My Home

Welcome to My Home. A weekly podcast exploring the writing and production of John Butler Trio's 6th studio album - Home. Each episode you’ll be taken deep into John's creative world: the challenges, insights, techniques, methods and various people he worked with across the globe to deliver this incredible new body of work. Made while on tour across North America 2018. My Home is recorded, mixed, engineered and produced by Tommy Spender.

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Episodes

We Want More

In this last episode, we here how Kav Temperley from Eskimo Joe contributed to the final ' focussing ' of the intenion of the song. Musically we combine 'chicken picking', Celtic dance music with a reggae dance hall EDM inspired atmosphere. John reveals recording his wife's entire family on his phone in the living room on xmas day yelling the chorus. John talks about the recurring theme of consumerism and how it's greedy hunger is sucking our plant dry.

Jan 13, 2019•20 min•Ep. 12

You Don't Have To Be Angry Anymore

Todays episode John reflects on finally having a sense of wisdom. Inspired in a hotel room giving advice to his young son throwing a tantrum, John unfolds the story of seeing the past behind him and the future ahead.

Jan 06, 2019•21 min•Ep. 11

Brown Eyed Bird

Happy new year to everyone out there enjoying Home! This first week of 2019 John talks about his influences from Bjork to Milky Chance. Producer Jan Skubiszewski brings more gold with his Juno and we learn about a fictitious couple living in their car. Layers of banjo, mandolin, electric and acoustic guitar build the brooding verse in joyful and syncopated joyous chorus. The perfect mix of singer songwriter folky acoustic music with electronic rhythms.

Dec 30, 2018•18 min•Ep. 10

Tell Me Why

This week, A riff falls out of a trusty old beaten up Yamaha Guitar after hours of hard physical labour in John's backyard. The challenge of melding different grooves between machines and humans. This was the first song that came out of John being alone with a producer and making it all ' in the box '

Dec 23, 2018•24 min•Ep. 9

Coffee, Methadone & Cigarettes

One of Johns most personal moments in the series, this episode takes us back into the trauma of a bushfire in which his grandfather was killed attempting to protect the township of Nannup W.A, and the ongoing generational repercussions of that tragic day.

Dec 16, 2018•28 min•Ep. 8

Faith

Everybody needs a little faith. A moment of inspiration while holding an old kick around guitar looking up at the stars on a camping trip with his son, John pieces together the elements of spiritual wisdom that surround him into his own synthesis and philosophy. All the while talking about Elvis, synthesisers, iPads and cosmic guitar solos.

Dec 09, 2018•27 min•Ep. 7

Miss Your Love

This week we get a little more philosophical and look into what it means to come of age as a man. Johns opens up about challenging the traditions of masculinity and femininity in our culture . Are you or do you know a boy walking around in a mans body? And where does a good man sit in a world where the Patriarchy is being challenged in new ways by a new generation.

Dec 02, 2018•25 min•Ep. 6

Home

This week we learn that sometimes a song needs a champion. Close friend, and long time tour manager Kester Sapho kept on about a demo, ultimately encouraging John through all his hesitation. A song that nearly didn't make it and a rare musical moment for John, stepping away from guitar.

Nov 25, 2018•21 min•Ep. 5

Running Away

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Nov 18, 2018•24 min•Ep. 4

Just Call

What happens when a guitar riff sits on a shelf for over 15 years and is finally made into a song? Learn about a guitar tuning that heavily influenced many of Johns songs, and the epic tale of John meeting his wife Dannielle many moons ago while circumnavigating Australia in a van.

Nov 11, 2018•20 min•Ep. 3

Wade In The Water

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Nov 04, 2018•22 min•Ep. 2

Tahitian Blue

What colour is Tahitian Blue? This week we take a trip on a catamaran with John and a few mates through the Tahitian Islands to find out where this song first found its way.

Oct 25, 2018•31 min•Ep. 1

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