Aug 26, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min · 13 segments
On your latest episode, singer Jay Brannan joins JB to talk music and mental health. Jay starts off by telling us how he first picked up guitar, his solo career so far and supporting The Fratellis…
Jaz BrannanGuestJBHostYeah
Aye.
It's one of those as well, like, in terms of, like, you talk about, like, studio time, um, there's a fair bit of expense with studio time, whereas if you can, like, put that against being able to have the ability to, for, like, you being in different countries, have the time to, like, work on things and, like, I don't know, make it perfect the way you want it to be, as opposed to if you're in a rush like you say, there's, like, so many advantages to that.
You're not the first person I've spoken to, um, that says they do that kind of thing.
Like, a band on recently, and most of the band are based in the UK, but one of the guys is based in America.
That works.
It's [coughs] It is amazing the stuff you can do now, 'cause there's, like, sites out there where people are, like, musicians who basically it's like a site, like, fucking Gumtree for example [laughs] or somewhere, so you can go on and-
Aye
So you can go on and, uh, [clicks tongue] say, "I need a, I need a saxophone player." You can go on and look for saxophone players, and then they've got videos of people, like...
Yeah.
Yeah
... and they'll charge you a f- they'll cha- charge you a fee to play on your music.
So, uh, you can go on and listen to it, like every, ev- Most musicians are amazing that's on it, but obviously you're looking for somebody that plays the style that you're looking for, so-
Uh-huh
... uh, for example, like the song that's on my EP, Pride Before the Fall, that's, uh, it's quite a bluesy rock song, and the...
Sounds brilliant.
Yeah
Aye.
It's one of those as well, like, in terms of, like, you talk about, like, studio time, um, there's a fair bit of expense with studio time, whereas if you can, like, put that against being able to have the ability to, for, like, you being in different countries, have the time to, like, work on things and, like, I don't know, make it perfect the way you want it to be, as opposed to if you're in a rush like you say, there's, like, so many advantages to that.
You're not the first person I've spoken to, um, that says they do that kind of thing.
Like, a band on recently, and most of the band are based in the UK, but one of the guys is based in America.
That works.
It's [coughs] It is amazing the stuff you can do now, 'cause there's, like, sites out there where people are, like, musicians who basically it's like a site, like, fucking Gumtree for example [laughs] or somewhere, so you can go on and-
Aye
So you can go on and, uh, [clicks tongue] say, "I need a, I need a saxophone player." You can go on and look for saxophone players, and then they've got videos of people, like...
Yeah.
Yeah
... and they'll charge you a f- they'll cha- charge you a fee to play on your music.
So, uh, you can go on and listen to it, like every, ev- Most musicians are amazing that's on it, but obviously you're looking for somebody that plays the style that you're looking for, so-
Uh-huh
... uh, for example, like the song that's on my EP, Pride Before the Fall, that's, uh, it's quite a bluesy rock song, and the...
Sounds brilliant.
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