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Being a Session Musician

Mary Anne Hobbs is joined by drummer Pauli Stanley-McKenzie (Africa Express, Gorillaz Sound System, Kindness) to find out what it is like being a session musician.

What is it like being a session musician?
Mary Anne Hobbs explores the mysterious world of session playing through classic tracks, archive audio and a guest appearance from Pauli PSM.
Pauli is one of the UK's foremost session drummers. He plays with Kindness, Gorillaz Sound System, and the Africa Express, alongside the likes of Damon Albarn, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney, Peter Hook, Baaba Maal and Amadou & Mariam.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 8 Dec 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Lauryn Hill

    Everything is Everything

    • Columbia/Ruff House.
  • Gaz Coombes

    Buffalo

    • Hot Fruit Recordings.
  • Gorillaz

    On Melancholy Hill

    • Plastic Beach.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • The Marvelettes

    Please Mr Postman

    • Marvelettes-Compact Command Performan.
    • Motown.
    • 3.
  • Volcano Choir

    Tiderays

    • Jagjaguwar.
  • James Blake

    Bills, Bills, Bills (Harmonimix)

    • White.
  • Rachmaninoff

    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 (Op. 18) in C Minor, Adagio Sostenuto

    • Columbia Masterworks.
  • The White Stripes

    Hotel Yorba

    • XL.
  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Carry Me

    • Not Given.
    • Island.
    • 001.
  • Max茂mo Park

    Brain Cells

    • Daylighting.
  • Sunriser

    • Moonface

      Love The House You're In

      • Julia With Blue Jeans On.
      • Paper Bag Records.
  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Killing Moon - 成人快手 Session 06/06/1983

  • The Rolling Stones

    Gimmie Shelter

    • Abkco/London.
  • Vampire Weekend

    Worship You

    • XL Recordings.
  • Public Enemy

    Rebel Without A Pause

    • Global Television.
  • The National

    Demons

  • Hanni El Khatib

    Nobody Move

    • Innovative Leisure.
  • Percy Sledge

    When A Man Loves A Woman

    • Atlantic.
  • Andrew Ashong

    Special

    • Andrew Ashong Songs.
    • Elastic Artists.
  • Foo Fighters

    Big Me

    • Capitol.
  • The Stepkids

    Sweet Salvation

    • Stones Throw Records.
  • Stevie Wonder

    What Christmas Means To Me

    • 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
    • Hitsville.
  • The Beach Boys

    Hang On To Your Ego

    • Capitol.
  • The Sundays

    Can't Be Sure

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • John Grant

    Glacier

    • Pale Green Ghosts.
    • Bella Union.
    • 001.
  • Savages

    Husbands

    • Matador.
  • Beastie Boys

    Make Some Noise

    • Capitol.
  • Roxy Music

    Do The Strand

    • Virgin.
  • Kings of Leon

    Beautiful War

    • Columbia.
  • Kindness

    House

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Pauli 'The PSM': Life as a Session Musician

  • James Brown

    Make It Funky

    • Polydor.
  • Lovejoy

    Love TKO

  • Lizzo

    Batches & Cookies

    • Totally Gross National Product.
  • Bob & Earl

    Harlem Shuffle

    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • tricot

    Ochansensu-su

    • The.
    • Bakuretsu Records.
    • 7.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Hong Kong Garden

    • Polydor.
  • Yuck

    Lose My Breath

    • Virgin EMI.
  • The Undertones

    It's Going To Happen

    • Castle Communications.
  • Metronomy

    I'm Aquarius

    • Because Music.
  • Laura Marling

    Master Hunter

    • EMI.
  • Song for Cerys

    • John Wizards

      Muizenberg

      • John Wizards.
      • Planet Mu.
      • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Dec 2013 07:00