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“The Detail” is a new podcast by Polly Scattergood and Katie Melua. Two recording artists from different corners of the music industry, who have been friends for many years, will be speaking with other musicians, composers, and music industry professionals exploring the detail behind the art of songwriting and making records. If you’d like to know more about the mystery of hit songs, staying inspired in a shifting business landscape, and how to access creative spaces, then we have some deep ...
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10: The Detail With Special Guest Elizabeth Parker
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For our final episode of Season 1 we speak with BBC radiophonic workshop composer Elizabeth Parker about working at the legendary music studios. Composing for radio and television. Witnessing the birth of electronic music. Working with some of the earliest synthesizers. Conversations with Delia Derbyshire. The realities of being a working mum and s…
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9: The Detail With Special Guest Nerina Pallot
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Polly Scattergood and Katie Melua talk to Musician and Songwriter Nerina Pallot about the effects of the muse A very honest conversation about where inspiration comes from. The mechanics of commerce and how it makes you feel a writer. What the muse is to a woman and what it is to a man..? Who are the muses in our own lives, Hiding behind the muse t…
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8: The Detail featuring Simon Fisher Turner
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Polly Scattergood and Katie Melua speak with inspiring Ivor Novello award winning composer musician/actor Simon Fisher Turner about Aesthetic style and judgement, Looking for authenticity, Not stepping on other people’s feet politically and geographically, Creating something moving and fresh, Securing a record deal by becoming two fictional french …
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In This Episode, we speak with Award-Winning composer Errollyn Wallen about being an explorer when creating, Errollyn recently bought a lighthouse to write from so we discuss how space and environments can really affect the creative process, we discuss her brave reworking on "Jerusalem" for the BBC's last night of the proms, as well as what it's li…
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6: The Detail With Special Guest Tim Harries
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In this Polly Scattergood and Katie Melua speak with revered musician Tim Harries, who is an absolute master of his craft, a man whose every gesture on the instrument is meaningful. We discuss Artistry with him and asked what shaped him as a musician, as well as asking questions like why does anyone do anything creative? The lure of stardom, playin…
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5: The Detail With Special Guest Imogen Heap
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In This episode, we speak with pioneering musician and producer Imogen Heap about the various tools and technology being developed to make the life of an artist easier. We delve into a day in the life of both a working musician and mother, as well as discuss how and why Imogen invented the incredible MiMu gloves, as well as our hopes for the next g…
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4: The Detail with Special Guest Bruce Woolley
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How to remain interested and inspired as a writer, how the music business can affect your writing process on a practical and also spiritual level, being adaptable in a changing industry, running your own label, having a hit song, and what happens after that.By Katie Melua and Polly Scattergood
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In this episode, we discuss how to begin writing, dealing with sudden success, Writing with Mel C from the Spice Girls How to look after your own mental health in a competitive industry, the pressure of being signed to a major label.By Katie Melua and Polly Scattergood
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2: The Detail with special guest Jim Sclavunos
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A Conversation between Katie Melua Polly Scattergood & Jim Sclavunos, in this episode we have an insightful conversation about feverish New York in the late ’70s , the No Wave movement, The start of cult magazine “No Magazine” Creating music scene, Lydia lunch’s strong concepts of identity and purpose, Being a key member of Nick Cave and the bad se…
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A Podcast by Katie Melua and Polly Scattergood Featuring special guest Travis Frontman, Singer-Songwriter, Fran Healy. In this episode, we explore intuition whilst songwriting, how to access your own creative space, being industrious, the change in writing traditions, and emotions around releasing records.…
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A podcast exploring the detail behind the art of songwriting and making records. Join Polly Scattergood and Katie Melua each week as they talk with other musicians composers and music industry professionals. The first episode is out on the 15th of November.By Katie Melua and Polly Scattergood
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