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Sweetman Podcast

Simon Sweetman

Conversations with creative people. simonsweetman.substack.com

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 57 - Myele Manzanza

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2017/04/06

An in-dept chat with NZ-based, internationally busy drummer, producer, DJ, beat-maker Myele Manzanza. We talk about the recording and release of his brand new live album, his time with Electric Wire Hustle and his methods and pursuits as a dynamic musician with the confidence and drive to work internationally. We talk about his time touring with Theo Parrish, his work collaborations with the likes of Ross McHendry and Mark de Clive Lowe, his work with Jonathan Crayford and many others. And we talk

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 56 - Paul McLaney

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2017/03/30

An in-depth chat with Paul McLaney - lost in the archive and now, finally, found - presented for the first time despite being about 18 months old...we talk Gramsci and The Impending Adorations, we talk about his solo albums and contributions to the music industry as a player and publisher (Mushroom) as well as some deviations to discuss Dire Straits and Jethro Tull... Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 55 - Riki Gooch

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2017/03/25

An in-depth chat with drummer/DJ/producer/beatmaker Riki Gooch. He's been behind the kid for Trinity Roots and Fat Freddy's Drop and out in front under the moniker Eru Dangerspiel - sometimes conducing a giant big band other times tinkering away in the studio making bedsit-beats. He's worked with Crowded House, Leila Adu and Bic Runga and is currently the drummer for Orchestra of Spheres while releasing music under the name Cave Circles, one of many nom-de-plumes. We talk about all of this music

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 54 - Graeme Tuckett

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2017/03/16

An in-depth chat with Wellington-based film review for Stuff/Dominion Post Graeme Tuckett. He's also a film maker and regular crew member on various video shoots and movie sets. We talk about his approach to reviewing, we geek out on favourite films, film score and all sorts of things to do with movies. We talk too about his documentary Barry Barclay: The Camera On The Shore and we talk about failed film projects, earnest endeavours and aims in film reviewing and film making around story-telling

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 53 - Anthonie Tonnon

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2017/03/08

An in-depth chat with Auckland-based musician Anthonie Tonnon. We talk about songwriting and his approach and influences, we talk also about the development and evolution of his stage-show, craft and character, from leader of Tono and The Finance Company to Anthonie Tonnon solo performer and/or bandleader. We talk about the start of his new upcoming record as well as looking back at his solo debut and the EPs and album that he and the Finance Company made. We also talk a bit about Nadia Reid's

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 52 - Emily Writes (Again!)

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2017/02/28

An in-depth chat with Emily Writes - the second time she's been on the podcast; this time the mummy-blogger, writer, activist, campaigner and public speaker is now a published author and the conversation is a catch-up on what's happened in the year since she was a guest the first time around (episode 14). This time we talk about her role as editor of Spinoff Parents - the popular section on the popular NZ news/culture website. And of course we talk about her book, "Rants In The Dark", a collection

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 51 - David Long

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2017/02/22

An in-depth chat with Wellington-based musician and composer David Long. We talk about his various roles in bands such as TEETH, The Mutton Birds and The Labcoats. And beyond that his 'serious composing' for TV, film and documentary. We talk about his Wellington life, growing up to attend formative gigs by the likes of Talking Heads, exploring records by XTC and Eno... Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

58:28

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 50 - Sharon O'Neill

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2017/02/15

An in-depth conversation with singer/songwriter Sharon O'Neill. From her early days (solo and with The Chapta) to carving out a role as a singer/songwriter in an era when the industry was less than supportive of female talent. We talk about her writing process, so many of those key songs (and the soundtrack to Smash Palace) and to her work in recent years writing material for Robert Palmer, Jimmy Barnes, Dragon and others. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 49 - Paul Ubana Jones

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2017/02/09

An in-depth chat with Paul Ubana Jones; since the mid-1980s he's been living in New Zealand and touring almost every town with his music and a range of covers. Before that he was living in the UK, he grew up in South East London where gigs by the likes of Bob Dylan made a huge impression. Paul and I talk about his live as a touring musician, the ups and downs and the way he evolved from band-member to solo artist. He's also supported some of the biggest names in popular music. Beyond that he's an

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 - James Robinson

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2017/02/01

An in-depth chat with James Robinson. He's been a freelance writer, student of politics and a good friend. He's also my brother-in-law. We sat down and talked about his life and times blogging and writing, some of the famous people he interviewed, the book he crowdfunded from the blog he slaved away at. And then we talked Trump. And the last days of Obama. And the fog. And the sadness. And the broken aspect of America. Oh yeah, we talked a lot about America. James lives in America. Get full access

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 47 - Debbie Harwood

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2017/01/25

An in-depth conversation with Debbie Harwood about her time with When The Cat's Away and as the organiser not only of that band but of recent concerts featuring some of the cast and crew from the Melting Pot days along with Sharon O'Neill, Hammond Gamble and Shona Laing. We talk too of her time working with Jimmy Barnes, of the early years carving out a space in a male-dominated industry and of her time spent growing up in Hawke's Bay and now, having returned to the region we reflect on Havelock and

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 46 - Victoria Kelly

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2017/01/19

An in-depth chat with film-composer, arranger and musician Victoria Kelly. We talk about her musical upbringing, the twin loves of classical music and Prince, her education - including studying film scoring in America; to work on local horror films and to composing, arranging and performing work with a range of bands and artists including writing and arranging the strings on Neil Finn's Dizzy Heights album, as well as touring the world with him; work too with SJD, with Strawpeople, Humphreys & Keen

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 45 - Dean Hewison

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2017/01/08

An in-depth chat with Wellington-based film and theatre director Dean Hewison. We talk about his experiences and influences working up through local theatre and on to producing NZ versions of international scripts as well as writing his own short and feature films. We discuss the making of his debut full-length feature, How To Meet Girls From A Distance (2012) and his various pursuits in and around that including directing the play Lungs at Circa Theatre in late 2016. Get full access to Sounds Good

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 44 - Blink (Ian Jorgensen)

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2016/12/30

An in-depth conversation with Wellington photographer/promoter/author/DJ/lecturer Blink (b. Ian Jorgensen). We talk about his time shooting fashion to pay for his hobby (shooting great rock'n'roll photos) and how from there he moved to creating a magazine and promoting shows and then festivals (mostly under the 'A Low Hum' banner) and to running overseas tours and a venue and now to lecturing and tutoring a university course about the music industry. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 43 – Xmas 2016 Wrap

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2016/12/23

A brief sum up of the year and some highlights - a Christmas wish, a few thanks, that sort of thing... Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 42 - Nick Bollinger

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2016/12/15

An in-depth chat with music journalist/author and musician Nick Bollinger. We talk about his brand new memoir, "Goneville" and the process behind writing it - including his time completing a Masters in Creative Writing. We talk too about the characters in the book (Rough Justice, Rick Bryant, Bill Lake, Blerta, Red Mole and co) and we talk about his life and career as a writer of music reviews, occasional musician and the host of RNZ's The Sampler. We talk about the New Zealand that's not there

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 41 - Nadia Reid

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2016/12/13

An in-depth chat with singer/songwriter Nadia Reid. We talk about her battling away doing gigs and low-key recordings and then getting launched onto the international stage and touring behind a record already two years old. We talk about next year's follow-up record which is in the can, waiting. We talk about the pressures of the industry and some of the bullshit around "red carpet" events and awards. And we talk about influences and what's next... Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 40 - Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

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2016/12/07

An in-depth conversation with Auckland-based musician Sean James Donnelly (SJD). We talk through all of his albums and his recent work composing soundtracks. We talk about some of the frustrations around being critically acclaimed but not seeing commercial success. We talk about his collaborations with Don McGlashan and Neil Finn, his time spent crafting his various sounds as a determined "non-musician" in the Brian Eno mold. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 39 - Aidee Walker

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2016/12/02

An in-depth chat with actor/writer/director/musician Aidee Walker. She's just finished the Wellington season of the play "Lungs" so we talk about that, and trace her career back through Step-Dave and Outrageous Fortune, the films The Locals and How To Meet Girls From A Distance and we talk also about her charity work, numerous short films and music videos and the days when she played drums in the bands Duchess and Handsome Geoffrey. She's working on scripts for short and feature films and developing

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 38 - Costa Botes

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2016/11/25

An in-depth chat with Wellington filmmaker, critic and teacher Costa Botes. We talk through his association with Peter Jackson, his time as a film critic for Wellington's newspaper, his extensive work in documentary and as a tutor and we talk about film piracy and the frustrations around working as a creative; that hideous term "content provider" which neither makes us content nor provides...We talk about life in general and his life through the lens. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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