the 23rd of March 2017. Serina Pech is a singer-songwriter who grew up in the isolation of Katherine in the Northern Territory – an infl…
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Episode 5 Jordan Bakker
Jordan Bakker is a passionate young acoustic performer from Melbourne Australia. ;sJordan original work covers many genres from Bluegrass to a Bossa Nova, yet all have a raw Blues backbone. Listen in to hear how he started, what advice he has received from Tash Sultana and much more.
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Episode 4 Ben Smith
During Episode 4 of Making a Musician we meet singer/songwriter Ben Smith, who was born in the UK but spent ten years of his childhood in sunny Queensland playing regular gigs in pubs as a 10 to 13-year-old. Listen in to how Ben returned from the UK after being signed by a record company at 16 to …
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Episode 3 Mandy Connell Part 2
In Part 2 of Episode 3 of Making of a Musician we continue the journey through Mandy Connell's musical influences, songs she can’t get enough of and the album everyone should own. Listen in to hear Mandy explain how to join a music session and how she became the amazing folk musician she is.
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Episode 3 Mandy Connell Part 1
In part 1 of episode 3 of Making of a Musician we go through Mandy Connell’s journey through folk and how she is bringing to life traditional folk ballads from the UK and poetry from Australia in the Stray Hens. Listen in to hear a fantastic insight into the folk scene of Australia including Mandy’…
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Episode 2 Tracy McNeil
From Depeche Mode to the Dawes, listen in to hear how Tracy McNeil became drawn in by the Melbourne music scene to call Australia home after leaving Canada nearly 10 years ago for 10 months. We talk about the beautiful influences around her, the latest Tracy McNeil and the Goodlife album ‘Thieves’ …
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Episode 1 Billy Abbott
Billy Abbott can be found most weekends playing to some kind of Cajun beat around Melbourne. Billy made it to Australia alone at the age of 16 from Edinburgh, Scotland. Listen in to see how he has travelled through 50 years of sound and the music that has meant the most throughout his musical jou…
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