Ep 15: UK meets USA. Make Weird Music with Anthony Garone

Over the past couple of weeks in April I’ve been in the States on holiday. Clearly, I’m not very good at fully relaxing so I teamed up with Anthony Garone from the YouTube channel Make Weird Music for a great conversation. We discuss topics such as being a content creator on YouTube, music education in the States vs the UK, creative mindsets, confidence and even some of the best British exports to the US.

You can find Anthony’s channel here and all it’s weird goodness: https://www.youtube.com/@MakeWeirdMusic

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Timestamps:
0:00: Introducing Anthony and the start of Make Weird Music

3:00: Eccentricity in British music and the school assembly in UK and US

9:55: Music in US schools and the universal language of the piano

23:20: The importance of improvisation vs exams

32:20: Can we get weirdness into the classroom?

37:10: Advice on starting out as a content creator

45:15: British vs American mindsets

54:00: Anthony’s best of British culture and the start of Primary School Bangers

01:05:50: Final thoughts and wrap up

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Anthony and the start of Make Weird Music
• 3:00 Eccentricity in British music and the school assembly in UK and US
• 9:55 Music in US schools and the universal language of the piano
• 23:20 The importance of improvisation vs exams
• 32:20 Can we get weirdness into the classroom?
• 37:10 Advice on starting out as a content creator
• 45:15 British vs American mindsets
• 54:00 Anthony’s best of British culture and the start of Primary School Bangers
• 1:05:50 Final thoughts and wrap up