Criticism Part 2 – Pop Music
Aug 15, 2024
In part two of our series on criticism, Mason and Sean discuss the world of popular music and how social media and internet culture is shaping what we listen to and the industry that produces it. There are a few tangents, but we get there in the end.
Everything is good and everyone behaves reasonably,...
Crowdsurfing & the Millennial Layer Cake
Apr 15, 2021
We are joined once again by our good friends Kim McMasters and Hicham Benhallam from the band Post Sixty Five. We discuss their latest release "Crowdsurfing" and how the pandemic helped shape it.
We also discuss promising future opportunities for kissing our friends, the minefield that is internet advertising,...
The Grammys
Mar 18, 2021
This week Mason, Sean, and Chris discuss the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. They happened last Sunday and none of us actually watched the broadcast, but Sean really wanted to talk about them and they're "music's biggest night" so here we are.
What follows is a conversation about who won what of course, but more importantly...
Welcome Back, Disco
Feb 18, 2021
On today’s episode we discuss the rise and fall of disco, its relationship to race and sexuality in America, and what its reemergence in pop music means for culture at large.
Further reading/listening:
Jessie Ware - Remember Where You Are
Zak Grafilo
Feb 4, 2021
On today’s episode, Mason and Sean talk to violinist, educator, and arranger Zak Grafilo about his group The Alexander String Quartet, the unique challenges of arranging for such a group, and how teaching classical music has changed in our tech-focused era.
Learn more about The Alexander String Quartet here.
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