HearSej

Seja talks to her guest Darren Hanlon after many scheduling conflicts. They firstly talk deportation and injuries, then about Darren’s childhood and how he started playing in a country/western style dance band at 15 and got kicked out for knee sliding whilst playing Johnny B. Goode. Darren chats about meeting Rik Mayall and Billy Bragg as a kid, to then going on to support Bragg for the first time...

Seja talk to bass player and photographer Luke Henery (Violent Soho) in a rare interview about spending his childhood tripping out about angels and demons in the pentecostal church, tuning a guitar so low he could play bass on it, living on a hill so steep his friends couldn’t get to him and learning how to use his mother’s SLR camera. Luke tells many funny tour stories about accidentally smashing...

Seja talk to her guest Megan Washington about her ambitions to be Judy Garland when she was younger, deeply regretting lyrics in retrospect and the three things people bring up the most to her and can’t seem to let go of. They also talk about Meg’s dissatisfaction with the American jazz songbook, Keith Urban calling her out of the blue and how to write songs on dogs. Megan’s story is illustrated b...

Seja talks to her guest Scott Edgar (Tripod) about how he went from playing in a covers band to discovering his comedic talent and starting the comedy sketch group Tripod. Seja and Scott discuss comedy heroes, podcasts (Tripod’s podcast ‘Perfectly Good Podcast’ is up to episode 29 this week) and Dungeons and Dragons. You can see more of Scott and Tripod at @scodmanisfine and/or www.3pod.com.au Sco...

Seja talks to her guest Sarah Blasko about how she grew to love singing at a young age, and how she went from playing in youth group and cover bands to writing her own music and performing under her own name. Sarah chats about the different approaches she took on her albums and some of the incredible people she has worked with throughout her musical career. Sarah’s strange show story is illustrate...

Seja talks to her guest Laura Imbruglia about growing up on the central coast of NSW as the youngest of four sisters, listening to the Seekers and the Carpenters. They discuss the beginning of Laura’s musical career and how she started her web series Amateur Hour. Her awkward show story is illustrated by Rosa Morgan (@redghostsounds) and can be seen on Instagram (@hearsejpodcast) or the HearSej Fa...

Seja talks to her guest Brent Griffin (Spod) about how he started writing music as a duo in the North Western suburbs of Sydney and how he developed into a solo performer. They also chat about how he learnt to produce and make video clips. His story is illustrated by Myles Heskett (@myleskett) and can be seen on the HearSej instagram (@hearsejpodcast) or on the HearSej Facebook page.

Seja talks to Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) about growing up in a religious household, surrounded by gospel, and how he started playing with mates Grinspoon in Lismore. Phil speaks about the magical 90s in Australian indie rock and how he is currently preparing for his performance in the American Idiot musical. Phil’s story is illustrated by Danielle (@manimanimano) and her picture can be seen on the...

Seja talk to her guest Benjamin Law about how he got into writing and how he became a freelance journalist for publications such as Frankie, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald. They also discuss how Ben started writing his own books and how his memoir 'The Family Law' got made into a television series for SBS. Ben's strange story is illustrated by Hannah Crofts (@hannahmarjorie) of the beautiful b...

Seja talks to Ben Salter (Giants of Science, The Gin Club, The Wilson Pickers) about growing up in Townsville, busking and his transition into performing solo. Ben talks about how he writes lyrics, what inspires him and about some of the amazing opportunities playing music has given him. Ben's story is illustrated by Spod. You can check out more of Spod's work, both musical and atistic at spod.com...

Seja talks to singer songwriter Dan Kelly about some of his experiences growing up surrounded by siblings and music, his journey playing in bands with semi-gyno names and what made him start making music solo. Dan’s disastrous show story is illustrated by Simon from Undead Apes (also known as Skulnik and Hotmagnets) and can be seen on the HearSej instagram (@hearsejpodcast) and Facebook pages (htt...

Seja talks to her guest Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint) about her musical Polish parents emigrating to Australia and how she started playing instruments when she was little; all the way to how she moved to the USA and joined Warpaint. Stella's strange gig story is illustrated by Ben Montero (@bjennymontero) and his spectacular picture of Stella and Björk can be seen on the HearSej Instagram (@hearsejpod...

Seja talks to Kellie Lloyd (Screamfeeder) about growing up in Toowoomba, the first time she picked up a bass guitar and how she started playing in bands and developing her skills. Illustration of Kellie's story is by Joanne Thies

Seja talks to her guest Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah, Bob Evans) about his journey through his musical career so far. This is a dual podcast, meaning while he is a guest on HearSej, Seja is a guest on his podcast ‘Good Evans its a Bobcast’! There is some content crossover - mainly the continuation of Kev’s strangest story, so go listen to his podcast after this! The story this week is illustrated by C...

Seja talks to her guest Ben Corbett of SixftHick and Gentle Ben and His Sensitive Side about songwriting, collaboration, growing up in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland and how he started his bands. His comi-tragic show story is illustrated by Jesse Olsen (@clean_and_pristine) and can be seen on the HearSej instagram (@hearsejpodcast) or on the HearSej Facebook page.

Seja talks to her guest Quan Yeomans from Regurgitator about his experiences as a songwriter and musician. She also asks what the strangest or worst show/experience Quan has had as part of his artistic venture. The answer to this question can be heard at the end of the podcast and was sent to an artist to illustrate. This week the story was drawn by Scott Edgar (Tripod). You can see the illustrati...