#17C Anna Meredith [AUDIENCE QUESTIONS]

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04/08/20 • 26 min

Here’s the first of hopefully many ‘Audience Questions’ episodes. It was really lovely to bring you into the conversation so thank you to everyone that wrote in with a question for Anna. We both really enjoyed going through them.

Mentioned in the episode is a playlist Anna has on Spotify, here's a link to "Stuff I Like"

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excuse the mess is gratefully supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and iZotope Audio.

Special thanks to Acast for hosting this podcast and Anna's manager Rachel for all the help!

The track bookending this episode is Rhododendron.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mentioned in the episode is a playlist Anna has on Spotify, here's a link to "Stuff I Like"

Follow Anna here:

Follow etm:

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify

excuse the mess is gratefully supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and iZotope Audio.

Special thanks to Acast for hosting this podcast and Anna's manager Rachel for all the help!

The track bookending this episode is Rhododendron.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

#17B Anna Meredith [MUSIC MAKING]

This part of the podcast is where myself and the guest write a brand new piece of music on the spot, using just one instrument and electronic manipulations. We opted for the humble pesto jar as our instrument, why not!

You will hear the journey of the piece from the ‘blank page’ to the finished piece at the end. I had such a blast working with Anna on this track. This is a brilliant opportunity to discover how Anna’s razor sharp composition brain works in real time.

Partway through Anna draw’s one of her famous ‘Meredith Maps’ you find it at the bottom of this page on the etm website.

*Credit where credit is due - the pesto jar idea I borrowed from friends of the performance/composer group Bastard Assignments - they’re worth checking out live when 'live' is once again a thing we can all enjoy*

I hope you like the piece we made called ‘oopsloops’. Thanks for listening!

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excuse the mess is gratefully supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and iZotope Audio.

Tracklist:

moonmoons

Bubble Gun

oopsloops (our etm co-composition)

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Next Episode

#17D Anna Meredith [CHAT 2]

In this final instalment you get a multitude of factoids about Anna’s critically acclaimed album, Fibs (2019). She draws a track name from a bowl at random and tells us the first thing that comes to mind. You’ll also be hearing juicy extracts of the tracks alongside these insider scoops.

In the second half we talk about her 2018, BBC Proms commission Five Telegrams - if you aren’t familiar with the piece watch it here. It’s on a ginormous scale with incredible visuals projected onto (and inside) Royal Albert Hall.

Finally, we talk about her experiences working with Bo Burnham on his award winning film, Eighth Grade.

*another bad language warning, we just couldn't control ourselves*

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this extended podcast episode, I’ve never released so much material from one guest. Testament to Anna’s generous insights - this was a hugely inspiring day for me, a pleasure to edit it all together and I hope you too have been inspired by her. Share around the episode and we’ll all be better for it!

Here’s the best link to use: http://hyperurl.co/iqpldb

Thank you so much for listening to excuse the mess. Who knows when I’ll be back but at least you have 3.5 hours of Anna Meredith episode to work through (and all the previous episodes if you haven’t already). It goes without saying but a mountain of thanks to Anna, what an inspiration!

Take care in your Covid-Bunkers, keep busy and be available to help those that need you!

Much love

Ben xxx

Follow Anna here:

Follow etm:

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify

excuse the mess is gratefully supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and iZotope Audio.

Thanks to Acast for hosting this podcast and Anna's manager Rachel for all of her input.

Tracklist:

Calion

Limpet

Killjoy