In this bonus episode I caught up with Mike Hartley to talk about Icebreaker festival including some of the history behind the festival, some of his fondest memories from running Icebreaker for 12 years and more. This episode also contains a mini review of this years festival from myself.

In the last of the three specials to mark two years of Minds Aloud we brought back Liam from The Big Movement Project and Phil from the Southern Ska Collective. We spoke about men's mental health, the benefits of movement and performing for our wellbeing and more.

Enjoy this last and the other two specials before it before we kick off more episodes for 2026!

The second of the three special episodes to mark two years of the pod! This time we brought back Kate from heavy metal Therapy, Jeordie from tonic Music & Rich Lansley. Again wide ranging discussion. We spoke about the importance of looking after our artists mental wellbeing, the benefits of creativity for our wellbeing and the power of peer support plus more!

To mark two years of the podcast I recorded three special episodes This first one with returning guests. In this first one I welcomed back Millie Manders & Baz from massive wagons. No punches pulled here with a wide ranging conversation from musical artists facing censorship to the pressures on women in the music scene and more. Check this one out!

In this episode we change things up to talk about student mental health as I am joined by Faith and Hari from the University of Portsmouth's Rock Society. We Talk the importance of finding your tribe, the mental health challenges students face, the acceptance of the alternative music communities and more!

Join me as I talk to Kimberly & Tom from Rogue Awakening. A fun conversation where we cover the on stage persona's, the mental health benefits of writing & performing, the pressures of growing a band and more!

We have our first returning guest to the show as Andy Bawden who came on the pod last year with Call of Sirens returns. We talk about looking after your wellbeing through changes to band line-up's & projects coming to an end, the importance of supporting local venues and Andy share's some of his own personal mental health story.

With over 25 years of experience within the music industry in various roles and as the host of the Music Business Buddy Podcast Jonny is a fascinating person to talk to. We chat about how the music industry has changed and what Jonny feels are some of the mental health pressures faced by musician's today.