Episode 9: Julie Hardy, jazz singer and more

In a return from an unintentional hiatus, Mark talks to jazz vocalist, composer, and educator Julie Hardy.  Through her teaching at the New School and City College in NYC, and her performance and composition of jingles and other commercial music, she supports her jazz and indie pop songwriting habit.  We discuss shared experiences (including some traumatic ones), teachers, the jazz world, and why being able to sound like Katy Perry can be a good thing.  Episode music: "On the Rave" (Shilansky), "No Turning Back" (Hardy), "I'm Looking Through You" (Lennon/McCartney, Arr. Hardy), "I Love the Way" (Hardy), and "Iris" (Wayne Shorter, w/lyrics by Hardy).