Guy Perryman Interviews

A conversation with Olivia Newton-John - legendary singer and star of musical movies Grease and Xanadu and an absolutely delightful lady. From my archive, the conversation took place backstage after one of Newton-John’s live shows at Tokyo International Forum in 2003 talking about her love of life and music.

A conversation with DCappella - Disney’s a cappella group from the US who were very happy to be back in Japan for shows across the country in summer 2022. All six members share their  joy of singing and how important music is in their lives.

A conversation with Deborah Ann DeSnoo - theatre, film and TV producer/director for projects in Japan, the US and Korea who in 2022 filmed Japanese Noh performances in Tokyo for the Samurai Museum Berlin. Deborah shares professional and personal experiences and challenges with a lot of laughs and music inspired by her craft.

A conversation with Lin Nishitani - a student who volunteers in Japan for Atlantic Pacific, an NGO founded in the UK with a mission to combat global drowning and protect the oceans. Lin talks about why she volunteers and ways to inspire young people to have fun while protecting the oceans and people.

A conversation with Randy Bachman - legendary guitarist and founding member of enormously successful rock groups The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, who was visiting Japan to be reunited with a  favourite guitar which had been stolen in Canada 46 years prior. Randy talks passionately about the guitar being the only instrument you hug like a human.

A conversation with Roland Kelts - journalist, writer and specialist in Japanese pop culture, manga and animation; author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded The US; speaker at Ted Talks and the World Economic Forum; and visiting professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. Roland talks from the heart about his childhood in America and Japan influencing his adult life writing and music choices.

A conversation with James Nepaulsingh - DJ and electronic music maker under the name Nepotek; artist and curator under the name Nepo; coaching podcaster; Executive Committee member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan and senior associate at a law firm in Tokyo. James talks from the heart about how his ancestry is inspiring his art and life decisions.

A conversation with Chris Wells - voice actor and the voice of JR train platforms including Tokyo’s iconic Yamanote Line; director of Improvazilla live improv theatre shows; founder of Studio Gokko providing improv and acting workshops in Tokyo plus corporate team building workshop facilitator. Chris shares his professional and personal experiences, gives a  few excellent life tips from his workshops and spins some favourite music from his teens.

A conversation with JJ (Maydenfield) - a passionate champion of music and sound; musician, songwriter, and producer who in early 2022 created 40 songs for a Japanese animation series; voice actor, and sports TV commentator in Japan for his other great passion - soccer. JJ talks passionately about sounds that inspire his music and selects some favourite tunes that changed his life.

A conversation with Freyja Dean - an artist who creates fantastical worlds through paintings and objects inspired by stories, nature and science, currently painting in her Tokyo studio for a collaborative show with her father Roger Dean in San Francisco in August 2022, plus developing technologies in art and founding the Dean family school of art.