101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Giles Bidder

Booking Overview

A music-and-arts resilience show where established creatives explain how they balance demanding careers with the “part time job” hustle. Strong booking value for PR teams seeking credible industry voices who can speak to work ethic, creative sustainability, and real-world balancing acts.

Metrics

Episodes: 631

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: United Kingdom

Instagram: 21.0k followers

Contact Information

gilesbidder@gmail.com

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Host

Giles Bidder - Giles Bidder hosts “101 Part Time Jobs,” interviewing guests about the graft, resilience, gumption, and work ethic that drive them to create in a demanding time for artists. He can be reached at gi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Active recording/performance artists (bands/duos/solo musicians) and music-industry figures who can discuss creative work plus parallel employment or “part time job” balancing as part of their real career path; sometimes cross-disciplinary creatives (e.g., producer/DJ/web developer).
Required Achievements:  
Album releases and/or major touring presence, Recognition via mainstream/independent music notoriety (as indicated by guest examples such as IDLES, Denzel Curry, Crowded House, etc.), Notable projects beyond performing (e.g., songwriting/production; cross-disciplinary work)

Recent Guest Discussions

Mary in the Junkyard - Balancing Band Success With Real-world Work Including Oyster Shucking Trial Shifts; Double Lives While Releasing New Album And Touring/teaching Music.

Avalon Emerson - Safety Net Of A Full-time Job; Risks Of Prioritising Music; Confidence And Doubt Around Her Music Career And New Album.

Flo & Joan - Early-life And Ongoing Collaborative Work; Transitioning From Chaotic/low-skill Beginnings To New Projects And Creative Partnership Dynamics.

Recent Topics

Music, Art, Work Ethic, Career, Employment

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
:

Mini Skirt - Bricklaying, Painting, Tour When You Wanna

July 13, 2026

10 years of being a band, Mini Skirt have been pulling the thread and getting as much out of playing music as they can. Happy bricklaying or painting at home and happy enough on tour, it's a good life. Their latest album All That We Know is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Shacklewell Arms for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/dir...

Mary in the Junkyard - Trial Shift Shucking Oysters On Release Day

July 08, 2026

Mary in the Junkyard have released one of 2026's best albums with Role Model Hermit. Claris, Saya and David tell us how it feels in the whirlwind of the moment and squaring off their double lives of playing in an increasingly successful band while working at the George Tavern / teaching music / trial shifts at an oyster shucking bar. Role Model Hermit is out now and you can catch them live this year. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some ...

Avalon Emerson - "Oscillating between ridiculous hubris and cratering self-doubt"

July 07, 2026

Sweeping songwriter, DJ, producer and web developer Avalon Emerson joins on today's episode - on the safety net of a full-time job, the risks of prioritising music and coming to terms with the paradox of confidence and doubt. Her excellent new album Written into Changes is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: ...

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