101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

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101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

101 Part Time Jobs is about the resilience and elbow grease of musicians. Giles Bidder hosts immensely engaging conversations with a variety of musicians about the many jobs they’ve taken to ensure that the show can go on. Whether they’re casual jobs taken between tours or a full-time career that runs in tandem with their music, 101 Part Time Jobs demonstrates just how much effort, commitment and inventiveness it can take a name musician to be able to make a living. Previous guests include Self Esteem, Yard Act, The Hives, IDLES, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Jamz Supernova, Ezra Furman, Built to Spill, Big Joanie, Martha, Gabrielle Aplin, Kevin Morby, Thurston Moore, Tim Burgess, The Mountain Goats, The National & many more. Confess your least favourite work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) - "I'd emerge with a chainsaw in my hand"

    At 19, Alex Kapranos was promoting independent gigs in Glasgow. Working a laundry list of jobs to keep playing music, he eventually broke through as one of the zeitgeists of British indie rock. Now releasing their sixth album The Human Fear, featuring some of their best work, Alex looks back on years of putting his life where his belief is. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    50 min
  2. Stop & Chat: Delivery

    3 DAYS AGO

    Stop & Chat: Delivery

    James from Australia's Delivery fields questions on digging holes, how warm a loo seat should be and teaching Aussie rules football. The band's second album is out next Friday on Heavenly Recordings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    8 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Lambrini Girls - "Turkish man screams at egg"

    On the brink of their excellent debut album Who Let The Dogs Out (this Friday), Lambrini Girls' Phoebe and Lily join Giles about the new breed of white van man, DJing with extra special sound effects, gig injuries, the vitality of independent venues and making work gaffes at the company that now sponsor them. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36 min
  4. Chuck Ragan - "It takes a village"

    1 JAN

    Chuck Ragan - "It takes a village"

    In the glow of his new solo record Love & Lore and during a tour with Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan talks violent early years of punk and skateboarding, the music community that exists beyond the industry, and how writing songs has saved him from insanity. Love & Lore is out now. Photo: Lyndsey Byrnes Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    45 min
  5. Best of 2024... IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, AURORA and Lauren Mayberry

    30/12/2024

    Best of 2024... IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, AURORA and Lauren Mayberry

    Looking back on moments with IDLES' Joe Talbot, Irish hip-hop trio KNEECAP, Stockport legends Blossoms, Norwegian guiding light AURORA and CHVRCHES' Lauren Mayberry. Here's looking forward to another year of excellent guests and quality work gaffes! Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    56 min
  6. Ashaine White - The Wedding Singer

    26/12/2024

    Ashaine White - The Wedding Singer

    Wedding singer and Nando's forever-girl Ashaine White joins on today's episode. Her new track 'I Sing To Myself' is a clock stopper and she'll be playing at Great Escape 2025. Photo: Adam Scarborough Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min
  7. Bartees Strange - “The worst thing is people feel they can’t do it”

    19/12/2024

    Bartees Strange - “The worst thing is people feel they can’t do it”

    Bartees Strange joins today on discovering community through DIY screamo shows, facilitating your own progression and having fun doing it, we share a The National fandom moment and he tells us what he learned from Jack Antonoff. Horror is out 14 February. Photo: Elizabeth De La Piedra Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    47 min
  8. Nilüfer Yanya - Keeping it like a secret

    17/12/2024

    Nilüfer Yanya - Keeping it like a secret

    My Method Actor is one of 2024's great albums. In this episode, its author Nilüfer Yanya talks growing up in London, being confident in her early songwriting and why, along with her producer Wilma Archer, she kept the album a secret before anyone else heard it. My Method Actor - The Remixes is out now. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    42 min
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101 Part Time Jobs is about the resilience and elbow grease of musicians. Giles Bidder hosts immensely engaging conversations with a variety of musicians about the many jobs they’ve taken to ensure that the show can go on. Whether they’re casual jobs taken between tours or a full-time career that runs in tandem with their music, 101 Part Time Jobs demonstrates just how much effort, commitment and inventiveness it can take a name musician to be able to make a living. Previous guests include Self Esteem, Yard Act, The Hives, IDLES, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Jamz Supernova, Ezra Furman, Built to Spill, Big Joanie, Martha, Gabrielle Aplin, Kevin Morby, Thurston Moore, Tim Burgess, The Mountain Goats, The National & many more. Confess your least favourite work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101.

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