The BackBeat Podcast

In this episode we chat to the wonderful Alex and Fergus from Melbourne-based band, Kingswood, talking about their brand new album, their creative processes, their experiences with mental health, and how they’re feeling about the end of the world. It’s a big one for us, with both our biggest guests so far and our first time using some brand new Rode Podmics. Up and up!

We’re excited to be back with some new fancy equipment for this one and it’s with what is potentially our biggest guest to date, so enjoy! This one was partially recorded on location, mid-sound-check at the Corner Hotel so there’s definitely some background noise, but sit back and enjoy as we help you put together your soundtrack to the apocalypse. Skip past our introduction chats to the 16:47 minute mark if you wanna get straight to the Kingswood interview - it’s okay, we won’t be offended…much.

In this episode we’re talking to local emerging artist YARA about her new release ‘Manhater’, her experiences as not just a woman but also a person of colour in the music industry - and life in general, and her personal experiences and perspective on physical and mental health as someone dealing with PCOS and depression.

Catching up after our brief hiatus before getting ready to really jump into the next few months. In this episode, it’s again just Jahmiele and Gabby havin’ a chat, talking about Gabby’s time at the last ever Party In The Paddock, my brief time at Laneway Festival, our first reviews and NEW reviewers! And both of our upcoming birthday plans, and plans for the podcast in the coming months. It’s been a while and we’ve missed you, so we promise not to go AWOL this time!

Gabby and Jahmiele have gone back to basics for this one, taking a look a the year that was for BackBeat in 2019; recounting our previous episodes, our December of 2019 which featured Good Things Festival and New Years, along with our plans for BackBeat in 2020 - including some funky new announcements coming super soon!

In this episode, we’re talking to Australian musician and industry pro, Laura Imbruglia from Music Victoria. We talk about her personal development as an artist and industry professional, working in event and video production and marketing, the music Victoria awards, and of course her Australian favourites.

In this episode we catch up with Jess Hope and Jay Wennington from Don’t Fret Club and Bad Seed. Jess and Jay are partners in crime in more ways than one, running multiple businesses within the music and media industries, and give us the low-down on everything they’ve been up to over the years. From their first gigs and first time meeting, to their first business (ad)ventures in music, fashion, journalism, photography and film, marketing, mental health, their paw-pal Vinnie, and their moves from London to Australia, we chat about it all!

Hello, and welcome to The BackBeat Podcast!

The BackBeat Podcast aims to bring the behind the scenes of the Australian music industry to the audience with an entertaining yet honest and transparent look into all facets of the industry, all while bringing new local Australian music to new ears. This is our official first episode, where you’ll be meeting the hosts - Jahmiele and Gabby! Today we’re introducing ourselves and looking at some of our own experiences, how we got into the industry to begin with, and where we’d like to take this podcast.

We’re still learning the ropes so there may be a few editing and quality hiccups, forgive us, but listen ‘til the end to find out who our first official guest will be, have a laugh with us, and enjoy!

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