19/11/2025
Episode #18 Seamas Carey
Seamas Carey is the founder of Men Are Singing, Cornwall-based mens choir. He's also a musician, a composer, an arranger, a singer, a podcaster, a director, a conductor, a film-maker, a multi-instrumentalist, a piano tuner, a documentarian... Seamas and I had a long rambling chat about choir dramas, favourite warm-ups, accordions and Cornwall.
Expect to learn:
- How an audience member got whiplash at one of Seamas' choir performances
- Why Seamas' favourite choir warm up involves throwing a puppy down a well
- What was on Seamas' hand-drawn poster that attracted 40 men to the first rehearsal of his choir
- Why the accordion is a great career choice
- If swearing is a good way way to build culture (especially in a men's group)
- What is "collective joy" and why does it matter
- And much more...
Seamas Carey is the founder of Men Are Singing, Cornwall-based mens choir. He's also a musician, a composer, an arranger, a singer, a podcaster, a director, ...
