Digital Pill – working musicians talk about their lives

Percussionist Eugene Ughetti plays an improvised percussion solo on gongs and temple bowls Visit Eugene’s projects on these links Speak Percussion Glass Percussion Project Eugene’s CD is available here

Mal Webb sings his song – Ad for beer – featuring vocal, guitar and some of Mal’s evolved vocalisations. He wrote it after Chick Ratten of the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy told him his music was “not a good ad for beer” and made Mal realise who his audience REALLY was . . . Good on [...]

Girish Makwana was born in Gujurat, India and received his Masters of Music from the Maharajah Sayajirao University of Baroda. Here he performs on tablas with Saby Bhattacharya on sarod and Nicolas Buff on alto saxophone. This performance was filmed at the studios of radio 3CR in Collingwood as part of their ongoing training. Follow [...]

This week I’m celebrating the counter turning over 100,000 video views for Digital Pill. Its been great receiving emails from every corner of the globe and tracking all the interest inside and outside of Melbourne, Australia – where all these musicians are based. Thanks again to all those who have contributed. The recent video from [...]

I’m off to India for a little while to study yoga. Hence the ostentatious yogi pic below. My nephew said: “Now that’s Ninja.” The site will continue while I’m away as I have a few prerecorded videos in the bag, look out for the songwriting video from Joe Dolce mid September. For anyone in Melbourne, [...]

Rae Howell is a freelance composer and performer on piano & vibraphone. She is a founding member of Sunwrae Ensemble, showcasing some of Australia’s finest versatile musicians. Here she plays her piece “Decipher the Crooked Ways” on the vibraphone using a combination of bowing and four mallet technique. Decipher the Crooked Ways…. an ambient & [...]

On Saturday November 28th 9-10.30pm Louie Prez will be launching SCAM in a global live streaming event, broadcast from the Dog Theatre in Footscray Australia as part of the Big West Festival. In conjunction with Digital Pill and supported by Maribyrnong City Council, the trio will present music from their new album. Come to the [...]

ARIA Award winning musician, singer-song writer, theatre collaborator and choir director Kavisha Mazzella sings her song Amour About this song Kavisha writes I saw a fantastic film by Tony Gatlif in 1996 called Latcho Drom about gypsies and thier music and in it there was a scene where the french gypsy musicians visit the medieval [...]

Bec Matthews playing the Kora (West African harp) and singing the song Utopia. She has also appeared previously on this post playing with AfroMandinko Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lyrics Listen to Bec’s music here On Myspace Afro Mandinko website