Episode 39: 'Boybands', with Lee Murray of Let Loose
Let Loose have reformed and are out on the road again this year after a busy 2024 – details of tour dates at htttps://www.letlooseofficial.com/
In this episode, drummer Lee Murray reflects on his experiences with fame in Let Loose during the 90s and how he coped once the phone stopped ringing. We explore the boyband culture of the 90s and what became of many of his contemporaries, off the back of a recent BBC documentary exploring Boybands. As well as reforming Let Loose, Lee has recently set up Drum Hub, offering drumming lessons to neurodivergent students in response to recognising what powerful effects drumming has had for him.
Thank you Jody Thompson at Jody Thompson Media Consultancy Ltd
Contact Lee/Let Loose:
https://www.letlooseofficial.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lee_murrayinsta/?hl=en
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
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Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Support and helplines:
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
My Blackdog: https://www.myblackdog.co/
Talk Club Charity: https://x.com/talkclubcharity
If you're a musician or music industry professional looking for specialised counselling, coaching or emotional support, the following charities are set up for this purpose:
Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/
Help Musicians UK: https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/
Music Minds Matter: https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk/
Music Support: https://www.musicsupport.org/
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine: https://www.bapam.org.uk/
Lucy Heyman: https://www.instagram.com/lucyheymanmusic/?hl=en
Denise Devenish Counselling: https://www.denisedevenishcounselling.co.uk/
Music Industry Therapist Collective: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/
OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/
Useful Books and links:
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/publications/
Sound Advice: https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/sound-advice/rhian-jones/9781838194901
Can Music Make You Sick?: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_66%3A9781912656646
BBC Documentary 'Boybands Forever': https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0023h94/boybands-forever
3 Jan 2025
Ep 38: Representations of female popular musicians, with PhD researcher Sarah Sharp
Sarah Sharp (FRSA) is a PhD researcher of popular music and mental ill-health at University of East Anglia. She is currently researching representations of popular female musicians, including Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Halsey and Demi Lovato. She illuminates her findings and interweaves this through a candid reflection of her own life history, including her experiences of psychiatric care, misogyny and emotional, domestic abuse.
Sarah's blog post for Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/post/sarah-sharp
Contact Sarah:
BlueSky: sarah5harp@bsky.social.
LinkedIn: Sarah Sharp FRSA
Facebook: Sarah Richarda Marie Sharp
Research Profile: https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-sharp
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter/X and Bluesky: @SoundAffectsPod
Instagram: sound_affects_podcast
Helplines and support:
Refuge: https://refuge.org.uk/
Women's Aid: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/want-to-talk/
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Amy Winehouse Foundation: https://amywinehousefoundation.org/
Face The Music Now Foundation, by and for survivors of abuse in the music industry:
https://facethemusicnow.com/
Women and Girls network: https://www.wgn.org.uk/
Beat (eating disorders): https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/
More links to things mentioned:
Misogyny in music inquiry: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6736/misogyny-in-music/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-factsheets/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-making-misogyny-a-hate-crime-factsheet
2 Jan 2025
Ep 37: The Lang Lang Foundation, with Oli Rose.
Oli Rose is the global development director of the Lang Lang Foundation and previously an independent consultant for Universal Music Group, Warner Music, Sony Music, Island Records, Decca and the X Factor. In this episode, Oli talks through his collaboration with Lang Lang, the famous piano virtuoso who founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in order to provide piano music education and mentorship to underprivileged school children off the back of several studies looking into the beneficial effects on piano playing on childhood psychosocial development. Oli also explores a little of his back history working on the X Factor, the impact of social media on a musician's wellbeing and his awareness of the importance of duty of care in these environments.
Contact Lang Lang Foundation:
www.langlangfoundation.org
https://www.instagram.com/langlangfoundation/?hl=en
Contact Sound Affects Podcast:
soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com
@SoundAffects Pod (Twitter, BlueSky)
@sound_affects_podcast (Instagram)
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