Deep Down with Jordan Hunt

May 21 2024 22 ep. 25 mins 1

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Deep Down is a candid exploration of the creative process, a series that delves deep into the symphony of being from the perspective of London-based composer, performer and self-releasing artist, Jordan Hunt. We take a Deep Dive into lyrics and songwriting, unravelling universal ideas and enigmas through some of the profound moments that shape a musician's journey. Join Jordan Deep Down, embarking on a journey to uncover the melodies of life, in search of answers to the elusive question: “What do you really feel… Deep Down?”

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May 21 2024 5 mins

A quick update to round up the first twenty episodes of Deep Down with Jordan Hunt.

Time to Celebrate

May 13 2024 25 mins

Time to celebrate! Spring is upon us, and yet I have no time to celebrate. With a list of achievements and reasons to celebrate accumulating, it comes with an ever-expanding schedule to match, and so I ponder in this rare moment for reflection, if Deep Down, which is more important, the achievement, or the celebration?

What Keeps Me up at Night?

May 06 2024 17 mins

In this brief episode, after a sleepless night, I gather my thoughts to share examples of what keeps a musician up at night? The same relatable doubts of imposter syndrome, my place in the world, and an unavoidable clarity make for some deep-thinking about how to move forward, and how Deep Down, we’re all together in our solitude.

A Little Night Music

Apr 29 2024 27 mins

Music and night-time are such beautiful partners for me, and I always prefer the mystery of the dark to access my inner creative world, but is it a necessary state to be able to write at all, and why is it that the absence of light allows us to access a more boundless interior horizon? After the eight-hour writing stints of my younger days, Deep Down, is there any wisdom to be glea

Overthinking v Overdoing

Apr 22 2024 27 mins

In a chaotic and noisy world, I’m sure most of us have felt overwhelmed at some point, Following some advice of a therapist, the apparent cure to overthinking is action, but as a freelance musician, juggling many roles and wearing many hats to make a living, has that action gone too far and turned into overdoing? And Deep Down, what’s the answer?

Deep Dive: Ocean Floor

Apr 15 2024 33 mins

In this episode I take a Deep Dive into my song, appropriately titled ‘Ocean Floor’. It’s almost as though my work is all connected! I’ll be explaining how this enigmatic song of two halves really defines a punctuation in my songwriting career so far. I’ll be giving the emotive backstory behind the lyrics, revealing just how painstaking the lyric writing process can be, b

On Joy and Suffering

Apr 08 2024 26 mins

In this episode I explore Joy and Suffering, two apparently opposite emotions that one might say define the artist’s palette, but far from their obvious differences, are they really just different perspectives of the same thing? Having a musical output largely informed by the latter, I wonder, Deep Down, do you have to suffer for your art for it to be any good?

What's the Thread That Ties It All Together?

Apr 01 2024 25 mins

In this episode, I explore my apparently eclectic output as a composer and a seemingly disparate career as a musician and artist and ask what’s the thread that ties it all together and does that thread even exist? After an early career as a musician where any paid work was good work and the journey to develop my niche as an artist incrementally narrows the spectrum of my output,

How I Found My Voice

Mar 26 2024 27 mins

In this week’s episode, I peel back the layers of the onion to plot the journey of how I found my voice. As both a singer and composer, I had to find my voice literally and figuratively, and more importantly, I discuss the trials I overcame to discover what was hiding it from view, and how perhaps it was always there, waiting for me Deep Down.

Deep Dive: I Once Cared

Mar 19 2024 22 mins

In today’s episode, I take a Deep Dive into my song I Once Cared from my debut EP Long Lost. It’s a song that’s still a mystery to me that came out of the blue one day, and I uncover the potential meaning behind the ambiguous doublespeak in the lyrics, giving some context for where I was when I wrote it, just how far I’ve come since those early days, and how Deep Down, we�