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Are Drummers Musicians?

Are Drummers Musicians? is a weekly deep dive into the world of a musician—a captivating exploration of the diverse talents and experiences of musicians. Hosted by drummer Luke Singleton, the podcast features relaxed, in-depth conversations recorded on a cosy couch in Brunswick. Each episode shares stories of a musician"s journey and experiences, resonating beyond trends and promo cycles. Join us for timeless storytelling, community building and authentic insights into the music industry—your

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38. Brett Garsed: A Guitar Legend, Growth Mindset and...

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2025/01/14

This week we welcome an Australian music legend to the podcast, guitarist Brett Garsed.Surrounded by musical equipment and with a stunning view of regional Victoria, we sat down this week with Brett Garsed; legendary guitarist, session musician and all-round nice guy. Brett shared the story of how he started with the guitar, life in a small country town, the encouragement he received from various figures and his amazing growth mind-set to constantly seek the wisdom of experienced musicians which

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37. marigolden (Mel O’Neill): Songwriting,...

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2025/01/07

To kick off the podcast for 2025, the first episode of the year is with special guest marigolden (aka Mel O’Neill).Consistent with Scout’s love of snuggling with guests, this week’s guest marigolden got comfortable with the pup whilst sharing her thoughts on music, some of her creative processes, and the journey through classical voice training and jazz school, to creating the music of Marigolden, an authentic and raw indie-rock-folk act. We laughed, reflected, and listened deeply as Mel shared her

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TRAILER: The Podcast Continues in 2025!

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2024/12/31

A new music interview podcast based in Melbourne/Naarm, continues in 2025! Luke and his dog Scout host conversations with artists & session musicians, emerging & established, on their couch in Brunswick (Naarm/Melbourne, AUS). We record a collection of meaningful conversations with musicians that resonate well beyond the immediate context of current events and promotional-cycles. Thank you to everyone who has been on the show in 2024; you can listen to all 36 episodes that have been released

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BONUS: Christmas Special 2024 - What is Your...

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2024/12/24

In this special bonus episode, we ask the question: What is your favourite Christmas album, and why? Short Taster Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UIMA3vM30NNYoI9Xbr3f4?si=5e6d1ab5531d4e62 Full Albums Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fScBcJ9KYQh4ppl7gBm9N?si=6a28863246f540dd Ruby Lulham: The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (The Beach Boys) Holly Moore: Song - Christmas in LA (Vulfpeck) Raleigh Williams: White Christmas Compilation (Bing Crosby); A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince

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00:53:39

36. Mick Meagher: Bass, Collaborations with Emma...

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2024/12/17

Scout was a big fan of this week’s guest, Mick Meagher, immediately climbing onto his lap once the podcast started. We dive into chats about Mick’s eclectic music taste over the years and his journey into bass from a high school battle of the bands competition to jazz school to playing with some of Australia’s biggest names. Mick shares some stories about playing with the Black Arm Band, his studious research for creating the vibes and sounds on the latest Emma Donovan album which he co-wrote and

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35. Josh Manu: From Musical Family Roots to Pro...

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2024/12/10

Today on the podcast, I'm here with Josh Manu, a genuinely lovely human being, awesome session bassisist, and member of Honey. Join us as we dive into Josh's musical journey, exploring his diverse experiences, his insights on teaching and performing, and his passion for music. In this conversation Josh shares how he started with the bass, growing up in a family of musicians and being thrust into playing in the church scene at a young age. We discuss modes and his recent honours thesis, his

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34. David Quested (Local the Neighbour): Jazz Drums,...

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2024/12/03

This week’s conversation is with multi-instrumentalist, David Quested, a.k.a. Local the Neighbour. With Scout sitting in his lap, David shares about how he started on the drums, shares about the shock of moving to Melbourne, moving to the US to study at UCLA, and the freedom and creativity of his indie-rock solo project. David has played drums with many notable artists, including 3-time ARIA winner Andrea Keller, Jimalxndr, Fletcher Gull, Garage Sale, Floozy, Angus Legg, and is part of Theo Carbo’s

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33. Holly Moore: From Saxophone Student to...

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2024/11/26

This week’s special guest is composer, improviser and saxophonist Holly Moore.We discuss her journey with music, from her early exposure to music education, their path from high-school to tertiary music student and now professional musician. We discuss lots of music, labels, jazz and improvised music, and what she thinks of the future of the Australian Jazz scene. Holly Moore, a Melbourne-based saxophonist, composer and educator, is making waves in the Australian jazz scene. Holly's recent debut

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00:52:45

32. Dominique Garrard: Making music with N.Y.C.K,...

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2024/11/19

On the Zombeaches World Tour of Melbourne’s front bars, Dominique Garrard drops by Brunswick to share some stories. Dominique is a super talented singer and songwriter, and after achieving major success with her duo N.Y.C.K., has continued to make great music with that project, as well as joining punk-rock band Zombeaches as a synth player and backing vocalist, and recently starting her own indie-rock band, Mutual Colour. She has received critical acclaim with her bands and supported various

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31. Joseph Batrouney: Middle Eastern, Jazz and...

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2024/11/12

This week’s special guest is drummer Joseph Batrouney. We discuss his latest original album, ‘At Hand’, teaching, various styles of music, his hybrid cajon-drumkit, travel, practice, Melbourne, New York, Spain, and so much more! Joseph shares some of his ponderings about music education, the romanticism of being a professional musician and pursuing excellence on your instrument - and even touches on the good v bad of ‘the whiplash thing’. This was a really interesting conversation with a very

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30. Alex Kwong (A2K): 45+ Million Streams, From...

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2024/11/05

Today on the podcast, we’re diving into the dynamic musical world of Alex Kwong (A2K). We start the podcast with Alex raising the recent (at the time of recording in May this year) Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, before diving in his thoughts on hip-hop, pop music and EDM. Alex walks us through his journey from young classical music student playing piano and cello to his current musical output as a highly successful producer. We discuss so much, from his DJ, production, music and creative processes,

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01:03:59

29. Grace Chia: Creating Safe Spaces in Hip-Hop,...

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2024/10/29

In Melbourne whilst hosting an all-female hip hop event, multidisciplinary artist Grace Chia stops by Brunswick to share some of her stories on the podcast.Grace is very talented and successful in various artistic endeavours, so in our conversation we focus mostly on her journey with music making. We discuss her move to Tasmania where she established herself as a spoken word artist to where she has gained widespread attention for her performances as rapper and singer in the hip-hop scene. We cover

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28. Holly Thomas: Journey as a Drummer from Adelaide...

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2024/10/22

This week’s special guest on the podcast is drummer Holly Thomas. Holly is an absolute legend and we chat about so much, from her time growing up and studying music in Adelaide, to moving to Melbourne, and all her various recording and touring gigs in between! There’s so much, but I hope you enjoy the conversation with this talented drummer as much as I did! Holly is currently touring in the US with her band, Quivers. The day after we recorded this episode earlier in the year, Quivers signed a

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00:54:38

27. Kim Beales: Singer-Songwriter, Exploring Music,...

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2024/10/15

This week’s guest on the podcast is Kim Beales, a talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Kim started his day recording at Pughouse Studios in Melbourne, tracking drums, acoustic guitar, and vocals for his latest album. It was a fun morning recording drums for his latest project, and a relaxing afternoon having a chat over a cup of tea with Kim on the podcast. We cover a lot of ground, from discussing his 2023 album Nine Portraits, to concepts of life, purpose, fulfilment, and a love

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26. Caitlin Thomas: Songwriting, Drums and Personal...

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2024/10/08

This week’s guest on the podcast is Caitlin Thomas, a talented songwriter, drummer, bandleader, and educator Having arrived on an awesome motorbike, we start our conversation with Caitlin’s first love of music: Green Day. The conversation then expands ever onward and traverses her thoughts on writing, bandleading, playing drums, studying jazz, composing, session drumming and lots more. It is serious and fun, contemplative and humorous. She completed her music degree at Monash University at the same

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01:07:49

Niko Schauble

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2024/10/01

This week’s guest on the podcast is Niko Schauble, an award-winning drummer, composer, producer and audio engineer.Full of incredible experiences, Niko sits down with us and reminisces on an incredible 40+ year career as a musician, composer and recording engineer/producer. Niko recalls memories from growing up in Germany, the joy and challenges of recording reel-to-reel on tape, playing with incredible musicians, moving to Australia, exploring sounds on the drums, writing music and building his

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01:04:03

Ryan Griffith

Are Drummers Musicians? ·

2024/09/24

This week’s special guest is Ryan Griffith, a renowned guitarist, composer and sound artist. We really cover a lot of ground on this conversation with Ryan, from his beginnings, the ‘creation hall’, bands, jazz, writing, music, education, mentorship - I wish we could have kept speaking for hours. Ryan has an infectious smile and a huge heart, and it really comes across I think through all his different work, most recently highlighted by his creation of the Hurstbridge Jazz Club and album with his

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00:59:39

Aaron Syrjanen

Are Drummers Musicians? ·

2024/09/17

This week’s conversation is with special guest Aaron Syrjanen, a versatile guitarist and esteemed session musician based in Melbourne. I would love a family-tree type visualisation of the many musicians that Aaron speaks about in this episode; a great web of the music theatre musicians world and the expanding and linked connections to other areas of session musicians and artists in the Melbourne scene. Aaron is a very talented guitarist and we have a great conversation catching up on his experiences

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00:48:42

Jess Singleton aka Sidney

Are Drummers Musicians? ·

2024/09/10

This week on the podcast, we have the talented special guest, Jess Singleton a.k.a. Sidney. Recorded 20 weeks ago, the continued growth of her recent social media success is evident, based on the numbers discussed only a few months ago when compared with the enormous amounts of followers and streamers she currently has across various platforms.Jess is an indie-pop singer-songwriter who performs and releases music under her stage name, Sidney. With two EPs and multiple singles under her belt, she has

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00:48:32

Hannie Day

Are Drummers Musicians? ·

2024/09/03

Hannie was all smiles and despite feelings of imposter syndrome, was a fun conversationalist who shared her stories about her music in a raw and genuine way. Hannie Day, is an emerging original artist in the indie/alternative/grunge scene and had just had her first ‘tour’ experience playing a support set with local girl band The Vovos.We discuss her personal and feelings-based lyrics, her journey with music as a listener and music-maker, living in Switzerland and the difficulties of relocating to

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