Tight Forty Five

Rita Satch WOW, what a voice. In this interview we retrace her steps all the way back from Uzbekistan; to hanging with Mos Def in London, chill’n backstage with D’Angelo & hearing Mary J. Blige in wings of the serendipitous summer she played Glastonbury. Rita cross-pollinates Jazz & Soul, pepper’s it with Pop and Folk and the results… salted caramel vocals & lyrics. 

This is a special episode, my first ever Mendoza sibling interview, Phew! First Corona Teléfona interview and first time recording in the Corona Isolation Studio.

My sister Rebecca Mendoza was the first of us kids to let Australia know that these flips weren’t messing around. From singing in piano bars with my old man to being known as a force to be reckoned with in the Melbourne Jazz and Funk scene.

Ivan Gomez has worked with just about everyone doing just about everything. A stylist for Jamiroquai & Prodigy, creator of content for Oprah and working for a medicinal marijuana company. Ivan got Heath Ledger into his designer Jeans (Vicious Threads) and even breeds Welsh Ponies.
 Gomez lives a colourful life and I’ve been lucky enough to witness it over the span of 20 years. Have a listen to what my friend has to say.

From meat trays to the Matrix, Clayton Watson tells us what it’s like acting with Keanu Reeves. Even more impressive than that was going toe to toe with Filipino Thespian Darius Mendoza on High Flyers in the late 90’s on Aussie daytime T.V…true story. 

Marcel Yammouni is one of the most respected guitarists on the Melbourne music scene.  Darius and Marcel cover hot topics like Gig-Butt, Daryl Somers and the inevitable question; will there ever be another Toto?

Mykel Dixon is an award winning speaker, author, musician and recognised authority of Creativity...He's also my mate, former band member and my brother in the dark and light. If Dixon doesn't get you wet and or hard for life, call the morgue cause you're already dead.

3 generations of Hip-Hop artists all rolled into one. Melbourne rap crew Cerberus III are in it for the long haul. Listen to Donny, Dante and Jase talk about the game, why they decided to join forces and how they help hero the young. 
Now of course no conversation with 3 male rappers is complete without an in-depth discussion on ball-sweat and foreskin. 

Joseph Vincent Camilleri - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, The Black Sorrows, 24 Albums in the bag, over 2 million records sold and still going strong. Elvis Costello and John Denver covered his songs... from working at the slaughterhouse at the age of 13 the only way was up and Joe Camilleri showed us exactly how that's done.

This Bromley Boy is the real deal!! Producer, actor and entrepreneur. TJ Herbert and I discuss the making and breaking of his first feature film "The Bromley Boys". Having a yarn with T.J Herbert, or as I like to say Orange Sherbet  being behind and in front of a camera for 20 years, discussing our common thread of having underwear models as wives and the importance of being type cast as a scarecrow is truly... whatever. 
Yes it's all fun and games until the first day of shooting onset the police pull T.J's lorry over and impound it with all the camera gear on board on the Dartford Bridge for being overweight... 

This woman of soul now fronts one of Melbourne’s leading funk/soul bands Mayfield, who have released their album in July 2017, with production by Aria award nominated artist ‘Ivan Khachoyan’.
It is commonly known that all good things come in small packages, and that most definitely includes this dazzling pocket-rocket from Melbourne, Carla Troiano.