Find your music good space with Goodspace

One of the best things about having a podcast is how it can turn random meetings into meaningful connections (as well as kōrero over tea and cookies). In the latest episode of Breakfast Chats, I hung out with Lloyd and Jeff from Auckland band, Goodspace to chat about their music, creative process, and how they find their personal good space.

This podcast chat with Lloyd and Jeff from Goodspace was probably the coziest one so far. On a Saturday evening, we hunkered down inside Jeff’s suburban double garage and makeshift recording studio to have a good yarn. It felt like I’d known them both a lot longer than I had, and I put that down to them being genuinely nice guys. When you sit down with someone that you don’t know for something like a podcast, you’re never sure what exactly will come out. You hope it’ll be good, but it’s not guaranteed. That’s why it’s always such a pleasant surprise when the conversation flows and beautiful insights or comments come out of.

Another challenge doing a podcast like this is to not ask the same rote questions. I was recently telling a friend that my worst nightmare for Breakfast Chats is to ask the person I’m sitting with such an obvious question that they wouldn’t even reply because the answer was so easy to look up online. I would have really failed as an interviewer and as a person who claims to be genuinely interested in them and their work. I worried about this in particular leading up to my planned visit with Goodspace because it’s hard to get away from just talking about music and influences, gig stories and upcoming plans. Those are all fine and perfectly sensible when talking to a band, but I wanted more, and I think that’s what I got.

I have a few highlights from my chat with Jeff and Lloyd but my favourite bit is probably near to the end of our conversation where Jeff makes the observation that a ‘good space’ isn’t necessarily a ‘nice space.’ As you’ll see in the episode, the band has done some growing up over the years that they’ve been together, experimenting and discovering more about themselves. The way they talk about finding a good space to be in felt so mature and wonderfully self-reflective, it made me look at my own creative practice a little differently. The only thing missing from our chat were Nick and Callum, the remaining two members of Goodspace. Hopefully at some point I’ll be able to chat to them as well.

I hope you enjoy Episode 3 of Breakfast Chats with Goodspace. If you like it, please give it a share and leave a comment here or on Instagram. You can find Breakfast Chats on Spotify or online (other platforms coming soon hopefully).