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Episodes
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
My guest today is Jade MacRae. She's back!
Jade first appeared on The Gig Life Podcast in April 2019, that became Episode 42.
Check that out here.
5 years on, she returns to talk about life and new music.
For more info on Jade, check out the links:
This conversation was recorded 09/01/2024 at Starfish Club Clovelly.
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Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
My guest today is Jack Robert.
Jack is a Sydney based drummer and MD who plays with Ricki-Lee, TKay Maidza, Thundamentals, Charley and Stephen Taranto, amongst others.
For more info on Jack, check the links below.
This conversation was recorded 03/01/2024 in Alexandria.
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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
My guest today is Paul Mason.
Paul is a Sydney based guitar player. He plays in Battlesnake, he has a Jeff Beck show, he a part of the Monday Jam, he played with Jess Malboy and many more.
For more on Paul, check out below:
This conversation was recorded 17/12/23.
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
My guest today is Tully Ryan.
Tully plays drums for Godtet, Hekka, Ngaiirie and Harvey Sutherland to name just a few.
You can find more of Tully at his instagram https://www.instagram.com/ferntully
This conversation was recorded 20/10/23 in Erskenville, NSW.
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Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
My guest today is Chris Allison.
Chris plays drums for Plini, Instrumental (adj.) Seims and Birdman Or The Unexpected Virtue of a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Cover Band.
For more info on Chris, check his website here.
This conversation was recorded 19/12/22.
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Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Adm Ventoura returns to TGLP!
Having previously been here on the podcast for Episode 4 (solo), Episodes 45 & 46 (Bass Players Round Table and Episode 100 (Jaco Pastorius Spotlight), Adm returns to talk about the last couple of years.
His band Oyobi has released a bunch of music, plenty of gigs with 3rd Eye Lazer Cat, Toru and Suite Az, and gigs and recording with Karen Lee Andrews, Declan Kelly to name a few.
In late 2020, Bones Hillman, legendary bass player for iconic Australian band Midnight Oil, passed away and Adm was asked to join the band for their final tours.
Please enjoy my chat with Adm Ventoura.
This conversation was recorded 30/11/22.
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Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
My guest Today is Susannah Mirana.
Susannah is an Australian singer, artist, international performer and voice over artist.
She also worked as a traffic reporter on TV and radio for channels 7, 9 and 10 and leading Sydney radio stations.
This episode was recorded 03/11/2022.
Click links below for more on Susannah Mirana.
www.susannahmirana.com
www.moulinroque.com.au
www.instagram.com/susannahmirana
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Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
My guest Today is Phil Stack.
Phil is a multi-instrumentalist really. He plays piano and guitar but mostly known for his bass playing having played in James Morrison's band for many years but in the early 2000s, Phil and same buddy formed the band Thirsty Merc which is still going strong.
But he also his own solo music. He has a couple of albums and EPs out with his latest album released recently. Its bloody good eh.
This conversation was recorded 04/10/2022.
For more on Phil and his music, see links below:
https://www.instagram.com/philstackmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/PhilStackMusic
Phil Stack on Spotify
Phil Stack on Apple Music
https://www.thirstymerc.com/
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Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
My guest today is Glenn Wilson.
Glenn is a drummer from Sydney.
He's played in numerous theatre shows including Hamilton, Saturday Night Fever, Guys & Dolls to name just a few, as well as playing with Wendy Mathews, Max Sharam, The Seekers, Andrew Farriss, Lee Kernaghan, Glenn Shorrock and many others.
Glenn has also been the drummer in the Tamworth Star Maker House band, and as a founding member, for over 20 years.
This conversation was recorded 20/09/2022.
Check out Glenn's studio videos at the links below:
https://www.instagram.com/glennwilsondrums
https://www.youtube.com/c/GlennWilsonDrums
You can also check out Glenn, Gordon Rytmeister, Lance Philip and Stevie Taylor on TGLP Spotlight: Simon Phillips podcast episode.
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Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
My guest today is Juanita Tippins..
Juanita is a singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and producer, a poet amongst other things.
She co-founded Sydney band Suite Az, she's one half of Sydney act Confection, she's toured the world with Joe Bonamassa, she has toured with Cold Chisel, sung with Hoodu Gurus, Marcia Hines and many others.
Juanita has new solo music coming soon.
This conversation was recorded 08/09/2022.
https://www.facebook.com/Confection.sweetfunk
https://www.facebook.com/Suiteaz
https://www.instagram.com/juanitatippins
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