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...

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?  ...

One last chance to join us for our first live event next Friday morning in Naarm, with literally only a handful of spots remaining at the time of posting this.  Head here for more info, and to register your spot:https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spirit-level-presents-why-make-music-x-breakfast-club-tickets-1042447958907- - - -Noelani is a singer-songwriter, also known as MONRXE. Raised in Meanjin/Brisbane and currently based in Naarm/Melbourne, she is not just a formidable musician but also a...

If you live in Naarm and are free on the morning of Friday October 25, please join me for the first ever live recording of Why Make Music!  I'll be talking to local duo SHOUSE about their commitment to communitas and collective joy, and their surreal transition into EDM superstars. This event is in collaboration with Breakfast Club, and Francesca Gonzales will be helping to facilitate some discussion groups on the day so we can get to know each other better.Tickets are limited, and it is a...

Why Make Music will be recording live for the first time soon (!) in Naarm/Melbourne on Friday October 25, in collaboration with Breakfast Club.  If you'd like to join us, please register your interest here:https://forms.gle/8CEaG2HZpxfSuF4v8- - - - - Ben Lee’s life as a professional musician started earlier than most. He was just a teenager when, in the early 90s, his lo-fi punk band Noise Addict were put on the map globally after being championed by artists like Sonic Youth and the Beastie...

No guest this week as Tim takes a chance to reflect on his recent conversations with Elijah, Dr Anita Collins & Maggie Tra.Missed an episode, or haven't found time to finish listening?  This is your chance to scroll back and catch up.  And if you believe in the value of these conversations, consider sharing this podcast with a friend who you think will get something out of it.You can also watch all episodes on YouTube:...

Maggie Tra is an Australian-born DJ and producer with Vietnamese and Cambodian heritage. She has lived all around the world including London, Brussels and Hanoi, and is currently based again on Eora land in Sydney. Her music is kinetic, generous, and playful - just like she is - and in both her productions and her DJ sets she continually embraces not just her own heritage, but also the culture of whatever land she’s in, doing so with wholeness and conviction.Driven by a desire to help local...

Dr Anita Collins is an award-winning educator, researcher and author, widely recognised for her work in brain development and music education. She is a tireless advocate working in our schools, in our boardrooms and in government consultation, to champion music at a fundamentally human level. We talked about how music helped her process learning difficulties early in life, but that as a young adult, her experience of tertiary education led her to put her instrument down and pivot to teaching...

Elijah is an artist, DJ & all-round creative force based in London. With a deep-rooted connection to grime & electronic music, in recent years Elijah has become known to many for his “Yellow Squares” project on social media, where he shares insights into the nature of creative work in the digital age. Ahead of his first ever speaking tour of Australia, we talked about how his experiences growing up listening to pirate radio and documenting the birth of the grime scene were formative...

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