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Making An Impression is an upbeat yet revealing dive into the lives of young people in music, the arts, and culture. Tom Platts finds out how his guests are succeeding, what they are struggling with, and how one might go about solving these issues. He also does silly voices in the intros.

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Making An Impression is an upbeat yet revealing dive into the lives of young people in music, the arts, and culture. Tom Platts finds out how his guests are succeeding, what they are struggling with, and how one might go about solving these issues. He also does silly voices in the intros.

    Former Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett: Change Everything, Save Culture & How You Can DO Politics

    Former Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett: Change Everything, Save Culture & How You Can DO Politics

    Natalie Bennett is one of two Green Party Peers sitting in the House of Lords. She was the leader of the party through the 2015 general election - the ‘Green Surge’. Natalie has a new book out now called Change Everything: How we can rethink, repair and rebuild society.I ask Baroness Bennett to share her vision in the book, covering the potentially transformative ideas for changing the UK’s political and economic system for a healthier, happier, and sustainable future. We turn our focus to th...

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Abbey Road Studios, Glastonbury, Film Composition, Music Production, and Lo-fi Success with Rayan Telleria

    Abbey Road Studios, Glastonbury, Film Composition, Music Production, and Lo-fi Success with Rayan Telleria

    Rayan Telleria is a recording engineer trained by the Abbey Road Institute, and an already prolific producer and composer of film music, songs and lofi music, at only 23 years of age. He was also the drummer of the latin/neo-soul band Naia for several years from its birth, and more recently the band’s producer. In this episode, Tom Platts and Rayan Telleria dig into the struggles of film composition, songwriting, and production in relation to Rayan’s work (as listed below). Later they debate ...

    • 55 min
    Music to Medicine: Songwriting, Music Therapy, Becoming a Doctor, The NHS Crisis, and Boarding School with Faith Norman

    Music to Medicine: Songwriting, Music Therapy, Becoming a Doctor, The NHS Crisis, and Boarding School with Faith Norman

    Faith Norman is a singer-songwriter in the duo Bring Me Flowers with the single ‘hi,’ in collaboration with the producer Rayan Telleria. Whilst music remains a huge part of her life, Faith has achieved the Himalayan feat of working whilst converting to get into medical school after studying Music and Drama as an undergraduate. In this episode, they dive into a vast range of topics from psychology, music therapy, songwriting to mental health and the struggle of deciding what career to pur...

    • 1 hr 8 min
    British-Tamil Popstar Kharesma Ravichandran: “I Did My First Recording Session When I Was Thirteen.” How She Built & Sustains Her Artistic Success

    British-Tamil Popstar Kharesma Ravichandran: “I Did My First Recording Session When I Was Thirteen.” How She Built & Sustains Her Artistic Success

    Kharesma Ravichandran is a British-Tamil playback singer in the South Indian movie industry who shot to stardom with the 2015 song ‘Kadhal Cricket’ in the film Thani Oruvan, composed by Hiphop Tamizha.In this episode, Tom seeks to understand how Kharesma became a successful artist from a young age, including her steps to get so good at singing! Her vocal ability transpires to be underpinned by a wide range of musical stylistic influences and many hours in professional studios. From this exper...

    • 41 min

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