Song Crafters - Indepth Interviews with Songwriters: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Phuket Academy of Performing Arts Audioboom space. Here you will find our Song Crafters podcast series.
Pete McDowell hosts the Song Crafters Podcast. He began writing songs at aged 14 completing 2 EPs with his first band in the early 2000s. After obtaining an Advanced Diploma in Popular music at college, Pete went on to study the advanced inner workings of composition at university, graduating with a BA Honors degree in Music Composition. Since moving to Thailand Pete continues to perform throughout the luxury events sector and is currently working on a new album with his original band in the U.K.
Pete joined PAPA to inspire a younger generation of musicians, and continues to achieve outstanding results with our vocal students. His students have gone on to win local and international music competitions, write their own music and become fully fledged recording artists with their music on iTunes and Spotify, and perform on some of the world’s biggest stages playing international music festivals and opening for international superstars.
With his relaxed demeanor and genuine interest in the craft of songwriting, Pete interviews both novice and professional songwriters, gaining insight to their process in writing songs from the initial inspirational idea through to the recorded product.
AndreaH is an exceptionally talented young singer and songwriter who has toured with The Script and Sam Smith. Here's a short interview about her songwriting habits.
This week Pete interviews Blaze KC, a young and talented multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and hired gun. At only 19 he already has 10 years of experience in the industry having written and recorded 5 albums with his bands, played guitar and bass on countless studio sessions for other artists and has opened for the likes of Hugo, Paradox, Air Supply and Sam Smith.
This week Pete interviews Jim Newport, musician, songwriter, production designer and author. He has written songs for the Animals, author of the Vampire in Siam series, Finding Jimmy and Tinseltown and done production design for award wining TV shows and Movies such as Lost, Bangkok Dangerous, The Mechanic and Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams and many, many more.
Rob Cooke is a prolific songwriter, musician, sound engineer and producer from Essex in the UK. In this episode Rob shares his working methods on how he writes songs.