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London Music Podcast

London Music Podcast

By Andrei Sora

Becoming a working musician or music producer in current times can seem like a daunting process, given the seemingly over-saturated industry. Join Andrei Sora in his explorations of music-making, musicianship, and the London music scene through interviews with like-minded people. If you're struggling to find your place in the UK music industry (and beyond), then this is the podcast for you.

Featured on Feedspot's 'Top 50 UK Music Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020': blog.feedspot.com/uk_music_podcasts/
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Promoting live music in London with Lorraine Solomons

London Music PodcastFeb 17, 2021

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Streaming music in 2022 and beyond with Brian Zisook

Streaming music in 2022 and beyond with Brian Zisook

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Brian Zisook, who is the Co-Founder of Audiomack, an artist-first music streaming and audio discovery platform. Zisook currently serves as SVP of Operations for Audiomack, which reaches more than 25 million MAU globally. In 2022, Brian was selected to join the Recording Academy as part of their new member class.


For more info on Brian and Audiomack, check the links below:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianZisook

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bzisook/

Audiomack app: https://audiomack.com/

Sep 06, 202230:60
New Noise Shoreditch Festival & Conference 2022

New Noise Shoreditch Festival & Conference 2022

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Kam, one of the organizers of the New Noise Shoreditch Festival & Conference, held on April 4th 2022 at the Old Blue Last. This event is here to inspire and assist you with specialist speakers discussing a wide variety of topics that impact musicians, a labels fair, acoustic acts. The entry is set up in aid of Help Musicians, we recommend a donation of £5 to help support musicians in need.


For more info on the festival, check the links below:

Tickets: https://linktr.ee/NewNoise

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newnoiseshoreditch

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/New-Noise-Shoreditch-100348685936319


Apr 01, 202216:30
Using the past as inspiration with Nubia Soul Goddess

Using the past as inspiration with Nubia Soul Goddess

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Nubia Soul Goddess, an electronic soul music artist based out of Atlanta, GA. Nubia was featured multiple times in Atlanta's Voyage magazine, Creative Loafing Live from the Archives, Rhythm Reloaded, and other media platforms. We talk about using bad memories as inspiration for uplifting songs, writing books, working on music, and many other topics.


Follow Nubia Soul Goddess:

Facebook: @NubiaSoulGODdess

Instagram: @officialnubiasoulgoddess

Twitter @nubiasoulgoddes

Dec 08, 202124:35
Music & catharsis with Joshua Luke Smith

Music & catharsis with Joshua Luke Smith

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Joshua Luke Smith, a complex musical artist who describes himself as a 'poet for the people', a vocalist and producer blending rap, R&B and soul. He has been featured on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and collaborated with artists like Oddisee and Jake Isaac. As Smith himself says, his music is made to “speak into the chaos” of the modern world, distilling his own experience of grief and trauma into something anyone can relate to. We talk about the relationship between music and the Universe, music as catharsis, grief, the nature of poetry, and many other fascinating topics.


Follow Joshua here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29wlT5isBRIOp8YZYVAZ0A?si=1KwMXcupTQ2VFwIuLI4Q-Q&nd=1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshualukesmith/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/joshualukesmith

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/joshualukesmithmusic

Jul 28, 202124:55
Music sync licensing with Amelia McCloskey

Music sync licensing with Amelia McCloskey

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Amelia McCloskey, founder and CEO of an international music licensing company, 'AM Sync Ltd' AKA (AM Licensing) based out of the UK. Previous placements include Netflix series 'Luis Miguel', Netflix TV series 'Monarca', Mexican film 'La Venganza de Mascarita' ​, US film 'Endless' and Spanish Netflix series, 'Elite' with a few more placements in the works. AM Licensing currently represents 1500 rightsholders worldwide including many high-end composers such as award-winning US composer 'Greg Sims' (Oprah Winfrey Show, King Of The Underdogs, Lion Of Judah), along with major songwriters such as Fred Cox (Human-Rag n Bone Man Album) along with labels, publishers and independent artists worldwide in every genre of music. We talk about music clearance, sync licensing, music supervision and mentoring for those wishing to break into the sync licensing industry.


Follow Amelia here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-mccloskey-94392626/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/am_licensing

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amlicensinguk

Website: www.am-licensing.com

Jun 30, 202124:12
Why do we keep making music?

Why do we keep making music?

On this unusual episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk about my thoughts on why we should keep making music despite the massive number of songs released every single day. It would take us around 107 years to listen to everything on Spotify, so if we stand no chance of listening to everything already released, why are we still making music? 


Follow me here: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrei.sora

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreiSoraMusic 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndreiSoraMusic 

Website: https://andreisora.com

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/andreisora

May 26, 202106:00
Past and future with Good Dog

Past and future with Good Dog

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Good Dog, also known as Jack Hardman. Starting life as a 21 year old Radio 1 tipped singer, the death of his father changed the direction of his life and his music. With a new perspective on the world, writing offered a way to look inwards - a way to visit the past and dream of the future: Good Dog is your forgotten memories on a lonely sea under a warm sun. We talk about his overall approach to music-making, his propensity to use real instruments, visual aesthetics, and his recent No. 1 single on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart.


Follow Good Dog:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gooddogsongs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodDogSongs

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodDogSongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1oJPedap0VtK48hM9Wm6S1?si=Z9aeFu7aS1eXt01yLkcBtA


May 12, 202122:60
Musicmaking in 2021 with Frank Harkin

Musicmaking in 2021 with Frank Harkin

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Frank Harkin, singer and one of the three founding members of the Ha Ha Ha band (along with Roger Hadwen, Rob Harris). They've been playing together in various forms since the turn of the century, morphing to overcome barriers in space, time and, most recently, global public health emergency. We talk about about songwriting, how the current pandemic has affected musicmaking, and about the future of live music.


Follow Frank and Ha Ha Ha here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hahahatheband

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hahahatheband 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0p-6zKYHecVEtE6ygf9Ndg 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ha_ha_ha_band/ 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ha-ha-ha-band 

Bandcamp: https://hahahas.bandcamp.com/releases 

Spotify artist link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PBdLB4FRWbBNyktiILmwE

Apr 28, 202118:40
Music and message with Pablo Iranzo

Music and message with Pablo Iranzo

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Pablo Iranzo, a singer-songwriter from Munich, Germany. We talk about the importance of message in music, how the political landscape influences topics that artists write about, and how not to become irrelevant in today's music industry.


Follow Pablo here:

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/iranzo__music

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RyY8QTwid3pvfzANlYGxp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iranzomusic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iranzomusic

Apr 14, 202128:00
Transitioning from producer to artist with Richard Marc

Transitioning from producer to artist with Richard Marc

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Richard Marc, who is a Yorkshire indie-pop artist. He has previously collaborated with other artists, writers and producers, working on music for Matt Marcii, Lauren Alex Hooper and TikTok star Sophie Frear (whose video containing one of his songs amassed, to date, over 8 million views).


Follow Richard here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardmarcmusic

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardMarcMusic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/richiedrinkstea

Mar 31, 202117:02
Audio engineering with Dan Willett

Audio engineering with Dan Willett

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to audio engineer and bassist Dan Willett. Based primarily in central Birmingham as part of Univibe Audio and The Mushrooms recording studios, Dan has been working with artists across the West Midlands. We talk about audio engineering in the analogue world, plugins, amp modelers, Auto-Tune, his band Creature, and many more.


Follow Dan here:

Website: https://danwillettaudio.com/about

Instagram: https://instagram.com/danwillettaudio

Creature: https://www.creaturenoise.com/

Mar 17, 202137:04
Composing classical music in 2021 with David John Roche

Composing classical music in 2021 with David John Roche

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to classical composer David John Roche. He is the recipient of over 30 academic and professional awards and has composed pieces for vacuum cleaners and orchestra, epic planetarium shows, customised Dutch street organs, rock bands, video games, films, theatre shows, international orchestras, and anything beyond and in between. His music tends to inhabit one of two worlds. It is either celebratory and bright, consciously in opposition to the world in which it was written, or manic, detailed, and violent in response to the poverty and politics of our time. Roche’s compositions have been broadcast, televised, written about, and performed internationally to millions of people. We talk about the economics of being a classical composer in 2021, competitions, teaching, and Yngwie Malmsteen, among other topics.


Follow David here:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidRocheMusic/about

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/davidjohnroche

Website: https://www.davidjohnroche.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidjohnrochecomposer

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidjohnroche

d'OZ: https://productionsdoz.com/nos-artistes/roche-david-john

Mar 03, 202130:60
Promoting live music in London with Lorraine Solomons

Promoting live music in London with Lorraine Solomons

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Lorraine Solomons, who is the founder of Success Express Music, a live music discovery platform supporting and sustaining independent artist and bands by promoting live events at concert venues, independent gig venues, pubs, restaurants and creative spaces throughout London, festivals and tours around the UK. We talk independent promotion, independent bands, and the London live music scene pre- and post- Covid.


Follow Lorraine and Success Express Music here:

Website: http://www.semusic.org/


Feb 17, 202127:50
Music Charities in the UK with James Armstrong

Music Charities in the UK with James Armstrong

On this episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to James Armstrong, who is a mastering engineer and a trustee at the Forward 4 Wiz Trust. We talk about James' academic journey, his approach to mastering, and all of the important work he is doing with the F4WT.


Follow James here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electronicnoise


Follow Forward 4 Wiz Trust here:

Website: https://f4wt.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/f4wiz/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/f4wiz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/F4Wiz/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOtlAwXVQK56K9vn7DNIsA


Feb 03, 202123:50
The Bay Area scene with Nate Hendrix
Jan 20, 202116:22
Collaborations with Trip Jacker

Collaborations with Trip Jacker

On this episode of the London music Podcast, I talk to Trip Jacker, who is an electronic music producer, founder of Burn the Wick Music, owner of  Tall Pine Studios, member of ASCAP and of the Electronic Music Alliance, a global artists' collective. He is a a lifelong musician, an avid music fan and a supporter of independent artists.


We talk about collaborations with other producers and singers, the independent music scene, marketing for the now, and the power of DMs.


Follow Trip Jacker:

Website: https://www.tripjacker.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1YTOBjYRzdfbBOOKPsv4aA?si=De7EUJjHTW2U3Ag9ycvBcw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tripjacker/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tripjackermusic

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLGbhkuTFcdQIXNz9NSHEUQ

Jan 06, 202126:36
Musical crossovers with TDC Tunes

Musical crossovers with TDC Tunes

On this episode of the London music Podcast, I talk to TDC Tunes, a North London musician who creates original electronic music with analogue, digital and modular synthesisers. He has a diverse musical background, classically trained on piano and pipe organ but always having a love for creating music with computers and synthesisers.  TDC Tunes streams a unique, live modular set every Friday on Twitch.

He has a new single coming out 18/12/2020 called 'Cosmic' with singer-songwriter Rocco. It’s a song about escapism and hope. Rocco writes about falling in love during a difficult time and she compares the feelings to a psychedelic euphoric experience of leaving everything behind and quantum leaping into outer space.

Pre-save 'Cosmic' :

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/tdctunesandrocco/cosmic-2


Follow TDC Tunes:

TDC Tunes Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tdctunes/

TDC Tunes Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/tdctunes

TDC Tunes Twitter https://twitter.com/tdctunes

Dec 16, 202021:30
The importance of networking with James Rozzi
Nov 11, 202029:58
Mashups with Daanish Alam

Mashups with Daanish Alam

On this episode of the podcast, I talk to Daanish Alam, who is a singer songwriter aiming to bring together the drama of 80s synth & electronica with a modern alternative guitar-led sound. Coming from a background in club mashups and house remixes, he applies the same principles to his original productions, wanting to surprise the listener by redefining a genre, artist, or instrument in a new and unexpected way."


Follow Daanish here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daanishalammusic/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0fjlcYW5Io2w7doMTFWuK7?si=2F-crDoRQGOdvQUEKkchsQ

Oct 28, 202030:36
Identity with Maia Moham
Oct 14, 202018:49
Producing pop with Greta Jaime

Producing pop with Greta Jaime

On today's episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Greta Jaime, who, at twenty years old, is already a rising pop talent. After putting out her debut single 'Lost in Mexico' at sixteen, the north Londoner (of Mexican origin) has gained a firm foothold in the industry. In 2017, she was longlisted for Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition alongside artists such as Cosmo Pyke, Fenne Lily, Jordan Rakei, and Flohio. Later that year 'Lost in Mexico' received airplay from Tom Robinson on his BBC 6Music mixtape. During this time, Greta gigged at a number of London venues including  the O2 Academy Islington, The Camden Assembly, and Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen. 

Since then the songwriter/producer has gained consistent press support, with publications and outlets like The Line of Best Fit, BBC Introducing London, Born Music, and It's All Indie spotlighting her beguiling and idiosyncratic pop sound. She has also received support from Spotify, having been added to all of South East Asia's 'New Music Friday' playlists. Through her poised self-production, songwriting and thoughtful lyricism concerning the complexities of relationships and identity, Greta Jaime is already making a name for herself as a fully-formed and vital new artist.


Follow Greta here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2L5LSUhkLo20iqPTNA5aC5?si=PZPbPqF2RoCESjYtaaMFxA

Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJSUMNnr/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretajaime/

Website: https://www.gretajaime.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GretaJaimeMusic/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gretajaime

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greta_Jaime

Sep 30, 202023:41
Being authentic with Zoe Wakelam
Sep 16, 202019:46
Writing lyrics with Andrei Lucas

Writing lyrics with Andrei Lucas

On today's episode of the London Music Podcast, I talk to Andrei Lucas, a London-based songwriter and musical artist. We talk writing lyrics, indie music, living in big cities, and feeling disconnected from today’s world and it's challenges. 


Follow Andrei Lucas here:

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/andrei-lucas/1449741078

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BlLgiR2glzMT4ddVPAhjC

https://g.co/kgs/oS6suc

https://www.instagram.com/enslucas

https://www.youtube.com/andreilucas

Sep 02, 202019:46
Recording live instruments with Taliesin
Mar 11, 202047:16
Modern music production with Samuel Consentino Hunter
Feb 06, 202042:47
Being a solo artist in London with Rocco

Being a solo artist in London with Rocco

In this episode of the podcast, I talk to Rocco, a singer-songwriter from London.  We discuss her musical career, from her time as a  session singer to being in girl bands, the Garage scene, and upcoming projects. 


You can find out more about her projects by following her on social media: 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/roccoandrei 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqpO4PCjLz1PQfA9QADpvKw

Nov 06, 201933:35
The London live scene with Luis Chico

The London live scene with Luis Chico

In this inaugural episode of the podcast, I have a conversation with Twickenham-based keyboardist Luis Chico on the London live scene. We talk his musical background, past and future projects, teaching, and how he navigates the treacherous waters of playing live in a place like London. We also touch on PowerJam, the band project/charity in Richmond, supporting young musicians that both Luis and I work for. 


You can find out more about Luis by following him on social media, or contact him by email.   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Luischico83 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luischico83 

Email: luischico83@gmail.com 


More on PowerJam: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PowerJamWorkshops 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerjam_band_project 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUm7i8TNPD8OP6VvHcY54Q

Sep 24, 201918:10