Start the Music!
What does a sound engineer do? How does a record label form? Kat interviews people from all over the music industry from band to journalist asking them their story and about their connection with music. New episodes biweekly on Thursdays. Full show notes: stmpodcast.com
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 48
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2022
Finding Eurovision Day Seven: Celebrating Måneskin
It's been a wild ride, these seven episodes.
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Finding Eurovision Day Six: The Language of Eurovision
Finding Eurovision Day Five: Growing Up With Eurovision
Come in and chat, Acidica has some stories about growing up with Eurovision on TV (even on the news!) and how they fell both in and out of love with the song contest while growing up in Sweden. After…
Finding Eurovision Day Four: The Technical Side
Cue lights, sound, cameras! It's time to get to the technical side of things!
Day four takes a peek behind the scenes and behind the enormous curtain that is behind t…
Finding Eurovision Day Three: Artist Spotlights - The Roop and Jeangu Macrooy
Finding Eurovision Day Two: Representation on Stage
Finding Eurovision Day One: The American Song Contest
Like the cover songs episode, Start the Music! presents talking and music with the first part of a seven-part series on Eurovision. The first half of the episode my partner Chris (from Doctor Who pod…
Start the Music - 041 The Alberta Punk Scene
On this episode a discussion with fellow Albertan punk rock aficionado Shannon about the Alberta punk scene and so much more. Also, what do bees waggle dances have to do with a person's taste in musi…
Start the Music 040 - Music Roundup Fall Edition
The music has been piling up! This episode brings new (to the podcast) tracks from around the world, some shoutouts and... what more do you need? MUSIC!
- Paper Rifles - Politics (Scotland)
- Atlas fo…
Start the Music 039 - The History of Cover Songs
This episode, we change up the format and I discuss the evolution of the cover song from the 1940s to now and play some punk covers.
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Start the Music 038 - Tabbert Fiiller (director)
On this episode an interview with Tabbert Fiiller, director of the documentary The Public Image is Rotten. We talk about his time interviewing John Lydon (Sex Pistols, PiL), how the documentary came …
Start the Music 037 - Jeff Leisawitz
On this episode songwriting instructor, author and man of many hats Jeff Leisawitz. We talk about his job teaching songwriting at Pacific Lutheran University and his book available on Amazon (and oth…
Start the Music 036 - Fran Strine (director)
On this episode, director and "video guy" Fran Strine talks about his documentary Hired Gun, Ray Parker Jr., and those musicians you adore and don't even know their name. Watch Hired Gun on Netflix. …
Start the Music 035 - Music Break Vee
We have a music break! What do Canada, Australia and San Francisco have in common? They all have bands featured in this episode. There are probably other similarities, but that's the important part.
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Start the Music 034 - Jeff Alulis
This episode I talk with Jeff Alulis (also known as Jeff Penalty) about his book NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, working with NOFX on Backstage Passport, his time with the Dead Kennedy…
Start the Music 033 - Mable Syndrome
In this episode I talk to the founders of Mable Syndrome! It's a longer than usual interview, but it's packed full of punk rock talk, women supporting women and much more. Check out the Mable Syndrom…
Start the Music 032 - Christopher Tyng (Composer)
This episode I'm joined by Christopher Tyng, composer for TV shows such as Futurama, Suits, Rescue Me as well as movies and video games. We talk about instruments used in the music of Futurama and ho…
Start the Music 031 - Music Break IV (Canadian Punk)
On this episode of Start the Music! we break from interviews for a (virtual) road trip across Canada to experience punk music from each of the provinces. We've got pop punk, bummer punk, hardcore and…
Start the Music 030 - Primetime Failure
On this episode, an interview with Jan from german punk band Primetime Failure. We talk about the band, music videos and getting the chance to play with those who inspired you to start. Plus talk abo…
Start the Music 029 - Sarah Stacey
On this episode, an interview with broadcast assistant Sarah Stacey from the radio station Today FM in Ireland. We talk about the current state of radio (evolving), The Who's Quadrophenia and being a…