I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee

This is a real honour.

Martin Atkins is the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts endeavors, his 40+ years in the music business spans across genres and borders and industries.

It's an hour of stories and opinions that are funny, hard hitting and absolutely relevant about how to survive not just in the music industry, but in whatever you field you work or life you lead.

Oh, and we also get to hear the opinions of Martin's dog, Max!

He was a member of Public Image Ltd and Killing Joke. He founded industrial supergroup Pigface, The Damage Manual, and Murder Inc., and has contributed to Nine Inch Nails (for which he has a Grammy)  and Ministry. He is the owner of Invisible Records and Mattress Factory Recording Studios (est. 1988). He is the author of Tour:Smart, Welcome To The Music Business….You’re F*cked!, Band:Smart, and is the new Music Industries Coordinator at Millikin University in Decatur Illinois.  Martin is a producer, drummer, documentary filmmaker, DJ, and father of four. Whatever the future of entrepreneurial music business education is, you can pretty much bet that he’ll be in the middle of it.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

For this episode, it's a privilege to be with two wonderfully creative and warm musicians - Ego Sensation and Dave W of New York City's psychedelic brutalist deconstructors, White Hills

This is a band for whom evolution, collaboration and experimentation are synonymous.

Through collaborating with diverse artists such as Jim Jarmusch, Yasmine Hamdan, Simone-Marie Butler and Jim Coleman, Ego and Dave allow themselves to sculpt alternative soundscapes that can surprise even themselves. Unexpected outcomes are the beauty of collaboration - you never quite know what you're gonna get.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

This time, we're gonna do something a bit different and see what wizardry is happening in the world of the recording and production studio. 

Richie Kennedy is a producer, engineer and mixer who works at the legendary Assault and Battery studios of Flood and Alan Moulder.

He’s built a mighty impressive list of clients – Jehnny Beth, Ed O’Brien, Murder Capital, Celeste, Suede, Ride, U2 and…..Kylie and Dua Lipa!

This was such a fascinating chat with a funny, warm, collaborative and highly skilled, self-confessed nerd about how he approaches working with artists. Richie points out that a high level of emotional intelligence, curiosity and collaboration skills are helpful in enabling artists to make the most of their precious time in the studio.

Plus a healthy dose of nerdery….

"At the end of the day, at lot of us from technical to creative to artists, we're all a big bunch of nerds pretending to be cool, we're all the weird kids in school getting together to make something"



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In the second episode of Season 2, I'm delighted that we have Dave Randall with us as our special guest where we're talking about the mindset aspects of curiosity, identity, collaboration, the power of our instinct. For me, my chat with Dave highlights why living our life that aligns with what we value most is one of the most important paths we can take.
 
Dave is a guitarist, producer, composer, author and social activist. Musically, he has worked with artists like Faithless, Sinead O’Connor, Dido, Emilíana Torrini, and Roland Gift and contributed to the 1 Giant Leap Project, featuring musicians from all around the world including  Neneh Cherry and Michael Stipe.

His current collective is called Slovo with singer Barbarella and their latest album is called Bread & Butterflies. It expands previous collaborations with hip hop innovator Mike Ladd. And Barbarella is a truly remarkable vocalist, switching between loose Gwen Stefani like vocals and on Call Me, powerful, soaring opera. You can’t put a genre on it and that’s a good thing to my mind. We’ve been taught to compartmentalise too many things for too long.

Dave is also the author of the excellent “Sound System: The Political Power of Music” – a fascinating read on the power of music for both protesters and agitators and for the ruling corporate and governmental classes. The paradox of protest and pacification.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In the first episode of Season 2, I'm delighted to have the amazing Monrhea Carter, one of the most talented, individual and experimental DJ's and producers of the exciting, underground electronic music scene in Nairobi.

She is also one of the few female DJs on this scene.

She often experiments with Sonic Pi, the music coding platform and, using samples from the Sound of Nairobi Archive, she has created an immersive, dark yet uplifting ambient audio experience that pulls on the sounds of nature and our environment. She has performed mind-bending live coding DJ sets and has established a live-coding collective called BYTE.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In the final episode of Season 1, I'm talking to Andrew Fearn of Sleaford Mods, one of the most talked about, exciting and authentic bands around.

A really great conversation about gut instincts, open minds, relatability and curiosity with someone who just loves music and the vast creativity and fun that experimenting with musical styles, sounds and equipment can bring.

Andrew's roots are firmly in DIY and he continues to champion that ethos in music and life.

With influences from Butthole Surfers to Pet Shop Boys to KLF to Joy Division and everything in between (apart from Britpop), I really love Andrew's open minded, experimental approach to fusing contrasting musical styles and effects.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In this episode, I am talking to Jessica Louise Dye. This conversation is an inspiration if you want to find your true identity, find your tribe, find an environment that gives you energy and do things on your own terms. 

Follow what your gut tells you. 

Jess moved to New York City in 2010 and it changed her life.

In her own words "New York City became the fifth member of my band"  

She threw herself into the Lower East Side Ludlow scene, found her identity and became who she wanted to be and is now at the centre of the NYC surf garage, neon, retro rock n roll scene. 

Her band, High Waisted, play beautifully melodic, surf garage psychedelic rock 'n' roll. They have put out 2 fantastic albums, 2016’s On Ludlow and Sick of Saying Sorry which came out in May 2020. It's music for people who love music. And can't dance.

I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In this episode, I'm talking with Fur Dixon where we talk about her formative influences, how her time with The Cramps shaped her identity, reconciliation, mistakes and unburdening herself from the past to release her creativity.

Fur became the first ever live bass player with The Cramps on the Date With Elvis tour, having started playing in wild LA rock n roll bands such as The Whirlybirds, Hollywood Hillbillys at around 20 years old.

She made the brave decision to leave The Cramps following the final show of the UK/EU tour and embark on her own career and life.

Fur has never left rock n roll far behind and her new band, WTFUKUSHIMA, is a real powerhouse of tight, rock n roll with a line up to die for:  Fur on guitar and vocals, Dusty Watson (The Sonics) on drums, Paul Roessler (The Screamers, 45 Grave) on keyboards, Dave Provost (Dream Syndicate) on bass and Bernard Yin (Fuzztones, BellRays) on lead guitar.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In this episode, I am talking with Michelle Cruz Gonzalez about discovering her identity, colour blindness, the self-confidence that her mother instilled in her, how her punk rock outlook on life feeds into her teaching and the importance of listening to young people. This is such a fantastic conversation.

Michelle is an extraordinary Xicana woman who emerged onto the 1990’s U.S. West Coast punk rock scene in the legendary hardcore punk band Spitboy. She is an author and educator who lives the values that punk rock taught.

Her memoir, The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band is an outstanding read about her time and experiences in Spitboy.

But it's much more than that: it is a story of identity and self discovery, colour blindness, misogyny, privilege, class and the internal and external tensions that these issues create. It’s written with empathy for everyone who has faced identity and discrimination issues.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

In this episode, I am talking with Victoria Smith about the feelings The Ramonas had about doing their first originals album, overcoming the fear of getting it wrong, going back to the drawing board and how to keep creative.

Vicky is a bass guitar maestro of punk rock and the blues, who has worked with Charlie Harper, Dani Wilde, Richie Ramone, Cockwomble and, of course, one of my faves The Ramonas.

She is a songwriter and vocalist as well as bass guitar teacher and artist.

She is a fantastic and ferocious live performer and feeds the crowd with her energy (and many bass faces).

She's even let me carry her equipment.

Oh, and she can jump like Dee Dee better than me.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste