Music

Attention Engineer

(formerly 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...

Episodes

20 of 56 episodes

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...

83:37Nov 3, 2021

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-...

92:43Sep 29, 2021

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...

64:57Sep 15, 2021

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...

91:33Sep 1, 2021

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...

66:06Aug 18, 2021

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!...

48:23Aug 4, 2021

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...

49:21Jul 7, 2021

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....

82:15Jun 23, 2021

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...

66:44Jun 9, 2021

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:/...

5:20May 22, 2021

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...

88:28May 19, 2021

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...

5:51May 15, 2021

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...

6:50May 15, 2021

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...

87:51Apr 14, 2021

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...

87:09Apr 7, 2021

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...

83:53Mar 31, 2021

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...

70:14Mar 24, 2021

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!...

61:40Mar 17, 2021

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....

76:39Mar 10, 2021

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...

6:07Mar 6, 2021