Bukhu Ganburged: Mongolian throat singer and morin khuur player
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
07/29/23
•60m
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Bukhu Ganberged is an incredible Mongolian-Australian musician who is a master of both the Morin Khuur, the Horsehead fiddle, and Khuumii, the Mongolian Overtone Throat Singing. This episode features a lot of special music, and Bukhu’s personal story of growing up in Mongolia and emigrating to Australia. Like all my episodes, this is available as both a video with Closed Captions, a transcript, and a podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, the link to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/bukhu-ganburged
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At the beginning of this episode Bukhu explains how he learned overtone throat singing and demonstrates different styles. You’ll then hear some incredible music on Morin Khuur, the horsehead fiddle and learn about Mongolian culture and Bukhu’s experiences in Australia where he’s gone from busking on the street to performing at the Sydney Opera House and being featured on The Voice. I have included detailed timestamps below.
I encourage you to listen to Bukhu’s albums wherever you listen to your music! https://www.horsefiddle.com/
Bukhu’s audio was captured by his phone directly in Australia (I generally avoid recording over the internet) but the mic placement wasn’t ideal to capture the beautiful complexities of both the horsehead fiddle performances and Bukhu’s singing. However, he has also allowed me to also share within the episode a couple of his recordings both solo and with his group Equus, so you’ll be able to hear him explain about different regional styles of singing and playing in the episode as well as hear the studio quality recordings.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:36) khoomei Mongolian throat singing, how Bukhu learned and different styles
(14:23) some of Bukhu’s albums
(16:00) Equus
(18:00) Huurhun Haliun with Equus
(22:28) please support this independant podcast!
(22:46) Bukhu’s immigration to Australia
(26:20) Morin khuur horsehead fiddle, different regional styles
(37:55) legend of Khuhuu Namjil
(41:11) morin khuur with khoomei Mongolian throat singing “Khuhuu Namjil”
(45:06) Mongolian nomadic culture with animals, weeping camel
(49:09) khoomei Mongolian throat singing weeping camel song
(50:40) Bukhu’s childhood and training in music
(58:16) Linsey Pollak and Lizzie O’Keefe
(59:14) balancing life as a father
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Sandro Morales-Santoro: award-winning Film Composer from Venezuela
July 22, 2023
•104m
This episode features the Venezuelan composer Sandro Morales-Santoro who composes for film, tv and new media and is based in L.A. In this episode you’ll hear lots of music and our in-depth conversation during which Sandro tells the inspiring story of how he learned to read and write music while attending law school in Venezuela, then was accepted into the Berklee college of music, and was awarded their achievement scholarship, then how moved to L.A. and created community both professionally and personally. Sandro is on the Executive committee for the Composers’ Diversity Collective and we talked about biases in the industry and increasing exposure for composers from diverse backgrounds. Sandro is the fourth film and tv composer I’ve featured so far on this podcast, please take a look at my complete catalog of episodes to check out episodes you may have missed. Like all my episodes, this is available wherever you listen to podcasts, is also a video on my YouTube channel, and the transcript is also linked: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/sandro-morales-santoro
I've included detailed timestamps below.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:25) Sandro’s start in music and family’s resistance to his aspirations
(07:27) studies with Angel Balan to learn composition, getting into Berklee after law school
(18:33) The Shadow of the Sun
(19:04) music clip Slices of Bread from The Shadow of the Sun
(23:16) using Venezuelan traditional styles, different South American instruments, various influences
(30:07) music clip A Decent Job from The Shadow of the Sun
(32:12) process of writing music for The Shadow of the Sun
(34:08) music clip Late for Work from The Shadow of the Sun
(35:14) Vela, Dayana Gauthier, emigration experience
(41:50) trailer to Vela
(42:57) the making of Vela
(45:39) prejudice, and the founding of the Composers Diversity Collective
(52:04) please help support this series with a tip! Ko-fi link in the description
(52:20) Composers Diversity Collective, Michael Abels, Amanda Jones
(57:30) learning about the film industry, making Vela, the role of the film composer
(01:05:07) writing for orchestra, use of synthesizers
(01:11:20) benefits of modular synthesizers
(01:13:19) demo of Eurorack synth
(01:16:56) feeling and expressing emotion in music and acting, The Shadow of the Sun
(01:22:07) creating community
(01:28:26) Restaurants at the End of the World, including 3 music clips by David Benjamin Steinberg and Sandro Morales-Santoro, National Geographic Disney+
(01:40:09) reflections on different careers in music, other film composers
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Summer Update and Highlights Compilation for Season 3
August 3, 2023
•11m
I had a lot of fun stitching together some of the many highlights from this Season 3 so far, in a 10 minute compilation I’ve posted to both my podcast and here on my YouTube: I've included clips from every full episode in 2023 so far in this video!
It’s time for my summer break, but the podcast will be back September 2nd with a special episode with two composers who are life partners and also work together with Hans Zimmer at Bleeding Fingers Music. Anže Rozman and Kara Talve will inspire you with both the music of Prehistoric Planet and their personal stories, insights and compositions. I’m including some clips here from that episode, and I’ve also recorded a couple of other fascinating episodes that will be released in September. If you’d like access to regular Sneak Peeks, you need to sign up for my newsletter on my website: https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter
Please check out my back catalog for episodes you’ve missed, and keep in mind that you can use the timestamps if you ever want to skip to a certain section or music track.
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