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Seja talks to her guest Gretta Ray about growing up in a musical family, singing in a community choir as a child and using music as a tool for procrastination. They chat about soaking up other people’s work, being creative during lockdown and working with encouraging producers. Gretta tells Seja bout her first gigs, touring while she was in high school, getting nerdy about pop music and celebratin...

Seja talks to her guest Ngaiire about surviving a volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea as a child, how Australian life differs to PNG life, and how she started to love singing. She tells Seja about studying jazz, singing with Blue King Brown, and her mother’s influence on how she conducts herself creatively and personally. They chat about how writing a happy song is hard, getting a live show toge...

Seja talks to her guest Liz Stringer about her recent jaunt singing backing vocals for Midnight Oil, her experiences playing sessions, sober touring and her new album First Time Really Feeling. Liz tells Seja about her musical community, what makes co-writing successful and her forced travel break over the last year. They share stories about stage fright and taking stock of what is important in th...

Seja talks to her guest Bow Campbell (Front End Loader) about growing up with a folk musician father, how Guns n Roses and Motorhead changed his life and his first band the Edelweiss Pirates. Bow tells Seja about his 27 years in Front End Loader, how much songwriting gives him joy, and the band's infamous Aria Speech. They share stories about owning masters, publishing and road kill and answer som...

Seja talks to her guest Mat Watson about growing up in the country, loving metal and getting his start in music by playing drums and studying Jazz in Melbourne. Mat tells Seja about getting into experimental music as a sensory experience and how he has developed a very personal attachment to the EMS Synthi AKS; his favourite synthesiser and work horse. Seja and Mat share stories of playing togethe...

Seja talks to her guest Scott Kannberg AKA Spiral Stairs (Pavement, Preston School of Industry) about moving to Australia during the pandemic, how both his solo project and Pavement shows have been derailed this past year and the grief he’s been going through after losing close friends and band mates. Scott shares some old memories from tour and talks about his big musical influences as a kid. Sej...

Seja talks to her guest Jed Kurzel (The Mess Hall, film composer) about how he gravitated towards all kinds of music as a kid, how he was first inspired by the Velvet Underground, Creedence and Kris Kristofferson, and his ambidexterity. Jed tells Seja about starting what would eventually become the Mess Hall with his brother Justin, and how becoming a two-piece coupled with the intuition and dynam...

Seja talks to her guest Joey burns (Calexico, Giant Sand) about the all-encompassing topics Covid-19 and the US election as well as less intense topics such as lap steel tunings, his Willie Nelson collaboration, being positive and co-writing. Joey tells Seja about parenting his 8 year old twin girls, his goal of changing the world through music, writing in character and being influenced by the oce...

Seja talks to her guest Kris Schroeder (Jackmann, The Basics) about his new album ‘Low Key’ which he recorded at Abbey Road, and the incredible session players he got for the recording. They chat about learning the violin as their first instrument and Kris’s transition to guitar to help him express his feelings. Kris tells Seja about studying medicine, working for the Red Cross in Kenya and Mongol...

Seja talks to her guest Georgia Mooney (All Our Exes Live In Texas) about her first memories of music, her opera singing auntie and her music studies in Perth. Georgia tells Seja about her preferred writing environment, the Sydney folk and bluegrass community from which she emerged as her own songwriter and the beginnings of her band All Our Exes Live In Texas. There are many stories about support...

Seja talks to her guest Davey Lane (You Am I, The Pictures) about his start with the band You Am I, how he became such a versatile guitarist and songs that make him emotional. Davey and Seja chat about the things they have in common including their love of ELO, Wings and Supergrass and getting to join bands they were fans of as teenagers. Davey tells Seja about his influences, things he has learnt...

Seja talks to her guest Tex Perkins (Beasts of Bourbon, The Cruel Sea) about the juxtaposition of being a consumer of music and a music maker. They chat about Tex’s new online show called ‘The Show’ and how it has created a vehicle to build and support his musical community. Tex tells Seja about missing live performance, making music at home, homeschooling and past and present collaborations. They...

Seja talks to her guest Leah Senior about the writing and recording of her beautiful new album ‘The Passing Scene’ and what it’s been like releasing the album during COVID-19. She talks about writers block, self-doubt, teaching piano and how learning other people’s songs can help one’s creativity. Seja and Leah share stories about their European upbringings, their love of Paul McCartney and The Be...

Seja talks to her guest Martha Brown (Banoffee) about how they became friends while touring together in the early days of Otouto. She talks about her memories of writing and singing with her sister Hazel and over the years progressing as a musician, songwriter and producer when she started her solo project Banoffee. Seja and Martha talk about their Steiner educations, late night snacks, going on a...

Seja talks to her guest Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) about the first bands he loved: The Beatles, David Bowie and Kiss and how important conviction is in songwriting. Bernard and Seja share memories of the Brisbane music scene in the 90s/early 00s and how they both aim to write perfectly slick sounding music. Bernard tells Seja about his compulsion to write, his work ethic and his songwriting pr...

Seja talks to her guest Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate) during the COVID-19 quarantine about homeschooling, trying to release music during a pandemic, home recording and demo-itis. Paul tells Seja about his love for metal and fast guitar as a kid, how he managed to learn instruments by mimicking others, and his perfect pitch. Seja and Paul share stories of the infamous 4zzz Market Day that ended...

Seja talks to her guest Jeremy Neale about his feelings regarding his new album ‘ We were trying to make it out’ which came out in February 2020. They chat about his Beach Boys influence, his start on the drums, learning guitar on a nylon string, and how knowing chords above the 5th fret doesn’t matter. Jeremy Tells Seja about the touring logistics of his 12-piece band Velociraptor, how to survive...

Seja talks to her guest Andrew Falkous AKA Falco (Future of the Left, Mclusky) about how as a kid he wasn’t a music fan as a rebellion against his music teacher parents, how Queen changed everything and how he hates the term origin story. They chat about bullying the bullies, stage banter and their shared love for Roland Juno 60s. Falco tells Seja about his honesty regarding making a living from m...

Seja talks to her guest Doug Lussenhop (DJ Douggpound) about how he got his start in video editing before going on to work on shows such as Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, The Eric Andre Show and Portlandia. They list things they have in common such as having a podcast, trying to eat vegan, playing solos on a Spod song as well as being in his videos. Seja and Doug chat about Doug’s feature...

Seja talks to her guest Cate Le Bon about how growing up listening to Crowded House and Neil Young made her a sucker for good melody, how Welsh language culture has evolved and the challenges of writing in a different language. Cate tells Seja about looking up to bands like the Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Datblygu, how cathartic her other creative endeavours like ceramics and fu...

Seja talks to her guest Ed Kuepper (The Saints, The Laughing Clowns) about the beginnings of the Saints, growing up in Brisbane, and pre punk tabloid hysteria. Ed tells Seja about how much the band achieved in its short lifespan, how getting banned from venues made them open their own club, and what a revelation it was moving to London. Ed and Seja chat about their love of the Kinks, their feeling...

Seja talks to her guest Gareth Liddiard (The Drones, Tropical Fuck Storm) about some of his experiences growing up in Port Hedland, Western Australia and London, how free jazz cassettes opened his mind to weird music and how he got started on the saxophone, bass and guitar. Gareth tells Seja about playing in his punk/hardcore band at surfie parties, the comradery he gained through music and how he...

Seja talks to her guest Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia) about their shared German heritage, how Clem Burke and Devo transformed his life with their look and music, and his introduction into punk. Fred tells Seja about reaching out to John Waters as a teenager and their resulting friendship, the similarities between music and comedy improvisation and his thoughts on music criticism. Fred and Seja al...

Seja talks to her guest Holly Throsby about how she started playing guitar as a child after finding one on the street, being inspired by the movie La Bamba, and the concurrent learning of guitar and coffee drinking. Holly tells Seja about her first songs, her creative school mates, how she got signed to Spunk Records and the fortuitous international tour supports she received through the label. Th...

Seja talks to her guest Jessica Cerro (Montaigne) about her structured routine, positive self talk and self belief and how social media can be both positive and negative. Jess tells seja about writing in LA with different producers and serendipitous moments that changed her life. They discuss her songwriting process, her vocal technique, how to get live shows together and stage banter. Montaigne’s...