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Episode 38 - Nathaniel Dye: Public Service Announcement
How We Hear, access & Identity, Music Theory Steve Pretty How We Hear, access & Identity, Music Theory Steve Pretty

Episode 38 - Nathaniel Dye: Public Service Announcement

A tribute to Nathaniel Dye (Nat) — musician, music teacher, brass band obsessive, and the creator of the brilliantly blunt song “Public Service Announcement”, performed live at Wilton’s Music Hall. We replay our earlier conversation about what music became for him after diagnosis: not escape, but purpose — teaching, making, playing, and using the time properly.

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Episode 24 — Vocal Coaching, Twanging and Matters of Life and Death
Entertaining Noises, Origins & Oddities, Sound Science, How We Hear, access & Identity Steve Pretty Entertaining Noises, Origins & Oddities, Sound Science, How We Hear, access & Identity Steve Pretty

Episode 24 — Vocal Coaching, Twanging and Matters of Life and Death

Live with vocal coach Juliet Russell at ALSO Festival: twang, resonance, breath and the warm-ups that actually help. Plus a closing tribute to Nathaniel Dye and the making of his album, Matters of Life and Death.

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