Game Changing Podcast

Episodes

1. 13

   Ep. 13 - BILLY BUSH

   Tim and Chris have a technologically-assisted chat with Garbage and Fink producer Billy Bush, stalwart of the Los Angeles recording scene, about his unconventional entry into the studio world and how he's managed to keep working on the projects that interest him. Original GC logo by Dawn Kelly.

   May 14, 2020

   1h 02m
2. 12

   Ep.12 - ANNA MEREDITH

   Tim speaks to classical and electronic composer and general musical magician Anna Meredith, about how her career took a handbrake turn and became something even more unique and extraordinary. Anna's tracks featured: "Paramour" and "Inhale Exhale" from the album Fibs; "Taken" from the album...

   Apr 16, 2020

   53m
3. 11

   Ep.11 - DAVE BASCOMBE

   Chris has an in-depth chat with mixer, engineer and producer Dave Bascombe, about his years in the recording industry, including his unique take on how one of the most successful albums of the 1980s came together, Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears, which he engineered, and also its...

   Apr 2, 2020

   1h 07m
4. 10

   Ep.10 - DOUGLAS DARE

   Those who know Douglas Dare will already love his haunting, catchy and thought-provoking piano-led electronica. Those who don't: you're missing out on one of the best songwriters at work today. Tim chats to his old touring companion about new album Milk Teeth, the power of a "simple" melody, rude...

   Mar 11, 2020

   1h 12m
5. 9

   Ep.9 - TIM PALMER

   For this episode, Chris and Tim sat down with a proper rock legend: Tim Palmer. Producer of albums for acts as fearsome as Ozzy Osbourne, HIM, Robert Plant, The Mission and Tin Machine, but also as subtle and catchy as Texas, Tears For Fears and The Psychedelic Furs, Tim has done it all: from...

   Feb 26, 2020

   1h 12m
6. 8

   Ep.8 - MAXÏMO PARK

   “You’ve got to believe in the power of a pop song.” Tim speaks to Newcastle upon Tyne's finest purveyors of compelling, caustic, romantic, rocking, passionate and peerless power-pop... Maxïmo Park... about their career so far and how - as Depeche Mode once sang - everything counts. Here's a...

   Feb 12, 2020

   1h 11m
7. 7

   Ep.7 - STEPHEN STREET

   “It’s not about how you twiddle the knobs and plug things in, it’s how you relate to people.” Stephen Street is one of those producers who seemingly can’t avoid making kickass albums with seminal bands. The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries, Sleeper, Shed Seven, Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles - the list...

   Jan 29, 2020

   1h 11m
8. 6

   Ep.6 - DAVE ERINGA

   “There was me, clueless metalhead in a Kiss T-shirt, in amongst all these cool London people, and I think the Manics just recognised another outsider.” For our first show of 2020, Chris speaks to Dave Eringa, a producer whose humour, vitality and passion has given him long associations with...

   Jan 9, 2020

   54m
9. 5

   Ep.5 - SOPHIE HUNGER

   “This world that I built in music makes more sense to me - I will live here.” Tim speaks to one of the most inventive singer-songwriters to emerge in the last couple of decades, Sophie Hunger. We discuss the paths Sophie has taken in her music-making life so far, touching upon language, travel,...

   Dec 11, 2019

   57m
10. 4

    Ep.4 - GIL NORTON

    “The way someone like Dave Grohl plays the acoustic guitar… you get a sense of why that song exists.” Gil Norton’s journey from minding the 8-track tape machine in Liverpool to producing global smash-hit albums for Foo Fighters and Counting Crows, not to mention classic records by the likes of...

    Nov 29, 2019

    1h 01m
11. 3

    Ep.3 - THIS IS THE KIT

    “There should never be a barrier between making music and not making music.” For the last ten or so years, the words This Is The Kit have meant the inspirational songwriting, rewarding albums and endlessly listenable vocals of Kate Stables. Together with bassist Rozi Plain, Kate sat down to talk…

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    Nov 11, 2019

    55m
12. 2

    Ep.2 - FLOOD

    "U2 came out of nowhere. I thought someone was taking the piss." Flood has been a legend in the world of producing for the best part of thirty years. Having produced some of the alternative rock world's most dynamic and groundbreaking acts - Warpaint, Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey, Soulwax, Nine...

    Nov 2, 2019

    53m
13. 1

    Ep.1 - FIELD MUSIC

    “If Paul and John can be in the same band, then me and you can be the same band” - Dave Brewis This episode of Game Changing features a conversation between Tim and Sunderland-based band Field Music. Brothers Peter and David Brewis have been trading under the name Field Music since 2005, when…

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    Oct 21, 2019

    52m