Hold Onto The Colours Podcast
By Paul Melia
Hold Onto The Colours PodcastJan 23, 2022
#89 Ariel Lanyi
Today's guest is Ariel Lanyi. Ariel is a fantastic pianist. Ariel received the the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. He has played with many orchestras, performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze. He was a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions, also in 2021. He has also released recordings of music by Schubert which I recommend piano check out. For more info on Ariel check out https://ariellanyi.com/
#88 Jérôme Leroy
Today I talk with talented composer, musician, arranger and conductor, Jérôme Leroy. We talked about many things from Jérôme's music career to him getting the call to Conduct the strings on the last Beatles song ''Now and Then.'' Do check out Jérôme's work on Spotify. For more information on Jérôme visit https://www.jeromeleroy.com/
#87 Ali M. Ansari
#86 Sorcha Ní Lochlainn
Today's guest is Sorcha Ní Lochlainn who is involved with the feminist organisation which is a non-profit, volunteer-led organisation formed to promote the rights and interests of women and children in Ireland. We discussed upcoming Irish Referendum slated for the 8th of March. #ireland #irish #referendum
#85 Phill Brown
Today's guest is a returning one, the great Phill Brown. Phill just re-issued his fantastic book ''Are We Still Rolling?'' We had a great chat as usual. Go get the book
#talktalk #bobmarley #jimihendrix
#84 Elliot Roberts
Today's guest is Elliot Roberts. Elliot is a YouTuber with a huge following of over 100,000 subscribers. He makes really great videos on music, movies and most importantly, The Beatles. We had a great chat. Thank you to @ElliotRobertsVideos If you have not already, do check out Elliot at the following links below. Patreon patreon.com/elliotroberts Instagram instagram.com/elliotroberts Twitter twitter.com/ElliotRoberts5 Other Youtube Channel / @elliotrobertsactor Letterboxd letterboxd.com/elliotroberts
#83 Kenneth Womack
Today's guest is writer, literary critic, public speaker, and music historian, particularly focusing on the cultural influence of the Beatles. He is the author of the bestselling Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles and John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life. We chatted about his latest book, Living With The Beatles: On The Road With The Fab Four, The Mal Evans Story.
#82 Phill Brown
Welcoming back the great Phill Brown to the podcast. Phill has worked with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley to Talk Talk. We had a lovely discussion on music and life.
#81 Ali M. Ansari
Today's guest is a returning one, Ali M. Ansari. Ali is the Professor in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.
#80 John Patitucci
Today's guest is bassist and composer John Patitucci. John has worked with many artists including Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and many more. He just released ''Scenes from an Imaginary Film.'' Check out the links below to listen to John's music.
https://www.johnpatitucci.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnjpatitucci/?hl=en
#79 Dae Lims
Dae Lims is a musician/composer/producer. Dae has gain much recognition and praise with AI work with regard to The Beach Boys and The Beatles. He recently released his version of The Beach Boys Smile named DAE LIMS Presents SMiLE AI.
#78 Enda Reilly
www.endareilly.com
endareilly.bandcamp.com
#77 Professor Paul Smith
#76 Mario DiSanto
#75 Malcolm Byrne
Today's guest is Senator for Fianna Fáil, Malcolm Byrne. Malcolm Byrne has been a Senator since April, 2020 and serves as Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. From Gorey, Co. Wexford, he is a graduate in Law, Arbitration and Governance (UCD, QUB). He previously worked for Chambers Ireland, as the first Commercial Manager with my home.ie, as Chief Executive of Community Games, as Executive Director of Screen Producers Ireland and for twelve years as Head of Communications and Public Affairs with the Higher Education Authority. A Councillor from 1999 to 2019, he also served as Chair of Wexford County Council. A former Vice-President of the National Youth Council of Ireland, Education Officer with the Union of Students in Ireland and Executive Member of the European Students’ Union, he was named in 2014 as one of the EU 40 Under 40 European Young Leaders. He has a strong interest in issues relating to education, research, technology, the arts, foreign policy, youth participation, housing, planning and local government.
#74 Why I love The Beatles
#73 Professor Ali Ansari
Today's guest is Professor Ali Ansari. He is the Professor of Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.
#72 Martin Clancy
Martin Clancy is an IRC Research Fellow at the Center for Digital Humanities, Trinity College Dublin and a renowned Irish musician, academic, and industry consultant. He is the Founder Chair of the IEEE Global AI Ethics Arts Committee. His research on AI in music has been published in the IEEE Journal and has a book by Routledge UK, “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem”. Martin is a Certified Ableton Live 11 Trainer and has delivered lectures on Ableton, music creativity, and industry practices at esteemed institutions such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Queen Mary University of London, and University College Dublin.
As a solo recording artist, Martin achieved a series of Top 20 disco hits in the US Billboard Dance Charts during his residency at New York’s Seaport Music Festival from 2009 to 2011. His techno group, Valleraphon, often appears on the Beatport charts. Martin was also a founding member of the Irish group In Tua Nua and had his first song “Take My Hand” featuring Sinead O’Connor, included in the 2022 documentary “Nothing Compares”.
Visit Martin @ martinclancy.eu/
#71 Katy Jon Went
#70 Paul Murphy
We discuss Immigration, Hate Speech Bill, and Irish Neutrality.
#69 Kevin Briggs
#68 Michael LeRoy
#67 Gaurav Dayal
Gaurav Dayal is a musician/composer/plugin creator. He is the CEO of plugin company Tone Empire and Beatskillz. Tone Empire has recently released their latest plugin (TM700), which is a tape emulation using A.I. We discussed music, A.I, plugins and much more
www.toneempire.com
#66 Nigel Pulsford
Today I am joined by composer/musician/producer and ex-Bush guitarist Nigel Pulsford. We talked about his great new record, ''Losing Track'', Bush, Music, Jazz and life in general. I reallly enjoyed. I highly recommend his new album, I am really enjoying it.
Check out ''Losing Track'' at https://nigelpulsford.bandcamp.com/album/losing-track
#65 Fr. Vincent Lampert
Vincent Lampert (born 1963) is an American Catholic priest and the designated exorcist of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Father Lampert was appointed to become an exorcist by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlien.
Father Vince Lampert received his exorcism classroom training at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy. He was in the same training class with Father Gary Thomas, the exorcist for San Jose, California US. Matt Baglio wrote the book, The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist based on Father Gary Thomas, which later became the 2011 movie, The Rite. Father Lampert received practical experience, by assisting with over 40 exorcisms with Father Carmine de Filippis, who is the mentor for exorcists in the Diocese of Rome. While speaking to students about exorcism at Seton Hall University about his training, he told them he spent three months training to be an exorcist.
#64 Is Ireland Falling Apart?
#63 Dave Eringa
Dave Eringa is a proudcer, mixer and sound engineer. He as worked with the likes of The Manic Street Preachers( on multiple albums), Idlewild, Roger Daltrey, Kylie Minogue and many more.
He played keyboards on "Generation Terrorists", producing & mixing "Gold Against The Soul", playing keyboards live with the band 1993–94, producing & mixing two tracks on "Everything Must Go" ("Australia" & "No Surface All Feeling"), producing & mixing half of "This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours" (including No. 1 single "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"), producing & mixing the first No. 1 of the millennium ("Masses Against The Classes"), producing & mixing "Know Your Enemy", & producing "Send Away The Tigers".
#62 Inspiration
#61 Wayne Shorter, Tuskegee, Pink Floyd, Album covers
Wayne Shorter, Tuskegee, Pink Floyd, Album covers
#60 Ant-Man, Batman, Roald Dahl, Politics, Bill Evans and Millenium
#59 Podcasts, Making Music and Life
#58 Burt Bacharach 1928-2023
A video talking about the great Burt Bacharach. He was/is a huge influence musically for me. What a great composer and arranger he was.
#57 Phill brown
I am happy to welcome back Phill Brown to the podcast. Phill has re-released the AV1 record he did with Dave Allinson which can bought/streamed at https://av1music.bandcamp.com
We discussed the record, Talk Talk, Hendrix, Traffic and much more. It is always a pleasure to speak with Phill.
#56 David Joesph
Today's guest is with composer and musician David Joesph. David released an album this year under the moniker ''Held By Trees'' . The album drew on influences from Talk Talk to Pink Floyd. The Album ''Solace'' is a beautiful collection of songs including a host of well-known musicians such as Tim Renwick (Guitar - Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Eric Clapton), Mike Smith (Sax - Blur, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz), David Knopfler (Guitar - Dire Straits), Gary Alesbrook (Trumpet - Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Super Furry Animals). For info check out the links below.
Instagram, Twitter, Youtube: @heldbytrees Facebook: @heldbytreesfb
Website including links to tickets: https://linktr.ee/heldbytrees
#55 Brian Campbell
Today's guest is boxing and MMA writer and analyst Brian Campbell. Brian is co-host with Luke Thomas of the great and popular MMA/Boxing show Morning Kombat. Brian also writes for CBS Sports and is a boxing analyst for Showtime. I loved this podcast with Brian. We talked MMA, Pro Wrestling and a lot of music conversation which is always something I am down for. I highly recommend Morning Kombat. Best sports combat show in my humble opinion. Thank you Brian.
Check out Brian on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/brianccampbell
Twitter @https://twitter.com/BCampbell
Morning Kombat @ https://www.youtube.com/@MorningKombat
#morningkombat #briancampbell #mma
#54 David Leaf
To buy the book visit amzn.to/37YYBXf or if you are in The U.S visit amzn.to/3zNkbbp .
For more info on David visit his website @ www.leafprod.com/ #brianwilson #thebeachboys #davidleaf
#53 Zindel Segal
Today's podcast is with Zindel Segal who is a cognitive psychologist, a specialist on depression, and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. He has wrote several books including The Mindful Way Workbook. He has appeared on TED X. We had a lovely conversation.
For more on Zindel visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058117958220
#52 Benjamin Zeller
Today's guest is Benjamin E. Zeller. Benjamin is a researcher and teacher of religion in America. He focuses on religious currents that are new or alternative( Alien religions), including new religions, the religious engagement with science, and the quasi-religious relationship people have with food. He wrote a book based on well-known cult Heaven's Gate called Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion. I really enjoyed the conversation. #aliens #heavensgate #theology
#51 Ben Wardle
#50
Well 50 podcasts down. Thanks to all who have listened/watched, The lovely guests who gave me their time. Here are some short words :).
#49 Tim Friese-Greene
Today's guest is composer and producer Tim Friese-Greene. Tim has a beautiful new record out called Melodic Apoptosis. We discussed the record, his process in making it and the podcast went on some interesting tangents from shakers to Variophon's. I really enjoyed the podcast. For more info on Tim visit
timfriese-greene.bandcamp.com
Twitter @curonianspit2
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXw0S...
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/timfgheligoland #timfriesegreen
#48 Phill Brown
#47 Avi Loeb
Today's guest is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University and best-selling author(New York Times) Avi Loeb. We discussed his most recent book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Oumuamua, The Galileo Project and many more things. I really enjoyed the conversation. What a smart and gentleman Avi is. For more information about Avi please click the link below.
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Opinion.html
#46 John Leslie
Today's guest is philosopher and writer John Leslie. We had a great chat about death, the afterlife, the multiverse, chess, and more. I enjoyed the episode.
#45 Michael Beinhorn
Today's guest is Producer, Composer, Musician, and Author Michael Beinhorn. Michael has worked with The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Brian Eno, Korn, Mew, Soundgarden, Herbie Hancock plus so many more. He is an amazing producer and a lovely person. We had a great interesting conversation. Thank you to Michael for taking the time to come on the podcast. For more on Michael, check out the links below.
https://www.michaelbeinhorn.com/
#44 Leah Kardos
Today's guest is Leah Kardos. Leah is a composer and author. Recently she released her latest book David Bowie Blackstar Theory: The Last Works Of David Bowie. I really loved the book, it is a fascinating look at Bowie's music. Leah also is a talented composer. I really enjoyed the conversation. For info on Leah's works check out the link below
www.leahkardos.com
#43 George Del Barrio
Today's guest is composer/musician/Youtuber George Del Barrio, known as Geebz. George has amassed a huge Youtube following with his reaction videos which now are at 224,000 subscribers. George comes from a lineage of composers with his father and uncle being very successful in the field of composing and between them working with the likes of Michael Jackson, Sinead O Connor, and Earth, Wind & Fire to name just a few. We had a really nice chat. If you wanna check out Geebz, click the links below to both his channels and his Patreon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0z
#42 Sydney Weaver
Today's guest is Cuber (Rubik's cube expert) and magician Sydney Weaver. She is a nine time gold medalist professional Speed Cuber. Sydney was born with arthritis and told she would probably never walk. But she beat the odds and is a inspiration. She appeared on Penn and Teller: Fool Us in which she did a lovely magic routine with a cube. We discussed cubes, algorithms, social media, magic and many more subjects. I really enjoyed the conversation.
Check out Sydney at http://www.sirwaffle.com/
#41 Professor Timothy Darvill
Today's guest is Professor Timothy Darvill. Timothy Darvill OBE is an English archaeologist and author, best known for his publications on prehistoric Britain and his excavations in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. He is Professor of Archaeology in the Faculty of Science and Technology Bournemouth University in England.[1] Timothy Darvill is recognised as one of the leading authorities on Stonehenge and the British Neolithic. It was pleasure to talk to him on such an interesting subject matter.
#40 Kurt Farquhar
Today's episode is with composer Kurt Farquhar. Kurt scores CBS’ comedy series The Neighborhood, now in its 4th season; Disney +’s The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, the long anticipated revival of the groundbreaking animated series The Proud Family which premieres on February 22nd; and Netflix’s upcoming fantasy teen drama series First Kill.
A television and film composer, songwriter, producer and founder/CEO of True Music, a prominent music licensing company, Farquhar has scored more primetime television series than any other African American composer throughout his 32-year career.
His credits include scoring hit series such as Black Lightning; The King of Queens; Ambitions; Girlfriends; Sister, Sister; Moesha; Soul Food; In The House; Stitchers; Ned and Stacey; as well as genre-defining series for the BET network such as American Soul; Games People Play; The Quad; Being Mary Jane; Real Husbands of Hollywood; In Contempt; and many more.