Hosted by Gabi Chesnet and Cyd Levine, Musicians’ Teatime is a short interview-style podcast about the music industry past, present and future.
Guests are welcomed to talk about their experience and relationship to music, but this can encompass their history, anecdotes, philosophy, life lessons or even casual talk relating to their life’s work. We raise topics relevant within today’s music industry and how they may relate to the state of things 20, 30, 40 years ago- or, you know, maybe not, if the mood’s rather up to ranking which modes sound the best.
Lie back in your seat, kick your feet up, grab a hot drink and tune in!
All episodes come with a full transcript and translation.
Tous les épisodes sont accompagnés d'une transcription complète et d'une traduction.
Episode #5: Steve Bartek
Gabi Chesnet and Tiyanée Stevens visit Steve Bartek and talk career retrospective, influences, musicianship, composing, orchestration and even imposter syndrome around a cup of coffee.
From Strawberry Alarm Clock to Oingo Boingo alongside a lifelong involvement in film scoring, Steve shares fresh perspectives and experiences on music theory, interaction between musicians, self-consciousness and what keeps the music makers going - not without a good amount of laughter and compelling memories.
Episode #4: John Avila
Gabi Chesnet and Tiyanée Stevens sit down at John Avila's studio, Brando's Paradise, for an insightful chat filled with fascinating, heartfelt recollections.
After love at first sight between John and his first Höfner style bass, he goes on to recount what it was like to live through classic rock, disco, punk - then go on to play in Oingo Boingo, Food for Feet, and now LA supergroup JackiO, all the while being a producer, session & live musician, and now educator at LACM... From one odd anecdote!
Episode #3: Ira Ingber
Gabi Chesnet and Ira Ingber (Captain Beefheart, Canned Heat, Bob Dylan, Van Dyke Parks) discuss the changes of the music industry as both a musician and producer through the decades, the good and the bad of technology, and the nonverbal, psychological aspects of playing and crafting music.
Episode #2: Richard Gibbs
Gabi Chesnet chats with multihyphenate music industry veteran Richard Gibbs, retracing his career from dreams of jazz fusion to studio ownership, film scoring, rockstar life and giving back to others in the music industry. Richard details his own podcast projects, his passion for storytelling, general curiosity and thirst for knowledge, with a few anecdotes in tow.
Episode #1: Charlie Fisher
Gabi Chesnet sits down with Charlie Fisher to discuss their first releases as an artist, getting started out of sheer love for pop music, and how the latter can morph into much more than a 3-minute radio anthem. Emotions, self-expression, community and more: Charlie explains how they've been experiencing the beginnings of their career.