Session: In Conversation: Recent Episodes
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Grahame’s love affair with electronic music goes back to the mid-90s when he first began to venture into the UK’s beloved rave culture, finding himself interlaced with some of the country’s most seminal club spaces. A trip to dance music’s anointed holy ground of Ibiza in 1997 then cemented his sense of purpose and laid the foundations for what was to come over the next few decades of his marriage to the music industry.
Having been involved in several pivotal publications and outlets in the early stages of his career, Grahame soon learned the ins and outs of the machine he has grown to be an influential component off. Working with institutions such as Turnmills and Get Loaded in the Park which is now South West Four, Grahame acquired all of the essential tools required to give birth to what is now considered one of the biggest dance music publications in the game, Data Transmission.
We discuss:
- Grahame's journey into the Music Industry and Club Scene
- His realisation about mysogyny in the industry
- How having a daughter changed his perspective
- Time blocking for productivity
- Grahame's experience with Mental Health
- Parental Alienation
This episode is dedicated to Parental Alienation Awareness Day (25th april)
What is Parental Alienation?
It’s the outcome of a situation Where one parent adopts a set of behaviours with the intent to alienate the other parent and damage the relationship between that parent and the child.
To find out more visit paawareness.co.uk
If anyone has been affected by this episode and would like to talk, reach out at hello@session.care
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Today we are joined by Charlie De Melo. Charlie is an actor from Leicester, who has starred in many of the UKs favourite shows such as 'Eastenders', Itv’s 'The Interceptor', and he was nomination for Best Leading Performer at this years British Soap awards for his brilliant performance as Imran Habeeb in 'Coronation Street'.
We chat about:
The experience of being a soap star
- Awful side hustle jobs
- Growing in confidence & changing attitudes towards work
- Support for Actors in the workplace
- Controversy over how actors were treated during the Pandemic
I really wanted these conversations to portray an honest, no-frills, insight into the industry and the mindset of the people in it, across every medium of the Arts & entertainment industry… and I am so grateful to all of our guests for being so willing to have such a frank conversation with me..
Leticia van Riel is the owner of LvR Management, an electronic music artist management company. Leticia manages huge techno artists such as ANNA, Sama’ Abdulhadi, Victor Ruiz and Wehbba.
Originally from Brazil, Leticia has been working in the electronic music industry for 14 years. After moving to London aged 18 and acquiring a Masters in Events Marketing Management at Royal Holloway University, Leticia van Riel started her career working as a Junior agent at MN2S Agency in London for artists Technotronic, Snap, Seamus Haji and Joey Negro to name a few. She then moved on to IMD Agency London where her roster included EDM artists Glowinthedark, Arno Cost, Norman Doray and finally ANNA which is where Leticia discovered her passion for techno. She soon became ANNA’s manager and continued working as her agent. She then moved to Safehouse management as agent for Mark Knight, UMEK and agent/Manager to ANNA.
Leticia van Riel relocated to Spain in 2015 where she worked for B4 Bookings until 2018 which was the year she decided to focus solely on management therefore setting up LvR Management where her focus became on guiding the careers of ANNA, Sama’ Abdulhadi, Victor Ruiz and Wehbba.
In 2020 with the start of the pandemic Leticia set up Riel Projects with Jessica Tribst in which they co-produced with her artists ANNA and Wehbba their online production Masterclass, The Anaweh Studio Masterclass and Victor Ruiz’s Victor Ruiz Masterclass two very successful projects which assisted ambitious producers to perfect their craft.
Last but not least 2021 saw Leticia co-create the LvR Mentoring program where with all the knowledge acquired over the years she teaches up and coming DJs all they need to know about the electronic music industry and everything they should be doing to succeed in their career.
**We discuss:
- The complexities & challenges of life as an Artist Manager
- The work/life balance (living in London vs Barca/Lisbon)
- The profound impact of working with Plant medicine (in particular Ayahuasca)
- The LVR Mentorship programme
- The positive impact of therapy & quitting drinking
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Youssef Kerkour is a Morrocan-British Actor who has spent over 20 years working in the industry. In 2020, he was nominated for A TV BAFTA for his incredible performance in channel 4 comedy 'Home'. Youssef has starred in 'Bagdad Central', 'Sex Education', 'Stay Close' & 'Gavin and Stacey'. He also starred in Ridley Scott's 'House of Gucci' alongside Lady Gaga and Adam Driver.
We discuss:
- Typecasting
- Reframing rejection
- How to nail your auditions
- Method Acting & how to look after your mental health with a demanding role
- Gratitude, Discipline & Work Ethic.
Youssef has such wisdom, honesty & insight to share. Like, comment & share to let us know what you think.
Today we are joined by Jansons. After engineering for a number of the UKs biggest artists and over 20 years working in the music industry, he is now firmly established himself as one of the most exciting UK producers on the scene right now.
He makes up one half of LoveHrtz (alongside Richy Ahmed) and has released on labels such as Knee Deep In Sound, Hot Creations, Skint Records and 8bit, and he has played everywhere from Fabric, Berlins beloved Watergate to Warehouse Project.
Mav is one of the most genuine & supportive guys in electronic music and we are so happy to welcome him as our first music artist to the Podcast.
His new track 'Twisty' is out now on Cuttin Headz.
We discuss:
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Life as a new dad
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His long standing career as one of the best engineers in the scene
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Lifestyle management (touring/gigging/studio time)
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& staying creatively inspired
Content Warning: Eating Disorders, Addiction.
Connor Finch is an actor who was born and bred in Clacton upon Sea in Essex, He trained on the Foundation at ArtsEd and then went on to spent three years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama during the pandemic.
He has recently been seen in The Larkins, a new A new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, Professor T, and you might recognise him from his wonderful performance in ‘Everything I know about Love’ - the brilliant screen adaption of Dolly Aldertons’ iconic memoir, where Connor plays musician, heartbreaker Street.
We discuss:
- Drama School
- Role prepping 'Everything I know about love' with The Libertines
- Connor's time in Rehab and his journey to recovery
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