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10/09/24 • 68 min
In this episode: Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Israeli Born Bass player and composer Adi Meyerson as we talk about her creative projects, her ‘chordless trio’ and living in New York. About Adi Meyerson Adi Meyerson is a NY-based Bassist and composer. She was born in San Francisco, CA and at the age of two, she relocated with her family to Jerusalem, Israel, where she grew up and remained until moving to NY in 2012. Adi Studied at "The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music” and later on at “Manhattan School of Music” for her Masters. She studied with Master Musicians such as Ron Carter, Reggie Workman, Bob Cranshaw, Miguel Zenon, Jim Mcneely, Dave Leibman and worked with many greats such as Joel Frahm, Steve Nelson, Charli Persip, Ravi Coltrane and many others around the NYC area in highly renown venues such as Mezzrow, Smalls jazz, The Jazz Standard, Smoke, Birdland and others.She is A current member of the Bria Sconberg Band, Reginald Chapman's "Pressure Fit" and "Svetlana & the NYC collective", and actively tours and performs with many others around the US and the World. As a band leader and Composer, Meyerson has successfully made an impact on the NYC scene and earned her title as an up-and-coming young talent. In September 2017, She recorded her debut album "Where We Stand" which contains 9 original compositions all by Meyerson. The Album was very well received and Meyerson's music was referred to as "Intuitive and perspicacious, that displays a musical maturity that belies her newcomer status." Downbeat Magazine. The band has headlined the "Make some Noise" music festival in May 2016, Center City Jazz Festival in Philadelphia in 2019 as well as the international Guatemala Jazz Festival in 2019. Meyerson Has performed all over the US, Latin America and Canada with her band. Meyerson is a 2020 recipient of the NYFA women’s grant and is set to record and release her sophomore album in late 2021. Instagram Website About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. Stream the Album Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here Follow the podcast on your favorite platform
In this episode:
ViviTalks with Esin Aydingoz: Turkish composer, conductor and board member for Alliance for Women Film Composers, that specializes in scoring for film, TV and games
About Esin Aydingoz
Esin Aydingoz is a Turkish composer based in Los Angeles. Esin graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music and has composed, arranged, and orchestrated for a wide array of projects including animations, silent films, documentaries, TV series, video games, and musicals, most of which have screened at festivals around the world. She scored Amazon’s The Prevalence and wrote additional music for Apple TV’s SEE and Hallmark’s One Summer. Scoring work aside, Esin is also a professional pianist and music director. She arranged, produced, and recorded for various Disney albums and concerts as well as being the assistant music director for their a cappella sensation “DCappella”. Her chamber music and solo piano works have been performed in LA, Istanbul, Boston, and Latvia. A voting member for The Recording Academy and a board member for The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Esin truly strives to make the world a better place through arts.
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
S01:E41 ViviTalks w. Merel Brusselers aka Joanne Bird: Dutch singer-songwriter and educator
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11/13/24 • 41 min
In this episode Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Dutch singer-songwriter and educator Merel Brusselers aka Joanne Bird as we talk about her 5 month travels through the US, bringing her new American band to the Netherlands, and her approach to education. About Merel Brusselers aka Joanne Bird Merel Brusselers is a singer, teacher, and entrepreneur from the Netherlands. After earning her Bachelor's degree in Music Education at Fontys Conservatory and a Master’s in Musical Leadership at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, she discovered her passion for songwriting and created her alter ego, Joanne Bird. Under this name, she crafts indie and Americana folk music with a touch of jazz, drawing much of her inspiration from her travels to the United States, which is vividly reflected in her work. In addition to performing, Merel teaches courses such as Songwriting and Cultural Entrepreneurship at her alma mater, Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, Netherlands. Instagram Website About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. Stream the Album Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here Follow the podcast on your favorite platform
06/26/24 • 67 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Ajda Snyder AKA Ajda The Turkish Queen as they explore her many projects, her love for exploring new instruments and how drive to always look for something new learn
About Ajda The Turkish Queen:
Originally from Houston, TX, Ajda the Turkish Queen is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Boston, MA since 1996. With over 20 years of live performance experience in settings from clubs to churches, and appearing on over two dozen recordings, she is a versatile and seasoned veteran of music who believes the journey of growth never stops. She is also an independent voice teacher, whose passion is working with adults on contemporary styles like rock, pop, jazz, blues, country, r&b, etc.
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
06/12/24 • 47 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Australian LA-based Gabbi Coenen, a multi-instrumentalist multi-genre singer-songwriter, who also found her way into the film industry as a music supervisor. She explains the ins and outs of that side of the music business and how she manages what seems to be many careers at the same time.
About Gabbi Coenen:
Gabbi Coenen is an Australian vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. She is known for her “expansive and electrifying” songwriting and her versatile vocal abilities, which have seen her professional career span a range of genres, from modern jazz to indie pop, early to contemporary classical music, and nearly everything in between. Based in New York City since 2011 and Los Angeles since 2020, she has released four EPs and an album as RVBY MY DEAR. Her debut album Waiting (Villainy Records, 2019) was produced by Andrew Lappin and garnered high praise from indie tastemakers such as The Line of Best Fit and The Deli Magazine, as well as landing on Trip-Hop Nation’s Best of 2019 list. The single “Try” was also a semi-finalist in the Unpublished category of the 2019 International Songwriting Competition. Her follow-up self-titled EP (Spirit House Records, 2022) was featured on Bandcamp’s New & Notable and received airplay on Triple J’s Home & Hosed. Gabbi is currently a soprano with the new music collective C3LA and the All Saints Beverly Hills Choir.
When not writing, recording, or performing, Gabbi is a freelance music supervisor for independent films and also teaches private voice and piano lessons to students of all ages and skill levels. She is certified in Somatic Voicework Levels 1-3 and holds a BFA in Jazz Voice from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music (Salutatorian) and a Bachelor of Music from the West Australian Academy of Performance Arts. Gabbi’s music supervisor and consultant credits include The Otherkind (2023), Bonding (2023), and “Crone” from the feminist horror anthology film Give Me An A (2022).
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
05/29/24 • 51 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Susanne Bachmann on her career, her many projects of guiding and teaching your musicians and how to survive the music as a single mom
About Susanne Bachmann
Began with violin at the age of 13, studied education, in this time started to play sax (autodidactic), at the same time started to teach (sax/violin/viola). Since quite a long time I teach these instruments at a high school with musical profile. Doing a lot of playing in bigbands (all saxes/flute), small bands, projects (pop, hiphop, rap ...you name it ...), since several years I compose and arrange music, especially for our bigband. My recent main projects are lsited on the homepage.
About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Kari van der Kloot, as they delve into Kari's musical journey, moving through different continents and landing in New York City, and what it means to be a musician there.
About Kari van der Kloot
Canadian vocalist Kari van der Kloot presents an exciting new voice on the horizon. Living somewhere in the space between jazz and folk, Kari’s compositions fit seamlessly into a tradition of great Canadian singer-songwriters, such as Joni Mitchell, while still honoring her roots in jazz music. Currently based in New York, Kari’s project is exciting new fans with her highly original music. Kari’s debut album “Seedling” was released in 2016, and her new album “The Architects” was released to great acclaim on June 5th, 2020 on Outside In Music’s Next Level imprint. A new album will be released in the spring of 2024.
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
S01:E10 Maria Triana: Legendary Master Engineer for Sony Battery Studios and the 'Typuhthâng' album
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04/03/24 • 22 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and legendary mastering engineer Maria Triana as they talk about the craft of mastering and her experience of mastering the album 'Typuhthâng'
About Maria
Maria Triana started out as a classically trained violist in her native Colombia. Until 2019 she worked at Sony Music Entertainment in New York – out of their Battery Studios facility – as a Mastering Engineer. There, she had the honour and opportunity to contribute her skills and expertise on many award winning recordings, from legendary artists such as Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter and Bob Dylan as well as current releases by Donald Fagen, Sting and Britney Spears While at Sony, she contributed towards the testing of Sony’s new immersive 360RA technology and creating content by mixing and remixing released and unreleased material. Furthermore she developed an extensive knowledge of legacy formats such as analogue tape and metal discs. Being equally versatile in both the analog and digital domains, Maria has worked as a restoration and archival engineer for music collections of the Metropolitan Opera of NY, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Legacy. Now based in the Netherlands, Maria is available for mastering and re-mastering projects, both independent and major label. Since 2020 she is also a part-time lecturer for the Abbey Road Institute – Amsterdam campus.
About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
03/13/24 • 66 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between Rachel Therrien and your host Vivienne Aerts as they talk about the role that Cuba and Latin music plays for the Canadian New York-based trumpeter.
About Rachel Therrien:
French-Canadian trumpeter, composer, and producer Rachel Therrien boasts an enviable curriculum, known for her very personal signature with influences from Jazz to Afro-Latin and "global" music, Rachel has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile, and innovative artist. After producing 4 records on labels MultipleChordMusic (CA) & (US), Rachel Therrien just released her 5th album, "VENA" (Nominee for Jazz Album of the Year at ADISQ and JUNO Award & four stars by Downbeat), under French label Bonsaï Music, recorded in Paris with her new European Quartet. Therrien is releasing her 6th album Mi Hogar, the 1st of her Latin Jazz Project in February 2023. Therrien works as a side musician in various projects such as Arturo O'Farrill's Grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Ostara Project, the renowned Diva Jazz Orchestra, and many more. In 2020, Rachel started producing for other artists like Anamaria Oramas, Noé Lira, and LaPelúda.
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
07/03/24 • 43 min
In this episode:
Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Moana Avvenenti, as they discuss her work as a singer-songwriter Moana A, her collab with her husband under MoAnanda, which is has a serious foot on the ground in the world of sync.
About Moana A
Singer/Songwriter Moana A (that is her real name, sorry Disney) grew up on a sailboat in Saint Martin, Caribbean. After graduating from Berklee College of Music summa cum laude in 2011, she wrote her first solo, original album “dotted” which was crowdfunded via IndieGogo in 2013, and followed by an endorsement deal with Daisy Rock Guitars. Based in LA, she has toured the world: Abu Dhabi, Indonesia, India, the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, and all over the USA. Moana has mainly two original projects: Moana A, whose sound falls into the cinematic pop genre, with big, epic, orchestral, dramatic builds. And MoAnanda, with her fiancé Ananda Dhar-James, a mix of acoustic and electronic pop. Moana's singing and songwriting credits include Netflix, Disney Parks, Domino's Pizza, Renault, NBC, The CW, The SIMS, Arknights, Hulu, MTV, FreeForm, Oxygen, Lux, Ora2, TouchFocus, TBC Japan, and more...
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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.
Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.
Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.
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How many episodes does ViviTalks have?
ViviTalks currently has 43 episodes available.
What topics does ViviTalks cover?
The podcast is about Music, Podcasts and Music Interviews.
What is the most popular episode on ViviTalks?
The episode title 'S01:E21 Itzel Reyna: Saxophone player and producer from Mexico City' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on ViviTalks?
The average episode length on ViviTalks is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of ViviTalks released?
Episodes of ViviTalks are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of ViviTalks?
The first episode of ViviTalks was released on Jan 29, 2024.
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