Inclusive Groove

Aspiring creative MadTurt (aka Turtle) hails from the South Coast of Australia.

His self-produced music fuses hip hop, electronic, and pop, with a strong emphasis on collaboration. He’s also the frontman of the pop-rock/punk outfit Quite Like Pete.

In this episode, Mitch and I talk about his band Quite Like Pete, his side project MadTurt, disability access in the music industry, and his vision for helping other musicians create and share their work.

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Ryan Beveridge is a Gold Coast–based musician, best known for his award-winning songwriting with his original band Blood, Guts & Firetrucks and as part of the covers band The Record Breakers.

He also works as a session guitarist for various artists and co-hosts the podcast 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die.

In this episode, Ryan and I chat about his band with his wife, why he named one of his sons Jude, disability access in the music industry, his time at Haworth Guitars, and much more.

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Scotty Burford is a guitarist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist from Sydney, Australia. With over 4,000 gigs and hundreds of recording sessions to his name, he’s performed across Australia, the US, and Asia in genres from rock and jazz to folk and classical. Scotty has played everywhere from backyard weddings to national TV and major festivals, sharing the stage with some of Australia’s biggest acts.

In this episode, we talk about his career highlights, his advocacy for the disability community, access in the music industry, and what he gets up to offstage.

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Ann Lehmann-Kuit (she/they) is a multiply neurodivergent (AuDHD/bipolar II) Australian music therapist with over twenty-five years of experience using an improvisational approach to creatively connect and collaborate. She is a PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, undertaking auto-ethnographic, arts-based research into collaborative song creation, flow states, and reflective practice.

In this episode, Ann and I discuss her career in music therapy, disability, the science behind why we experience music the way we do, and much more.

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Love and Able started as a duo, expanding to a four-piece before disbanding in 2024. With their combined love of a bit of country and Fleetwood Mac, their sound encapsulated just that, with help of lead singer Emma's killer vocals.

In this episode, Log, Ryan, Emma, and Banjo talk about the music they grew up listening to and playing, what inspires them musically, all the other various projects and bands they are or have been part of, disability access in the music industry, and more.

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Ollie is one of the leading figures in the Sydney/Wollongong-based indie psych band, 'Scatter Light', being front man and band manager. He is also a booking agent at Yours & Owls, working on venues in Wollongong, Sydney, and Melbourne, as well as booking acts for the annual festival that takes place in Wollongong.

In this episode, Ollie and I talk about how his dad and grandfather were also musicians in various bands, disability, his day job, and some of the shows he gets to be part of organising.

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Chelsea Dagger is a local DJ, drummer, and promoter who is a mainstay of the local music scene. She can be found at any given time spinning vinyl at one of our many local venues, hitting the pubs with the band, as well as booking the popular 'Dear Gaze' shows.

Ruthii and Samantha Tuesday are the towns newly crowned musical power couple. Recently joining in Unholy Matrimony, they are rarely far from each other's sides, sharing the stage together in Hugs, Andre Giants, and making up about a third of Princess Unit.

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Based on NSW South Coast, Dylan Wright and Jayme Weston are an acoustic duo. The pair have been friends since 2017, and in 2022 they formed Dylan & Jayme, playing gigs across the Illawarra and Southern Highlands.

In this episode Dylan and Jayme talk about their musical career, how they have landed very well in the wedding industry, their other musical projects, disabled access in the music venues around the Illawarra and so much more.

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