Depth Charge

#43 Rafael Ricardo Lopez Sanchez

March 22, 2023 11:49 - 2 hours - 137 MB

Bain & Sugars talk to our friend, musician and sound engineer, Rafael Ricardo Lopez Sanchez, about his career in the music industry in Europe, as well as about his start in music, the bass violin, and sound engineering. We go from Rafael's origins in Venezuela, move on to his experiences of sound engineering in studios and on live concerts in Barcelona and all across Europe, and also of running studios and a music label in Barcelona. We talk about recording and listening to music in differen...

#42 Anna Maria Olsson

February 14, 2023 11:05 - 2 hours - 140 MB

Bain & Sugars talk to Thai-Swedish musician Anna Maria Olsson about life and music. We got to hear about Anna's education in European conservatories, playing music for a living in Europe, musical influences, the important influence of nature in Scandinavia, why she plays and composes the music that she plays, what projects are on the horizon, the kind of projects she wants to work on in the future, why Anna moved to Thailand in 2021, and why she decided to quit teaching and devote herself to...

#41 Paul Page: Bees

January 22, 2023 14:39 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Bain & Sugars interview bee expert, Paul Page. Paul talked to us about his origins, what brought him to Asia, why he loves Chiang Mai in particular, his teaching of the Vietnamese martial art, Võ, and many things besides. But, bees are the main thing, and we learned more about bees in this hour and a half than you could hope to learn in a lifetime without meeting someone like Paul. For example, did you know that there are more than 20,000 species of bee, that some bees can recognize people'...

#40 Tufortu

January 09, 2023 13:32 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

Check out 2022, check in 2023. Bain & Sugars record for the first time out of the studio, dis NY resolutions, and fail to notice that they make one in the episode: to do more podcasts in 2023 than in 2022. Music happenings in Chiang Mai. What can you do in a day? What can't you do in a year? Aspirations in music. A book recommend: All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition. A couple of music podcast recommends: Questlove Supreme and Norah Jones is Playing Along. Some ramblin...

#39 Dan Elbert

February 13, 2022 09:29 - 1 hour - 133 MB

Dan’s vivid and heartfelt telling of the origins and plot twists of his journey in music, and the realization of what matters to him, artistically and ultimately, and what doesn’t, disarmed us so much that no more needs saying by way of introduction than, enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#38 You Have to Ask

January 08, 2022 10:23 - 1 hour - 99.7 MB

Can bands make it just by going local? Do artists need to get on the metaverse? Are we getting anything from living in social media space, from being in the metaverse? What do people come out to venues, concerts for - the music, the entertainment, mind transformation, alcohol? What we can reliably share: food, music, nature, stuff in this world. Can we reliably share anything in virtual spaces? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#37 What Makes the World Real?

June 16, 2021 10:55 - 2 hours - 139 MB

What is The World? What makes it real? Is it sharing? How do you share a world? Nature is a reliable foundation for sharing the world. Language, culture, history, art and music. You can’t share on social media, it’s fake sharing… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#36 Shuggy Duggy Quack Quack

June 07, 2021 14:59 - 1 hour - 129 MB

If the situation’s got you down, Bain and Sugs are here to let you know that at least you got a better handle on things than they do. And they still don’t give a …. Small mercies.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#35 Going Solo

April 24, 2021 15:17 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

The main thing is Sugars quizzing Bain about musicians going solo, and specifically his own plans for becoming a largely solo artist in his music career.. with side notes of butter, cheese, salt and homemade bread. Pedantishly, Sugars mixes his casting-a-wide-net and painting-with-a-broad-brush metaphors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#34 Ubuntu & the Musician’s Dilemma

March 26, 2021 10:02 - 1 hour - 88.3 MB

Bain & Sugars rambling on moral philosophy, aliens, new world order, reasons for getting naked... and another live in the studio psychological game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#33 Men In Black Too

February 15, 2021 11:22 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Bain & Sugars take personality tests live in the studio. Do we know ourselves? Do our friends (or enemies) know us better? Is taking an online personality test any different from visiting the fortune teller? Are we really motivated by introspection. We also take an I̶n̶ ̶d̶e̶p̶t̶h̶ extremely superficial look at the history and origins of personality tests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#32 Ziya Tabassian

December 12, 2020 19:32 - 1 hour - 82.2 MB

We delved deep into conversation on music and musicianship with the great Ziya Tabassian. Ziya has devoted his life to music, playing widely and internationally, especially on the Iranian drum, the tombak, in diverse genres including Persian music, early and contemporary Western classical music and world music. Follow Ziya and check out his music on his website http://www.ziyatabassian.com/ and YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTTAoaBlmnCigGtB4k4PZA Hosted on Acast. See a...

#31 Intropy

November 20, 2020 03:48 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

A lot of ins and outs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#30 Dubious Arousal

October 07, 2020 19:44 - 1 hour - 83 MB

Bain survived the kokBang. The multiverse of butterfly effects. A new way of thinking about emotions. On the day we recorded this, Lisa Feldman Barrett, the psychologist whose ideas we discuss, appeared on Lex Fridman's podcast. Kick back and hear Bain & Sugars wax lyrical and/or hear from the source... Lex Fridman Podcast Link - Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works https://lexfridman.com/lisa-feldman-barrett/ https://youtu.be/NbdRIVCBqNI Hosted on Acas...

#29 Horrorscopy

September 21, 2020 12:44 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

What if science can’t fix the future for us? What if the paths of fate and destiny into the future are narrow? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#28 Metta Data

September 07, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MB

Mainly catching up. And a little bit of asking: are the things we want, that we try for, anything to do with us as individuals? Or is it just nature, society, the universe working though us? What is the seeker seeking? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#27 Catfish Salad

August 17, 2020 11:57 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

Kevin says hi. Who's muddying whose waters? Is understanding simple or complex? An intro to the history of the North Gate Jazz Co-op... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#26 MythoLoJy

August 10, 2020 15:53 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Personal mythology. What do we really know about who we are? Where do the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves come from? What effect do they have on our lives? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#25 Duck Soup

August 07, 2020 12:23 - 1 hour - 81 MB

What does it take to express clearly in conversation and in music? What's most fundamental in music? Rhythm, time and time-feel? And some extreme side-tracking.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#24 Yao Spills Beans

July 27, 2020 11:10 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB

We talk with chef, traveller, people gatherer and storytelling genius Yao (Yaowadee Chookong) of Birds Nest, YakkaJon Slow Fish Kitchen and other culinary endeavours. It's probably the best one yet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#23 Birth Surferticket

July 20, 2020 15:14 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

Life-forging albums from the years of our births. Dylan, U2, Wayne Shorter, Metallica, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#22 Midnight Johnson

July 13, 2020 05:05 - 1 hour - 90.4 MB

Bain & Sugars have their first ever guest on Depth Charge. Midnight Johnson speaks for himself. We learn by what rule he got his name. Freedom conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#21 FryUp

July 06, 2020 07:03 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Catching up with the Chiang Mai music scene after a few days of being back on stage. Open-ended mindset. Living on the edge versus the comfort zone. Fear. Herald or secret. The value of a worldview. Relationship of mind-state to time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#20 Thought Experiment

June 27, 2020 09:08 - 1 hour - 74.3 MB

What is intelligence? Would people be in more or less trouble if we were more intelligent? Or will AI hurt or help us? Can 2 minds be one? Paul's non-Vulcan mind meld. Love yourself or love others? What self? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#19 MoMentUs

June 19, 2020 15:49 - 1 hour - 105 MB

A rant, followed by a reminiscing of some of the life-changing people, places and experiences that came our way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EP2 (TH) Daily Depth Charge: กลยุทธิ์เศรษฐกิจเกาหลี, คอร์ติซอล ฮอร์โมนความเครียด และ ขันติ

June 17, 2020 14:02 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MB

กลยุทธิ์สร้างเศรษฐกิจของเกาหลี เจาะเรื่องสารหลั่งความเครียด คอร์ติซอล และพูดเกี่ยวกับ ขันติ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EP2 (EN) Daily Depth Charge: Korean Creative Economy, Cortisol and Patience

June 17, 2020 13:57 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

This episode focus on Korean's creative economy "Top Down", Cortisol; stress hormones, and Patience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EP1 (TH) Daily Depth Charge: อิคิกาอิ, แอสตาแซนธิน, 5 ภาษาความรัก

June 15, 2020 13:19 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

ประเดิมตอนแรกของ Depth Charge ในรูปแบบรายวัน ซึ่งจัดรายการโดยแอลเจ ในรายการจะเน้นพูดถึงหัวข้อในแต่ล่ะวันที่ทำให้แอลเจสนใจ ได้รับแรงบันดาลใจ หรือบั่นทอนจิตใจ สำหรับรายการแรกนี้ จะพูดถึงเรื่อง อิคิกาอิ, แอสตาแซนธิน, และ 5 ภาษาความรัก Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EP1 (EN) Daily Depth Charge: IKIGAI, Astaxanthin, and 5 Languages of Love

June 15, 2020 13:12 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Introducing the Daily Depth Charge with L.J. tackling daily topic which inspire, motivate or even aggravate him. So for this episode, IKIGAI, Astaxanthin, and 5 Languages of Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#18 The Music Business - Part 2

June 12, 2020 13:46 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

Another look at the music business: after 3 months of lockdown, have we learned anything about musicians making money outside of live gigs? What do musicians need to know about in order to survive in the business: contracts, licence agreements, labels? Do musicians have to be social media masters as well these days? Music and game worlds, phones, videos without sound and short visual attention versus the slow uplifting immersion in live music... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

#17 Art Reflecting the Times

June 06, 2020 10:06 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Does art always reflect the times? What influence does the moment have on what forms of art can be prominent or successful? Is the world more complex and difficult to understand now, and does that make the work of artists trying to connect with it more difficult? John Coltrane said, “Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe… That’s what I would like to do. I think tha...

#16 sLow Progress

May 29, 2020 16:57 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB

Born out of frustration with how difficult it is make personal progress, and how difficult it seems to be for humanity to move towards the light. Why podcasts are a form of ideal human communication. Why one-on-one conversation is so important in diverse fields. Too much pressure to progress on multiple fronts with limited resources. The Stanford Good Samaritan experiment. And loads more meandering.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#15 Starting a Band

May 21, 2020 15:46 - 1 hour - 89.7 MB

Starting a band. Being in a band. What could go wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#14 Music - The First Language

May 15, 2020 14:35 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Can you find truth in music? Is music a language, the original language, or an expression of the perfect harmony of the whole universe, a harmony we can join? Is big data and computation any kind of basis for human understanding and communication? If not, then what? We answer all these and many other questions perfectly, no doubts remaining. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#13 Storytelling

May 08, 2020 15:36 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB

Neither of us are known for being storytellers, but it's never too late to learn so we have a go at telling tales from our early years. What experiences formed the characters of little LJ and little Paul. Find out here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#12 Simplicity & Complexity in Music

May 01, 2020 15:07 - 1 hour - 78.5 MB

A couple of quotes from the masters to sum up what what we try to dig into: “Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.” Charles Mingus “..there's really only two kinds of music, there's music that expands consciousness and there's music that contracts it.” Sonny Rollins, via Steve Coleman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#11 Covid Aftermath: What & How?!

April 24, 2020 18:23 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Francis Fukuyama wrote the End of History, Bain and Sugars talk the End of the Future. Does the future beyond covid still exist? What will musicians be doing if it does? Which colour pill is which? Do we become nihilists or idealists? Is capitalism to blame for everything? Paul calls LJ a Trotskyite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#10 Fail at What You Love

April 18, 2020 08:23 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Paul & Bain follow inspiration from Jim Carrey on choosing a life based on doing what you love. We also get sidetracked into questions of education, wisdom, belief and faith. And Paul reads a poem by W.H. Auden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#9 Improvisation: Life's Most Important Trait?

April 09, 2020 08:21 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

This week we talk about improvisation, in music and in life. We also dig a little bit into the neuroscience - what's going on in the brain when musicians improvise. Some of the questions that came up are: Is improvisation something you can learn? Do you need to overcome fear to be able to do it? Is it involved in ordinary speech? As a musician how do you practice improvisation? How do you approach it? If you're interested in the brain science you can read more about it in the links: https:...

#8 Choosing an Instrument and Starting to Learn

April 02, 2020 07:46 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

We talk about taking up a musical instrument. Is there a right instrument for you? What counts as an instrument? Does your personality have to fit, and the kind of music you like? How do you start learning, and keep learning? Find something to take up in isolation and maybe bring something beautiful out of isolation with you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#7 Recap & Improvisation

March 19, 2020 10:11 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

We talk about the unavoidable coronavirus, but mainly just let the conversation flow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#6 The Art of Conversation

February 28, 2020 14:52 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Physical existence is extremely limiting, mind can be free, but only in the world can 2 minds communicate. What makes a good conversation? Ordinary and musical conversations. Messaging, phone, video and telepathy. Why are we doing this podcast? Life-changing conversations, storytelling, before phones.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#5 The Ballad of a Man and his Sorrow

February 13, 2020 08:42 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

We talk about KOBE’s song, The Ballad of a Man and his Sorrow, the origins of the band and the song, the idea for the music video, keeping it secret, the director, crew and cast, the video shoot, response to the video.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#4 Songwriting

February 06, 2020 09:15 - 1 hour - 78 MB

In this episode we talk about songwriting, influence versus plagiarism, the feeling of originality, the litigiousness of the music business, cultural appropriation, music for pets.. We also throw in some classical music history, quotes from great musicians, and fact-check our previous episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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