My Other Other Gig - Zooglobble: Recent Episodes
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Many people in kids music ("kindie") started off with it being their "other" gig. But they've got other obsessions, too. And I want to talk to them about those.
I talk with Bill Harley about sabbaticals -- what they're like, what he gained, and advice for others thinking about taking one
Molly Ledford and her band Lunch Money has teamed up with South Carolina puppetry duo Belle at Bete to create a brand new space puppet musical, Planet Hopping. I talk about that, and lots more, with Ledford.
Brady Rymer has been a successful kids musician, leading Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, but now he's taken another gig as bassist in the Laurie Berkner Band. We talk about how each of those musical strands impacts the other.
Darren Critz is the Director of Performing Arts for New York City's Symphony Space, and as part of that, coordinates its Just Kidding series of family music and performances. We talk about not caring much about sports -- how that happened and how that affects his life now as a parent
Ashley Albert is the genius rocker behind the kindie band The Jimmies. She is also (among her many jobs) opening a new shuffleboard club in Brooklyn called the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club. We talk about its creation and inspiration.
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Thanks for listening. At the moment, this won't be quite weekly in nature, but I've got interviews lined up, so be patient -- more MOOG-y goodness is on its way.
Jeff Bogle writes about kids media and parenthood at Out With the Kids. He's also writing a children's book called The Pen That Never Drew. We talk about the book and its creation.
I've started a new podcast called "My Other Other Gig." Unlike Kindie Week in Review, which up 'til now has almost exclusively featured me talking to myself (and, sometimes, our dog, asleep in the corner of the office) about kids music, this podcast will feature conversations with people about non-kids-music-related items.
The name is based on the idea that a lot of kindie musicians and folks in the field got into it as their sideline, their "other gig." And while for some them, it's now their full-time thing, I've often found in talking with them at events like Kindiefest that their obsessions are, as you might expect, broad and not limited to kids music or even music generally. They've got lots of other other gigs.
This podcast wants to explore those fields with those interesting people. Themes like creativity and passion and time management will reoccur throughout the series, but I figure, where else are you going to hear about opening a shuffleboard hall and being a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan in the same podcast?
So I hope you'll stick around and subscribe. Thanks in advance for listening.