Episode 19 – Interview With Christopher Sutton – CEO of Musical-U
Musical U - Helping To Redress The Balance In Musical Aural Training
One of the great benefits of the Internet in these days of constricting budgets in music education establishments and poor musical provision within schools is the advent of courses online. None more so than the provision offered by online company Musical-U.com.
Musical-U is an established and highly talked about...
Episode 8 – Interview With JamStack Creator Chris Prendergast.
JamStack ... The Most Amazing New Amplification Product In Years!
Chris Prendergast is the inventor of a new portable guitar amplifier that attaches onto the vast majority of electric guitars. Working with your smartphone it's a guitarists dream. Funded via an Indiegogo campaign, it's funding from guitarists around the world has been simply overwhelming. In this podcast GMI talks to Chris...
Episode 36 – Jazz Guitarist Tom Lippincott
Tom Lippincott is a highly respected professional guitarist based in Florida, USA. This interview was meant to be broad ranging, however, Tom's eight string guitar (yes you read that correctly) took up almost the entire show!
One thing that non-musicians should understand is that the world is full of great musicians, however, very few can actually claim to make...
Episode 58 – Honza Kourimsky; new band, new album, new life.
INTRODUCTION
Regular listeners to this podcast may remember the first time Ged Brockie interviewed Honza Kourimsky which was for episode 41 back in July 2020. We were into lockdown and the world had changed.
Four years later and the world continues to change, constantly and certainly for Honza who now has embarked upon a new band, a new recording and the...
Episode 33 – Interview With LEAP Inventor Paul Holcomb
Paul Holcomb and his new concept for guitar pick players - LEAP the Ergonomic Guitar Pick.
When Paul Holcomb decided to revisit guitar playing he was frustrated in part by using a plectrum. With a background in design, Paul decided it was time to do something about it and the LEAP concept was born. Almost space aged in design, Paul...
Episode 43 – Musicians Living in Lockdown with Jean Johnson
This podcast interview is with renown classical clarinetist Jean Johnson. Jean discusses everything from odd auditions to lock down to her new ensemble Metamorphoses.
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Jean Johnson is in heavy demand as a performer, teacher and as the leader of her own ensemble named Metamorphoses. The pandemic has put the brakes on a huge amount of work as well as the...
Episode 37 – Haftor Medboe of Copperfly Records
Haftor Medboe is a highly regarded Scottish based composer, guitarist and educator. In this podcast interview, Ged Brockie of GMI discusses these areas of his work but also finds out about his new music label, Copperfly.
Anyone who has had any dealings with the Scottish jazz scene will no doubt have come across Haftor Medboe. Haftor has been at...
Episode 15 – Interview With Janet Halton Of Nordoff Robbins Scotland
Music, Health & Healing - Changing Peoples Lives
Many people around the world are waking up to the fact that music is not just about enjoyment or accompanying a social/entertainment situation. Music is now used as therapy to help people of all ages who suffer from a wide range of illnesses and ailments.
Ged Brockie of GMI had the pleasure of...
Episode 31 – Interview With Guitarist Ant Law
Ant Law is without doubt one of the most creative and expressive guitarists on the music scene today. In this interview with Ged Brockie, Ant discusses music, creativity, working in London and life as a musician.
Ant Law is one of a small band of musicians who not only play other people's music, but works hard exploring his own creativity...
Episode 46 – Wristruments – A New Way To Learn Guitar With Your Watch!
A New App Which Makes Use Of The Apple iWatch To Learn Guitar Is Arriving Soon...
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Heard of Wristruments yet? If not, check out this podcast which details the app, work and company set up by Joe Corcoran which helps people learn to play guitar by using your watch! Interested? Thought so, click for more...
Joe Corcoran takes part in this...