Three In A Bar

More questions from you and answers from us. Could we live anywhere other than London? Do we own our instruments? And what have we each started deoing recently that has changed our lives? All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please email hello@threeinabar.com or hit us up on the socials. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is our least favourite orchestral instrument? And why is it the oboe? How do you plan anything as a freelancer? What happens if you book a holiday and then a load of nice work comes in - what do you do? Should you start a pension? Or just keep working until you die. All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please email hello@threeinabar.com or hit us up on the socials. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quiz question for you - what links Torchwood, Thunderbirds, Happy Valley & Mog? We’ll tell you what…some seriously great scores courtesy of this week’s guest Ben Foster. Ben is a BAFTA winning composer, but also a well renowned and much in demand conductor, orchestrator and arranger with a string of TV and film credits to his name. We met up with Ben in his writing room, tucked away at the top of Air Studios for a chat about just a fraction of his incredible musical output. (N.B there is a glaring error in the fact we didn’t get round to chatting about his work on last year’s Beatles single Now and Then - maybe next time?) Ben talks about important relationships he has formed with musicians over the years, how he found himself with a room at Air and composing themes for the brilliant BBC drama series Happy Valley. He discusses the importance of time efficiency and knowing when to switch off, as well as realising when a job Isn’t working out and how to get out of it. We discover whether the much mentioned ‘Toby’ Ben speaks of is man or myth! Find out more about Ben Foster here; https://coolmusicltd.com/composers/ben-foster/ SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us this week for a zencast to sunnier climes as we chat to Artistic Director of Les Arts, Valencia Jésus Iglesias Noriega. Jésus has been doing brilliant work at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - the incredible building in Valencia which is home to Les Arts, with a huge focus on social responsibility. There are productions specifically for Under 29s, prison performances, opera in a truck heading to remote villages, performances in homes for the elderly and so much more. It is a breath of fresh air hearing from Jésus about his exciting plans and programming for the coming season. Opera is at the heart of Les Arts but there are frequent Flamenco, Folk, Pop and solo performances bringing new crowds and creating a centre for everyone. Jésus chats about changing audience habits, what he’s excited about in the 2024 season and beyond, how you go about programming for upcoming season and some of his favourite community projects. There is talk of Panini style sticker albums for opera stars - very much not Jésus’ idea but have a listen to see if he goes for it! Check out Les Arts and take a look at the amazing Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia here; Guided tours - Les Arts LES ARTS, València | Un camì únic de emocions | Programació SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You join your two hosts on a car journey between Plymouth and Bath, just over a week into the Rob Brydon tour 2024. What better time than now to discuss in detail Seb's list of items he has packed for this trip? How many pants is too many? Can you re-use socks for multiple gigs? Can he maintain his rigorous skincare regime while away from home? All these questions are answered, and deep-rooted memories unearthed in this week’s episode of Three In A Bar (or Two In A Car). With a supply of Devon-themed, carbohydrate-based snacks, and a hell of a list to get through, you may just learn a few tips for a touring musician, or at least get just a sense of how their brains work. What items are non-negotiable for you? What home comforts are always in your rucksack? What have we forgotten? Let us know at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What? Another podcast with the thoroughly excellent Jeremy Pritchard? Oh yes….we couldn’t pack it all into one episode so here’s an extra slice where we chat to Jeremy about his time on tour with Foals, some Kent conversation and comparing notes on small venues across the UK. If you are one of our excellent Patreons and you are listening to this early, thank you and well done! If you aren’t a Patreon and are listening on Thursday also thanks (but maybe just smidgen less!) Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode we are joined by bass behemoth (yep, it’s been too long since we used that word) and Everything Everything band member, Jeremy Pritchard. Jeremy dropped in for a chat ahead of the band’s UK tour and release of their new album Mountainhead - it’s an absolute belter btw, check it out if you haven’t already! We discuss early performances, making music videos, sartorial choices, hair bleaching and how the heck you put together a set list with 17 yrs and 7 albums worth of music to choose from. As if this wasn’t enough….Jeremy Pritchard, Part Deux is coming out later this week! Or if you are a Three In a Bar Patreon member you can get this second helping right now. Why not join up to get ahead of the crowd along with access to loads more extra content? Sign up right here! To read more about Everything Everything, find out tour dates, watch their music videos and purchase all their merch head to https://everything-everything.co.uk/ The track played at the end is a cover of Everything Everything's +Pendolino, arranged and performed by Ric Elsworth from 2014. Watch the video for it here! SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings from sunny Edinburgh! This week’s episode finds Seb & Verity on the Scottish leg of the Rob Brydon tour enjoying the delights of Edinburgh… Join them on a walking tour - not necessarily one that’ll make the Rough Guide any time soon as they reminisce about past Edinburgh festival experiences, answer more listener questions and take in the sights and sounds of the city. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings from sunny Edinburgh! This week’s episode finds Seb & Verity on the Scottish leg of the Rob Brydon tour enjoying the delights of Edinburgh… Join them on a walking tour - not necessarily one that’ll make the Rough Guide any time soon as they reminisce about past Edinburgh festival experiences, answer more listener questions and take in the sights and sounds of the city. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode we welcome back the brilliant Rachael Lander to chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis. Rachael is cellist on the West End production of Frozen and is a busy freelancer & session player as well as being a mother of two…..Chuck ADHD into the mix and her journey as a recovering alcoholic and life isn’t always straightforward. Rachael speaks about getting her diagnosis and how this has enabled her to make sense of elements in her life that have previously caused difficulty and anxiety. She talks about how being armed with knowledge and connected to other people with ADHD has helped her understand herself better and approach life differently. This conversation is set to a backdrop of the imminent arrival of Seb’s new baby, adding another layer of jeopardy to proceedings! If you haven’t heard Rachael’s previous episode (no.15) it’s well worth a listen as she discusses alcoholism and how it’s affected her life as well as the wider impact on the music industry. To find out more about Rachael, check out her website; http://www.rachaellandercello.com/playing-page If you have been affected by ADHD or want to learn more about it visit https://www.adhdcentre.co.uk/ SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In light of the recent announcements of redundancies in the Orchestra and Chorus at ENO and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding them we felt compelled to record an episode to chat through what on earth is going on. On 15 February orchestra & chorus members started receiving formal redundancy notices - some reporting they’d heard in the interval of their final performance of Handmaid’s Tail, having to then go on and complete the show. This comes in light of the MU recently calling off scheduled strikes as an agreement with ENO had been reached. We collar violinist Coco Azoitei on the train to Edinburgh to discuss ENO, Northern Ballet and the state of the music industry in general. Not currently the cheeriest of subjects but a very necessary conversation musicians need to be having to support our friends and colleagues. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this, the first of our regular Q&A episodes, we asked listeners to send in their questions, to which we gave answers. You know how it works, we don't need to explain the concept to you, do we? Just how do we both balance being parents of two whilst being busy freelance musicians, when our other halves are also busy freelance musicians? What do we wish we could say to our 20 year old selves? What's the best way to approacvh working with people when you're starting out in the music world? And just how much baby vomit does Seb have on his clothes right now? All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please email hello@threeinabar.com or hit us up on the socials. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Instagram @threeinabarpod Tiktok @threeinabarpod Three In A Bar on Youtube Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back at long last for Series 2 (can we call it that after 108 episodes?!) and what a fabulous guest to kick off 2024 - It's none other than West End leading lady Carly Anderson. Carly recently starred as Polly Baker in Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and her extensive list of credits include Glinda in the International tour of Wicked and Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. Seb and Verity caught up with Carly pre show at the Gillian Lynne in late 2023. Conversation includes audition nightmares, CFY's intense rehearsal process, corpsing on stage and ghostly experiences in theatres! Carly gets an insight into what was going on in the orchestral 'penthouse' at the Gillian Lynne - both musically and some loosely termed choreography. She talks about the cast's appearance on This Morning and the importance of having a great relationship with her fellow leads, Charlie Stamp and Tom Edden. We discover Carly's quiz specialisms and what her preshow routines entail....largely caffeine based it seems! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merry Christmas podfriends! Verity & Seb make a brief return for some seasons greetings, 2023 reflections and plans for 2024…. Thanks for listening to TIAB this year and for your continued support. Back with much more in ‘24! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode features prolific artistic rollerskater - possibly better known for being one of the most prolific conductors of his generation, Duncan Ward. Duncan is Chief conductor of Philharmonie Zuidnederland and Music Director of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra. This November he makes his Barbican debut conducting the LSO in two exciting concerts featuring Abel Selaocoe and Isabelle Faust (ticket link in show notes). Seb and Verity meet up with Duncan in a very lovely room in the depths of the Barbican centre to chat about his upcoming concerts, how he was hand picked by Sir Simon Rattle to work alongside him at the Berlin Phil and his passion for music theatre....I feel another campaign coming on. To book tickets for either of Duncan's upcoming concerts with the LSO click here; https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/london-symphony-orchestraduncan-ward-with-abel-selaocoe and https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/london-symphony-orchestraduncan-ward-la-mer Find out more about Duncan here; http://www.duncan-ward.co.uk/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar op Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome harmonious hooligans to episode 107 of Three In a Bar! (Thanks for that chat GPT) In this week’s episode Seb and Verity chat to founding members of the Neoteric Ensemble Toby Street and Adrian Miotti. It’s exciting times for Neoteric as their debut Album ‘Volume 1’ has its launch night on 8 November at The Pheasantry (link to tickets below). With entirely new compositions written for the group by composers including TIAB pal Charlotte Harding and Misha Mullov Abbado, this album is an absolute belter and the gig will be one not to miss! In this chat they discuss the manifold possibilities that come with the unusual and original line up of the group…and the slight pitfalls of having to find entirely new music! Toby and Adrian talk about setting up the group, first rehearsals, the beauty of timetabling with their already jam packed careers and trying to keep laser focus when there are so many exciting possibilities. We predict big things for Neoteric so catch them on 8 Nov in London so you too can say ‘I was there when those fresh faced whipper snappers first performed together publicly…’ To get tickets and find out more details about their launch gig click here; https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/neoteric-volume-1 Read about Neoteric Ensemble on their website; https://www.neotericensemble.co.uk/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar op Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 106, Seb and Verity are joined for a chat (and some top grade pastry based products) by drumming titan, Darren Beckett. Darren has worked with countless artists including Brandon Flowers, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Morrison and Lauryn Hill and was a member of the band Ambulance LTD. Equally at home across a multitude of styles and genres, recently Darren was the drummer for The National Theatre’s multi award winning show Standing At The Sky’s Edge. Seb and Verity shared a highly enjoyable afternoon with Darren and after some extensive editing of slander and swears - well, most of them, conversation ranges from his studies in Germany & NYC to being chased by crackheads and meeting Taylor Hawkins. Darren talks about moving away from the pure blood jazz scene in New York into an eclectic range of career choices. Some sterling work is done on behalf of the Eastbourne tourist board and there is a slightly embarrassing and enlightening round of ‘guess the BPM’…..why on earth get into that when your guest is a hugely successful drummer?! Find out more about Darren here; https://canopusdrums.com/en/endorsers/darren_beckett/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode Verity teams up with another guest presenter, well more of a TIAB regular in fact...it's old pal of the podcast Phil Donnelly. Phil has worked his magic and fixed up a chat with Nashville based singer/songwriter Jill Andrews. As luck would have it, he will be joining her on tour in just a few weeks time when she heads over for the UK leg. (Tour dates in link below) Jill chats about writing her new album Modern Age and some of the themes and inspirations behind it. We discover the many ways Jill is rejecting the modern age....think paper diaries and not having WhatsApp (yep, you read that correctly, can you imagine such a thing?!) Jill discusses her stunning vintage Gibson guitar, the importance of collaboration and her excitement at playing with a band again. She talks about having her music used in TV and film - her song Tell That Devil is the title track for US show Wynonna Earp and was also performed in the show Nashville. It's fair to say Verity ruins this otherwise enjoyable experience for Phil when she suggests Jill employs choreography and lycra in her upcoming tour as a must for her supporting band...you are welcome. Towards the end of their conversation, Jill gives a stunning performance of the song Wrong Place, Wrong Time from her new album so make sure you listen through as you won't want to miss it. Thanks to Phil and to Robert Simmons for stitching this convo together. To find out more about Jill and to book tickets for her tour, visit her website here; https://www.jillandrews.com/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look who’s back for round two! It’s the sickeningly talented singer, songwriter, composer, trumpeter, arranger, member of PSB (the list goes on!) and friend of the pod JFAbraham (Jonny Abraham). He first appeared way back in Episode 5 when he was in the process of recording and finalising 10 tracks he’d written…it was proving tricky for him to unlock them and he was struggling to work out a way to get them from his head into the world. Fast forward three years and the album A Different Kind of Light - which is a masterpiece, is ready to go. Jonny is currently releasing the tracks as singles and the first live performance of the album is happening on 7 Sept 2023 at Stanley Arts Centre - link below so grab your tickets now! Seb and Verity chat to Jonny all about the album and upcoming show….as well as a healthy slice of food related chat. At the end there is a special performance of Jonny’s track Home which he arranged especially for this episode. Listen to A Different Kind of Light here: Bandcamp / Spotify Book your tickets for JFAbraham's gig here: https://stanleyarts.org/event/jfabraham-a-different-kind-of-light-live/ Find out more about JFAbraham here: https://jfabraham.co.uk/ Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 103 we join Verity on a day trip to the seaside to meet Bear’s Den’s drummer and multi instrumentalist - proud Brighton resident Jools Owen. As luck would have it, Journalist, author and broadcaster Rachael Taylor is a fellow local and kindly agreed to guest co-host this episode…don’t you love it when a plan comes together?! Verity and Rachael chat to Jools about all things Bear’s Den, touring & festivals….they touch a raw nerve when Rachel brings up the ‘Highlands & Islands Tour’ which Jools may or may not have been on. They talk about Jools’ silver banding experiences, how he came to double on drums & horns - quite literally at times, and an idyllic recording experience with another TIAB favourite Christof Van Der Ven. Verity gets some excellent tourist information from Jools & Rachael who plot her a perfect Brighton day - best of all is the alternative sports element which Jools gives a thorough account of! Thanks to the thoroughly excellent Robert Simmons for editing this episode. Check out Bear’s Den news and tour dates at https://www.bearsdenmusic.co.uk/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.