In Conversation: Amanda Monaco

Featuring tales of 8-bit experimentation, worldbuilding, and hearing colors. --- For more on LAVAGXRL and the topics referenced in this episode, visit the show notes: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/podcast --- Visit our Ampled page for bonus content: https://www.ampled.com/artist/inputoutputmag --- Learn how you can support I/O’s mission to promote the voices of women and non-binary musicians: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/support

Featuring tales of colonialism, pineapples, and the reality of an American pop culture paradise. --- For more on Lani Asuncion and the topics referenced in this episode, visit the show notes: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/podcast --- Visit our Ampled page for bonus content: https://www.ampled.com/artist/inputoutputmag --- Learn how you can support I/O’s mission to promote the voices of women and non-binary musicians: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/support

Featuring tales of imposter syndrome, misogynoir, and using sound to reclaim history. --- For more on Cleo Reed and the topics referenced in this episode, visit the show notes: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/podcast --- Learn how you can support I/O’s mission to promote the voices of women and non-binary musicians: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/support

Featuring tales of the ever-growing wealth gap, the commodification of trauma, and measuring the psychological toll of participating in New York City’s jazz scene. --- For more on Brittany Anjou and the topics referenced in this episode, visit the show notes: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/podcast --- Learn how you can support I/O’s mission to promote the voices of women and non-binary musicians: https://www.inputoutputmag.com/support

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In our season one finale, Magdalena invites her longtime mentor and friend Amanda Monaco to her apartment in Cambridge to discuss life as a professional jazz guitarist. In their conversation, Amanda shares her experiences surviving jazz school misogyny, moving to New York City to in the '90s, and finishing her most recent set of compositions based on the Pirkei Avot. Note: this episode carries an explicit rating and is intended for adult audiences only.

This week, Magdalena tackles the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Then, we hear from NYC-based vocalist, composer, and improviser Wonmi Jung, who shares her experiences as a Korean immigrant and discusses embracing improvisation as a philosophy for life while grappling with the use of Korean language lyrics in modern jazz.  -- To learn more about I/O's support strategy during the pandemic, visit our Instagram page. --  

Magdalena drives to Connecticut to visit vocalist Anne Rhodes. In today's episode, Anne discusses her experiences navigating the experimental improvisation community as a classically trained vocalist. Plus, she shares stories of working with composer Anthony Braxton and using needle and thread to create graphic notation.

Magdalena chats with vocalist and songwriter Camila Ortiz in Camila's empty bedroom in Cambridge the day before her move to Brooklyn. I/O fans may recognize Camila from the cover of INPUT/OUTPUT Magazine Issue no. 1 where she is featured as one half of the powerhouse songwriting duo, Myrtle. Magdalena invites Camila back to I/O to discuss what happens when your big break fizzles out and you find yourself at Harvard University studying beauty YouTubers and writing experimental pop songs.

Magdalena invites cellist Junko Fujiwara to her apartment in Cambridge for a conversation on the circuitous path that led her from the orchestral stages of the Midwest to the free jazz jam sessions of New England. We discuss her experiences navigating the culture of bullying in music education, both as a student and educator, and the lessons she’s learned while balancing the professional and the personal.