Joanna Funk

Joanna Funk

I play and teach piano, and write about creatives

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  • Aven Yap, classical pianist and filmmaker – podcast

    Aven Yap, classical pianist and filmmaker – podcast

    Sometimes we need to put a higher dollar value on the assets we have that are uniquely ours — and that we are uniquely qualified to tell. Aven Yap This interview with Aven Yap was done over Zoom. I recorded the audio just using my iPhone. Then I used Descript to edit the audio and […]

    Joanna

    May 3, 2022
    Asian, Creatives, film, music
    Australian film, Descript, podcast
  • Adriatic: Brisbane’s Balkan Djent/Hardcore/Metal Band

    Adriatic: Brisbane’s Balkan Djent/Hardcore/Metal Band

    Loud and brutal at Vinnies Dive Originally published in The Riff We turned the corner into Nerang Street in Southport on the Gold Coast when Adriatic lead guitarist Bojan Sambolec messaged me: I hope you brought earplugs. It’s insanely loud. We hadn’t. But no matter, Vinnies Dive had free ones at the door. The band […]

    Joanna

    April 12, 2022
    Creatives, music
    Adriatic, djent, metal, metalcore
  • Meet Roaring Lion — My Reggae Family

    Meet Roaring Lion — My Reggae Family

    “Jo, have a listen to Ambush In The Night and Top Rankin’. They’re the next on our list of new songs. Plenty of horns in the intros.” That’s Maui our lead guitarist giving me a heads-up on what to prepare for our next rehearsal. In Roaring Lion, you got to practise BEFORE you come to practice There are nine of us and […]

    Joanna

    March 3, 2022
    Creatives, music
    Bob Marley tribute band, live music, pianist, reggae, reviews, Roaring Lion
  • How I Became an Online Piano Teacher

    How I Became an Online Piano Teacher

    I’ve posted an article below about why and how I became an online piano teacher. It’s made me very happy and I can’t believe it’s all turned out this way. If you have considered taking your services online, you might be interested in the essay below. The original post was published in Illumination, a Medium […]

    Joanna

    February 23, 2022
    music
    COVID-19, online lessons, pianist, Scenic Rim, teaching, work from home, work life balance
  • Podcast with Joel Stephen Fleming

    Podcast with Joel Stephen Fleming

    Had a chat with Joel Stephen Fleming today! I haven’t seen him for at least a year, and JACKS is about to screen at the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, so I wanted to ask him about it and what happens next with the film. We did video chat on Messenger and I met his […]

    Joanna

    January 20, 2022
    Creatives, film
    13th Street Films, actor, Jacks, Joel Stephen Fleming, short film, writer
  • The Fight Centre picked for Fair Rounds ActiveKIT initiative

    The Fight Centre picked for Fair Rounds ActiveKIT initiative

    Minh Chong Ali is in my blog quite a bit because he’s an Asian rap artist and songwriter. But he’s also very much into boxing and martial arts, and he works at The Fight Centre, a community-oriented martial arts and fitness club in Slacks Creek, Brisbane, Queensland. Recently, The Fight Centre was selected to be […]

    Joanna

    September 16, 2021
    Asian, Creatives
    ActiveKIT, Fair Rounds, The Fight Centre
  • Roaring Lion at Burleigh Heads BBQ Bazaar Sept 3 2021

    Roaring Lion at Burleigh Heads BBQ Bazaar Sept 3 2021

    I’m in the car with Mike and we’re on our way to the 5.00pm Roaring Lion sound check at BBQ Bazaar in Burleigh Heads. Google Maps says Kooralbyn to Burleigh Heads is an hour and forty. So say two hours with local road works and the school run later… iPad. IPad stand. Keyboard. Keyboard stand. […]

    Joanna

    September 8, 2021
    Creatives, music
    BBQ Bazaar, Bob Marley tribute band, Gold Coast, pianist, reggae, reviews, Roaring Lion
  • Benson Wu, Director, Taiwan Film Festival in Australia

    Benson Wu, Director, Taiwan Film Festival in Australia

    “The festival is edgy,” said Benson Wu, Director of the Taiwan Film Festival in Australia. On a recent Zoom call, Benson said he’s all about bringing more diversity into film, whether it’s Asian representation in Western film or LGBT films to Taiwanese audiences.  “We have around 12 films in the full programme and there are […]

    Joanna

    August 28, 2021
    Asian, Creatives, film, story
    13th Street Films, actor, Benson Wu, diversity, Jacks, short film, Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, writer
  • Oizoioi. Build a bridge, start a conversation

    Oizoioi. Build a bridge, start a conversation

    We are a third culture. Our parents were immigrants. We are seen as foreigners even though we were born here. We’re stuck between two worlds and still don’t quite know how we fit in Australia. Our fashion is a bridge. Our brand is Oizoioi – people ask us: How do you say that? What does […]

    Joanna

    August 3, 2021
    Asian, Creatives, story
    branding, Chong Ali, COVID-19, diversity, entrepreneurs, fashion, rapper, start-up, The Fam, Vietnamese Australian
  • The Occasion #8 — Polaris Banks

    The Occasion #8 — Polaris Banks

    Interview with director Polaris Banks for Continuance Pictures “I don’t just want to make movies. I want to make MY movies. I don’t want anything to be between me and what I fell in love with when I was a kid, and every little boy who grows up wanting to be a director says I […]

    Joanna

    July 22, 2021
    Creatives, film
    Continuance Pictures, director, Polaris Banks, short film
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