Sound Affects Podcast

11/11/2021

You may be wondering why there are so few likes on here and so few posts. That's because I'm mostly over on Twitter having fun with the Sound Affects Podcast family. So come join me over there and jump into the chats: Twitter

24/12/2020

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15/09/2020

Sound Affects Podcast is featured in this month's Therapy Today, incredbly sandwiched between Michelle Obama and Michaela Coel in the Podcast Picks :)

04/09/2020

09/08/2020

09/08/2020

I had a lovely chat last week with 1001 Albums Podcast about Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album! We discussed her clever lyrics and my experiences of being at school with her, and then there's a great interlude with Chris Elliot, the composer and string arranger, talking about the strings on Rehab, Back to Black and Love is a Losing Game
https://audioboom.com/posts/7645542-amy-winehouse-back-to-black-with-katy-from-sound-affects-podcast?fbclid=IwAR1Xm8S5wWugIuOg8TsfvTg-YO_6GIsor2OwWMTjN3-i3acO6QFMca-EQTY

An episode by 1001 Albums

26/04/2020

Happy Sunday afternoon all. My latest podcast episode of Sound Affects is here! Episode 13, interview with Marianne Rizkallah, Vice Chair for British Association for Music Therapy talking about music therapy and its uses in trauma, war conflict, autism and more. It was only when we met that I discovered she's also a member of the Crouch End Festival Chorus, which will mean something to you if you're a Noel nut like me, as it's the choir who toured with Noel in 2015. It's a mammoth episode, which was recorded pre-Xmas, pre-coronovirus in about 5 different locations, split into two parts. In part one, I interview Marianne about her music therapy work as vice chair of BAMT and a core tutor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where I have a music therapy session with her in one of the workshops rooms to exemplify how exactly it works. She talks me through her outreach work with female refugees and victims of war conflict and trafficking, and explores her journey into music therapy having experienced the powerful impact music therapy had had on her brother who had autism. In Part 2, we talk about her company North London Music Therapy, including her work using music therapy for people with autism. Then I visit her at home where I discover she is a member of Crouch End Festival Chorus. She talks me through her experiences of the choir going on tour with Noel in 2015, leading to a discussion of the transcendental experiences music can put us into. We had so much fun recording this episode, and I hope you'll have fun listening to it too. So here goes, here are the two parts:
Part 1: https://soundaffectspodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-13-part-1-marianne-rizkallah-vice-chair-british-association-for-music-therapy/

Part 2:
https://soundaffectspodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-13-part-2-marianne-rizkallah-vice-chair-of-british-association-for-music-therapy/

In Part 1 of episode 13, I speak to music therapist Marianne Rizkallah about her role as vice chair of BAMT,  her work with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, her journey into music therapy and how music therapy works, particularly with refugees and ...

01/02/2020

When Jess Greenfield got a call to say she was joining Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, she was obviously delighted. She was also pregnant with long-term partner (now husband), Gav. Faced with the choice of motherhood or a successful career, Jess was confronted with a painful dilemma that many ...

29/12/2019

Drummer Mark Richardson joined Skunk Anansie in 1995, re-uniting with the band in 2009 after a long stint in Feeder 2001-2009. He talks about his addiction struggles that led him to co-found the charity Music Support for anyone in industry experiencing emotional difficulties. We also discuss his exp...

18/11/2019

What is the definition of 'sane'? Bez would like to know. I interviewed Bez in Manchester this month amidst Happy Mondays' UK reunion tour. You can still get your tickets here: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/happy-mondays Please be aware, this is not an i...

14/11/2019

What is the definition of 'sane'? Bez would like to know. I interviewed Bez in Manchester this month amidst Happy Mondays' UK reunion tour. You can still get your tickets here: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/happy-mondays Please be aware, this is not an interview with an academic or professional so...

25/10/2019

James of Oasis Pod talks to me through his life story through music

25/10/2019

I speak to Kat and Rob from Fife band Pilgrims – after spending years feeling disillusioned with their music careers, the Scottish duo joined forces and found meaning in their work again by campaigning for their love of animals through song. In this candid interview, they share their histories wit...

24/10/2019

Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME 'Podcasts for the People' series, and in Therapy Today.

Sound Affects is a music & mental health podcast, exploring all crossovers between music and mental health, including how music and sounds psychologically affects us, the songs that see us through, what drives people to want to become musicians, mental health within the music industry, and research going in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, as well as to experts, other therapists, academics, authors, charities, and of course, music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health.

Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male su***de research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people.

The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health.

Disclaimer: I do not own any music used in this podcast. Any clips used are for illustrative or discussion purposes under fair use law.

To get in touch with Sound Affects Podcast, find me on Twitter, on Facebook, or sound_affects_podcast on Instagram, or email [email protected]. For more about my therapeutic work, find me at www.kgcounsellor.com

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21/08/2019

In the early 2000s – post-Britpop – an influx of indie bands emerged, beginning with New York based The Strokes. This paved the way for the Hives, The Vines, The Soundtrack of our Lives, and then a host of British bands – the most popular of all of them, The Libertines, as fronted by Pete Dohe...

04/08/2019

Music industry exec Alan McGee has witnessed the moving tide of the music industry over 30 years. Given that he's worked with some of the most notorious rock stars in history – including Bobby Gillespie, Liam Gallagher, Pete Doherty and Shaun Ryder – I was curious to know what cumulative impact ...

09/06/2019

In this episode, drummer Paul Costello of Primitive Machine explains what it's like to be a blind musician and we discuss the added dynamic of being in a relationship with a fellow band member (in Paul's case, with the band's lead singer/songwriter Tracy).Primitive Machine: http://www.primitivemachi...

30/05/2019

Meet Katerina Georgiou. She is a journalist, psychotherapist and passionate about music. Merging these worlds together, she has created a podcast exploring the use of music for mental health. This episode explores her background, how she got to where she is today and the advice she has for young peo...

13/05/2019

Welcome to Sound Affects: A Music and Mental health podcast by psychotherapist and journalist Katy (Katerina) Georgiou taking you on a journey to explore all areas connected to music and mental health. From the psychology behind joining in a band, to problems on the road, tinnitus, addiction and su***de, to the way music impacts memory in people with dementia, I speak with musicians, label bosses, academics, charities and others working in this area

13/05/2019

In this episode, I speak to psychotherapist John Bassett from MITC (Music Industry Therapist Collective). All therapists in MITC began with fruitful careers within the music industry before retraining in therapy. They worked for record labels, in artist an...

16/03/2018

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30/12/2017

Announce! New interview with the wonderful Katy Georgiou on her Sound Affects Podcast discussing the role of music in mental health and recovery. Hot off the heels of the last 2 interviews, Counselor Katy G heard my story on surviving cancer with and asked me to come on hers and delve�...