Making Tracks Podcast

12/03/2022

This week on Making Tracks Podcast I talk to Stanlaey about their song "Fragility", sonic world-building, moving from classical to glitch and the need for self-compassion.

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29/11/2021

This week on I talk to xyzelle., a soulful alt-RnB singer/songwriter from Bristol, about her track “Remedy”, moving from the Philippines and finding confidence as a teenage girl, and a person of colour.

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28/07/2021

“What an inspiring conversation!” Those are the last words of this week’s episode, and I’m sure you will be inspired too by Abi Flynn's extraordinary story and music. Abi is a soul, jazz and R&B singer, with an amazing story. Diagnosed with cancer, and given a terminal diagnosis, she healed, miraculously, after a profound spiritual experience. It’s remarkably similar to my own story, and we explore our shared insights on death and inner transformation. Her song “Courage” was recorded whilst “on her deathbed”.

We also discuss returning from isolation (a topic so relevant to all of us now) alchemy, and how becoming a mother has changed her life.

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15/07/2021

I had a beautiful conversation with Jasmine Crowe a pop artist, songwriter & producer from LA, which I’m sure will bring some light to your life. “Sky Is Falling” is a powerful song about the death of her father, an astrophysicist, philosopher and musician. We too bring together these paradigms, and contemplate how music fits in, as well as coping mechanisms and mental health, songwriting online, and the relationship between music, time and memory

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01/07/2021

Have a listen to this amazing conversation I had with Anusha, a pop/R&B/classical/spoken word artist (an amazing mix!). She brings her track “Someone I Never Wanted”, written about her experience of sexual harassment at university.

She describes her struggle to break free of the limits imposed on her by excessive music theory, her classical mindset & the perception of her as a black artist. We also discuss the value of play in a society obsessed with points-based achievements, and how art can precipitate social change. It’s a really fascinating chat - if you’ve got 50 or so mins, definitely give it a listen!

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28/06/2021

If you haven't already, check out this amazing conversation with Grove, a Bristol-based producer and vocalist. We discuss their q***r & black identity, and how the two intersect, and their song “Black”. We also talk fluidity and self-exploration, Nina Simone, AI, identity beyond classifications, and evolving as society beyond duality.

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02/06/2021

The fraud complex, feeling pressured into a conventional path by Palestinian parents, making the leap from music marketer to musician - Episode 7 of Making Tracks Podcast with RIZIK is out now Spotify (https://spoti.fi/2SNSfm3) / All other platforms (https://linktr.ee/makingtrackspodcast)
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This week I'm joined by Rizik, an instrumentalist and producer from LA, to discuss his solo piano piece “Alone Together (Panorama)”. We find common ground, both from conservative cultures, and leaving the conventional path to make music (in his case from marketing, in my case from studying at Oxford). Give it a listen.

20/05/2021

20/05/2021

Any Groove Armada fans out there? In the latest episode of Making Tracks Podcast, I speak to Andy Cato of GA about writing their first hit “At The River”. It involves a country cottage, a speaker turned into a makeshift mic and a trombone…

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We also discuss Zen, his first experience of dance music, his transition into regenerative farming and the parallels between farming and songwriting.

18/05/2021

Grief is a universal experience, and one which can bring us together. In the latest episode of Making Tracks Podcast, I talk to Sam Brookes about his album, "Black Feathers”, a response to the death of his father and a friend. We also talk healing through songwriting, grief, the magic of live music and our shared love of Jeff Buckley.

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05/05/2021

Episode 5 of Making Tracks Podcast with Sam Brookes is out now 🎧❤️👉 https://linktr.ee/makingtrackspodcast

I’m really excited to share this profound and cathartic conversation with alt-folk singer-songwriter and old friend Sam Brookes. We discuss depression, healing through songwriting, the magic of live music, the future of the music industry and finding peace in the middle of it all.

04/05/2021

“I suddenly realised... ‘I have to do this with my life!’”

6 years ago I left Oxford to be a musician. Hear the whole story on Making Tracks Podcast here 👉
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03/05/2021

I’m making (more) podcast! I’ve been working on this for a while and am really excited to finally share it -

Making Tracks Podcast explores the life story behind a song, with the musician who wrote it. Season 2 is out this Wednesday 5th May!

Until then, there’s some real gems in Season 1 - if you love hearing my dulcet tones, philosophical ramblings and musicians’ stories, you’ll love it. Listen here 👉 https://bit.ly/3zsiPlv