Making of a Musician

Here is a sneak peak into Episode 6 featuring Idge Hehir from Soundpark Studios. Idge started producing music and recording bands out the back of Bakehouse studios before building his own studio and rehersal room in Northcote.  Idge not only produces music but has been playing drums and hanging out in bands and with friends creating music since he was 15.  Listen to hear some of the infl...

Kira has an amazing story telling style in her song writing and just sitting with her on a cold Melbourne Summers day. She is a soul that finds music at 3am regularly and has some beautiful, moving, strong and delicate songs that we get to talk about in Part 2. Sometimes being a musician means your hours are not the same as the 9 to 5 people and the quiet of the night or the start of a dream can g...

Kira J is a multi-instrumentalist, who brings her own style to each song she produces. In this episode Kira shares her fantastic songs and what inspired her work like ‘Winter in Budapest’ and ‘Lassiter’s reef’. And I am glad to know why there was a place called Lassiter’s in Neighbours. Kira is an award winning songwriter and last year had 5 songs short listed i...

Coming up on Making of A Musician is the amazing song writer, singer, story teller, wine expert and wonderful Kira Janowsky who allowed me to spend so much time with her.  This is just the start of an amazing story. Stay tuned to hear the rest soon. I promise.  https://kirajanowsky.bandcamp.com/album/lighthouse https://www.bestofkira.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Commentary Podcast I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast was made in Naam, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation and pay my respects to Elders past and present and any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders that may be listening. Where Art meets Post Punk is how Severins formed out of the early 90s. Now 30 years on and sti...

You can find Making of a Musician on Sundays on Untidy Radio. https://untidyradio.com/alternate-player/ https://untidyradio.com/2025/10/28/what-is-untidy-radio/ It is on 7pm in Melbourne, Australia AEDT Manchester, UK:  8 am Most of Western Europe (e.g., Paris, Berlin):  9 am New York City, USA:  3 am Los Angeles, USA:  12 am (midnight) Tokyo, Japan:  9 pm Read my post abo...

Commentary Podcast Part 1 of this episode is dedicated to Richard Moffat; because I did not mention him in my favourite, inspiring, supportive radio presenters from back in the day on Triple R.  Where Art meets Post Punk is how Severins formed out of the early 90s. Where there was a boundary they wanted to push it and now 30 years on, you may hear if this perspective has changed.. The podcast...

 Commentary Podcast Yolanda has had such an interesting life and has seen bands that we could only imagine to have seen. In Part 2 we continue were we left off in Part 1 https://omny.fm/shows/making-of-a-musician/season-2-episode-3-yolanda-ingley-ii-part-1 Yolanda talks about influences, singing, Australian bands playing randomly on a Wednesday afternoon in the 60s, how song writing happens,...

Music Commentary Podcast. This episode is dedicated to Steve Dagg.  Yolanda Ingley II has a story of migration, Australia and how women still are the back bone of successful men at the detriment to themselves and their talents. It is hard to find many men that would do the reverse. Warning: We swear in this episode.  We all need to thank the wonderful Steve Dagg for bringing Yolanda out...

The question I forgot  to ask  Mark the most, is did he ever ask his Mum when she found the guitar? You will have to listen to find out why I would have that question. In Part 2 of this chat with Mark James is where you can hear 2 musicians of the same age from different parts of the world talk about Music. Kristy explains to Mark the best things about Manchester music and Mark calls Bri...

Episode 2 features Mark James from Salford in Great Manchester. Making of a Musician's first international guest!  As a fan of many bands from Manchester I really loved talking to Mark, who likes Australian music more than what comes from Manchester, and really who wouldn't except probably me.  He has an eclectic amount of music produced and created from punk guitar to ambient dark synth...

Listen to the Musicians from Season 1 tell you when music first grabbed their attention. Australian Musicians Billy Abbott, Tracy McNeil, Mandy Connell, Ben Smith, Jordan Bakker, Serina Pech, Helen Ryder and Cris Sirc all share their memories on how they became a Musician in Season 1. Still Available to listen to. Still Interesting!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Education Podcast This episode is dedicated to Kev Carmody. Please note this podcast has the names and voices of people who have died. Inspired to start again by Jayson Gillham and Connor D'Netto and their work on the piece of music Witness.  Coming up in Episode 1 of Season 2 are activists musicians that inspire me. Like Pete Seegar, Sinead O'Connor, Woody Guthrie, Midnight Oil, Archie Roach...

Education Podcast _ Protest Music This episode is dedicated to Kev Carmody Inspired to start again by Jayson Gillham and Connor D'Netto and their work on the piece of music Witness.  Coming up in Episode 1 of Season 2 are activists musicians that inspire me. Like Pete Seegar, Sinead O'Connor, Woody Guthrie, Midnight Oil, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, John Lennon and Kev Carmody. Not sure they...

Episode 8 features Cris Sirc of Angler, Phat Puff and Sirc. Listen in to how Kiss grabbed his attention and the club Clockwork Orange’s Indie Pop lead to the discovery of electronic music. We discuss what equipment to use, including how you can use an Atari to create music, favourite synth sounds and who has been Cris’ biggest influences. This episode is dedicated to our good friend St...

Episode 7 features the talented Helen Ryder, a Melbourne based singer who has sung across many genres throughout her career: pop, country, soul, blues, gospel and jazz throughout her career. Listen in to hear how she came to a musical career, why she chose the songs for her debut album 'Someday Love', what her influences are and the music has played a part in her journey so far. Note: Please excus...

  Episode 6 of Making of a musician features the fabulously gifted Serina Pech. This interview was recorded on the eve of the launch of Serina's self-titled EP on the 23rd of March 2017. Serina Pech is a singer-songwriter who grew up in the isolation of Katherine in the Northern Territory – an influence she carries through her music.   Listen in to how she found her way to music an...

Jordan Bakker is a passionate young acoustic performer from Melbourne Australia. ;sJordan original work covers many genres from Bluegrass to a Bossa Nova, yet all have a raw Blues backbone. Listen in to hear how he started, what advice he has received from Tash Sultana and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During Episode 4 of Making a Musician we meet singer/songwriter Ben Smith, who was born in the UK but spent ten years of his childhood in sunny Queensland playing regular gigs in pubs as a 10 to 13-year-old. Listen in to how Ben returned from the UK after being signed by a record company at 16 to start his real musical journey in Melbourne years later. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

In Part 2 of Episode 3 of Making of a Musician we continue the journey through Mandy Connell's musical influences, songs she can’t get enough of and the album everyone should own. Listen in to hear Mandy explain how to join a music session and how she became the amazing folk musician she is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part 1 of episode 3 of Making of a Musician we go through Mandy Connell’s journey through folk and how she is bringing to life traditional folk ballads from the UK and poetry from Australia in the Stray Hens. Listen in to hear a fantastic insight into the folk scene of Australia including Mandy’s earliest musical memories and attempts at learning a few instruments. See omnystudio.co...

From Depeche Mode to the Dawes, listen in to hear how Tracy McNeil became drawn in by the Melbourne music scene to call Australia home after leaving Canada nearly 10 years ago for 10 months. We talk about the beautiful influences around her, the latest Tracy McNeil and the Goodlife album ‘Thieves’ and the craft of song writing in episode 2 of Making of a musician. https://tracymcneil.c...

Billy Abbott can be found most weekends playing to some kind of Cajun beat around Melbourne. ​Billy made it to Australia alone at the age of 16 from Edinburgh, Scotland. Listen in to see how he has travelled through 50 years of sound and the music that has meant the most throughout his musical journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.