Three In A Bar

This week to celebrate International Women's Day, Seb and Verity chat to two great ambassadors for gender equality in the music industry, Letty Stott and Beth Higham Edwards.

Letty and Beth have recently launched their new company Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments, with the aim of starting open conversations about gender in the workplace. Letty is a French Horn player and Beth a percussionist, both of which are instruments that have not been historically viewed as 'feminine' choices.

They discuss their hugely successful launch and how the company is developing and moving forward. They also share their own personal experiences through educational and professional lives as talk about what can be done to start redressing the balance - in a nutshell, we need to be prepared for some eggy moments!

Inevitably, there are some deviations, including an in-depth critique of hot cross buns from specialist Beth and some plumbing chat with Letty...

Beth and Letty are fascinating, eloquent and positive about the future of the music industry. This conversations leaves lots of food for thought.

You can find out more about Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments on their website; https://www.largeandshiny.com/

Follow them on social media, @LargeAndShiny on Instagram and @galsimusic on Twitter

Watch Letty's interview (and demonstration of some amazing historical instruments) at the Festival of New here: https://youtu.be/CMzWTqPJ-ml

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Cai, you should definitely listen to this one! (As should everyone else) as this week’s episode features jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and co founder of Kansas Smitty’s, Giacomo Smith.

Seb and Verity catch Giacomo pre show in the Worthing Assembly Halls where he and Seb are performing with Rob Brydon for his A Night of Songs and Laughter tour. There is an added sense of jeopardy in this episode as it is recorded in Rob’s dressing room with the fear he may arrive at any second…..

Giacomo talks about Plunderphonia - the new album from Kansas Smitty’s - it’s influences and the prospect of performing it live in the coming months.

He discusses setting up and running a venue - the julep specialism era and appealing to Easy Jet customers both feature!

They chat about Paris, podcasting and the man with the best internet in East London - that’s one heck of a claim.

Giacomo also talks getting festive in early summer for a collaboration with Jamie Cullum….just beating the supermarkets to it.

Learn more about Kansas Smitty’s at their website; https://www.kansassmittys.com/

You can follow them on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/kansas_smittys/ Twitter; https://www.twitter.com/KansasSmittys/

and Facebook; https://m.facebook.com/kansassmittys/

For all the remaining tour dates and booking me for Rob Brydon’s A Night of Songs and Laughter tour, go to https://robbrydon.live/

Photo of Giacomo by Benny Curnow https://instagram.com/bennie__curnow

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In this week's episode Seb and Verity take a trip to South London for a chat with flautist, composer, arranger, stealth violinist/viola player and fountain of excellent tales, Dan Watts.

Dan is a founder member and trustee of the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra. He discusses the precarious nature of planning and booking concerts, discovering lesser known Scandinavian composers and the unmitigated joys of funding applications!

Dan and Verity reminisce about their busking days - including a police incident, stink bombs and an ill advised residency at Oceana night club. He also talks about an unexpected appearance on a first class reality TV show....

Dan recounts an excruciating composition experience, his passion for chamber music and his plans to set up a Baroque group. They end with some tape and cd nostalgia. It's well worth listening to the very end to hear Seb's first musical purchase - an inspired choice!

This episode is fuelled by Chimney Fire Coffee who have sponsored this podcast. Find out more about Chimney Fire Coffee at https://chimneyfirecoffee.com/

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You can follow Dan on Instagram @flutedan; https://www.instagram.com/flutedan and twitter @Flutedan; https://www.twitter.com/Flutedan

Check out the Northern Light Symphony Orchestra by visiting their website; http://www.nlso.org/

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In the second of two New Year's catch ups, Seb and Verity check in with former guests; Luisa Lale, Charlotte Harding and Jon Natchez. All three have exciting things a foot in 2022 and their enthusiasm and optimism is a perfect antidote to the winter blues.

After a few false starts - the latest challenges brought to you by Zencastr - Lu chats about new tracks, some exciting TV show placements and mystical briefs.....yep, you read that correctly - the mind boggles!

Charlotte phones in from a remote Scottish Island where she is currently writing music for her new EP. She discusses signing with FaberAlt, creating a new style of notation and preparing to launch it, plus tea making etiquette in the studio. It's a serious business.

Seb and Verity catch Jon as he is about to embark on a world tour with his band The War On Drugs. He talks about their new album, the perils of touring in the current Covid climate and making it onto Barack Obama's 2021 playlist - mind-blowingly cool!

Mentioned in this episode: To find tour dates and buy tickets for The War On Drugs world tour go to https://www.thewarondrugs.net/tour

Check out Lu's new music at https://www.sonicrainbow.co.uk

Keep up to date with Charlotte's work at Faber Alt. https://www.faberalt.com/charlotte-harding

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In the first of two special episodes, Seb and Verity ease themselves into 2022 by catching up with three fabulous former TIAB guests - Ben Marshall, Chris Augustine and Tom Carlson.

Having finally given up on Zoom, listen in as everyone tries to negotiate the new online platform Zencastr.....no one has yet discovered how to successfully leave a call and it's not out of the question one of our guests is still online waiting to be released.

Oboist Ben Marshall chats about his covid Christmas, cooking and exciting plans for this year. Chris Augustine reveals his huge career move and harp exam glory over a very late breakfast whilst Tom Carlson discusses his new job, hitting the road again and the plight of sweary kids!

Mentioned in this episode:

To support Estilo String Quartet's kickstarter for their new album, go to http://kck.st/3qbJfns

You can hear Chris Augustine performing in Frozen at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Tickets available here

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Thanks to the musicians who played on the new theme tune!!

They are...

Violin & Viola - Rob Simmons

Cello - Verity Simmons

Trumpet & Flugel - Seb Philpott

Tuba - Richard Evans

Electric Guitar & Electric Bass - Phil Donnelly

Drums & Glockenspiel - Ric Elsworth

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This week Seb and Verity are joined by Emmy Nominated, critically acclaimed film composer, Natalie Holt. Natalie’s work includes the score for the recent Marvel series Loki, as well as work on rims including Paddington and Journey’s End.

Having come perilously close to complete technical failure in the past, in their first meeting with Natalie the recording spectacularly malfunctioned. Incredibly, having already found an hour in her busy schedule, Natalie came back for round two which is what you hear in this podcast. Seb and Verity attempt to reword various lines of questioning as well as being more factually accurate than first time around.

Conversation includes how Natalie pitched for Loki, composing suites for films, musical pass the parcel and making the theramin great again! Natalie also discusses some of the exciting new projects she’s working on, including BatGirl and the fascinating sounding Cocaine Bear.

Natalie talks about some of her exciting exploits as a violinist, including playing at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and in the sea in Sardinia with Craig David.....

They also chat weird gig experiences, film school, influential mentors and chasing Alan Silvestri through the streets of London....definitely worth a listen!

Find out more about Natalie on her website https//www.natalieholt.com/

You can follow her on social media: https//www.instagram.com/natsholt/

and https://www.twitter.com/filmmusicholt/

Listen to Natalie’s Loki soundtrack here: https://open.spotify.com/user/violaholm23/playlist/4AOWEKolvzbNewU24LZ6xT?dl_branch=1&si=cbXBM-sRQTiwEkdlUClPlg

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This week’s episode features Violinist, journalist, founder of the Estilo String Quartet, former Über delivery driver......and Verity’s husband, Robert Simmons.

Against all the odds this episode doesn’t descend into chaos or indeed a domestic, however the subjects covered don’t necessarily match what Rob had in mind.

They chat about his stint as an Über delivery cyclist and the chain of events that led to making a potential loss. Rob also talks about the new branch of his career working as sub editor for ESTA (European String Teachers Association) and the fascinating and challenging new skills he has developed by diversifying in this way.

Rob discusses going back to Royal Ballet Sinfonia post pandemic and the company’s impressive online presence over the last eighteenths months. Verity questions (interrogates) him about what he does in his free time on tour.

They delve into Rob’s musical background - Verity revels in the cringeworthy tales of his Barbershop quartet performances. Seb ups the awkward stakes by questioning Rob on how he and Verity first met and they reminisce about the good old SouthBank Sinfonia days. Heartwarming or excruciating....you decide!

You can follow Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamrsimm

Find out more about the Estilo String Quartet on their socials: https://www.instagram.com/estilostring4/

https://www.twitter.com/estilostring4/

If you are interested in yoga with live music, check out Yoga Ab Alto to find out upcoming dates: https://www.instagram.com/yogaabalto/

https://www.twitter.com/yogaabalto/

Learn more about ESTA at https://www.estastrings.org.uk/

This episode is fuelled by Chimney Fire Coffee who have sponsored this podcast. Find out more about Chimney Fire Coffee at https://chimneyfirecoffee.com/

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For episode 67, Seb and Verity are joined by cellist and internet sensation, Samara Ginsberg. Samara’s multi-tracked cello videos of retro tv and film themes have been garnering huge international audiences online - her Star Wars vid having 3.5 million views on Twitter and growing! If you haven’t seen any so far, 1. where have you been and 2. Head to her YouTube channel NOW! (Link below)

The central theme of this episode is how Samara has navigated living with ADHD and successfully carved out a career as a freelance cellist. She only had a diagnosis in her thirties so discusses the impact ADHD had on her life and music college education.

Samara is both candid and fascinating, talking about something that is rarely discussed in the music profession. Despite not wanting to be held up as a spokesperson on ADHD, she has excellent advice and insight into negotiating life with this diagnosis.

It wouldn’t be a regular Three In a Bar episode without some major deviations which this week include Verity’s pretentious dissertation, learning Kylie hits on the recorder and some big love for smart phones….

This episode is fuelled by Chimney Fire Coffee who have sponsored this podcast. Find out more about Chimney Fire Coffee at https://chimneyfirecoffee.com/

There is a special offer for our lucky listeners, who will receive 20%  off their first order....just visit their website and enter the code TIAB20 at checkout.

To see Samara’s amazing music videos, head to her YouTube channel, https://m.youtube.com/channel/

You follow her on Twitter and Instagram

For more information on ADHD, visit https://adhdfoundation.org.uk

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This week’s episode features tour manager, sound engineer and baking supremo, Alicia Blake.

Seb and Verity were lucky enough to catch Alicia at her home in Seattle - sadly for them, only via zoom - whilst on a short break from Sylvan Esso’s U.S tour. 

Alicia chats about hitting the road again and how the band and crew have been spending their downtime - think tie dying T-shirts in a tent in the middle of nowhere.....

She talks about learning to sound engineer on her first job in a club in Seattle and how she made the move into touring. She tells a great story about the first band she toured with and the grizzly details of what they were up to!

Mercifully these days Alicia’s bands are much easier to work with - and the budgets a little higher - none the less, Seb and Verity spring some nightmare tour scenarios on her and see how she’d handle them.

Another excellent Alicia fact is that she recently went back into education to train as a pastry chef. She discusses what led her to this, the reality of working as a baker and shipping baked goods to friends during lockdown.

Ska comes in for another pasting, along with late 90s fashion and, as ever, there are multiple digressions including a brief US Office vs UK Office debate, a trumpet interlude from Verity’s 9 year old son and some minor internet issues.

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This week’s episode features Public Service Broadcasting’s mastermind, J.Willgoose, Esq. Their latest album Bright magic entered the UK charts at no. 2 in October 2021 - a fantastic achievement for an album that is far from mainstream pop. 

Seb and Verity chat to Willgoose about his inspiration for the album, moving to Berlin and going back to record there in the world famous Hansa Tonstudio, where iconic records such as Achtung Baby and Bowie’s Low and Heroes were recorded.

They discuss early musical experiences - descant recorder features heavily, buying new toys, side projects and J.Willgoose’s feelings on recording with Seb....

Please note this conversation was recorded in Willgoose’s South London studio, packed with a myriad of keyboards, synths, computers, guitars etc so if you detect a nervous tension you’d be right - Seb and Verity plus hot drinks and expensive equipment equals potential carnage.

This episode is fuelled by Chimney Fire Coffee who have sponsored this podcast. Find out more about Chimney Fire Coffee at https://chimneyfirecoffee.com/

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Find out more about PSB and check out their tour dates on their website https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net/

Listen to their new album Bright Magic here https://open.spotify.com/album/5MpSEsDO02dg1McQDcDjAE?si=U9_gfATRSgq7pG4Zv2JCpQ&dl_branch=1

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