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Dec 12, 2025 1 hr 25 min

Ethan Morrow: Academic Metal

from Creativity Is The Cure Hosted by Malcolm Moore w/Ethan Morrow

Send us Fan Mail 18-year-old composer, guitarist and singer Ethan Morrow discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Heavy emphasis on extreme metal, classical music and music theory! Topics include; Xanthochroid, Meshuggah, Steve Terreberry, DragonForce, Blast beats, guitar shredding, Drowning Pool, Insomnium, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Secundal tone clusters, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Fear Factory, Eric Whitacre, Henry Rollins, Bionicals, Note Flight, the downside of cheap microphone stands, Legends of Hollywood Tours, dumb pedagogy, Ethan's beef with notation software developers and why he thinks saying stupid stuff is a lot worse than wearing stupid stuff. Recorded December 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. *Stay tuned after the episode to hear "Forest of Sorrow" by Ethan's band, Silvanth! Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Send us Fan Mail 18-year-old composer, guitarist and singer Ethan Morrow discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Heavy emphasis on extreme metal, classical music and music theory! Topics include; Xanthochroid, Meshuggah, Steve Terreberry, DragonForce, Blast beats, guitar shredding, Drowning Pool, Insomnium, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Secundal tone clusters, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Fear Factory, Eric Whitacre, Henry Rollins, Bionicals, Note Flight, the downside of cheap ...

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