The Making of Beyond The Valley: Nick Greco on Building a Festival Phenomenon
This week we’re diving into the craft and chaos of building a modern music festival! Joining us is Nick Greco, co-founder of Untitled Group and the juggernaut festival that is Beyond The Valley. Nick takes us from his early days running nightclub events to launching the first BTV with 8,000 people and how it grew into a 40,000-strong cultural force set to celebrate its 10th anniversary. We break down what it really takes to find the right festival site, why understanding your audience and community is everything, and how programming choices and genre curation have evolved as the festival has scaled. Nick also shares how BTV is pushing beyond music (and drinking culture) to create richer experiences, and how working behind the scenes has changed him as a music fan!If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to keep a festival afloat (and thriving) in today’s climate, consider this episode your backstage pass!🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget HustwaiteCatch clips from the show and more on our Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inside Stella Donnelly’s Music Hiatus: Burnout, Bakeries and Learning to Love Her Craft Again
This week we are joined by the delightful Stella Donnelly to discuss not only her gorgeous new album Love & Fortune, but her first new music in three years and what exactly happened during that time off! We get super candid as Stella shares how she recognised her burnout and loss of love for music, how she learned to become a fan again, the book-inspired approach behind her songwriting, and how she’s been making sense of her recent ADHD diagnosis. Plus, we chat about what it's like to work in a cemetery, how her dating history has surprisingly contributed to her brother’s own music projects, and who she thinks is winning the AFL Grand Final next year (a wild answer for a WA gal, tbh)🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget HustwaiteCatch clips from the show and more on our Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Paul Kelly: Footy, Fiction & Fanning Out
For our first guest on the podcast - and Moose's first time interviewing anyone - we've gone straight to the top with one of Australia's greatest ever singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly!We get the lowdown on Paul’s recent arena headline tour (including the moment that made Moose well up), and he takes us back to one of the toughest gigs he ever played.Hear how Paul's thirtieth album Seventy came to be, along with the songs currently sitting in his “odd socks drawer.” Plus: how he really feels about entertainment at the footy, performing at the AFL Grand Final, who he reckons has the best (and worst) AFL club song and the one player he would totally fan over meeting.We also talk about his earlier dip into writing footy articles, navigating songwriting pressures - particularly when creating a sequel to How to Make Gravy - and how literature and sport continue to shape his creative life.Paul Kelly's new album Seventy is out now!🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget HustwaiteCatch clips from the show and more on our Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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10 Australian Acts You're Sleeping On!
Alright fam welcome to EP2 where we are turning to our own backyard to bring you 10 Australians acts we reckon you are sleeping on! With international heavyweights dominating the charts and our feeds, it’s harder than ever for local acts to cut through - so we’re here to help #ausify your algorithm!Keen to check out all amazing music referenced in this episode? Our playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music - dive in and flick it a follow!Fan out with us on InstagramYour hosts: Alex Pearce and Bridget HustwaitePodcast Intro/Outro music by Dean Valentino aka Slowcoaching! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Introducing Fan to Fan!
WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EPISODE! 🎉We’re kicking things off by getting to know each other, fan to fan! We're diving into how music has shaped our lives, from Moose’s AFL career to Bridge’s journey into national radio (and how we could have almost crossed over like six years ago!!)Plus, Moose reveals the song his mum played him in the womb, Bridge shares how the triple j textline led to a spontaneous trip to Las Vegas, and we chat about our favourite lyrics, the first CD's we owned, even the songs we want played at our funerals (V IMPORTANT!), and heaps more!🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!Big thanks to Jarred Seng for helping us film the pod - you can catch some clips over on our Instagram.Shout out to RØDE for sorting us with the best audio gear and empowering creatives across all platforms - Australian owned and operated too!🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Music diehard? Come fan out with AFL footballer Alex Pearce and radio/tv presenter Bridget Hustwaite! Fan to Fan is all about honest conversations, deep dives, and shared experiences - from album obsessions and unforgettable live shows to the big (and small) moments shaping the music world.Whether we’re swapping stories with artists and public figures, breaking down records, or geeking out over new discoveries, this is a space for casual listeners, crate diggers, and everyone in between. No snobbery. No gatekeeping. Just real talk, fan to fan!@fantofanpodcast@alexpearce25@bridgethustwaite Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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