Music: Life In The Mix With Burt Blackarach
Producer Burt Blackarach discusses music promotion in the age of the internet, the evergreen magic of the 808 and what to do when your dad sells your bass.
Producer and DJ Burt Blackarach grew up in the thick of the Los Angeles music scene and he never really left. The list of people he’s worked with is indeed formidable. It’s so beefy, in fact, that we decided not to list it here because it would just look like we were trying to butter up to Google’s keyword algorithms. Instead, we decided to let the man speak for himself. It’s not here for lists anyway. You’re here for insight into the world of music, DJing, producing and MCing, which Burt brings in spades. That’s right, MCing. You can call this episode Fort Knox for all the gold bars you’ll find inside. And, just when you think it’s over, Swinky jumps on the mic and styles freely. This episode is brought to you by Who’s The Ross?, a late-night talk show that can be found on the web right here: https://whostheross.com/. As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 03 Episode 09
Music: Life In The Mix With Burt Blackarach
Recorded on February 23, 2020
Released on March 10, 2020
Episode Duration: 01:36:09
Burt Blackarach can be found on Instagram @blackarach and on the web at https://www.burtblackarach.com/.
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Musicians: Pancakes, Music and Light Conversation with Robert Parker Jr. and Jennifer Foster
Musicians Robert Parker Jr and Jennifer Foster discuss finding ones network, contending with imposter syndrome and whether or not Prince was a phony.
The ever-growing network continues to grow! And grow again! If you follow our non-Fishbowl work, you’re already familiar with Robert Parker Jr. and his collaborations with Swinky (at Babylon Cabaret and strolling down the beach). We finally do the deep dive with Robert and midway through the conversation, who should jump on mic but Jennifer Foster. Swinky, Robert and Jennifer chop it up on the music front while Jesse tries to name all of the 7 dwarves. Get out your pen and pad because we’re going to be talking about a lot of musicians that you may not have heard of but will certainly want to check out. As always, thanks for listening!
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Season 03 Episode 06
Musicians: Pancakes, Music and Light Conversation with Robert Parker Jr. and Jennifer Foster
Recorded on January 26, 2020
Released on February 17. 2020
Episode Duration: 01:50:44
Robert Parker Jr. can be found on Instagram @robertparkermusic.
Jennifer Foster can be found on Instagram @jfoonthego.
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Music: Navigating Cultures of Competition With Miss Charity Lockhart
Miss Charity Lockhart discusses family, putting together a tribute show and how compassion can get you the edge in an industry rife with competition.
In the history of The Hollywood Fishbowl, this conversation is easily the most likely to never have happened. Swinky first met Miss Charity Lockhart in Korea at a swing festival where the two were booked as co-headliners. While Charity was tearing up the stage and Swinky was contending with some serious imposter syndrome. To hear the story of what went right, you have to listen to the episode (spoiler: by dint of this episode existing, you can guess that there’s a happy ending). As always, thank you for listening!
Season 03 Episode 03
Music: Navigating Cultures of Competition With Miss Charity Lockhart
Recorded on January 5, 2020
Released on January 27, 2020
Episode Duration: 01:39:09
Charity Lockhart can be found on Twitter @charitylockhart, Instagram @charityclockhart and on the web at https://charitylockhart.com/.
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Mini-Sode 002 - The Great Hollywood Settle Continues
To paraphrase Michelle Obama, when they go maxi, we go mini.
We take a break from the hustle and bustle of booking guests to catch up with Swinky on her ever-evolving journey as an LA transplant. It can be a struggle to get your feet on the ground in Hollywood and Swinky’s convinced the process is going all too slowly. Jesse’s convinced that Swinky is doing everything correctly and moving forward faster than most. The beautiful thing about The Hollywood Fishbowl is that they can both be right! As always, thank you for listening.
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-fishbowl/id1382358699?mt=2
On Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jesse-koester/the-hollywood-fishbowl
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Season 02 Episode 48
Mini-Sode 002 - The Great Hollywood Settle Continues
Recorded on November 14, 2019
Released on November 19, 2019
Episode Duration: 00:27:35
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Indie Musicians: Phoebe Silva Shreds The Violin For Fun And Profit
Phoebe Silva was a triple threat (violinist/singer/songwriter) until today. Now, she’s a quadruple threat (violinist/singer/songwriter/Fishbowl guest).
From New York to Alaska to Los Angeles, violinist/singer/songwriter Phoebe Silva has been performing for three decades, making her a triple-location-triple-threat. That’s exactly why the episode is as long as it is - she brings a lot of game in all areas of grinding, from keeping the confidence up when you’re feeling down and keeping the bank account up when you’re unemployed. This isn’t an interrogation though. It’s a conversation. Phoebe takes over the show and gets the skinny on Swinky and Jesse and their coupling. When we turn to The Fishbowl, we pull questions about who we’re missing, the sexiest thing we’ve done on set, the most annoying thing we’ve seen at work and our greatest influences. As always, thanks for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 40
Indie Musicians: Phoebe Silva Shreds The Violin For Fun And Profit
Recorded on June 17, 2019
Released on October 1, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:58:04
Phoebe Silva can be found on Twitter and Instagram @phoeborama.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Swinky Got Her Visa!!!
There was a visa and Swinky got it. Boom!
It’s the end of an era on The Hollywood Fishbowl - The era was a much-despis’d one, primarily defined by there being no Swinky in America or on The Hollywood Fishbowl. How Swinky got here is not a story quickly told. So, we tell it slowly. Once we’ve covered all of that, we turn to The Fishbowl and pull questions on early childhood memories (@whostheross), horror movies (@bentrandem), and rhetoric philosophy (@rksuttle). As always, thank you for listening!
EPISODE NOTES
Season 02 Episode 39
Swinky Got Her Visa!!!
Recorded on September 22, 2019
Released on September 24, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:33:05
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @Swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Indie Musicians: Tony Glaser Is The Love Doctor
Host Jesse needs help with an incoming wife... STAT! And Love Doctor Tony Glaser is just the prescription that the doctor ordered to be filled by the doctor of love!
Bass player, singer and man about town Tony Glaser has just completed one year of Morning Bass Lines, a new single and a cracking music video. How does he celebrate? By coming on The Fishbowl, of course! We chuck it all down, from love to art to music to cooking and then we build it all back up. When we turn to the bowl for questions, we pull an @iamkatefaust classic about Seal, a question about compromised morals from @rksuttle and one from @charlesjensen about friendly betrayals. As always, thank you for listening!
Episode Notes
Season 02 Episode 34
Indie Musicians: Tony Glaser Is The Love Doctor
Recorded on July 24, 2019
Released on September 3, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:47:51
Tony Glaser can be found on Instagram @tonyglasermusic and on the web at https://www.tonyglasermusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Indie Musicians: A.R.S.N.K. Is An Artist, Musical and Otherwise
A.R.S.N.K made Jesse sweat with anxiety the first time he shot her performing live. Clearly, they’ve managed to scoop the friendship up since then and it’s good that they did. Had they not, we wouldn’t have this conversation on being invisible in your art, living homeless, sleep paralysis, and phenomenology.
A.R.S.N.K made Jesse sweat with anxiety the first time he shot her performing live. Clearly, they’ve managed to scoop the friendship up since then and it’s good that they did. Had they not, we wouldn’t have this conversation on being invisible in your art, living homeless, sleep paralysis, and phenomenology. After we get through all of that, we turn to the Fishbowl, pulling questions from previous guests, Craft By Maki, Pamela Jaye Smith and Non-Fishbowler Shiz. Other than that, we have three questions that rhyme (a fabulous first, if ever there was one)! ‘When did you last cry’, ‘how do you want to die’ and ‘what animal do you want to be and why’? As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 10
Indie Musicians: A.R.S.N.K. Is An Artist, Musical and Otherwise
Recorded on February 6, 2019
Released on March 12, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:38:42
A.R.S.N.K can be found on Twitter & Instagram @a.r.s.n.k and on the web at www.arsnk.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Potpourri: Kate Faust Is Having An In-Body Experience
We were lucky enough to catch Kate about two and a half decades into her most recent in-body experience. Join us as we discuss art, music, landing in LA, love, being corporeal and comfort foods.
You can relax. Kate Faust is our guest today. In fact, you should relax (because there’s really no reason not to). From her early days in rural Pennsylvania to her arrival in LA, Kate seems to have lived an entire life. So, why does it feel like she’s hardly a quarter of the way done? Perhaps because the scope is so broad, Kate’s innate curiosity feels limitless. She talks about everything from coming into one’s body as a child to reclaiming that body after experiencing trauma, from discovering one’s voice as an artist to finding the means to manifest that voice on a public stage in Los Angeles. And, of course, we turn to The Fishbowl. When we do, we pull Comfort Foods, First Memories and Crying Time.
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Season 01 Episode 27
Potpourri: Kate Faust Is Having An In-Body Experience
Recorded on November 9, 2018
Released on November 13, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:17:56
Kate Faust can be found on Instagram @iamkatefaust and on the web at http://www.katefaust.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Indie Musicians: Lin Gothoni Contends With Contending With Jealousy
Lin Gothoni is a walking, talking international perspective. Not only does she share her singing (both originals and covers) with us on this episode, she also shares that perspective. Enjoy, please do!
Lin Gothoni has a bunch of words and she’s careful with all of them. Let’s back up a bit. Lin has a bunch of languages and, while this conversation is only in one of them, I think it’s safe to assume she strives for precision in anything she speaks. Or sings. She also sings and you’ll get to hear examples of that in this episode. Of course, we also get into that good old Hollywood Fishbowl.
Episode Notes
Season 01 Episode 16
Lin Gothoni Is Careful With Her Words
Recorded on August 16, 2018
Released on August 28, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:05:57
Lin Gothoni can be found on Instagram @lingothoni and at https://m.soundcloud.com/user-859807894.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl