Episode 25: The real Dixie of Svengali, in memory of Holly Dixon

T/w SuicideThis episode is an interview with Dixie, manager of Jarvis Lane, raising awareness of suicide with Jarvis Lane's charity single cover Baba O'Riley for MIND. Dixie was band manager to Jonathan Owen's 90s band The Pocket Devils, and was the inspiration behind the 2014 cult film Svengali (and 2009 internet episodes), starring Jonny Owen as Dixie, Vicky McClure, Martin Freeman, Carl Barat, Alan McGee, Michael Socha, Matt Berry, Maxine Peake and many more. Prior to lockdown, Dixie's daughter Holly Dixon tragically took her own life and Dixie celebrates her life in this episode, along with tributes to his other family members and friends of Jarvis Lane – Alan Green and Laurence Brown – who also took their own lives.   You can download the Mind charity single or donate through the Just Giving page below: Fundraiser single Baba O'Riley, in memory of Holly, Laurence and Alan: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baba-ORiley/dp/B097DFLVR7 To donate to the Just Giving Page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jarvis-lanebabaoriley   Jarvis Lane: https://www.jarvislane.co.uk/ Svengali Music Management:https://www.facebook.com/svengalimusicmanagement/   Svengali film (2014) trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c7wqLzxnI0 Svengali soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Y5GM6gQRuEsygV0zlFN7o   Follow Sound Affects Podcast:Twitter: @SoundAffectsPodInsta: sound_affects_podcastFacebook: @SoundAffectsPod Email or send an audio message to soundaffectspodcast@gmail.comLeave a review on Apple Podcasts through the iTunes store Subscribe to Sound Affects Podcast at all your usual channels Support Sound Affects Podcast: www.ko-fi.com/SoundAffectsPod Support and helplines If you're feeling suicidal:Call Samaritans free of charge 116 123 in the UK or email jo@samaritans.org Visit https://www.nami.org/Home in the US   Cruse Bereavement support: https://www.cruse.org.uk/   For more information, helplines and advice in the UK: www.mind.org.uk   List of global mental health support and helplines: https://unitedgmh.org/mental-health-support      

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Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health. Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people. The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.