(337 PART 1) Zak Abel on performing at the Coronation Concert with 72 hours notice
Private Parts
Peter Cowley
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Hello and welcome back to Private Parts, the podcast where nothing is off limits.
We are back with another Friday episode for you all to enjoy. This week, Jamie is joined by table tennis champ turned singing sensation, Zak Abel.
Zak shares his story about nearly losing his hearing aged 21, the impact this had on his mental health and how this affected his ability to sing. He also shares his wisdom with Jamie about how he’s learned to accept his ear condition.
As well as this, he tells Jamie about his past life as a table tennis champ when he was a teenager, and how he was only able to connect with himself through music and exactly what happened when he got THAT call up to perform at the King Charles III Coronation Concert.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, welcome back to Pro Parts, the podcast where nothing is off limits. |
| 0:07.2 | This week, ladies and gentlemen, we have table tennis champ, turns singer-songwriter, |
| 0:13.4 | Zach Abel. |
| 0:14.4 | Now, Zach's story is incredible, so before he made music, he was a table tennis champ. |
| 0:21.0 | He dominated his group, he dedicated years of his life to it, but then he decided to |
| 0:26.6 | change past and he chose a music career instead. |
| 0:29.6 | The big thing about that is he actually had a problem with losing his hearing. |
| 0:34.2 | At the age of 21, he suddenly loses hearing and as a musician, you can imagine how tough |
| 0:38.8 | that was. |
| 0:39.8 | He really opens up about that whole experience, how terrible it was, how his life turned |
| 0:44.2 | upside down, but he continued to pursue his passion. |
| 0:48.4 | The episode covers all of this, so I hope you really enjoy it and it's an incredibly inspiring |
| 0:53.8 | episode. |
| 0:54.8 | Also, if you're listening to this and you haven't subscribed to us, wherever you're listening |
| 0:59.9 | to the podcast, if you please can just click that little subscribe button, it means so much |
| 1:04.1 | and also just a reminder, we're on all social media channels, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, |
| 1:08.2 | app, have a podcast. |
| 1:09.7 | Okay, enjoy this episode with Zach Abel. |
| 1:13.0 | Zach, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:21.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:22.0 | You've been playing tennis today. |
| 1:23.0 | I have. |
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