Sound Affects Podcast: Music & Mental Health, with Katy Georgiou

The rock n roll romance. Sex, drugs, rock n roll. A common thread running through a rock star's narrative is emphasis on the drugs, the mayhem, the madness. We instinctively laugh along. You can hear it happen in this episode. But is it funny?

Caution: This episode discusses experiences with chemotherapy and the emotional effect of PTSD post recovery. Brandon is very open and explicit about the hardships of cancer. I have added a list of helplines and links beneath the episode.

You may have already heard Brandon speak on the Oasis podcast. This time, he talks about how his fandom of bands like Oasis and The Beatles instilled in him a positive mindset attitude which he felt contributed to his recovery from cancer. It’s an interesting discussion that takes us from his sense of identity as a musician before and after his diagnosis; the power of positive music and how he draws on that positivity for his rock n roll studio album fundraiser.

There is a point where my voice levels become very faint and you can barely hear me – I apologise about that and will try to fix it but you can still hear Brandon clearly though which is all that matters.

Brandon Arend is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of The Band Delta @thebanddelta.

To donate to the Livestrong campaign, visit https://www.gofundme.com/deltacanceralbum

To hear Brandon's interview with Oasis Podcast, visit https://audioboom.com/posts/6463686-noel-s-cutting-edge-new-sound-brandon-arend-incredible-story

Support and advice:

Testicular Cancer Awareness: https://www.testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org/

Testicular Cancer Awareness month: April

Cancer Research: www.cancerresearchuk.org

Macmillan: www.macmillan.org.uk

Tom Bellamy is the producer, songwriter and guitarist for the band Losers and the former guitarist and multi-instrumentalist of The Cooper Temple Clause.

Caution: This episode contains occasional high-pitched sounds to demonstrate tinnitus (beginning around 6 mins 20 secs)

Tom Bellamy/Losers – @losersuk (Facebook & Twitter), www.losersband.co.uk

Advice, support and helplines:

British Tinnitus Association – www.tinnitus.org.uk, 0800 018 0527

Tinnitus Awareness Week – 5-11 February 2018

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), dedicated to preventing male suicide – www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 58 58 58, (London) 0800 802 5858 

Samaritans – www.samaritans.org, [email protected], 116 123

Mind – www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393

Music Minds Matter – 24/7 support line for musicians: 0808 802 8008

Tom's article about suffering with tinnitus on Noisey, March 2016: 
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rkq93v/living-with-tinnitus-an-essay-by-the-lead-singer-of-uk-band-losers

Order of discussion and music:

0.0 Intro

0.5 Sound effects: guitar strum and pencil scribble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=624a5XYZDhE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVCO5xIfCc

0.15 Filmmaker, The Cooper Temple Clause

0.26 Let's Kill Music, The Cooper Temple Clause

0.32 Introduction to what's coming up in the episode

4.52 Explanation of tinnitus

5.06 What tinnitus sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvlUI58vlA&t=62s

10.30 Interview begins with Tom Bellamy

10.30 Did You Miss Me?, The Cooper Temple Clause

18.58 Red Hot Chilli Peppers, live at Reading festival 1994

27.30 A.I.M Live, The Cooper Temple Clause

33.06 The Cooper Temple Clause spontaneous jam of The Devil Walks in the Sand, interview with Supersweet 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AC9SpxP9pU

34.51 The Cooper Temple Clause, The Devil Walks in the Sand

41.21 STV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfgcvCF-v4&t=68s

41.42 Ask The Cooper Temple Clause interview with Supersweet, 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AC9SpxP9pU

42.43 STV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfgcvCF-v4&t=68s

42.52 Interview with Zane Lowe, MTV 5 Night Stand 2002: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+cooper+temple+clause+interview

48.32 Murder Song, The Cooper Temple Clause

51.43 Pearl Jam, Alive

54.00 Acrobatica, Losers

59.55 Mogwai, Live at Pitchfork Music Festival, Paris 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pBik-w_OY

1.16.35 Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd

1.18.40 Good Enough, Dodgy

1.19.30 Ain't Got No Life, Nina Simone

Tom Bellamy is the producer, songwriter and guitarist for the band Losers and the former guitarist and multi-instrumentalist of The Cooper Temple Clause.

Caution: This episode contains occasional high-pitched sounds to demonstrate tinnitus (beginning around 6 mins 20 secs)

Tom Bellamy/Losers – @losersuk (Facebook & Twitter), www.losersband.co.uk

Advice, support and helplines:

British Tinnitus Association – www.tinnitus.org.uk, 0800 018 0527

Tinnitus Awareness Week – 5-11 February 2018

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), dedicated to preventing male suicide – www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 58 58 58, (London) 0800 802 5858 

Samaritans – www.samaritans.org, [email protected], 116 123

Mind – www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393

Music Minds Matter – 24/7 support line for musicians: 0808 802 8008

Tom's article about suffering with tinnitus on Noisey, March 2016: 

Order of discussion and music:

0.0 Intro

0.5 Sound effects: guitar strum and pencil scribble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=624a5XYZDhE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVCO5xIfCc

0.15 Filmmaker, The Cooper Temple Clause

0.26 Let's Kill Music, The Cooper Temple Clause

0.32 Introduction to what's coming up in the episode

4.52 Explanation of tinnitus

5.06 What tinnitus sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvlUI58vlA&t=62s

10.30 Interview begins with Tom Bellamy

10.30 Did You Miss Me?, The Cooper Temple Clause

18.58 Red Hot Chilli Peppers, live at Reading festival 1994

27.30 A.I.M Live, The Cooper Temple Clause

33.06 The Cooper Temple Clause spontaneous jam of The Devil Walks in the Sand, interview with Supersweet 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AC9SpxP9pU

34.51 The Cooper Temple Clause, The Devil Walks in the Sand

41.21 STV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfgcvCF-v4&t=68s

41.42 Ask The Cooper Temple Clause interview with Supersweet, 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AC9SpxP9pU

42.43 STV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfgcvCF-v4&t=68s

42.52 Interview with Zane Lowe, MTV 5 Night Stand 2002: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+cooper+temple+clause+interview

48.32 Murder Song, The Cooper Temple Clause

51.43 Pearl Jam, Alive

54.00 Acrobatica, Losers

59.55 Mogwai, Live at Pitchfork Music Festival, Paris 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pBik-w_OY

1.16.35 Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd

1.18.40 Good Enough, Dodgy

1.19.30 Ain't Got No Life, Nina Simone

1:34:50 End of interview

1:34.50 Written Apology, The Cooper Temple Clause

1.35.23 Support, advice, signposting and information

1.38.44 Outro