Teaching Ears Podcast

05/12/2021

The standout moments of the year. Shout out to all the fans on Spotify.

26/11/2021

26/11/2021

New episode up today featuring music school owner, Jessica Truong who is founder and director of Learn Music Queensland, a piano teacher, entrepreneur and businesswoman. We talk about taking lessons while being a teacher, circle of 5ths training, starting out as a piano teacher, female role models in music performance, creating bands from your students, concert preparation, rote learning, twice weekly lessons and increasing music immersion, teacher retention, transfer teacher processes, student concerts, teaching online, adapting to a post COVID teaching landscape, new ways of dealing with missed lessons, studio policies and contracts, teaching philosophy changes from when starting out, music learning apps. For lessons with Jessica or her music school please get in touch at Mentions in this episode include

16/10/2021

Episode 8 we speak with music artist, producer and music workshop facilitator, Andrew Stephens who has founded many Brisbane Bands including the renowned “Kingfisha”. We talk music workshops, cricket, 4zzz, the Zoo, dub, touring and workflows in a recording studio environment. A lot of Brisbane music history is discussed here particularly in the 90’s and 00’s and was great to have this man come in to enlighten us on his role and perspectives of both the Brisbane Music scene and the importance of music education in a youth work capacity. You can follow his music page People mentioned in this episode

04/10/2021

Episode 7 from late last year, we speak with music educator and musician, Kellee Green who is a Jazz Pianist and Head of Music Department at a prominent school in Brisbane, Australia. She currently plays in bands such as The Andrew Butt Trio and the Pockets.

We talk the state of music education in schools, gigging as a teenager, wonder boy, Brisbane Music History Excursions, Rock School, Anita Collins, John Farnham, Ukuleles, The Albany Creek Tavern, Parenting, Kodaly, Suzuki, Music Teachers as practioners, The Triffid, 4zzz, Cloudland, Powderfinger and John Collins serving lunch.

People mentioned in this episode Bronwyn Gibbs Di Ormiston Steve Newcomb and Louise Denson.

20/09/2021

Episode 6 features Fred Leone A.K.A Rival MC who is a Butchulla Song Man of Kgari also known as Fraser Island. He’s a very respected community leader, musician, educator, curator of culture, performer, dancer as well as family man. He is a Project Manager, Creative Producer, Artistic Director, Indigenous, Youth and Community Engagement Consultant and also an award Winning Australian Indigenous Hip Hop artist with his group Impossible Odds.

On this episode we talk the origins of his learning as hip hop artist in many elements, involvement in hip hop workshops, song lines, Zillmere Multicultural Festival, Pig City, Stylin Up, Bowraville, Aboriginal role models, Bass X, Willing and Able, John Butler, Visible Ink, Contact Ink, Taiko Drums, Kingfisha, Impossible Odds, Malcom X, Youth Work, Ask Jeeves, Stealing Dictionaries, Sega, The Creative Assembly, Video Games, Amato Brothers, Mattriks and the Book of Kin, Graffiti, Recipe for Disaster, DJ Daddy Dupe, Records, Promiscous, Murders, Wild Time, Aboriginal Linguistics and Languages, Embala, Massacres, Yellow Paddy, King Plates, Sweeny Brothers, Australian Slavery, His new song with Birdz Bagi-La-M Bargan, Ted, Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky, Black Arm Band, Dance, assimilation and Aboriginal Stockmen.

People mentioned in this podcast include

19/09/2021

Episode 5 of “Teaching Ears” from September 2020 features the very talented Bass man himself, Craig Kickbush A.K.A Craig Croonbush A.K.A one of the founding members of the Radsters with a musical career spanning many, many decades. We talk music teaching, Pink Floyd, Monk, Spyra Gyra, Sting, Ralph Hultgren, Bass Guitars and Ukuleles, Wurlitzers, Cruise Ship life, The Lazy Leis, Ecliptic, Scratching, The Organ, Bruno Brucnano, The Bankok New Trio, Carrying the Percussion, Sigmas, Mutley Laughs, Kelvin Grove School and QUT, Alan Clarke, Moist Crew, Stravinsky, Record Collecting, Korg Delay Units, Casio SK1, Ellaways, Bribie Island, Gordon Park, The Serenity, Alex Crook, Transcontinental Hotel, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, The Funk Rats, Roy and HG, Mr Do, Wonderboy 2, Transcriptions, Bill Frisell, Trichotomy, Level 42, Spontaneity, Moccasins, Tasmania, Tablas, The Warana, Ravi Shankar, John Farnham, A Country Practice, B.O.S.S Productions, The Press Club, Seven Step Fe**sh, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and perhaps more!

18/09/2021

Episode 4 released September 2020 featured Declan McMahon who is a Piano Teacher, Producer, Composer, Recording Artist from Brisbane who also happens to be one my old piano students from 9 years ago. We discuss piano teaching, Pink Floyd, producing, wave forms, compression, the Italian language, Tame Impala, engineering, physics, travelling and more!

LINK IN BIO .music .mcmahon

17/09/2021

Episode 3 from the Podcast “Teaching Ears” features Dallas Bentley a seasoned Singer, Dancer, Actor, Producer and Songwriter. We walk through a few moments his career including Brentleigh Theatre Restaurant, Gender Politics, Dreamworld, Hair the Musical, Vince Jones, Geoffrey Rush and Hugh Jackson. 

14/09/2021

This episode released August last year, features Danny Tesla aka Daniel Thompson talking his life as an actor and entertainer. We talk veganism, videogames, Kelvin Grove State High School, his experiences learning his craft, Michael Jackson, social media and more!

05/09/2021

Hey everyone and welcome to our Insta page! Back when it all started I just grabbed my phone, pressed record and started talking. We’ve got some pretty cool guests coming up shortly but in the meantime we’ll recap the past episodes and guests to keep things up to date on here. Back in episode 1 which you can find via the podcast link….
“This first episode James Vincent speaks about the reason for doing Teaching Ears. This is a summary of the podcast’s topics and how they cross paths. It’s an intent of things to come. James is an educator, composer, dj, music enthusiast and entrepreneur!”

12/12/2020

New episode up today!

In this episode we speak with music educator and musician, Kellee Green who is a Jazz Pianist and Head of Music Department at a prominent school in Brisbane, Australia. She currently plays in bands such as The Andrew Butt Trio and the Pockets.

We talk the state of music education in schools, gigging as a teenager, wonder boy, Brisbane Music History Excursions, Rock School, Anita Collins, John Farnham, Ukuleles, The Albany Creek Tavern, Parenting, Kodaly, Suzuki, Music Teachers as practioners, The Triffid, 4zzz, Cloudland, Powderfinger and John Collins serving lunch.

People mentioned in this episode Andrew Butt, Sam Vincent, Thomas Green, Barbara Fordham, Bronwyn Gibbs, James Cuskelly, Cameron Burridge, Di Ormiston, Dan Quigly, Steve Newcomb and Louise Denson.

https://anchor.fm/james-vincent0/episodes/Teaching-Ears-Ep-7---Not-playing-the-Bass-line-with-Kellee-Green-enmgtp

In this episode we speak with music educator and musician, Kellee Green is a Jazz Pianist and Head of the Music Department at St Pauls College in Bald Hills, Queensland Australia. She currently plays in bands such as The Andrew Butt Trio and the Pockets. We talk the state of music education in schoo...

15/11/2020

Fresh Episode recorded this afternoon with a special guest. Dropping 🔜 👂