Random Improvisation Podcasts

Interviews, soundclips and rare tracks from important & legendary underground musicians! You’ll hear acoustic, electric, avant garde, outsider, homemade and improvised music and musicians from all over the globe. [itunes pic]
In this episode eclectic, improvising musician and multi-instrumentalist Eric Wallack discusses his development as an acoustic guitarist. This is the first in a short series of episodes that will address different aspects of my own music. Here I discuss my development as a solo acoustic guitarist through both composition and improvisation. The musical examples I’ve selected are culled from work tapes and current recordings spanning over twenty years and detail different elements of my growth as a guitarist and musician. Please feel free to drop me a note – I appreciate comments and always enjoy getting hip to new artists & shows! Stay tuned for more E-ssential Sounds and as always, thanks for listening! bhagiti@yahoo.com http://bhagiti.blogspot.com/ Show produced by Eric Wallack

Categories: Music

Tags: avant, avantgarde, DIY, eclectic, Experimental, free, garde, home, hometaping, improv, improvisation, improvised, jazz, music, POP, post, punk, recording, underground

‘LIEP95 brings a combination of improvised narrative comedy and ‘traditional’ talk show podcasts together to create an insanity driven, science-fiction based, unadulterated universe led by our talk show co-hosts. With an ignorant human from earth, a quip filled pompous alien, and a heated solar being , LIEP95 is sure to entertain the sourest of souls.’ – The Euphorix Tribune

Categories: Comedy, Society & Culture

Tags: Comedic, Comedy, creative, Funny, geek, humor, improv, improvisation, improvised, interview, late night, liep, liep95, live in escape pod, live in escape pod 95, nerd, outer space, Sci-Fi, science-fiction, Space, talk show, travel, whacky, witty

In-depth, investigative conversations about how music is learned. Occasional guests from experts of music pedagogy.

Categories: Arts, Education, Music

Tags: audiation, context, Education, edwingordon, Gordon, harmonic, hls, improvisation, jazz, learning, meter, mlt, mused, music, musiced, musiclearningtheory, pedagogy, Rasmussen, sequence, taillefer, teaching, tonality

Tips, insights, and stories to help musicians- especially violin, viola, fiddle, and cello players and teachers- grow in their practice, teaching, and/or career. Exploring intersections in creativity, music education, string playing, music business, and culture, Creative Strings is a non-profit organization supporting music education through the creation of online curriculum, school orchestra classroom outreach, in-person retreats/conferences, and more. Host Christian Howes is a classically trained Jazz violinist who has helped thousands of string players to be versatile and creative.

Categories: Music

Tags: bi, bryan, business, Cello, christian, DIY, Education, Electric, howes, improvisation, jazz, lewis, music, orchestra, pedagogy, playing, string, teaching, viola, violin, Wilson

No talk, no fuss, just short improvisations, sort of in the classical style, from pianist Jocelyn Swigger. jocelynswigger.com

Categories: Arts, Music

Tags: Classical, improv, improvisation, Jocelyn, music, pianist, piano, Swigger

In Talking Shop, Pittsburgh improv teacher, coach and performer Brian Gray talks improv with improvisers. He gets deep into his guest’s relationship with their work to discuss how they perform the way they love to perform. The show features an interview, usually an improv set, and Q&A. brianmgray.com/podcast

Categories: Arts, Comedy, Education

Tags: Brian, Comedy, Funny, gray, improv, improvisation, interview, Pittsburgh, shop, sketch, talking, theater

Einstein Simplified performs short form improv comedy! Come see the live shows every Tuesday night at 8pm at Scruffy City Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee or catch all new material on this weekly podcast!

Categories: Comedy

Tags: Comedy, form, humor, improv, improvisation, short

B Section host Brett Belanger dives into instruction and discussions on all aspects of music with an emphasis on jazz.

Categories: Music

Tags: art, bass, bebop, blues, composition, Education, groove, Harmony, improv, improvisation, instruction, interview, jazz, melody, music, rhythm, sound, Swing, theory

Two strikingly handsome middle-aged men get together every other week to discuss jazz in depth. Irreverent, irascible, engaged.

Categories: Music

Tags: bebop, blues, Cool, funk, fusion, groove, improvisation, jazz, Lounge, music, Swing

The VJC Q&T podcast is produced by the Valley Jazz Cooperative and hosted by VJC Director Russell Schmidt. In each episode, Russ shares questions and tangents (Q&T) with musicians, artists, and friends. Whether discussing seminal moments that have shaped the lives of our guests, pondering the nature of creativity, or exploring any interesting digressions that come up, the conversation is always entertaining. The VJC Q&T podcast: Two roads diverge in a wood…and we’re cool with both.

Categories: Arts, Education, Music

Tags: creativity, Education, improvisation, jazz, Jazz Education, jazz piano, music, music education, piano, russell schmidt, valley jazz cooperative

A very real podcast about very hypothetical situations with hosts TJ Jagodowski and Rush Howell.

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: board game, board games, Chicago, Comedy, conversation, game, games, Hypothetical, improv, improvisation, Philosophy, strategy

Sea Tea Improv is Hartford’s professional comedy company. See shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater! Take comedy classes at Sea Tea Improv Studios! Our Touring Company is available for hire to entertain or teach improv workshops for your workplace, school, or event.

Categories: Arts, Comedy

Tags: Comedy, connecticut, ct, hartford, improv, improvisation, longform, shortform, sketch

Second Best: A DnD Adventure is a real-play D&D 5e comedy podcast created by NYC improvisers. Second Best follows the adventures of Bug, Yolanda, Gail, and Hue in a fantasy realm called Milarien. They’re not the finest adventurers in the land – a fact they’re reminded of a lot – but that won’t stop this determined bunch. Stephen Buckley is your dungeon master, the players are Ali Gordon, Glo Tavarez, Marty Scanlon, and Stephen Kelly.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction, Leisure

Tags: 5e, actual play, ali gordon, Comedic, Comedy, DD, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, Funny, Games & Hobbies, glo tavarez, improv, improvisation, improvised, inclusive, marty scanlon, Real Play, rpg, stephen buckley, stephen kelly, tabletop, UCB, upright citizens brigade

In our uncertain, unscripted world how do we Dare to be Human? How can we become more aware of how we show up in our lives moment to moment? How can we expand our range of options? Hosts Kat and Livia will explore human identity, performance, and connection in each episode through the lenses of applied improv, storytelling, psychology, and more!

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: applied improv, brain, improv, improvisation, Philosophy, Psychology, Self-Improvement, storytelling, training

A podcast about secret guilty pleasures and very publicly trying to convince others they’re as great you believe them to be.

Olly returns to present a new and interesting episode on one of his passions!

Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines, using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve vocal imitation of turntablism, and other musical instruments.

Categories: Comedy, Music, TV & Film

Tags: Comedy, cuck, edinburgh, Entertainment, film, fringe, Funny, games, get on, get on my level, improv, improvisation, level, music, Podcast, preview, reality tv, review, tv

Wasting ALL the Time is a weekly audio improv comedy podcast hosted by Cody Parcell, Dave Paterson, Jes Deprez, and Jon Hansen with occasional guests. We improvise scenes and play improv games!

Categories: Comedy

Tags: Characters, Comedy, impro, improv, improvisation, interview, Podcast, scenes, segments, silliness, sketch, skits, theater, Voices

Featured segments include: Jam Track, Resource Booth, On Mic, Songwriter’s Corner, and In-Session

Categories: Music

Tags: drumming, Education, improvisation, music, songwriting, therapy

Casual interviews and relaxing rambles. A human being a human. Stream of conscious musings. These are all descriptions I considered. I’ve subsequently decided to just leave them all in. Oh, I wish I would have thought of “whatever I feel like god DAMMIT!” back when I was initially typing the descriptions. it wouldn’t be intellectually honest to “fix it” tho. The interesting thing is that this works anyways.

Categories: Arts, Comedy, Leisure

Tags: asmr, improvisation, interview, meditation, PM Mirror, relaxation, sleep, stream of conscious