Sound Affects Podcast: Music & Mental Health, with Katy Georgiou
Katerina Georgiou
43 episodes
8 months ago
Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health.
Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people.
The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.
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Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health.
Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people.
The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.
Let Loose have reformed and are out on the road again this year after a busy 2024 – details of tour dates at htttps://www.letlooseofficial.com/
In this episode, drummer Lee Murray reflects on his experiences with fame in Let Loose during the 90s and how he coped once the phone stopped ringing. We explore the boyband culture of the 90s and what became of many of his contemporaries, off the back of a recent BBC documentary exploring Boybands. As well as reforming Let Loose, Lee has recently set up Drum Hub, offering drumming lessons to neurodivergent students in response to recognising what powerful effects drumming has had for him.
Thank you Jody Thompson at Jody Thompson Media Consultancy Ltd
Contact Lee/Let Loose:
https://www.letlooseofficial.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lee_murrayinsta/?hl=en
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
Twitter/X and Bluesky: @SoundAffectsPod
Instagram: sound_affects_podcast
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Support and helplines:
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
My Blackdog: https://www.myblackdog.co/
Talk Club Charity: https://x.com/talkclubcharity
If you're a musician or music industry professional looking for specialised counselling, coaching or emotional support, the following charities are set up for this purpose:
Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/
Help Musicians UK: https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/
Music Minds Matter: https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk/
Music Support: https://www.musicsupport.org/
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine: https://www.bapam.org.uk/
Lucy Heyman: https://www.instagram.com/lucyheymanmusic/?hl=en
Denise Devenish Counselling: https://www.denisedevenishcounselling.co.uk/
Music Industry Therapist Collective: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/
OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/
Useful Books and links:
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/publications/
Sound Advice: https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/sound-advice/rhian-jones/9781838194901
Can Music Make You Sick?: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_66%3A9781912656646
BBC Documentary 'Boybands Forever': https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0023h94/boybands-forever
Sarah Sharp (FRSA) is a PhD researcher of popular music and mental ill-health at University of East Anglia. She is currently researching representations of popular female musicians, including Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Halsey and Demi Lovato. She illuminates her findings and interweaves this through a candid reflection of her own life history, including her experiences of psychiatric care, misogyny and emotional, domestic abuse.
Sarah's blog post for Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/post/sarah-sharp
Contact Sarah:
BlueSky: sarah5harp@bsky.social.
LinkedIn: Sarah Sharp FRSA
Facebook: Sarah Richarda Marie Sharp
Research Profile: https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-sharp
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter/X and Bluesky: @SoundAffectsPod
Instagram: sound_affects_podcast
Helplines and support:
Refuge: https://refuge.org.uk/
Women's Aid: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/want-to-talk/
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Amy Winehouse Foundation: https://amywinehousefoundation.org/
Face The Music Now Foundation, by and for survivors of abuse in the music industry:
https://facethemusicnow.com/
Women and Girls network: https://www.wgn.org.uk/
Beat (eating disorders): https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/
More links to things mentioned:
Misogyny in music inquiry: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6736/misogyny-in-music/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-factsheets/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-making-misogyny-a-hate-crime-factsheet
Oli Rose is the global development director of the Lang Lang Foundation and previously an independent consultant for Universal Music Group, Warner Music, Sony Music, Island Records, Decca and the X Factor. In this episode, Oli talks through his collaboration with Lang Lang, the famous piano virtuoso who founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in order to provide piano music education and mentorship to underprivileged school children off the back of several studies looking into the beneficial effects on piano playing on childhood psychosocial development. Oli also explores a little of his back history working on the X Factor, the impact of social media on a musician's wellbeing and his awareness of the importance of duty of care in these environments.
Contact Lang Lang Foundation:
www.langlangfoundation.org
https://www.instagram.com/langlangfoundation/?hl=en
Info on Place2Be:
https://www.place2be.org.uk/
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
@SoundAffects Pod (Twitter, BlueSky)
@sound_affects_podcast (Instagram)
I interview Johnny Marriott, lead singer/songwriter of punk band Pet Needs and patron of British Association for Performing Arts Medicine:
Website: https://www.petneedsband.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5bBMfsANUM0cj5h5MjEdxP
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PETNEEDS
Bandcamp: https://petneeds.bandcamp.com/
Pet Needs on tour: https://www.petneedsband.com/tours
Follow Pet Needs:X: https://x.com/wearepetneeds
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/wearepetneeds/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearepetneeds
Contact Sound Affects:
X: https://x.com/SoundAffectsPod
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sound_affects_podcast/
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.comBritish Association for Performing Arts Medicine: https://www.bapam.org.uk/
Details of upcoming support groups and individual support: https://www.bapam.org.uk/whatbapamcandoforyou/
https://www.bapam.org.uk/bapam-appoints-olivier-award-winning-sheila-atim-mbe-pet-needs-johnny-marriott-patrons/#:~:text=Support%20BAPAM-,BAPAM%20appoints%20Olivier%20award%20winning%20Sheila%20Atim%20MBE,NEEDS'%20Johnny%20Marriott%20as%20patrons&text=As%20we%20celebrate%20our%2040th,of%20PET%20NEEDS%2C%20Johnny%20Marriott.
Musician, Rolling Stone/New Yorker music journalist and author Jeff Slate released his new book 'Guitar' earlier this year co-authored with Earl Slick, and is on tour with The Wallflowers.
We explore social media politics and rock n roll's reckoning with historical racism, misogyny and MeToo.
Get in touch:
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod
Insta: @sound_affects_podcast
Jeff Slate:
Book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/308449/jeff-slate
Album and singles: https://jeffslatehq.com/store
Twitter: https://x.com/jeffslate
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jeffslate/
Website: https://jeffslatehq.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jeffslate
Links to things mentioned:
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/eric-clapton-s-covid-vaccine-conspiracies-mark-sad-final-act-ncna1281619
David Bowie internet clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHcOs7mhfU
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The book 'Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual' is published by Omnibus Press and is the brainchild of music industry psychotherapist and Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC) founder Tamsin Embleton. It's is a collection of well-researched and rigorous essays authored by experts and academics in the field offering insight, signposting and mental health support for musicians and music industry professionals on the road. Considered the 'go-to' manual for any touring music professional, it has gained (and keeps gaining) massive praise in the national and international press since its launch in March. It's also been wildly praised online by prominent musicians worldwide. An audiobook is now in the works and you can find extra material from the book, further resources and details of workshops online at https://www.touringmanual.com/
Sound Affects Podcast featured Tamsin's Music Industry Therapist Collective back in 2018 (episode 4) when the book was in early stages of development. It's been really lovely following the journey of MITC and the book since then, and I attended the book launch back in March. Interview recorded April 2023.
For more info and details on the manual, the collective, or Tamsin herself, follow the links here:
'Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual': https://www.touringmanual.com/
You can buy the book direct from the link above, or through any of the outlets here: https://found.ee/MITClinkFollow Music Industry Therapist Collective:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareMITC
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/wearemitc/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/weareMITC
Website: https://musicindustrytherapists.com/
Tamsin Embleton:Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tamsinembleton/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TamsinEmbleton
To contact Tamsin for therapy:
https://embletonpsychotherapy.com/about/To contact or follow Sound Affects Podcast:Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @SoundAffectsPodInsta: sound_affects_podcast
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Dr Sice Rowbottom, famously known as singer/songwriter of the Boo Radleys, is also a chartered psychologist, associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, a prolific practising counsellor and is respected voice within the music industry mental health field. We talk through why he did a doctorate in counselling psychology following his exit from the music industry, his choice to become a stay-at-home dad, his research on male gender norms, his return to music after a long hiatus, how he balances music and therapy work, and the new solo shows he's developed around mental health called 'The Secret to Happiness'.
The Boo Radleys are currently on a UK tour co-headlining with Cud – buy tickets here:
www.thebooradleys.comDr Sice Rowbottom:Twitter: @SiceBooRadleysInstagram: @sice_boo_radleysMore on Sice and his work with MITC: https://musicindustrytherapists.com/simonrowbottom/
More on Balanced Psychology project: http://www.balancedpsychology.co.uk/
More about Sice's solo shows 'The Secrets of Happiness': https://drsrowbottom.wixsite.com/thesecretofhappinessGet in touch with me at Sound Affects Pod:soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
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Hi everyone, some time ago I collaborated with Oasis pod with 2 episodes on Oasis and mental health and in those episodes I had said I would at some point take a further deep dive on this topic, especially this ethereal 'feeling' evoked by Noel's songwriting, for those who are interested in the emotional impact of Oasis' music, ethos and influence. This project is still in the works but in the meantime, in the week of world mental health day, I have put together a montage of clips taken from my podcast that pertain to Oasis and the feeling they give. All the clips you hear are from guests I interviewed for Sound Affects (fans, musicians, a music therapist and a neuroscientist), except for the final clip of me speaking which comes from ep 77 of Oasis podcast where James the host had added a backdrop of music to my words.
Yvette Caster is an award-winning freelance journalist, podcaster and speaker. At the time of interview, she was the long-standing co-host of Metro UK official mental health and wellbeing podcast 'Mentally Yours' along with Ellen Scott.*
I interviewed Yvette about how hip hop music has supported her over the years in her experiences with bipolar disorder. We talk through her attendance as an out-patient in a mental health unit during the late 90s after her first manic episode and how she's managed things since, exploring the impact of bipolar disorder on her dating and relationships. We also look at how the news of the death of Tupac Shakur affected her as a teen.You can still listen to the episode I did with the Mentally Yours podcast during the pandemic on music and mental health here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7975995-music-and-mental-health
*I recorded this episode in January 2023. Since then, Yvette has left Mentally Yours, but the podcast is still going strong, now run by Rachel Moss.Follow Yvette Caster @YvetteCaster on Twitter For help and support with bipolar disorder:https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/bipolar-disorder/useful-contacts/
Follow Hip Hop Psych for academic research on hip hop and mental health here:https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/
Follow Sound Affects Podcast:@SoundAffectsPod (Twitter)@sound_affects_podcast (Instagram)Email soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Writer, podcaster and musician Nico Tatarowitcz explores the romance of music and the inspiration behind his Stupid Hearts Club podcast.
Follow Nico/Stupid Hearts Club podcast:Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/stupidheartsclub/posts
Non-patreon link: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stupid-hearts-club/id1652327681
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stupidheartsclub/?hl=en
Songs by Nico included in this podcast:Love isn't Everything – opening songHello and Goodbye – ending songAt the end of this podcast, Nico asks me to choose a song with a reason for why I chose it. I was in Spain when I sat down to listen to the file of songs he sent me. I had made a shortlist of the songs I liked the most, then re-listened to them on the balcony later that evening. A slither of the moon was out, and a bright star near it (I'm going to guess it was Venus – how apt). I stayed staring at the star while the music played. In the time it took me to finish hearing Hello and Goodbye, the moon and the star gradually slipped out of my view behind a wall. It was a gentle reminder that the world we're on is indeed spinning, and depending on where you are, your view can change.Follow Sound Affects Podcast:soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod Insta: @sound_affects_podcast
Adam Nutter is set to release his debut solo album 'Badlands on Fire' 21st April 2023, alongside a book of artwork by Ross McCully, all available to purchase on www.adamnutter.com
In this episode, Adam talks through the heartbreak and loss of identity he experienced when The Music disbanded, and how this interplayed with his experiences with ADHD and bipolar disorder, which he received a formal diagnosis for in his late 20s.
Follow Adam:
Website: www.adamnutter.com
Twitter: @nutter_adamInsta: adam.nutterFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/adamnutterofficial
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adam_nutter?fbclid=IwAR3mDdLCCmE4ECxm5sTyCS-MEzMQjRE206mSjn8GY8-VpkTKZA2769WPwvg
Adam's podcast and patron: https://www.musicandmorepodcast.com/
Follow/contact Sound Affects Podcast:Twitter @SoundAffectsPodInsta @sound_affects_podcastEmail soundaffectspodcast@gmail.comSupport Sound Affects at ko-fi.com/SoundAffectsPodTo get help and support:ADHD: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/adhd-and-mental-health/
Bipolar disorder: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/bipolar-disorder/about-bipolar-disorder/
Get help and support
Samaritans: 116 123, or https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/symptoms-of-ocd/#WhatIsPureO
Black Dog: https://www.myblackdog.co/
To find a therapist in the UK:
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/find-a-therapist/?Distance=10
https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Therapists
UK
Addiction: https://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk/
Anxiety UK: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
Beat, eating disorders: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
CALM, male suicide: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
Combat Stress: www.combatstress.org.uk
Homelessness: https://www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/housing/
Mental Health Foundation, reducing stigma: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
MIND: www.mind.org.uk A-Z and guidance on any mental health issue
The Maytree sanctuary if you’re suicidal: https://www.maytree.org.uk/
OCD: www.ocduk.org
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org , 116 123, jo@samaritans.org
Solace Women’s Aid, domestic abuse: https://www.solacewomensaid.org/
Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/
Rethink: www.rethink.org
https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/treatment-and-support/going-into-hospital/
Self-referral through the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service: http://www.lets-talk-iapt.nhs.uk/make-a-referral/.
If you're outside the UK:
https://www.thecalmzone.net/international-mental-health-charities
https://www.wheretotalk.org/charities/
Asociacion Argentina de Salud Mental: https://www.aasm.org.ar/eshttps://www.aasm.org.ar/es
Canadian Mental Health Association: https://cmha.ca/
CVV (Brazil): https://www.cvv.org.br/
Ibunda (Indonesia) https://www.ibunda.id/
Tell Japan: https://telljp.com/lifeline/
12 step programmes: https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/12-step-programs/
Addiction: https://atforum.com/related-websites/international-organizations/
Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/
Jed Foundation, teen and young adult suicide prevention: https://jedfoundation.org/
Rethink: https://www.rethink.org/
StrongMinds: Treating depression in Africa for women and young people https://strongminds.org/
TalkLife, 16-24 peer-to-peer support network: https://www.talklife.com/
The US
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://nami.org
To Write Love On Her Arms: Depression, Addiction, Self-injury and Suicide: https://twloha.com/
This episode is Part 2 of an exploration into the work of charity Tonic Music for Mental Health. In Part 1, I spoke to Dub Pistols' Barry Ashworth, a patron of the charity, to talk about how Lockdown was affecting musicians and his fundraising and personal life experiences that made him interested in this charity's work; now in this Part 2, I speak to Jeordie Shenton, a PhD researcher into substance misuse amongst working musicians and the co-ordinator for the Tonic Rider programme of Tonic Music for Mental Health – a programme that promotes good mental health within the music industry via delivery delivery of free peer-support groups, training and events to all music industry professionals.Contact Tonic Music for Mental Health / Tonic Rider:
Website: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/
Twitter: @tonicmusicmh @tonicrideruk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonicmusicmh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonicrideruk/
https://www.instagram.com/tonicmusicmh/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tonic-music-for-mental-health-ltd
To register for Tonic Rider support and programmes: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/tonic-rider
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod
Instagram: sound_affects_podcastSupport Sound Affects Podcast:ko-fi.com/SoundAffectsPod
New single by Ellur ‘Now I’m Alone' out 9th November
22-year old singer/songwriter Ellur gives insight into her lyrics and life in the music industry for young women.Trigger warning: We discuss eating disorders and sexual violence against women. Around 16 minutes in, the episode includes some recent real-life news clips on this topic.
All things Ellur:
Website: https://ellur.biz/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellurrrr/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellurrrrr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellurrrr/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Ellur
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
Insta: sound_affects_podcast
Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Support Sound Affects Pod: ko-fi.com/SoundAffectsPod
Getting help and support:
Face The Music Now Foundation, by and for survivors of abuse in the music industry
https://facethemusicnow.com/
Women and Girls network
https://www.wgn.org.uk/
Beat
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
Samaritans: 116 123, jo@samaritans.org , www.samaritans.org
Mind
https://www.mind.org.uk/donate/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw--2aBhD5ARIsALiRlwAPpxIdPRxAv6yAeAvAUdIVbyhlTZS29Tae1fTHC0fdMF7WgxcLagsaAtXfEALw_wcB
Help Musicians
https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/
Tonic Music for Mental Health
https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/
Music Support
https://www.musicsupport.org/
Music for mental wealth
https://www.musicformentalwealth.com/
Music industry therapist collective
https://musicindustrytherapists.com/
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
https://www.bapam.org.uk/
Thumbnail image: EllurSongs (in order) played in this episode by Ellur:Best Face OnMigraineJune
Music journalist and book critic Ian Winwood is the author of 'Bodies: Life and Death in Music'. In this interview, we unpick his experiences over the years as a music journalist travelling the world and interviewing bands amid the "routine ruinations" (alcohol and drugs) he describes surrounding the music industry.
Follow Ian on Twitter: @IanWinwood1
Louder than Words Festival: https://louderthanwordsfest.com/
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
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In this episode, I speak with Danny McNamara, lead singer of Embrace, ahead of the release of Embrace's 8th studio album How to Be a Person Like Other People (out 26th August 2022), and upcoming tour.
We talk through the psychology behind him becoming a rockstar, his search for meaning and purpose, falling in love, and his experiences with PTSD and Pure O variant of OCD.
Intro: Ashes, Embrace9.50 All You Good Good People, Embrace13.30 Movin' On Up, Primal Scream17.40 Retread, Embrace18.10 We Are It, Embrace1.25.50 Clip of Richard Ashcroft interview by Jon Doran on NoiseyOutro: The Terms of My Surrender, Embrace
Get in touch with Sound Affects Podcast at:
@SoundAffectsPod on Twitter or Facebook
@sound_affects_podcast on Insta
Send voice notes and messages to:
soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Support Sound Affects Pod: www.ko-fi.com/soundaffectspod
All things Embrace:
Embrace: @embrace on Twitter
http://linktr.ee/embraceband
Join Embrace's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/embracethesecretlist
Follow Danny McNamara on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/dannymcnamara
Get tickets for upcoming tour: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/embrace-tickets/artist/740832
Buy How to Be a Person Like Other People: https://embrace.tmstor.es/
Links to things mentioned by Danny in this episode:
PURE by Rose Bretecher/Cartwright
Channel 4 series adaptation, Pure
https://www.channel4.com/press/press-pack/pure-press-pack
Get help and support
Samaritans: 116 123, or https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/symptoms-of-ocd/#WhatIsPureO
Black Dog: https://www.myblackdog.co/
To find a therapist in the UK:
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/find-a-therapist/?Distance=10
https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Therapists
UK
Addiction: https://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk/
Anxiety UK: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
Beat, eating disorders: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
CALM, male suicide: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
Combat Stress: www.combatstress.org.uk
Homelessness: https://www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/housing/
Mental Health Foundation, reducing stigma: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
MIND: www.mind.org.uk A-Z and guidance on any mental health issue
The Maytree sanctuary if you’re suicidal: https://www.maytree.org.uk/
OCD: www.ocduk.org
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org , 116 123, jo@samaritans.org
Solace Women’s Aid, domestic abuse: https://www.solacewomensaid.org/
Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/
Rethink: www.rethink.org
If you’re sectioned: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing/being-sectioned?searchTerms=being%20sectioned
https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/treatment-and-support/going-into-hospital/
Self-referral through the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service: http://www.lets-talk-iapt.nhs.uk/make-a-referral/.
If you're outside the UK:
https://www.thecalmzone.net/international-mental-health-charities
https://www.wheretotalk.org/charities/
Asociacion Argentina de Salud Mental: https://www.aasm.org.ar/eshttps://www.aasm.org.ar/es
Canadian Mental Health Association: https://cmha.ca/
CVV (Brazil): https://www.cvv.org.br/
Ibunda (Indonesia) https://www.ibunda.id/
Tell Japan: https://telljp.com/lifeline/
12 step programmes: https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/12-step-programs/
Addiction: https://atforum.com/related-websites/international-organizations/
Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/
Jed Foundation, teen and young adult suicide prevention: https://jedfoundation.org/
Rethink: https://www.rethink.org/
StrongMinds: Treating depression in Africa for women and young people https://strongminds.org/
TalkLife, 16-24 peer-to-peer support network: https://www.talklife.com/
The US
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://na
T/w SuicideThis episode is an interview with Dixie, manager of Jarvis Lane, raising awareness of suicide with Jarvis Lane's charity single cover Baba O'Riley for MIND. Dixie was band manager to Jonathan Owen's 90s band The Pocket Devils, and was the inspiration behind the 2014 cult film Svengali (and 2009 internet episodes), starring Jonny Owen as Dixie, Vicky McClure, Martin Freeman, Carl Barat, Alan McGee, Michael Socha, Matt Berry, Maxine Peake and many more. Prior to lockdown, Dixie's daughter Holly Dixon tragically took her own life and Dixie celebrates her life in this episode, along with tributes to his other family members and friends of Jarvis Lane – Alan Green and Laurence Brown – who also took their own lives.
You can download the Mind charity single or donate through the Just Giving page below:
Fundraiser single Baba O'Riley, in memory of Holly, Laurence and Alan:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baba-ORiley/dp/B097DFLVR7
To donate to the Just Giving Page:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jarvis-lanebabaoriley
Jarvis Lane: https://www.jarvislane.co.uk/
Svengali Music Management:https://www.facebook.com/svengalimusicmanagement/
Svengali film (2014) trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c7wqLzxnI0
Svengali soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Y5GM6gQRuEsygV0zlFN7o
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Support and helplines
If you're feeling suicidal:Call Samaritans free of charge 116 123 in the UK or email jo@samaritans.org
Visit https://www.nami.org/Home in the US
Cruse Bereavement support:
https://www.cruse.org.uk/
For more information, helplines and advice in the UK:
www.mind.org.uk
List of global mental health support and helplines:
https://unitedgmh.org/mental-health-support
I continue with the hip hop theme in this episode with founder of Hip Hop Orchestra and Keep it Certi Georgio Savvides, who explores his reasons for starting the orchestra and his combination of hip hop with classical music. He's a pianist, composer, producer and music teacher in schools and talks through his methods of working with neurodiversity after his own experiences of learning within school settings.
You can follow Georgio @GioSavvides and @TheHipHopOrch or georgio@thehho.co.uk
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In this episode, I'm exploring the effects of hip hop on mental health, with senior Cambridge university hip hop academics Dr Akeem Sule (Psychiatrist, lecturer in medicine) and Dr Becky Inkster (Neuroscientist), who together co-founded Hip Hop Psych.
Hip Hop Psych
Website: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/
Academic papers: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/publications.html
Community links: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/links.html
Social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hiphopsych
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIP-HOP-PSYCH-244036239063749/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1u0nmhGUSrYlxENccfPetQ
Dr Becky Inkster:
https://www.beckyinkster.com/
Dr Akeem Sule:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/people/akeem-sule
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Mental health support info
Samaritans: jo@samaritans.org, or call 116 123
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA): 1 800 273 8255
Mind: www.mind.org.uk
Hearing Voices Network: https://www.hearing-voices.org/
Addiction support: https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you
Crisis support:
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/useful-contacts/
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/
Find a therapist at:https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/
https://www.bacp.co.uk/
https://www.bps.org.uk/
https://www.hcpc-uk.org/
Further linksLogic 1-800 at the MTV VMA Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ju6Q8Azcmg
Key Changes: https://twitter.com/keychangesmusic
Spoke: https://www.spoke.world/about-1
Kombat: https://www.beckyinkster.com/lyrical-kombat
Cambridge Department of Psychiatry: https://www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/
'Hip Hop Saved My Life Podcast' by Romesh Ranganathan: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hip-hop-saved-my-life-with-romesh-ranganathan/id982388481
Follow Denise Devenish at https://www.instagram.com/denisedevenishcounselling/
If you're a musician or work in the music industry and are seeking therapy support, you can contact Denise at https://www.denisedevenishcounselling.co.uk/
Or visit British Association for Performing Arts Medicine: https://www.bapam.org.uk/
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Sound Affects Podcast: Music & Mental Health, with Katy Georgiou
Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health.
Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people.
The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.
