Giving yourself permission to be creative - Matthew Caws, Nada Surf
Matthew Caws has been playing guitar, singing and writing songs in Nada Surf since 1994. He is one half of Minor Alps with Juliana Hatfield...
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Attention Engineer
In a noisy online world, our attention is priceless. I'm Laura Kidd - a Bristol-based music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist releasing music as Penfriend. I'm on a mission to e...
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Connection and communion through music...talking to Grace Petrie
Visit the deluxe show notes page for this episode at http://penfriend.rocks/grace - and read the transcript at http://penfriend.rocks/grace-...
Music as a tool of unity - Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari)
Get my FREE 12-track album + 31-page zine http://penfriend.rocks/hello Visit the deluxe show notes page for this episode: http://penfriend.r...
Celebrating a breadth of voices in music - Miki Berenyi (Piroshka / Lush)
Get my FREE 12-track album + 31-page zine http://penfriend.rocks/hello Visit the text version of this episode at http://penfriend.rocks/miki...
Ep46: Ginger Wildheart on creating a you-sized shape in the world of music
Visit the deluxe show notes page: http://penfriend.rocks/ginger Read the text version: http://penfriend.rocks/ginger-ts . Thanks for listeni...
Ep45: Mary Spender on finding a smarter route to a full-time music career and building a huge fanbase on YouTube
Visit the deluxe show notes page: http://penfriend.rocks/mary Read the text version: http://penfriend.rocks/mary-ts . Thanks for listening!...
Ep43: Lou Barlow (Sebadoh / Dinosaur Jr / The Folk Implosion) on building a body of work...however the f*** he wants to
Visit the deluxe show notes page: http://penfriend.rocks/lou Read the text version: http://penfriend.rocks/lou-ts . Thanks for listening! At...
Ep42: Shingai (Noisettes) on finding creative freedom through generosity
Content warning: two brief mentions of suicide, in the context of having lost friends. . Visit the deluxe show notes page: http://penfriend....
Ep41: Juliana Hatfield on drawing without looking
Thanks for listening! Attention Engineer is a show where I seek to make the best use of my own valuable time and attention by having deep co...
Bonus Musical Mini Episode - I'll Start A Fire
Step backstage and hear more about the making of my new single "I'll Start A Fire". . My new album "Exotic Monsters" is out nowwwwww! http:/...
Ep40: Laura Kidd (Penfriend) quizzed by Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff) on "Exotic Monsters" and always going deeper...
Welcome to a very special episode of the podcast, where my friend Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff turns the tables on me and steals the host...
Bonus Musical Mini Episode - Seventeen
Step backstage and hear more about the making of my recent single "Seventeen". . Get three songs immediately when you order my new album at...
Bonus Musical Mini Episode - Black Car
Step backstage and hear more about the making of my recent single "Black Car". . Get three songs immediately when you order my new album at...
Ep39: Stephen Jones (Babybird) on surviving chart success and finding true connection with music fans
Thanks for listening! Visit penfriend.rocks/stephen for the deluxe show notes for this episode, and head to Bandcamp to dive into Stephen's...
Ep38: David Brewis (Field Music) on leaning into the editing process - inspiration is overrated
Thanks for listening! Visit http://penfriend.rocks/davidb for the deluxe show notes for this episode, and head to http://field-music.co.uk t...
Ep37: Ryan Miller (Guster) on constantly throwing seeds…even if a lot of them will never sprout
Thanks for listening! Visit penfriend.rocks/ryan for the deluxe show notes for this episode. . Ryan Miller is the lead singer and guitarist...
Ep36: Sananda Maitreya on making a masterpiece of your life
Thanks for listening! Visit http://penfriend.rocks/sananda for the deluxe show notes for this episode, and head to http://sanandamaitreya.co...
Ep35: Danz CM on having fun and being weird
Visit the deluxe show notes page: http://penfriend.rocks/danz Read the text version: http://penfriend.rocks/danz-ts . Thanks for listening!...
Ep34: Eliza Shaddad on picking the right size font
Thanks for listening! Visit http://penfriend.rocks/eliza for links to Eliza's work and collect two free Penfriend songs while you're there....
Bonus Musical Mini Episode - Cancel Your Hopes
The song that took 15 years to write...sort of. How Radiohead's minidiscs and Barbara Kingsolver galvanised an old song idea into what becam...