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Silly Talks by Silly McWiggles
by Silly McWiggles
A podcast about all things Aussie music-related from an opinionated non-Aussie blogger girl.Join the host, Saba from the sillymcwiggles.blog, as she speaks to people who do something seriously “non-silly” (pun intended) in the Australian music community. Discussions about broader industry topics + more personal chats with the invited guests about what they do, how they do and why they even bother. P.S. Contact Saba at [email protected] for collab/chat proposals.
Episodes
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#NAIDOCWeek 2026: Rapper Crooked TP on Identity, Community & The Healing Power of Music
The first full week of July marks NAIDOC Week in Australia—an annual celebration of the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Following last year's conversation with singer Jimmy Kyle from the punk band Chasing Ghosts, this year’s NAIDOC Week…
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Aussie Sounds at #ROSKILDEFESTIVAL with Thomas Sønderby Jepsen
Roskilde Festival What is the secret formula behind curating the line-up for a sold-out music festival, one of the biggest music events in Europe? And which boxes does an act need to tick to bring them to Denmark all the way from Australia? Established in 1971 and operating as a non-profit with…
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#TRANSGENREFESTIVAL - Behind the scenes with Ellie Robinson
In 2022, organisers of an Aussie music festival were called out for a lack of diversity on their line-up and mainly booking cis white men. When confronted about it, they stated there was not enough talent among women and non-binary acts, which they considered “the best of the best” for their…
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Running a #RECORDSHOP with Feminista Vinyl
Here are a few controversial statements: - Music is still heavily male-dominated. - The perception of women over 40, in life or in music, is neither true nor fair. - Local, emerging artists are notoriously struggling to make their careers sustainable. All the above led, in some way, to…
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#MOONLANDING with Venice Qin
Venice Qin lives on a musical planet built from contradictions — East meets West, Erhu meets hyper-pop, heartbreak meets turbo BPM. Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, she now lives in Sydney, but her parents come from Mainland China. So, she has always navigated the limbo between different...
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#HANGINGOUT with bella amor
A lot has happened for bella amor since she burst onto the Aussie music scene in 2022. Signing to Sony, working with Mushroom, performing at Groovin' The Moo and BIGSOUND, and supporting King Stingray, Lime Cordiale and Benson Boone (yep, that somersault -loving American singer) - it’s been quite…
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NAIDOC Week Special - Jimmy Kyle (Chasing Ghosts) #MUSICASTHERAPY
Jimmy Kyle grew up in the screamo era in Australia. So naturally, his first band was a new metal outfit. But with the Chasing Ghosts project, he's also made acoustic and punk troubadour-y records. And on the new, "shiny" album, as he dubs 'Therapy', he posed the question again, "Where to next,...
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Silly Encore with Kathy Wilson from Suitcase Records #VINYLPRESSING
Brisbane-based Suitcase Records has been pressing beautiful vinyl for around three years. And it's been quite a journey! They're a family-run business with a down-to-earth yet inspiring origin story. Spoiler alert: neither owner had anything to do with music professionally. Kathy Wilson tells me...
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Silly Talk with Kathy Wilson from Suitcase Records #VINYLPRESSING
Here's a mind-blowing fact: There are only three vinyl pressing plants in Australia. Suitcase Records is one of them. And it turns out that manufacturing the legendary disc is a pretty complex process. Kathy Wilson, the co-owner of the Brisbane-based business, walks me through its different…
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Silly Talks Music Special #COMMUNITYMUSIC with LANKS
Independent Aussie musos - rejoice! COMMUNITY MUSIC is a new distribution alternative, a platform designed to help artists from the Land Down Under take their careers to the global stage. It's all about empowering artists by combining the music industry insights, tech expertise and artist...
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S6E2: Silly Encore with DEVAURA #STUDENTOFRAP
This is the second episode in the special 'Silly Talks Music' Aussie hip-hop edition. DEVAURA is a Kiwi-born, Western Sydney-based singer/rapper who calls herself “a good citizen with bad habits”. Her background is in singing, but she never really had any formal education in music. That didn’t...
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S6E1: Silly Talk with DEVAURA #STUDENTOFRAP
This is the first episode in the special 'Silly Talks Music' Aussie hip-hop edition. Emerging singer/rapper DEVAURA burst onto the Aussie music scene in 2023… and she’s already stirred things up considerably in the hip-hop realm. Despite being named one of Triple J Unearthed 2024 Draft Picks and...
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'Silly Talks Music' returns for season 6
Silly McWiggles is back with a new theme, new guests, and a new attitude. Check out some format changes introduced this season, and stay tuned for the first chat coming in November 2024. Browse more Silly McWiggles content: https://linktr.ee/SillyMcWiggles
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#SPOTLIGHT - Silly Talks Adelaide with Newgate Crowd
Welcome to a new segment on the pod! This time, I'm shining a light on different regions of the Land Down Under through the eyes of a local act. Newgate Crowd might be a young, up-and-coming alt-rock band. But they know the Adelaide scene inside out. Find out about their favourite venues, who…
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S5E7: Silly Talk with Sam from Fifth Dawn #FRONTINGAMETALBAND
Generally speaking, the heavier music genres don't top music charts these days. And if they do, most of them are all male outfits. Is Australia different on that front? What does the heavier scene look like in The Land Down Under? And what is it like to be a woman in that broad genre? All these...
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S5E5: Silly Talk with Bella Deer #CONFESSIONSOFANINDIEMUSO
Despite what you might think, not every musician or band in Australia is from Melbourne or Sydney. BELLA DEER is based in Geelong, Victoria, for a change. She talks to me about all the great opportunities she's had in the music business so far, including being a finalist in the prestigious Vanda…
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S5E3: Silly Talk with Fanny Lumsden #COUNTRYMUSICINAUSTRALIA
Hands up if you know any Aussie country artists. Fanny Lumsden is one of them. And she's taking me on a journey through the country music scene in the Land Down Under. We're also talking about Fanny's breakthrough album and the signature tour she's been running in rural areas for over a decade....
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S5E1: Silly Talk with Pilani Bubu #AFRICANSPIRITUALITY
Season 5 opens with a chat with an international guest. Pilani Bubu is a singer/songwriter from South Africa. Her recent multi-part project, "Folklore", is a selection of stories about her land and a personal journey. Pilani talks about discovering her role in preserving her ancestors' knowledge...
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'Silly Talks Music' Season 5 is here!
Silly McWiggles is back on air. Are you ready for more chats about the (Aussie and beyond) music business? This is a special March 2024 edition dedicated to females in this tricky industry. #girlpower Find out why it's taken Silly this long to release another round of interviews and who her…
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S4 Bonus: Chryss Carr on #BREAKINGJMILLA
On June 1, 2023, for the first time in history, TikTok live-streamed a concert from an Indigenous Australian community. Over 100k platform users and 2,000 locals from Wadeye in the Northern Territory, where the event took place, watched the rising First Nations hip-hop star J-MILLA deliver his...
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S4E10: Silly Encore with Chryss Carr #BREAKINGBAKERBOYANDBEYOND
Having been in the music business since the 80s, artist manager and former publicist Chryss Carr has probably seen it all. But even she thinks PR has become a much more complex game these days. She also shares her views on women's place in the industry and gives me solid advice on why the music...
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S4E9: Silly Talk with Chryss Carr #BREAKINGBAKERBOYANDBEYOND
She worked with the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician, Gurrumul. Thanks to her, Australia (and the world) heard about Indigenous rapper Baker Boy. She also secured the first global TikTok live-streaming event from a remote territory for another one of her hip-hop…
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S4E7: Silly Talk with Ash King #MUSICANDMENTALHEALTH
Many people dream of working in the music space. But being a part of the business also comes with some downsides. Ask any artists touring for extended periods of the year. Ash King is the in-house psychologist for Support Act, the Australian music industry's mental health charity. She walks me...
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S4E5: Silly Talk with Hinurewa Te Hau #MAORIMUSIC
Apart from haka, rugby and Lorde, what else do you know about New Zealand? And how about the Māori culture? Meet Matariki Cultural Foundation's Director, Hinu(rewa) Te Hau, who shares her invaluable insights on the importance of Māori arts and music in New Zealand's society. Browse some Maori...
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S4 Special: My thoughts on #ACCESSIBLEPODCASTING
The chat about diversity, inclusion and access with Morwenna Collett - a disability consultant in the arts industry in Australia - inspired me to make my online channels more suitable for different audiences. So I thought providing transcripts on the platforms where my podcast is available would…
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S4E3: Silly Talk with Morwenna Collett #ACCESSIBLEMUSICBUSINESS
Wheelchair-accessible venues, quiet spaces for neurodiverse people at festivals or sign language interpreting at concerts are no longer just nice-to-haves. Yet, there's still much room for improvement to make the music business more diverse, accessible and inclusive. How's Australia doing on that...
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S4E1: Silly Talk with Dino Lupelli #SUSTAINABLEMUSICBUSINESS
Dino Lupelli is an entrepreneur who creates opportunities for innovation in the music sector, especially the live side of it. He's based in Milan, Italy, but the projects he spearheads, like Linecheck and the Music Innovation Hub, have had a global impact. A big part of his work is related to the...
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Hello, Season 4!
Who’s keen for more “Silly Talks” with Saba from the Silly McWiggles project? This season, we’re going international. And the chats are centred around topics like sustainability, working with First Nations artists, accessibility and mental health. Stoked to be back! Speak soon! Collab proposals…
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S3E9: Silly Talk with Dan Nash #ENGINEERINGTHESOUND
In my humble view, some jobs in the music business are totally underestimated. Sound engineering is one of them. The truth is, you only notice the sound techs when something goes wrong at a gig. So I asked Dan Nash, an Aussie professional with over 20 years of experience in the field, to explain...
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S3E7: Silly Talk with Sally Coleman #MUSICANDTECH
Have you heard of Big Sand yet? It's a virtual science fiction band, "Australia's Answer to Gorillaz", that debuted in April 2022. Sally Coleman, the project's creator and "manager" talks me through how she came up with the idea, the tech that made it possible, and her adventures in the world of...
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S3E5: Silly Talk with Pixie Weyand #MUSICONTHEROAD
Wouldn't it be great if touring musos could save on some costs generated by life on the road, by receiving free food, accommodation or transport, for example? Pixie Weyand, the founder of Feed Music, is convinced this can be done. I'm sold on this idea already, but Pixie is currently on the…
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S3E3: Silly Talk with Larry Heath #EXPORTINGMUSIC
A flight from Sydney to New York is about 22 hours, from Perth to London - approximately 16 hours, and from Melbourne to Singapore - more or less 8 hours. So it's not easy or cheap for an average Aussie act to tour overseas. Nevertheless, the world is finally embracing the potential of the…
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S3E1: Silly Talk with Sosefina Fuamoli #MUSICJOURNALISM
I often get the question, "Who is your music journalist role model?" Well, here is me talking to one. Sosefina Fuamoli has worked with Rolling Stone Australia, the ARIA Awards, or BIGSOUND music conference, for instance. And I'm quizzing her on the "definition" of Australian music, some…
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Welcome to Silly Talks season 3!
We’re back to talk more "silly" stuff with serious Aussie music industry peeps. This time round, they’re (mostly) not musicians themselves. Housekeeping: no more video from this season onwards, just my sexy international accent and my esteemed guests in audio format. Sooooooo keen. Hope you are,...
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Silly #Afterparty - closing Silly Talks season 2
To close this season of the podcast, here are some bits and pieces from the chats with all four guests on some totally silly and some completely serious aspects of the music business, with a few insights from Down Under. You'll hear again from: - cellist Anita Quayle: https://www.anitaquayle.com/…
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S2E7: Silly Talk with Caiti Baker #EVOLUTIONINMUSIC
I wanted to speak to Caiti Baker since the very first time I saw her at the St Kilda Fest in Melbourne in 2018. The Darwin-based singer/songwriter has such a magnetic vibe about her on stage that it's impossible to forget her shows. So when we finally connected on Instagram last year, I was super...
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S2E5: Silly Talk with Fight The Sun #SELFAWARENESS
You’d be surprised, but although I cover heaps of music genres, rock and the heavier sound are my kind of vibe. So when Fight The Sun pitched their music to me on Groover, I invited their frontman, Adrian, for an in-depth chat. And we ventured into many different topics, like navigating social...
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S2E3: Silly Talk with Peak Park #LOOKINGFORIDENTITY
Being a DIY band has its ups and downs: you learn heaps as you go, but it can get pretty hectic sometimes. The two Melbourne pandemic lockdowns were a huge blow to Peak Park’s plans as well. Yet, they’ve managed to come out stronger on the other end, both as bandmates and mates in general. Find…
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S2E1: Silly Talk with Anita Quayle #INNOVATIONINMUSIC
Classical instrument players are rarely guests on my show, and it’s time to change it. So today, I’m speaking to Anita Quayle - a Melbourne-based cellist and composer with 25 years of experience in the music business. She does so many cool, modern things with her traditionally classical…
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Welcome to Silly Talks season 2!
Silly McWiggles is back to talk more "silly" stuff with serious Aussie music industry peeps. Housekeeping: this time the episodes are dropping every Tuesday and Thursday. Stay tuned for the first one! I'm keen. Are you? ;) Saba from the sillymcwiggles.blog Check out my new ventures below. Silly...
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S1E5: Silly Talk with Kate Westwood #ARTISTCOACHING
Who’s better qualified to launch an artist coaching company than an artist herself? Kate Westwood, a singer-songwriter from Melbourne, decided to use her experience in the music business to support the indie music community. In this Silly Talk, she explains how Westwood Management supports indie...
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S1E3: Silly Talk with Prita Grealy #LEARNINGBYDOING
If you’ve lived overseas for a bit longer, then you’ll know that it has its ups and downs. So does Prita Grealy. She has a unique perspective of a musician who has performed and toured both in Europe and Australia. The Perth-based muso also shares heaps of useful tips for emerging artists in…
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S1E1: Silly Talk with DZirè #DIYMUSIC
Interviewing female musos is my fave thing, hands down. Here are some topics I've discussed with DZirè - a Melbs-based artist and producer - in this inaugural episode of Silly Talks: - Does working with a musician who’s also a family member help or disturb? - Can bedroom-made music be refined for...
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Welcome to Silly Talks!
This is a trailer, not a spoiler :) It gives away some info but not too much. You'll just have to tune in on Sunday and Thursday evenings to find out for yourself. But I promise there'll always be (a) guest(s) and we'll talk about the Aussie music biz, in all its shapes and forms. So see you…
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A podcast about all things Aussie music-related from an opinionated non-Aussie blogger girl.Join the host, Saba from the sillymcwiggles.blog, as she speaks to people who do something seriously “non-silly” (pun intended) in the Australian music community. Discussions about broader industry topics + more personal chats with the invited guests about what they do, how they do and why they even bother. P.S. Contact Saba at [email protected] for collab/chat proposals.
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A podcast about all things Aussie music-related from an opinionated non-Aussie blogger girl.Join the host, Saba from the sillymcwiggles.blog, as she speaks to people who do something seriously “non-silly” (pun intended) in the Australian music community. Discussions about broader industry topics +...
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