House Music with Steve Pretty

Popping into this feed for another shout to my new podcast, very much in the same vein as House Music, Steve Pretty On The Origin of the Pieces . Head over there, and please do subscribe, share and review if you enjoy it. It's an enormous help for a new independent podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that the height of the pandemic, when House Music started, seems a distant and distinctly weird memory, House Music is retired. BUT Steve is back with a BRAND NEW podcast. Covering similar ground as House Music, and much, much more, this is a show that will help you to hear music differently, whether you are a listener, player, composer or music maker of any sort. In this first episode, Steve...

Steve chats with astronaut and musician Commander Chris Hadfield about making music in space, what to do if you break a guitar string whilst in orbit and how Chris' extraordinary career has always involved music. Chris ends the episode by playing his beautiful 'space carol' "Jewel in the Night". Stay safe and have fun, quaranteam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain.    To close the series, comedians and husband-and-wife pair Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke help Steve go through the postbag and answer some of your questions about music: Why do major chords sound “happy”? Why do most musical cultures have drums? Can anything count as m...

A short bonus episode featuring the premiere of a brand new track by rock band Ubermanouevre, and inviting you to send your questions, where there'll be answered next episode by Steve and his guests, comedians Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke. Follow Ubermanouevre on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4BfKpLMjFi8tz6O1pvbTuW?si=wti3MezaTWWrSMB36jPQiA and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain.    With a little help from folk singer and song collector Sam Lee - and some nightingales in a Sussex wood -  Steve explores how single line melody evolves into harmony. He assembles his family to experiment with singing rounds. His dad, Stan, also makes a brief appearan...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain.    Steve explores what happens to melody when you add a single, held note - a drone. He demonstrates the role of drones in Indian classical music with master violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, looks into why drones are so ubiquitous in film and TV (whilst pitching his own drones to...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain.    Steve explores melody with special guest Eliza (formerly Doolittle) and tries to play along to Amazing Grace with the contents of his cutlery drawer. Great fun for locked down families, friends or singles - or anyone curious to learn more about music. He can’t promise to t...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. As a bonus to episode 5, here’s Amazing Grace to jam to. Grab your forks, grab your wine glasses, and let’s do this! Vocals by Eliza (via Zoom), accompaniment by Steve after the fact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain.    With astronomer Chris Lintott, Steve learns about a newly discovered planetary system that generates some incredible spacey music - the closest thing yet to a validation of the Ancient Greek theory of the “music of the spheres”. He then uses his lockdown beer supply to exp...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. In this special bonus episode before the podcast moves to its new weekly format, Steve jams with some planetary sounds from outer space. Because everything is fine - he’s definitely not having a breakdown! Great fun for locked down families, friends or singles - or anyone curious to le...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. As a bonus to episode 3, here are some balloon kit grooves to jam along to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. In this third episode, he deconstructs the drum kit and rebuilds it from scratch using balloons and some stuff from the kitchen cupboards. Great fun for locked down families, friends or singles - or anyone curious to learn more about music. He can’t promise to turn you into a concert f...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. As a bonus to episode 2, here’s a metronome click to shake your booty to, and a short piece called 'Shave and a Haircut, Steve Reich' composed by Steve, for the more advanced booty shakers amongst you. Send your feedback, ideas for future shows or questions about music to @stevepretty...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. In this second episode, he explores the interaction of pulse and rhythm, with a little help from producer Miranda, a roll of gaffa tape and his own bum. Great fun for locked down families, friends or singles - or anyone curious to learn more about music. He can’t promise to turn you in...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. In this bonus track to episode 1, Steve shows you how to shake along to the pulse of Hackney Colliery Band’s track Reawake. Send your feedback, ideas for future shows or questions about music to @stevepretty on Twitter or Instagram, or housemusic@stevepretty.com Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Musician and composer Steve Pretty takes you on a musical tour of your own house and your innately musical brain. In this first ever episode, he explores the idea of musical pulse and explains how to make your own DIY shakers from the dried pulses at the back of your kitchen cupboard. Great fun for locked down families, friends or singles - or anyone curious to learn more about music. He can’t pro...