In this week’s episode Seb and Verity meet up with saxophonist, composer, songwriter and all round excellent human being Luiza Lale In her South London home. It is here where Lu and her cellist/composer/arranger husband Dave have been successfully carving out a new career writing commercial music. Lu chats about the inspirational online courses she attended that started her on this new path and introduced her to new collaborators and friends across the globe. They discuss what is required to wri...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min
🚨IT’S THE BIG NEWS ALARM! That’s right podfriends, we’ve squeezed in this cheeky bonus episode to tell you three major pieces of TIAB info....The most exciting of which is that on Sunday 19 Sept at 6.30pm we will be hosting another livestream event from Arnos Groove studios in aid of The Irene Taylor Trust. There is much more information to follow but for now we can tell you it’s jam packed with fantastic musical acts and will involve live performances, interviews and much high jinx! As with ou...
Aug 18, 2021•19 min
In Episode 61 Seb and Verity take a day trip to the countryside to meet up with star of musical theatre, stage and screen, Wendi Peters. Many of you will know Wendi as Cilla Battersby-Brown from her 5 year stint on Coronation Street, but she has also had an outstanding career in musical theatre - most recently in the starring role as Diana in You Are Here at the Southwark Playhouse. Wendi chats about maintaining vocal fitness in challenging roles, mastering home recording and become a tech pro. ...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Bonus chat with Mike Lewis! We discuss home recordings, go into more depth on the Messina, teaching, Eau Claire, and of course... Swindon. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON This show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 24, 2021•20 min
In episode 60 Seb and Verity take a virtual trip to Minneapolis to meet saxophonist and bassist, Mike Lewis. Mike is a member of internationally acclaimed indie folk band, Bon Iver as well as numerous other groups including Happy Apple, Fat Kid Wednesdays, Alpha Consumer and the excellently named, Sad Sax of Shit. In an interesting reversal of roles, it is Bon Iver superfan Seb who has to restrain his inner fanboy at the start of this episode. They chat about Bon Iver’s incredible NPR concert, h...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Every now and then we like to throw in a curveball episode to mix things up, so this week we head to the brilliant Phlox Books In Leyton to chat to owner, Aimée Madill, about music and literature. What Aimée doesn’t know about books ain’t worth knowing! She studied at Trinity in Dublin and prior to opening Phlox, spent time working at the famous Shakespeare & Co in Paris. Her ability to speed read is mind blowing and Aimée exudes enthusiasm and passion for all kinds of literary genres. Seb a...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 19 min
We’re back in person and back in the East End of London for this week’s episode with composer, lyricist, pianist and musical director Theo Jamieson. Seb and Verity chat to Theo about his new musical which has been commissioned by BBC World Service, U.Me - written for radio and podcast. The whole thing was put together in 7 weeks so Theo talks crazy work schedules, cutting out procrastination and the art of delegation. They also discuss Theo’s route into music, a musical which brought together th...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 20 min
That’s right pod fans! There’s more - Jon’s conversation was so stacked full of excellent anecdotes and fascinating insights that we couldn’t fit it all into one episode. So, in round two Seb and Verity chat to Jon about the unexpected way he came to join The War In Drugs, recording and performing with the band and winning a Grammy in 2018. Jon discusses his wild and joyous ska band era, growing up in the late 80s - the saxophone glory days - and jamming with John Zorn. He talks about the amazin...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week Seb and Verity hit zoom again to chat to composer, arranger, songwriter, improviser, Multi-instrumentalist and coolest guy around, Jon Natchez. Based In L.A, Jon is a member of The War On Drugs and has worked with artists including David Byrne, St. Vincent, The National, Father John Misty and Liza Minnelli. He is an award winning film composer, his most recent scores are for the Maltese film Luzzu and No Future which will premiere at Tribeca Film festival this year. Jon corroborates so...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We join Seb and Verity in the Greenwich garden of this week’s guest - Oboist, Cor Anglais player and lockdown hero, Ben Marshall. Ben was the mastermind behind the Greenwich Park pop-up symphonies. He took the difficult decision not to monetise and commercialise these impromptu performances thus retaining their unexpected and magical feeling. Ben discusses an exciting film project he’s recently worked on whilst giving away as little as possible - he’d signed an NDA leading to many a cryptic answ...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 20 min
This week Seb and Verity take another virtual transatlantic trip to meet production designer, illustrator, filmmaker and musician, Abby Portner. Amongst the vast and varied array of work she has done, Abby collaborates and designs sets/album artwork/makes music videos for artists including Animal Collective, Lucius, Andrew Bird and John Cale. Abby chats about gator sightings in Savannah, epic touring schedules, working with her brother ( Animal Collective’s Avey Tare), designing on a large scale...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Road Trip! For episode 54, Seb and Verity hit the road and head to Leighton Buzzard to chat to music power couple, Hannah Quinn and Oli Hayhurst. Hannah is a conductor, pianist, accompanist and répétiteur and Oli is a hugely in demand jazz bassist.....also dabbling in classical, commercial and world music. How do you manage to tangibly string together all the threads of Hannah and Oli’s exciting an eclectic careers you may ask? Well, judge for yourselves whether with the addition of some clunky ...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 23 min
This week Seb and Verity are joined by vocal powerhouse, Bim. If you’ve listened to chart music over the last five years you will have undoubtably heard Bim’s voice - she’s sung backing vocals for artists including Jessie Ware, Dua Lipa, Mabel and Bastille - she’s featured vocalist on their track Joy - as well as being one of the vocalists for drum and bass act High Contrast. Bim chats about her journey into singing, musical influences, Glastonbury memories, vocal steaming and speed learning son...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 24 min
This week Three In a Bar plays host to true podcasting royalty - it’s Jamie Morton, star of My Dad Wrote a Porno. Currently this groundbreaking podcast has over 300,000,000 downloads worldwide and they are about release their 6th series. Jamie talks about the phenomenal success of reading chapters from his dad’s Belinda Blinked series with his friends - Alice Levine and James Cooper and how this has led to world tours and a comedy special on HBO. He chats about the huge pressure of live TV and e...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week’s episode comes to you from a sunny garden in East London and features Musical Director and all round top bloke, Huw Evans. Huw is currently Associate MD on hit West End Show Come From Away. He chats to Seb and Verity about this production’s beginnings in Dublin, his onstage interactions (accordion in hand) and why he thinks it’s been so popular with audiences in the UK, US and Canada. They discuss what the role of Associate MD entails and how he keeps cool and calm on first shows. Huw...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 26 min
It’s party time at TIAB as we reach our 50th episode! Who better to celebrate with than the Queen? ........ok, ok not Queen Elizabeth II but a darned good alternative; It’s star of Drag Race UK and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Vinegar Strokes. Vinegar describes herself as Tina Turner meets Lizzo meets Kat Slater - a winning combo I’m sure you’ll agree. She chats to Seb and Verity about her band - Vinegar Strokes and the Morning Afters and their debut gig at the Clapham Grand on 17 June (link...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 15 min
DINNG DONG! BONUS CHAT WITH THE UNTHANKS! Here are a load of extra offcuts from our chat with Adrian McNally & Rachel Unthank. It was all cracking stuff, and we wanted everyone to hear it. FOR MORE EPISODES LIKE THIS, AND TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, HEAD OVER TO OUR PATREON! Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click right here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar You can find out more about The Unthanks, including tour dates, album releases and videos at their we...
Apr 26, 2021•29 min
This week’s guests are true folk royalty....It’s Rachel Unthank and Adrian McNally from The Unthanks. In their first attempt at a four way zoom conversation, Seb and Verity chat to Adrian and Rachel as - along with their band mates - they embark on writing and recording a new album and Adrian is starting to compose the score for the new series of Worzel Gummidge. They discuss working with BBC Concert Orchestra for the 2018 Folk Prom and The Brighouse and Rastrick band - Rachel was back on stage ...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min
In this week’s episode, Seb and Verity are let loose in South London to meet Trumpeter, Composer and Arranger, Sam Ewens. Sam has recently released his album Stuck in The Overthink - under the name Night Auras - mixing an acoustic brass sound with electronica. This album is a reflection on the last year with tracks including ‘Digital Dystopia’, ‘Waves of Hyperbole’ and ‘Letting Go’ giving an indicator of the themes he covers. They chat about the making of this album, experimenting with looping a...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Remember when we told you we’d found the world’s most niche super hero - episode 27’s viola playing doctor Arun Menon? Well, we think we’ve matched him. This week’s guest is bassoonist and elite para-canoeist, Llinos Owen. Seb and Verity catch up with Llinos in-between training sessions for the international trials which she will be competing in this April. She chats to them about juggling her intensive sporting schedule with her sub principal/contra bassoon doubling job with Royal Ballet Sinfon...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week Seb and Verity get some much needed advice and inspiration from arts entrepreneur and marketing consultant, David Taylor. David’s work has seen him consulting many of the UK’s top orchestras and performers but never has he had such a difficult task as trying to sort out this pair..... David chats about setting up Yorkshire Young Sinfonia and leading it to huge success, reaching an audience of 7.5 million in just 4 years and featuring in the BBC documentary ‘Birth Of An Orchestra’. They...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 22 min
We’re back in the room, and not just any room but the boardroom at Rich Mix in East London to meet this week’s guest - Artistic Director of the Irene Taylor Trust, Sara Lee. Seb and Verity chat to Sara about her fantastic and inspiring work with ITT, creating music inside prisons and out in the community working with ex-prisoners, vulnerable young people and teenage parents. Sara talks about the online 25th anniversary concert (see link below) which they managed to record with under 24 hrs to sp...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Ok, ok......this is not the new guest we promised in this week’s episode BUT it is a whole extra bonus edition with internationally renowned countertenor and star of episode 43, Iestyn Davies. Total bonus right?! As you will hear in Seb and Verity’s opening waffle, the past few weeks have been tricky to say the least. However, there are exciting episodes and events afoot which they share with you as well as an insight into the wonderful, wide ranging benefits of becoming a Three In A Bar Patreon...
Mar 15, 2021•39 min
Episode 44 is brought to you by the power of the unstable internet connection.... This week Seb and Verity chat to Canadian bass trombonist Dan West. Dan is a member of the highly acclaimed, virtuosic brass group Septura and one of Seb’s fellow Brasstards. He spent five years in the band for Phantom of the Opera, freelances with all the major UK orchestras and has played on a huge number of film sessions, including Dunkirk and Avengers: Endgame. Despite a number of awkward silences where Seb and...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week Seb and Verity chat to multi award-winning, internationally renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies. It just so happens that Iestyn and Verity were at school together so this podcast acts as a catch up after 23 years, gulp. Iestyn was due to be singing the lead in Giulio Cesare at the Met on the evening they recorded, a run which was obviously scuppered by Covid. He chats about his frustrations and despondency this lockdown but also glimmers of hope with exciting projects on the horizon. I...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 30 min
This week Seb and Verity chat to a true London Symphony Orchestra legend, cellist Jennie Brown. Jennie joined the LSO in 1982 and is currently the longest serving female player, having been one of only two women in the orchestra when she arrived. She started her career getting a job at the Royal Opera House whilst still in her fourth year at the Royal Academy....not bad eh?! Jennie discusses working with John Williams on Return of the Jedi, Sir Colin Davis and the legendary trumpeter Maurice Mur...
Feb 15, 2021•57 min
This week on the X Fac......whoops, sorry wrong show. Let’s try again: For episode 41 of Three In A Bar, Seb and Verity are joined by platinum album selling, 2010 X Factor champion Matt Cardle. Matt spent the early part of the ‘10s firmly in the public eye and achieved huge commercial success. He talks candidly about the ups and downs of this period in his life and about the joy of regaining control of his career, now able to create music he believes in. Matt has some great stories from his X Fa...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 19 min
It’s Episode 40 and Seb and Verity return to their orchestral roots this week to chat to viola player and presenter Amy Thomas. Amy has been a member of the CBSO since 2009 and during #lockdown1 she turned her hand to presenting a series of behind the scenes videos for the orchestra. She is also a member of the Stringcredibles Quartet who specialise in performing, training and running protects for young people. Conversation covers trialling for orchestras (both as trialer and trialist) and lockd...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This week Seb and Verity are crossing the Atlantic (virtually) again for a chat with tour manager, production manager and co-founder of Music Runs, Tom Carlson. They caught up with Tom on 19 Jan 2021 - the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration. Tom was feeling a mixture of relief and nervous expectancy about the following day, hoping for an excitement-free event. Tom tells great stories from some of the many tours he has worked on, including weird and wonderful excursions in a mini van with David ...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min
This week Seb and Verity jump back into cyberspace to chat to London based, Dutch Singer/Songwriter and member of Bear’s Den, Christof Van Der Ven. Christof has recently signed with Peermusic and talks about exciting times ahead this opportunity will afford him, writing and recording new material and collaborating with other artists. He’s also teaching himself piano with some big targets! Christof discusses growing up in the Netherlands, busking in Galway, meeting his musical hero and an unfortu...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 16 min
