Hold Onto The Colours Podcast: Recent Episodes
Paul Melia
Welcome to the Hold Onto The Colours podcast where I hope you enjoy some interesting talks from some interesting people. So tune in.
Today's guest is Ariel Lanyi. Ariel is a fantastic pianist. Ariel received the the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. He has played with many orchestras, performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze. He was a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions, also in 2021. He has also released recordings of music by Schubert which I recommend piano check out. For more info on Ariel check out https://ariellanyi.com/
Today I talk with talented composer, musician, arranger and conductor, Jérôme Leroy. We talked about many things from Jérôme's music career to him getting the call to Conduct the strings on the last Beatles song ''Now and Then.'' Do check out Jérôme's work on Spotify. For more information on Jérôme visit https://www.jeromeleroy.com/
Today's guest is a returning one, Professor Ali M Ansari. Ali has a new book out titled Iran (Polity Histories). It is a great book and I really enjoyed it. A link to the book can be found in this description. Always great chatting with Alihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509541519/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Today's guest is Sorcha Ní Lochlainn who is involved with the feminist organisation which is a non-profit, volunteer-led organisation formed to promote the rights and interests of women and children in Ireland. We discussed upcoming Irish Referendum slated for the 8th of March. #ireland #irish #referendum
Today's guest is a returning one, the great Phill Brown. Phill just re-issued his fantastic book ''Are We Still Rolling?'' We had a great chat as usual. Go get the book
talktalk #bobmarley #jimihendrix
Today's guest is Elliot Roberts. Elliot is a YouTuber with a huge following of over 100,000 subscribers. He makes really great videos on music, movies and most importantly, The Beatles. We had a great chat. Thank you to @ElliotRobertsVideos If you have not already, do check out Elliot at the following links below.Patreonpatreon.com/elliotrobertsInstagraminstagram.com/elliotrobertsTwittertwitter.com/ElliotRoberts5Other Youtube Channel / @elliotrobertsactor Letterboxdletterboxd.com/elliotroberts
Today's guest is writer, literary critic, public speaker, and music historian, particularly focusing on the cultural influence of the Beatles. He is the author of the bestselling Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles and John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life. We chatted about his latest book, Living With The Beatles: On The Road With The Fab Four, The Mal Evans Story.
Welcoming back the great Phill Brown to the podcast. Phill has worked with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley to Talk Talk. We had a lovely discussion on music and life.
Today's guest is a returning one, Ali M. Ansari. Ali is the Professor in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.
Today's guest is bassist and composer John Patitucci. John has worked with many artists including Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and many more. He just released ''Scenes from an Imaginary Film.'' Check out the links below to listen to John's music.
https://www.johnpatitucci.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnjpatitucci/?hl=en
Dae Lims is a musician/composer/producer. Dae has gain much recognition and praise with AI work with regard to The Beach Boys and The Beatles. He recently released his version of The Beach Boys Smile named DAE LIMS Presents SMiLE AI.
Enda is an Irish Singer/Songwriter who now resides in America. He has released many records and co-wrote the popular song All Along The Wild Atlantic Way. Check out his music at the following linkswww.endareilly.comhttps://endareilly.bandcamp.com
Professor Paul Smith is a Associate Professor in French Politics and History and head of French at University of Nottingham. Paul has experience with French television, and some English language television - including interviews on France 24
Today's guest is musician and producer Mario DiSanto. Mario recently released his debut album and also has a popular Youtube channel
Today's guest is musician and producer Mario DiSanto. Mario just released his debut album in May, Distorted Proportions. He also has a big following on YouTube
Today's guest is Senator for Fianna Fáil, Malcolm Byrne.
Malcolm Byrne has been a Senator since April, 2020 and serves as Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
From Gorey, Co. Wexford, he is a graduate in Law, Arbitration and Governance (UCD, QUB). He previously worked for Chambers Ireland, as the first Commercial Manager with my home.ie, as Chief Executive of Community Games, as Executive Director of Screen Producers Ireland and for twelve years as Head of Communications and Public Affairs with the Higher Education Authority.
A Councillor from 1999 to 2019, he also served as Chair of Wexford County Council. A former Vice-President of the National Youth Council of Ireland, Education Officer with the Union of Students in Ireland and Executive Member of the European Students’ Union, he was named in 2014 as one of the EU 40 Under 40 European Young Leaders.
He has a strong interest in issues relating to education, research, technology, the arts, foreign policy, youth participation, housing, planning and local government.
Today's guest is Professor Ali Ansari. He is the Professor of Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.
Martin Clancy is an IRC Research Fellow at the Center for Digital Humanities, Trinity College Dublin and a renowned Irish musician, academic, and industry consultant. He is the Founder Chair of the IEEE Global AI Ethics Arts Committee. His research on AI in music has been published in the IEEE Journal and has a book by Routledge UK, “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem”. Martin is a Certified Ableton Live 11 Trainer and has delivered lectures on Ableton, music creativity, and industry practices at esteemed institutions such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Queen Mary University of London, and University College Dublin.
As a solo recording artist, Martin achieved a series of Top 20 disco hits in the US Billboard Dance Charts during his residency at New York’s Seaport Music Festival from 2009 to 2011. His techno group, Valleraphon, often appears on the Beatport charts. Martin was also a founding member of the Irish group In Tua Nua and had his first song “Take My Hand” featuring Sinead O’Connor, included in the 2022 documentary “Nothing Compares”.
Visit Martin @ https://martinclancy.eu/
Katy is a writer, commentator, educator, keynote and conference speaker, and activist, on social justice, equality, diversity & inclusion. For more visit http://www.katyjon.com
Paul Murphy is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency from 2011 to 2014.
We discuss Immigration, Hate Speech Bill, and Irish Neutrality.
Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) was a California Highway Patrol officer noted for his work in suicide intervention, having dissuaded more than two hundred people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. In 2013, Kevin retired from the California Highway Patrol to focus his efforts on suicide prevention with over 20 years of experience in crisis management and suicide prevention.
Today's guest is musician Michael LeRoy, who recently released Bookoff Smile, a completed version of The Beach Boys Smile using AI. To hear the project visit https://vimeo.com/817502458
Gaurav Dayal is a musician/composer/plugin creator. He is the CEO of plugin company Tone Empire and Beatskillz. Tone Empire has recently released their latest plugin (TM700), which is a tape emulation using A.I. We discussed music, A.I, plugins and much morehttps://www.toneempire.com
Today I am joined by composer/musician/producer and ex-Bush guitarist Nigel Pulsford. We talked about his great new record, ''Losing Track'', Bush, Music, Jazz and life in general. I reallly enjoyed. I highly recommend his new album, I am really enjoying it.
Check out ''Losing Track'' at https://nigelpulsford.bandcamp.com/album/losing-track
Vincent Lampert (born 1963) is an American Catholic priest and the designated exorcist of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Father Lampert was appointed to become an exorcist by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlien.Father Vince Lampert received his exorcism classroom training at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy. He was in the same training class with Father Gary Thomas, the exorcist for San Jose, California US. Matt Baglio wrote the book, The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist based on Father Gary Thomas, which later became the 2011 movie, The Rite. Father Lampert received practical experience, by assisting with over 40 exorcisms with Father Carmine de Filippis, who is the mentor for exorcists in the Diocese of Rome. While speaking to students about exorcism at Seton Hall University about his training, he told them he spent three months training to be an exorcist.
Dave Eringa is a proudcer, mixer and sound engineer.He as worked with the likes of The Manic Street Preachers( on multiple albums), Idlewild, Roger Daltrey, Kylie Minogue and many more.
He played keyboards on "Generation Terrorists", producing & mixing "Gold Against The Soul", playing keyboards live with the band 1993–94, producing & mixing two tracks on "Everything Must Go" ("Australia" & "No Surface All Feeling"), producing & mixing half of "This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours" (including No. 1 single "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"), producing & mixing the first No. 1 of the millennium ("Masses Against The Classes"), producing & mixing "Know Your Enemy", & producing "Send Away The Tigers".
Today I talk about the new Ant-Man movie, Batman in the Flash, Roald Dahl and changing his books, Hate Speech Law Ireland, Bill Evans, and the television show Millennium.
A video talking about the great Burt Bacharach. He was/is a huge influence musically for me. What a great composer and arranger he was.
I am happy to welcome back Phill Brown to the podcast. Phill has re-released the AV1 record he did with Dave Allinson which can bought/streamed at https://av1music.bandcamp.com
We discussed the record, Talk Talk, Hendrix, Traffic and much more. It is always a pleasure to speak with Phill.
Today's guest is with composer and musician David Joesph. David released an album this year under the moniker ''Held By Trees'' . The album drew on influences from Talk Talk to Pink Floyd. The Album ''Solace'' is a beautiful collection of songs including a host of well-known musicians such as Tim Renwick (Guitar - Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Eric Clapton), Mike Smith (Sax - Blur, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz), David Knopfler (Guitar - Dire Straits), Gary Alesbrook (Trumpet - Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Super Furry Animals). For info check out the links below.
Instagram, Twitter, Youtube: @heldbytrees Facebook: @heldbytreesfb
Website including links to tickets: https://linktr.ee/heldbytrees
Today's guest is boxing and MMA writer and analyst Brian Campbell. Brian is co-host with Luke Thomas of the great and popular MMA/Boxing show Morning Kombat. Brian also writes for CBS Sports and is a boxing analyst for Showtime. I loved this podcast with Brian. We talked MMA, Pro Wrestling and a lot of music conversation which is always something I am down for. I highly recommend Morning Kombat. Best sports combat show in my humble opinion. Thank you Brian.
Check out Brian on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/brianccampbell
Twitter @https://twitter.com/BCampbell
Morning Kombat @ https://www.youtube.com/@MorningKombat
morningkombat #briancampbell #mma
Today's guest is writer, director and producer David Leaf. We discussed his latest book God Only Know: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, and The California Myth. It was great to talk to David. I am currently finishing reading the book, it is great. Also, I highly recommend people to check out the documentary he made on Brian Wilson's Smile called Beautiful Dreamer.
To buy the book visit https://amzn.to/37YYBXf or if you are in The U.S visit https://amzn.to/3zNkbbp .
For more info on David visit his website @ https://www.leafprod.com/ #brianwilson #thebeachboys #davidleaf
Today's podcast is with Zindel Segal who is a cognitive psychologist, a specialist on depression, and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. He has wrote several books including The Mindful Way Workbook. He has appeared on TED X. We had a lovely conversation.
For more on Zindel visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058117958220
Today's guest is Benjamin E. Zeller. Benjamin is a researcher and teacher of religion in America. He focuses on religious currents that are new or alternative( Alien religions), including new religions, the religious engagement with science, and the quasi-religious relationship people have with food. He wrote a book based on well-known cult Heaven's Gate called Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion. I really enjoyed the conversation. #aliens #heavensgate #theology
Today's episode is with author and lecturer Ben Wardle. Ben has wrote a fantastic book about Mark Hollis called ''Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence''. I absolutely loved the book and we discussed it and more in the podcast. Check the book out at www.markhollisbook.com
Well 50 podcasts down. Thanks to all who have listened/watched, The lovely guests who gave me their time. Here are some short words :).
Today's guest is composer and producer Tim Friese-Greene. Tim has a beautiful new record out called Melodic Apoptosis. We discussed the record, his process in making it and the podcast went on some interesting tangents from shakers to Variophon's. I really enjoyed the podcast. For more info on Tim visit
timfriese-greene.bandcamp.com
Twitter @curonianspit2
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXw0S...
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/timfgheligoland #timfriesegreen
I had the pleasure to talk to one of my favorite recording engineer's Phill Brown. Phill has worked with so many artists, from Talk Talk to Little Feat to Dido to Bombay Bicycle Club. All is detailed in his amazing book '' Are We Still Rolling?''. Phill engineered on three of many favorite and best sounding albums Talk Talk-Spirit Eden, Laughing Stock and Mark Hollis's solo album. I loved the conversation.
Today's guest is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University and best-selling author(New York Times) Avi Loeb. We discussed his most recent book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Oumuamua, The Galileo Project and many more things. I really enjoyed the conversation. What a smart and gentleman Avi is. For more information about Avi please click the link below.
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Opinion.html
Today's guest is philosopher and writer John Leslie. We had a great chat about death, the afterlife, the multiverse, chess, and more. I enjoyed the episode.
Today's guest is Producer, Composer, Musician, and Author Michael Beinhorn. Michael has worked with The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Brian Eno, Korn, Mew, Soundgarden, Herbie Hancock plus so many more. He is an amazing producer and a lovely person. We had a great interesting conversation. Thank you to Michael for taking the time to come on the podcast. For more on Michael, check out the links below.
https://www.michaelbeinhorn.com/
https://www.twitter.com/michaelbeinhorn
https://www.instagram.com/michaelbeinorn
Today's guest is Leah Kardos. Leah is a composer and author. Recently she released her latest book David Bowie Blackstar Theory: The Last Works Of David Bowie. I really loved the book, it is a fascinating look at Bowie's music. Leah also is a talented composer. I really enjoyed the conversation. For info on Leah's works check out the link below
www.leahkardos.com
Today's guest is composer/musician/Youtuber George Del Barrio, known as Geebz. George has amassed a huge Youtube following with his reaction videos which now are at 224,000 subscribers. George comes from a lineage of composers with his father and uncle being very successful in the field of composing and between them working with the likes of Michael Jackson, Sinead O Connor, and Earth, Wind & Fire to name just a few. We had a really nice chat. If you wanna check out Geebz, click the links below to both his channels and his Patreon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbart
https://www.patreon.com/TheDecomposer
Today's guest is Cuber (Rubik's cube expert) and magician Sydney Weaver. She is a nine time gold medalist professional Speed Cuber. Sydney was born with arthritis and told she would probably never walk. But she beat the odds and is a inspiration. She appeared on Penn and Teller: Fool Us in which she did a lovely magic routine with a cube. We discussed cubes, algorithms, social media, magic and many more subjects. I really enjoyed the conversation.
Check out Sydney at http://www.sirwaffle.com/
Today's guest is Professor Timothy Darvill. Timothy Darvill OBE is an English archaeologist and author, best known for his publications on prehistoric Britain and his excavations in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. He is Professor of Archaeology in the Faculty of Science and Technology Bournemouth University in England.[1] Timothy Darvill is recognised as one of the leading authorities on Stonehenge and the British Neolithic. It was pleasure to talk to him on such an interesting subject matter.
Today's episode is with composer Kurt Farquhar. Kurt scores CBS’ comedy series The Neighborhood, now in its 4th season; Disney +’s The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, the long anticipated revival of the groundbreaking animated series The Proud Family which premieres on February 22nd; and Netflix’s upcoming fantasy teen drama series First Kill.
A television and film composer, songwriter, producer and founder/CEO of True Music, a prominent music licensing company, Farquhar has scored more primetime television series than any other African American composer throughout his 32-year career.
His credits include scoring hit series such as Black Lightning; The King of Queens; Ambitions; Girlfriends; Sister, Sister; Moesha; Soul Food; In The House; Stitchers; Ned and Stacey; as well as genre-defining series for the BET network such as American Soul; Games People Play; The Quad; Being Mary Jane; Real Husbands of Hollywood; In Contempt; and many more.
Today's guest is comic book artist/writer Jim Rugg. Jim has created many of his own comics such as Street Angel, Afrodisiac and worked with Image, DC and Marvel comics. We discuss many things including his upcoming Hulk comic called Hulk: Grand Design- Monster. I had a great time chatting to Jim. Jim also has a great Youtube channel with Ed Piskor called Cartoonist Kayfabe which is excellent. You see more of his work at the links below.
Website:http://www.jimrugg.com
Subscribe to his podcast Cartoonist Kayfabe @ https://www.youtube.com/c/CartoonistKayfabe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimruggart/
Today's episode is with film maker and director Brent Wilson. We talked about his latest documentary Brian Wilson:Long Promised Road. The film is amazing, I really enjoyed it. We had a great conversation. I highly recommend the film. It was great to see Brian in a different light and more open than he has ever been. Check out Long Promised Road.
Today's guests are Frank Lopez and Kaitlyn. They are co-creators of the hit Spotify original podcast ''Who is Daniel Johns''. The podcast is amazing and gives a great insight into Daniel's life. They worked closely with Daniel and interviewed many people including Natalie Imbruglia, Billy Corgan, Kevin Parker along with many more. Together they have a company F+K which is a boutique podcast agency making documentaries. I really enjoyed talking to them. We had a great laugh and I look forward to having them on the future.
Check out the ''Who Is Daniel Johns?'' podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/73Ed659YIeD2ehM3gw1Nf7
Check out https://www.f-k.media/
Today's guest is the first guest that was on my podcast, Caroline Curwen. Caroline is a Synesthesia researcher and recently completed a test with regard to Synesthesia which shall be release next year. Yours truely was part of the subjects that completed the test. I always enjoy talking to Caroline.
Today's episode is with musician and founder Sasha Pas of Playtronica. Playtronica make very original instruments, one being TouchMe which is such a cool device. We had a great chat. So please do check Playtronica out at the link below
Website :http:// Playtronica.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/playtronica
I am joined by returning guests Van Dyke Parks and Verónica Valerio. We talk about their wonderful new collaboration ''Only In America''. The results are beautiful. We had a great conversation and it's always great to have such talks with such talented people. ''Only In America'' is out now on Modern Recordings. Do yourself a favour and pick up the vinyl, you won't regret it.
https://modernrecordings.de/veronica-valerio-van-dyke-parks/
Follow both on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/parksvandyke/
https://www.instagram.com/veronicavalerioarpayvoz/
Today's guest is with Producer, Mixer, Engineer Mark Linett. Mark has worked with The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson for over 30 years. His latest work can be heard on the new Feel Flows Beach Boys Boxset set. In addition to his on going work with The Beach Boys, he also has worked with The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Randy Newman, Los Lobos and much more. He also part owns and runs M and B Audio which can be reached at http://mandbaudio.com . We had a lovely chat and was fantastic to have an hour to chat with him.
Today's episode is with tennis analyst and commentator Gill Gross. Gill has a huge tennis knowledge . His YouTube channel has great insight into tennis and I highly recommend it along with his 3 YouTube channel which focuses on the big 3 in tennis. We had a great chat and got in some MMA talk aswel. I am sure one day he will be rocking it on ESPN. Check out Gill at the following sites Twitter: @Gil_Gross YouTube: youtube/gillgross
Today's guest on the podcast is Dr Jonathan Grayson. Jonathan is a leading figure in the treatment of OCD with over 30 years of specializing in OCD and its treatment. Author of Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Recipient of the Patty Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award from IOCDF. We had a great conversation and I love the way he talks about OCD. For more on Dr Grayson check out http://www.laocdtreatment.com/
Following the events of UFC 264 where Conor faced Dustin Poirier I talk about the rise and fall of Conor. UFC 264 was a sad sight seeing how Conor Behaved.
Today's guest is Martin Seidl. Martin is CEO and founder of Austrian Audio. A new company but already a very respected company. We talked about his long history in the music business such as his time at AKG, his own music and just general nerdy audio talk. Austrian are doing some really innovative things within the microphone and headphone world. Do check them out. Thanks to Martin. www.austrianaudio.com
Today I am joined by the huge talent that is Marc Martel. Marc entered a competition to join Roger Taylor's (original drummer for the rock band Queen) official Queen tribute project, the Queen Extravaganza, with a video of Martel singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love". It's video and many others have garnered millions of views on Youtube. He also provided vocals for the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. A person fav of mine is Marc singing ''Love Of My Life''. Not only does Marc sing with his own Queen tribute band ( The Ultimate Queen Experience), he also has writes and records his own original music. He has a new EP coming out this Friday with Jonathan Cilia Faro. I loved the chat. Super talented and a lovely guy too.
For more on Marc visit the links below.
https://marcmartelmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/marcmartel
I had a lovely conversation with Mark Modimola. Mark is a very talented artist and super lovely guy. We talked about his art, the universe and many detours along the way. I think his art is beautiful. I love the surrealist nature in it. Thank you Mark for the conversation.
For more, visit
https://www.instagram.com/mark_draws/
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/mark_draws/
Today's episode is with talented musician, composer and teacher Alan Kupeta. Alan has a great YouTube channel in which he teaches and talks about African music and the history within it. It's a fascinating channel. For more check out www.youtube.com/rhythminafrica
I had a great conversation with Jay Parmar. Jay makes his own guitars which are super badass. He is also a talented musician and a lovely guy. Thoroughly enjoyed the conversation. Check out Jay's guitars at www.jayparmar.com
Today is returning guest Dr Patrick McGrath. This time there is no OCD talk, only some rocking music. We put together a playlist of the music we talked about in the podcast. It's always a pleasure to chat to Patrick. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o6h0ynzOwIgx3PszaQ8Up?si=2BeNnBXkSISblbRsYTvw2g&utm_source=copy-link
Today's guest is a returning one. The New York Times bestselling author, Peter Ames Carlin. Peter has a fantastic new book out called Sonic Boom: From Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince. The book is about the history of Warner Bros Records. I highly recommend it. Peter has a great way of making you feel like you are there which is a gift to have. For more info, visit https://www.peteramescarlin.com/
I had a great conversation with Dr Nicholas Evans, who was very kind with his time and extensive knowledge..
Dr Nicholas J Evans is lecturer in diaspora history at the Department of History. He is also an academic in the Queen's Anniversary Prize-winning Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull.
He uses the fruits of his academic research on voluntary and coerced migration to, through and from Britain to empower religious and ethnic minority communities both at home and abroad.
Aspects of his academic research on migration are on permanent display in museums in Antwerp, Cape Town, Hull, London, and Southampton. He is presently co-investigator of the AHRC 'Remember Me: The Changing Face of Memorialisation in the UK'.
Dr Evans has a book out on the subject of Diaspora which you can get at the link below
https://www.bookdepository.com/Death-Diaspora-Nicholas-Evans/9781474473781
Today's episode is with artistic genius David Henty. David's artistic talent came into notice when he was doing forgeries of different artworks from the likes of Di Vinci, Caravaggio, Lowry and many more. We had a great conversation about art, music, inspiration and being in the flow. I loved the conversation. Recently David was featured on the Vice documentary about art forgery, I've included the link below. If you want to see more of David's work visit
http://www.davidhentyart.co.uk
Vice link https://youtu.be/I8WupeLTxow
Today's episode is with James and Mark of PresentDayProduction. The guys have a YouTube channel which is a really informative channel on all things music production. I really enjoyed the chat. Do check their page out on https://www.youtube.com/c/PresentDayProduction https://www.presentdayproduction.com/ https://www.instagram.com/presentdayproductionuk/
Today's episode is with radio presenter Dan Hegarty. Dan host's The Alternative on RTE 2FM and 2XM. He has a vast knowledge of music and was a pleasure to have a chat with him. We also veered into talk about Bret Hart and MMA. Check out Dan's show weeknight on 2FM
10pm to Midnight Sunday to Thursday 2XM: 11am to 1pm Monday to Friday 2fm page:
http://2fm.rte.ie/2fm-shows/dan-hegarty/ 2XM page:
http://2xm.rte.ie/category/presenters/dan-hegarty/
Postal: RTE 2FM, Radio Centre, RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Twitter: http://twitter.com/talldanhegarty
Today's episode is with Bargain Hunt's own, Charles Hanson. Charles is such a lovely man and a great auctioneer. It was a trill to talk with him about all things antiques, his charity work, television work and much more. We had a great conversation. Thank you Charles. If you want to find more out about Charles, visit
www.hansonauctioneers.co.uk or follow on Instagram at https://instagram.com/hansons_auctioneers
Today's episode is with Peter Montgomery. Peter is a talented mastering engineer and really lovely guy. We talk all things music. If you want to check out Peter's work, check out www.petermonthomerymastering.com
Today's episode is with the very talented Verónica Valerio. Verónica is a singer, harpist and poet. At the moment she is making an album with the great Van Dyke Parks. We had a lovely conversation about her music, life, culture, etc. Verónica is a lovely person aswel as a talented one. Check her out at https://www.veronicavalerio.com/
Today's podcast is with Benn Jordan. Benn is a talented musician and composer. He has also alot of albums released under the name The Flashbulb. He also has a really great Youtube page. So check both them out at https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/c/BennandGear
The year that was 2020. Thanks to all the people who came on the podcast, I can't thank you enough. Thank you to all who listened.
Happy Christmas everyone. I had the pleasure to talk to James Young who is CEO and founder of Aston Microphones. We had a great chat about the newest microphone Aston have released called the Aston Element. Thank you to James for his time. Check out Aston at www.astonmics.com
Today's episode is with Frank Landry of Channel 33rpm, which is a great Youtube channel all about vinyl. We had a great chat as I am always up for talking about music. Check out Frank's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel33rpm
Today's episode is with the lovely Andrew Milton. He has a great YouTube channel called Parlogram Auctions which is all about The Beatles on vinyl. I really enjoyed talking with Andrew. If anyone is after some rare Beatles finds check out http://www.parlogramauctions.com
Today's episode is with a friend of mine and badass drummer Johnny Boyle. I loved the chat. Johnny has played with many artists such as The Frames, Lir, Picture House and yours truly. He also has a great podcast called The Brief Encounter Podcast. Well worth a check out. To find out more visit Johnny at https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-brief-encounter-podcast-with-johnny-boyle/id1498203956 www.instagram.com/thebriefencounterpodcast
Today's episode is with the wonderful Van Dyke Parks. Van Dyke has been a huge influence on my music. Not only is he a great composer and released many brilliant albums, he is also a fantastic arranger. He has also worked with many artists from the likes of Silverchair to The Beach Boys to Ry Cooder to Rufus Wainwright. It was an honor to have him on the podcast. He is a delightful, witty, intelligent and humble man. I had a great time talking to him and listening to his insight and stories. Thank you Van Dyke and enjoy.
I had the pleasure to talk to OCD(Obsessive compulsive disorder) expert Dr. Patrick McGrath. As a person myself who suffers with OCD I think such conversations with regard to mental health are always a good thing. We also had a chat about the great band Rush. Thank you to Patrick. Not only is he a smart and lovely man but he loves Rush. For more please check out www.nocd.com
Today's episode is with the fantastic author Norman Ohler. Norman wrote one of my all time favourite book called Blitzed. It documents the drug use within the Nazis. It is fascinating. We had a chat about that book and his latest book which is excellent too, called The Infiltrators. For more on Norman visit. www.normanohler.com
Today's episode I had the pleasure to talk with Adam Lisagor. Adam is a talented director and founder of production company Sandwich. We had a great chat about his new Podcast All Consuming which is a very interesting podcast. Please go follow All Consuming on Spotify. It's well worth a listen. https://sandwich.co/ https://instagram.com/adam.lisagor
Today is a short podcast, a mini one if you will. It's about my song Prelude. I talk about what the song is about the production and some other little bits. Enjoy!
Today's podcast is with Rob of the wonderfully informative YouTube channel Adeptus Psychonautica. The channel covers the interesting world of psychedelics. We had a great long chat about DMT, The Prisoner, Star Wars and much more. Check out Rob at https://www.youtube.com/c/AdeptusPsychonautica
I had the honor and pleasure of speaking with the fantastic Ron Carter. Ron is a bassist, composer and teacher. Along with having many albums himself he has played with Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill and was a member of the great Miles Davis quintet. Check out his great body of work. http://roncarterbooks.com/
I had a very interesting conversation with the wonderful Nduduzo Makhathini. Nduduzo is an amazing composer, healer and pianist signed to legendary jazz label Blue Note. We talked about his new album ''Modes of Communication'', Zulu culture, parallel universes, colours, and everything and anything conversation went. I appreciate Nduzuo's time and knowledge. He is a beautiful soul and was great to connect with him. His new album is out now. For more visit him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nduduzomakhathini or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nduduzomakhathinimusic and revelationsandthoughtsofnduduzomakhathini.com
I had a great time talking with the talented author Peter Ames Carlin. He has written books on Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon. His upcoming book is called Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix, to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince. Please go check out his site and his books at www.peteramescarlin.com
I had the pleasure to talk to the great David Bottrill. David is a record produced and worked with many great artists such as Peter Gabriel, Tool, King Crimson, Rush and produced one of my favourite albums of all time, Diorama by Silverchair. We talked about recording, Ireland, Robert Fripp and many more things. I really appreciated David's time and his wealth of knowledge he shared.
To find out more about David visit: https://www.davidbottrill.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbottrillofficial
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I had a very interesting talk with Caroline Curwen who is a synesthesia researcher. We talked about colours, scrambled eggs, DMT, music and many other things in the weird and wonderful world of the brain. For more information check out Caroline at www.carolinecurwen.com and at Twitter @curwen01.