Ed Service is a producer and DJ originally from Aoeteroa/New Zealand. He is also one half of the musical duo SHOUSE. Since moving to Melbourne about 15 years ago, he’s juggled his creative practice with day jobs that reflect his personal interest in arts infrastructure and community engagement. In 2021, Ed’s career trajectory took an unexpected turn when SHOUSE's song "Love Tonight" became a sleeper hit, going platinum in many countries including the US and the UK. Collabs with David Guetta and Jason Derulo followed, as well as gigs at Paris Fashion Week, through the US and Europe, and of course Ibiza. With the dust now settling, Ed and Jack have returned to Melbourne determined to re-engage with music at the community level. That’s where they come from, that’s what they care about. So I sat down with Ed to ask him whether his unlikely experience with SHOUSE has changed the way he thinks about music, and to learn a bit more about communitas, or collective joy, one of many deep ideas that informs his creative practice. Follow SHOUSE: https://www.instagram.com/shouse.shouse/ Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/ Watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxy3uSi30pwSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Montaigne
If you are in Naarm next week and want to come see me interview Ella Thompson for the podcast, get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/why-make-music-x-breakfast-club-2-with-ella-thompson- - - Montaigne has explored a truly eclectic creative career over the last decade, working across pop music, theatre, video games & more. They've represented Australia at Eurovision, picked up a GRAMMY nomination via Australian video game Stray Gods, and worked with diverse collaborators from David Byrne to Hilltop Hoods to Tom Cardy. A portrait of Montaigne even won the prestigious Archibald Prize in 2023. Jess is a role model to many, not just as a fiercely talented singer-songwriter and producer but as an activist and outspoken advocate across a wide range of issues. In the past year, they’ve broken from their long-term management and label deals to start a new era of being 100% independent and self-managed. What is that transition is like? And over ten years to a full-time music career, what motivates Montaigne to keep going? Follow Montaigne: https://www.instagram.com/actualmontaigne Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/ (Side note: if you've been loving Why Make Music so far, you'll love Montaigne's new podcast Tank Time with Montaigne which is exploring a lot of the same stuff!) - - - Want to see our human faces? Guess what: you can watch every episode of Why Make Music on YouTube here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tim Hollo
Tim Hollo is a musician, writer, environmental advocate and campaigner. He's been playing viola in FourPlay String Quartet for almost three decades, releasing music and touring the world. He is also the founder of Green Music Australia, an organisation that strives to reduce the environmental impact of the music sector while empowering artists to use their platforms to drive social and cultural change. Tim’s recent book Living Democracy is, in his words, an ecological manifesto. He outlines a vision of democracy that feels alive and humane, aligning it with ecological concepts like interdependence, diversity & the inevitability of change. He draws on First Nations thinking, as well as modern experiments in municipalist governance in places like Barcelona and Syria, to pump life back into the idea of democracy itself and to show that positive change is not only possible, but is happening at a grassroots level in communities around the world. With faith in democracy feeling particularly low this week, I thought it was good timing to go deep with Tim as someone who is deeply passionate about democracy, climate & music. Tim Hollo's book "Living Democracy": https://www.livingdemocracy.org.au/ Green Music Australia: https://www.greenmusic.org.au/ Follow Tim Hollo: https://www.instagram.com/timhollo Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/- - - Want to come to our next live event in Naarm? Register your interest here: https://forms.gle/1iYagq2ZPyzVFL8e8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tiana Khasi
Are you in Naarm? Would you like to come to our next live event in November? Register your interest here and you'll be the first to know more details:https://forms.gle/LWBP2CiyBXs4C6V18 - - - - - Tiana Khasi is a jazz-educated, community-focused singer/songwriter & musician based in Naarm/Melbourne. Drawing on both Samoan and Indian heritage, Tiana puts concepts of home & ancestry at the centre of her work, describing herself as "a bridge person.. doing what she can now, to be a good future ancestor." We talk about family and growing up, we talk about the reality of being a working musician, balancing day jobs and corporate gigs alongside artistic work, and she shared with me why exactly she feels such a clear and strong sense of purpose about the music she’s putting into the world. Follow Tiana Khasi: https://www.instagram.com/tianakhasi Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/ Listen to Why Make Music on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/why-make-music/id1765674352 Listen to Why Make Music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6nymTiG4QX6NLJLJ7UKjeR?si=7ae0618af1b74c6c&nd=1&dlsi=5872f71f6172468e See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dr Sam Whiting
Dr Sam Whiting is an academic and musician from Meanjin/Brisbane. His research focuses on issues of capital, labour and value as they relate to the creative industries and the cultural economy more broadly. He is an expert on Australia’s live music landscape, with a rare holistic perspective backed up by deep and exhaustive research. With festival cancellations and Live Nation in the headlines, it felt like a good time to pick Sam’s brain. Is live music really in crisis in Australia? Why are these small venues so important? And what, if anything, can artists do about it? Read some of Sam's articles on The Conversation:https://theconversation.com/profiles/sam-whiting-1319313/articles Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qb_5PDwZbcsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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