PODCAST · music
Love Music More (with Scoobert Doobert)
by Scoobert Doobert
Dope music pros talking about the craft in intimate ways that lays out the roadmap of how they made it happen. Join host (and producer/engineer/writer/artist) Scoobert Doobert for a backstage look that'll lift your applied passions, so plunge in because the water's fine. Tap into that timeless wavelength and eternal joy right now, in whatever you do. Learn to utilize dynamic creativity so you can do you at a new, improved level of ingenuity. Through hearing what turns the humans on who make the music you love, get a refreshing take and use it for fuel for your own rad actions. Catch a vibe. 💚
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What Being Good at Groove Is
Groove is one of the most elusive parts of music, but it defines genre and often success. Why does some music feel good? Why do some bassists and drummers "lock"? And why is it so much harder than just clicking "quantize" on the computer?I think the secret to music's next phase is in the phase shift. AI isn't going anywhere, so we need to add more humanity to the human music. It's a weird future, but I believe in the funk.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Pulls it all together. This combination. Shuffle and reengage. Intuitive ability. Contributes to groove. Cluster chords. That happens often. To navigate. The coolest moments in a song. Frame of reference. Moves in this way. A predictive set. In and out. Of feel, of timing. To participate. That relational setup. Virtuosic. All connected. Tip that wave. The phase relationship. Dance between. By a foil nature. Creates an energy. That coastal breeze. Give and take. Behind the beat. Sounds kind of beautiful. Around the strings. What the word. Their temporal location. A better conversation. Alternates between. That perceptual center. Intuitively feel. Layer in. Key learning. About perception. It can work. Art and science. Relational. An interesting reminder. There’s the onset, there’s the moment. All of a sudden. In the flow of things. The weird things. A reasonable response. Their best. A version. Feels better. To the given instrument. The mechanics of a pick. Not just timing. To that predictive capability and the conversational capability. On the record. Variation. Creating a groove together. Any of the things. All it is. What actually is going on. A respectful manner. Little things. The transient quality. A bowed string. Crazy thing. Part of the groove. Pretty cool. Energy required. Combined. Make the groove. The kind of thing. Layering on. Note is played. Room to do this. Playing together. Make music. A team sport. That push pull. Footwork. That gap. That idea. Need to interplay. Sense of being. Faster than reaction time. Ebbing and flowing. A game. Harmonic series. The impression of energy. Align them. That perceptual version. Think about it. Listen to each other. Trust your ears. Like a basketball team. 🏀Sources mentioned in this episode:Large & Jones on Dynamic Attending TheoryDanielsen et al. on perceptual centers and perceived timingPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Navigating Fulfilling Chords
What makes a chord cool? How do we go beyond the 12 notes and into frequencies? And how do we avoid all that nasty music theory getting in the way of our artistic selves?Well, I brought my mini-piano to explore just that. Let's dive in.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛A proper adventure. Subvert expectation. Stumble on something amazing. Taken as a collection. The harmonic series. That energy. A certain sense. A funny thing. Tonal stuff. All of those things. Slightly offset. Essential character. Configuration. Being perceived. Discern all of the notes. Hence the power chord thing. A hypnotic effect. Same basic example. Harmonic energy. All sorts of stuff. Create frequencies. The tension and release of a piece going. Different ears. Acceptable. Spectrometer. Frame of focus. Genre choices. The gradient between. Room to play. Wobbles. Approach the notes. Dyads. To discern. As frequencies. That rub. Following the intuition. Create situations. Able to. The choice of instrument. Start plucking around. Thinking about. Legible. Key relationships. The inverse of that. Square those circles. Real magic. Loop back around. Move up a little bit. Fulfilling intuition. Well and good. Or deciding the opposite. A pedal tone. Those little moments. In the discrete. Putting that. Complexity out of simplicity. Some of the notes static. Intuition drawing the lines. To music itself. How that chord propagates throughout the entire sonic spectrum. Knobs for the sake of emotion. 🎛️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Go-To Patterns with TOMMASO
You’d be surprised by how many great producers are also great drummers. TOMMASO is the perfect guy to discuss why.The thing he landed on? Drummers don’t just control the rhythm. They dictate the energy.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with TOMMASO on:✏️ IG✏️ Produced by TOMMASO Spotify PlaylistA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Really dig in. The fills are tasteful. Interesting to see the patterns. Have some clarity. Solid. Sometimes a good sign. Filled in this sort of foundation. The way to was communicated. All of those things kind of compound. The combination of all the things. Tangible. Rock to it. Tons of times. In alignment. Sound way better for sure. Panning and stuff. Focused and aware. A more full sound. In dreams. Years at a time. Ebbs and flows. Creative act. Feel like a song. Get that intuition. Drums to hit. Inputs. Get the sense. Make anything sound like anything. Organized mess. A good point. A different definition. Feels so cool. Ripping. Shifts the decade. Adding a bunch of layers. Some magic in there. All that kind of stuff. The feeling and the nuance. Wide frequency instrument. The movement and the groove of the song. Dive into it. Audio is hitting. Top to bottom. All the time. It ties into arranging. Under a microscope. A piece of fabric. For something like that. Patterns that sound good. A vision in mind. Constructive tips. A season for each. A through-line. Merit to that. Cableage. Interesting approach. The drums will indicate. Gravitated towards. Got seasons. Play together. Proof of life. What it’s been. The itch is scratched. Thinking holistically. Part of the sound. Tomorrow. Drawn to. Figuring out the edges. Calculated and precise. In that way. All of this is kind of connected. Dynamics are pushing. Just muscle memory. Over a long period of time. Taste. Totally. Nothing pokes. Consistency. Do that. The details. The structure. Really good intuition. Both. Logic. The technical facility. A ton of times. Decisions. For sure. The articulation. The song moving forward. 📈Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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To Be like Water, Take a Nap
If you want to learn a new instrument, you should start napping. In this pod, I talk about mind-body connection, forming new synapses, and how musicians and pro athletes are actually very similar.Stop brute forcing your way to music greatness, and sleep your way to success!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Momentum and repetition. A measuring stick. Skilled enough. Kind of the core. A whole-body momentum. Compose for. Crystallize and connect things. A function of time. Mind and body. Day after day after day. A whole set. Those neurons. In a different way. Figure something out quicker. A thing that you can practice. The secret to longevity. Coordinating in your hand. At a higher level. Constantly that expression. Doing that thing. Able to learn instruments. Practice makes. Weird muscles. Way better. The mechanics of learning. Able to do that. Internalize something. In-between. Over time. Sleep after sleep after sleep. All of that. An instrument really is. The intentionality, and the focus, and the logic, the framework. A great way to look at it. Mind-body connection. Considering sleep and napping as part of the training process. Rock steady. Happens during sleep. A funny place. Figure this out. Confident enough and quick enough and steady enough. Do that. To determine the beat. Wu Wei, like be like water. Place in the musical layout. A lot of parallels. ⏸️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Pockets Of Presence with Joe Carra (Hiatus Kaiyote, Middle Kids, Pond)
With more than 30 years of experience, Grammy nominated, mastering engineer, Joe Carra, is the chief engineer at Crystal Mastering. He joins the pod to talk about the history, the present, and the future of the audio world. He dives into his Dolby Atmos setup and tips for managing such a stacked roster of musicians. As a mastering engineer, he has a unique perch, working on thousands of songs per year. So it’s great to hear his take on the whole thing and where this crazy industry is headed.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Joe on:✏️ Website✏️ IG✏️ YouTubeA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛There are techniques. The mix is breathing. Value from the experience. Help wherever. Pop in a do stuff. A really comical situation. Like figuring out a puzzle. Talking about stuff. For the craft. Get a feel of what’s happening. A discrete speaker system in surround. Feel very lucky in that aspect. Be part of that. It’s amazing. This time. A really good thing. Think of it as a sphere. Help set a course. Do that. There can be a technical standard. The way that music works. A very delicate touch. Tried all kinds of things. Heard of it. Very grateful. Points of view are carried across in some aspect. Pinpoint accurate. Zoom out. Transports somewhere. A really solid format. Hear from the source. This mastering thing. Very airy. Such a fascinating, fascinating life. It is good, it is good. So cool. A format that is still growing. Sets energy up. That sense of exploration and adventure. The audio game. Broadcasting. All that. All involved in It. So to speak. Through the door. Wind in some presence. Get a handle on. Really interesting. It’s good. Metaphysical there. An opportunity. An ingrained part. The specialist mindset. Spin on it. Careful tonal treatment and dynamic treatment. Respect the mix for what it is. All kinds of workflows. In the ballpark. Circulating. Up and down. All that kind of stuff A unique vantage point. Tasteful compressions, tasteful harmonics. Anchor the rest. Nurturing that stuff. Expand it. So good. Amped up. Out there. Speaker array. Energetic and lively. Most of the time. Learn the craft. Can be wildly different. A very powerful emotion. Different experiences. Referencing closely. Things are always changing. Everything is happening. All the time. 🔋Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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What Makes a Song a Hit Song
Robbie Williams is one of the biggest artists of all time in the United Kingdom. Why don't people know him in the United States?What makes something popular? Let's dig into the aesthetic "aha" and the ways researchers have been looking into it in the lab.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Open to something that that’s new. Rooted in something. Something there. All time. The effect size. Times. Lenses. Mechanisms. This history. Inverting it. The sense of. The cultural fabric. A different way. Connected now. Both of those things at once. Cultural context. Aesthetic. A new frame. A foot in both worlds. Really curious. Pleasure. Diffuse. Familiarity, expectation, memory. Cultural. Feel like now. What makes a song as song. Create the taste. So interesting. Something good. All of a sudden. Shift. ⬆️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Mapping Randy Rhoads to the Shamisen
What is your main (or favorite) instrument? Consider it, then take a step back.For example, I love guitar. But what is guitar but a stringed instrument like a lyre or a lute or a shamisen?When you think of it that way, there's a world out there to learn, then apply to your instrument. Never stop learning, even if you can shred like Randy!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Approaching the same kind of essence. The pitch between the pitches. Vantage points. Cooking on it. Apply both. Humble and open. Compositional devices. Find so much inspiration in it. Reinforces the thing. The act of making. Sharp, percussive kind of sound. One of the coolest ways. Point it as the same thing. In a similar way. Goes beyond the logical. Into the groove of things. A really special thing. Combining the new and the old. Strike the string. Pushing it through something. Think about the pick. Refine that. Time doing. In interesting ways. A lot of intuition. In a bunch of different directions. Continuing it on. From a different lens. Root into all of human experience. Access that. Do it. Very fun. That kind of framework. Like a stained glass window. 🪟Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Breathing In This Timeline with little luna
I’ve been a fan of little luna’s music for years, and after this pod, I’m a fan of her process, informed by her background as a yoga instructor and in guided meditation.It’s easy to get swept up in all of the tasks behind releasing a song: the album art, recording, mix, master, marketing, etc. But little luna reminds us to take a breath, center the practice, and enjoy the ride.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with little luna on:✏️ IG✏️ YouTube✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛The door open. Hone in a little bit. Cool different areas. Shape and how. A balance. That pulse check. Being in an environment. Doing laps. Get the reps in. The opportunities that are around. It is world-building, it is story-building. Ingrained in any activity, moment. Feels very genuine. In the making of it. Intentional. This collective experience together. Bring it to life. Having that through-line of that lens. Rooted in this, inspired in this. Is an aesthetic. It’s time now. The logistics of it. In a weird way. There’s some line in there somewhere. A certain scale. To the table currently. Seen and heard. Whatever it might be. Energy. Pool of options. The light of day. A windy weird path. Go forth from that place. Quantum. That organic original thought. A dream version. Bringing it in. Vibe. Are actually just as powerful. It is kind of that. Up the artist. Living and breathing in this timeline. Some weird stuff in there. How to work it. As a conduit. Find inspirations. The whole artist as a lens. At the same time. As the guide. Bearings. The world to dive into. All of it kind of ties together. Establishing that. 100% into this. What sonic stuff can be. Whatever it is. Defining markers. The stepping stones. Operating on this planet in day to day life. Out there. A chance to decide. Make something out of it. Super smart. Antenna up. Get each other better. Creative flow. The light at the end of the tunnel. A really fabulous time. Visual material. Channel interesting melodies and interesting lyrics and topics and stuff. Quasi-pitched. A visual medium as well. Take a breath together. In some way, shape, or form. Behind the scene. Serve the song the best. Hear each other. Vast. Nowadays. In the moment together. Live life. A contender. An idea of each. Likewise, likewise. Creative exchange. Lit up in the sky at night. 🌙Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Pacing for Sustained Making
Making music in the age of streaming, AI, and the content treadmill is harder and easier than ever. But that's not the point at all, is it?Making a record, something you truly give your all to, is timeless and precious, but it's easy to lose yourself in it or break your momentum within it.I don't have a perfect answer, but I do know music is like the tide. It's comes it with force, retreats to develop, then returns again. The key is catching the wave and riding it as far as it goes.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛The shape of the idea. Energy and passion. Be in it. That moment. The general conception. Existing on the thing. Things do. Figure out. Which is which. A high-wire act. Speed versus deliberate. Enough putty. Creating and continuing. The excitement. A tide. Different. Something cool. Around it. Rather than the reference. Ideas through. So strange. The pace of creativity. Several cycles. Through the trial of failure. Great music, fully realized. On the edge. 🪂Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Anything That’s Unique with Chic Chameleon
Artist Chic Cameleon joined the show to talk about what makes a genre a genre, how to blend tones and influences, and how to grow a career from a Edmonton, Canada.He’s supported Calgary bands ‘Sea of Lettuce’ and ‘Zoo!’ on their headlining tour, just played the Sled Island Festival in Calgary in June, and has garnered over 1,000,000 streams for his two great singles "Won't you Love Me Again?" and "Shade Your Way." And! His record’s almost out, dropping in August of this year.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Chic Chameleon on:✏️ IG✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Get started now. The follow-through to let it go. Continue doing. Time and energy. The interplay. Craft and art. A good point. A fresh sense. The elephants get funky. It is what it is. An intelligent entity anywhere. The vibe really down. A fresh set of ears. The heart of the song. Make that happen. The fun part. An interesting experience. All the cool parts. Stoked. There being notes. Weird stuff. In an effortless way. Through a super-simple thing. In the universe. Exactly, exactly. The spine. Super bizarre. Adjusting things as need be. Arpeggios and stuff like that. Just evocative. Fun to produce, fun to enjoy. Pillars of a scene. Just try that again. Feel stuff. It is a dance. Naturally. Every single day. Emotional journeys. Those terms. Such a departure. The ethereal place. A beautiful thing. That golden chord. That unexplainable part of it. Emotional and logical. The world of being an artist. Ear candy. There are frequencies. Such a cool, crazy thing. Sort of an idea. Gone through the gauntlet. All of the things. So inspired. So freeing. The space to do it. Enjoy it. The gravitational balance. Things looping and changing. Enveloped in this wall of sound. Just looking around. A very interesting picture. Coordinate. Learn, do, act. Soundscapes. Patterns and shapes between the different instruments. A quality onto its own. Very easily. So sweet. So nice. The fact that it’s both. Beyond that. The richest most infinite language itself. The juggle. Super comfortable. Kind of vital. The twinkles up top. Keep pulling that rope. 🪢Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Silence, The Points Between The Notes
When the music stops... what happens?From dreams to songs-stuck-in-your-head to John Cage's 4'33", silence is just as much a part of music as the actual music.Let's talk about breath, phrasing, anticipation and even a lil bit of neuroscience.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Directional. Still going. An opening up. Taking a breath. Connects to groove. Back and forth. Phrasing. Extending and contracting. Such a fascinating thing. The idea. It’s one of those things. Time dilatation. The placement and the absence. That phantom. Part of the performance as well. That silence. Form memories. A moment, a beat. Dynamic and volume. Activates the auditory cortex. The music of the audience. About dreams. The time to breathe. Wisely. Helps the rhythm exist. The moment to reflect. The emotional register. 🧮Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Input To Put In with Dana Roth
SF-based animator, bass player, composer and producer, Dana Roth brings groove to everything she creates. We talked about the rhythm of visuals, of illustrations, and of course, bass guitar.Her debut album, Airship, absolutely rips, as does everything else she spends her time on — including this episode!For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Read the Funk Substack Post mentioned in this episode 🌌Listen to Dana's debut album Airship 🛸Connect with Dana on:✏️ IG✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Rhythm driven. Timing is a big part of it. A bunch of stuff going on. There is this balance. A lot of overlap for sure. Having outside pressure. Scaffolding that. Limitations are the best. In any creative thing. Call it a color. Are selective. Put a soundtrack to it. Artistic ideas. The vibe. Very relatable. Neat to know how to do that. This sense of being understood. That initial raw connection. The uncertainty of the process. About discovering. A better structure. Element of playfulness and curiosity. Reactive. That’s helpful. Groovy. A thing that happens. Also dope in many ways. When two worlds blend. Went for it. Delivering something for somebody. Landing in a cool way. Through creating stuff and sharing it. Such a specific skill. It is what it is. It’s a flavor. Really cool characters, really weird characters. Strong feelings for sure. The rough and stuff. That aesthetic. The choices. Make some decisions. That next little boost of energy. A thing in the world. Really really excited to accomplish. Because there’s an artifact. Getting insight. Very very deeply. In a distribution. Kind of on rails. A part of it. Feels like the song, feels like an extension of the song. Envision the thing. Really really creative. A very vague map. A doodling person. The journey of learning. Some of the best most uplifting. Having a thing in mind. Got to do it. Get how it goes. Weird version of that thing. Develop those skills. To capture a vibe. Really nebulous. Pretty organically. Open to suggestions. About that pace, that rhythm, that sense of life. What’s cool and beautiful. All of that. So helpful. It was all happening. Incredible. This array of tools. To bring this extra level. Aesthetically pleasing. Very playful and fun. A really cool driving force. Beat and animation. Frame by frame for the most part. 🎞Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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The Substrates Inside Speech
Where’s the boundary between song and speech? When does something cross the threshold and go from a conversation into a groove? When does the beat drop? One of my favorite musicians, Mononeon, has a whole video series blurring this line.(Mononeon… talk about an inheritor to the FUNK!)Stand up comics. Podcasts. Political speeches. The only way they work is by adding some music to the plain ole’ words. But this ain’t a blog post. It’s a podcast, so put it on and let me sing!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛A thing above it. Scale almost. At least a little bit. Inflected. A temporal art. Embouchure. Inside of it. Fundamentally changes the meaning. Think there’s something there. Think there’s something there. A little musical package. Towards a certain type of oratory. It can inform. It can inform. Same difference. Strange implications. Access ideas in a different direction. Super interesting too. Something worth thinking about. Really animated. That particular order. Also the timbre. Sometimes behave so strangely. Sometimes behave so strangely. Comedic timing. There’s a shift. Some level of rhythm. A cultural substrate. Get that next big note. The boundaries between. The essential music behind it. Something repetitive interesting. A substrate of meaning. Making the choices. It’s all the same thing. Poetry. In these little bursts. Indicate at. Like a phrase. Or orchestrating. Doing foley. A good conversation pit. Proto-language. Because it is. Choosing from different words. Are tools in the toolkit. The music of language. Transmitting. Get a lot of breath. 🗣️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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A Building On Wheels with Sam Durkes (Ezra Furman, Grace Cummins, Art More)
Want to take your show on the road? Sam’s seen it from the vans to trains to tour buses, and loves to share the wisdom and the reality of what touring actually is like.So if you’re a live music lover or musician looking to break into the touring scene, this pod’s a wealth of knowledge earned mile by mile.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Sam on:✏️ IG✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛From the jump. All components. The routing. Pretty gnarly. That sense of comfort. Connects on a different level. The stuff in between. Different velocities. Making micro-decisions. The interface between. Created a vibe. The most to say nowadays. Pretty loose. Really rad. Anchor the sessions. The balance. Have that in common. Incredibly nice. Digital reader. Make the call. An analytical brain. Over the top. As though it were a dream. The whole time. In the musical conversation across of time. The decisions matter. Intentional mics. Awesome. That’s hip, that’s hipper. Locking in. Make it hit. A little bit craftier. The syncopation. Unlocking another dimension. Feel is amazing. Reaching out. Turned into something. Such a shoestring. Draw that curtain. Built a little different. A beautiful thing. Starting from there. Keep doing it. Dirty dog, nitty gritty. So crucial. Enjoy the conversation. Morale. Hear that. Project it up all the way. Amazing tones. All that stuff. A cool groove. A really cool thing. Super important. Access to the things. Reminiscent. And experimentation. Blend it in. Possibly imagine. Shows that. Nice to have that consistency. A good time. Around music. Stuff like that. Vibe. Down to mess around. The space in between. Bonkers. On the upbeats. The glue. The cognitive load. Push and pull. Ghost notes. Like an art. Make the mistakes. Very finite. Feet toward the driver. Really crucial. Felt accurately. Feel heartwarming. Core group. Crucial. So cool. The metronome. For the music. Brightens the day. At a ground level. Band and crew. Brings people together. Good records. Channel. Connect the whole beat. It’s nice. A special thing. For sure. That’s what’s up. 🛞Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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A Brief History of FUNK
Rhythm takes the spot light. James Brown HITS the ONE and music history is altered. The butterfly effect in full swing, birthing hip-hop decades later.In this pod and this Wednesday's companion Substack post, we trace funk's lineage through the drum breaks that built breakdance, to the samples that got paid once and borrowed forever, and the artists still keeping it funky!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛The wordplay. All these things are gradients. A syncopation. The movement. The call and response. What music can even be, what it can do to you. To go even deeper. The rhythm of the beats. It was the time. Upbeats, offbeats. The place that the groove repeats. Incredible mixture of culture, of instrumentation, of regions. Certain components. Quintessential. Get a rise. How cool it that. Funk lives on. Undeniable. Rhythm and groove. An astronaut. Goofy. Note it. An interesting thing.Very satisfying. A countercultural movement. Doing a funky job of it. Big records. The conversation between the analog and the digital. Nowadays. A much bigger scale. A cultural movement. A moment that the groove fully drops in. Hear all of these rhythms. So cool. An important fork. What a beautiful thing. Anchor in. ⚓Podcast Produced by Beformer
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The Microphone As A Microscope
Why do live shows rock? Why do snares and toms sound one way on the record and other at the show? How can bands prepare to hit the road when every venue is different?Let's dig into the rock history we covered + some studio secrets to answer why!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛That resonates. Practice and prepare. Such a good lever. Converge to some degree. A different level of production. Reverb and echo and all that kind of stuff. A strong arm. Unlock a really incredible amount of tonal versatility and like a gradient. A long release. An interesting thing. A finer tuned instrument. Matches the energy of the audience. Full fidelity. A part of it. Really fascinating. Genres and vibes. To even exist. The tubes act differently. Flexible enough. Physics. The recorded process. React better. If the venue calls for it. The best. Something electric. Knowing that. Gating is able to make it so. There’s a magic. The exact same rhythms. Doing stuff. Really really cool. Awesome conversations. Even the audience. What the actual. Ribbon microphones and condensers. Into the recording studio toolkit. 🧰Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Put To Wax with Harry Katz (Harry Katz and the Pistachios, Big Top Pistachioland)
Harry Katz and the Pistachios have one foot in the future, one in the vinyl warmth of the past. Harry isn’t just an artist, he’s an evangelist, spreading the good word of music long forgotten.He’s dusting off records — usually the little ones (called 78s or 45s) — and spinning DJ sets or narratives on Instagram. His comment sections are little libraries, with fans sharing anecdotes and connections, turning his insights into community.We talk about his path, his presence, and how freedom on stage is exactly what the world needs right now.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Grab Minuendo earplugs for comfy lossless hearing protection 📢Connect with Harry on:✏️ IG✏️ Website✏️ YouTubeA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛An exchange of ideas. Worlds in there. A big stint. Raising vibrations. A symbol of a scene. Different stuff going on. Actually already are. Beyond being authentic and unique. That sweet spot. Keep it, keep it in the air. Towards the intuitive. Make the choice in the moment. Being present and making decisions. Absolute full saturation. Bigger worlds are opening. In a specific order. The forest through the trees, so to speak. Like a parasocial relationship. The shape of the melody. Through the act of doing. Discovering that. A road, a ladder up. It just suddenly clicked. The logistics. A tide change. Creating a space. A really cool setup. Pageantry and parade. Paint the picture. Those kind of stories. Seems to be opportunity. A really good question. To those heights. Believe it. Internalized. The next level. Get reps in. Finding that flow. Feel in the strength part of it. In a space. Just doing. A real emotion. The chaos of the journey. A long arc. Building community around. Audibles. Width and depth of knowledge. Floating. Doing it. Like a forcing function, a pressure. Pop that, pop that bubble. At that peak performance. Little flickers. Part of the craft. For the storytelling. This unique fusion of things. Really wonderful. Fun days. The messy journey. What it is. Something special. Bizarre. Pretty cool. Common ground. A fascinating thing. Getting lost. Similar effects. Something truer about it. Clicked into place. All of those sound waves. Especially nowadays. Looks cool. Vulnerable. Go keep it going. The coolest things going on. A good call. So exuberant and so fun. Wild beautiful things. That can happen. Strikes to the heart of living. The emotion is so. Just the coolest. Great lyrics. Finagling, figuring stuff out. Able to. The pipeline. Dovetails. Ramped up. Let this ride. Back and forth. A different kind of decision making. Use the map. So satisfying. Keep it going. Sharing knowledge. Feel it out. Authenticity about medium. Learning chords and writing song. A weird tangent. Rambunctious. Actual volume. A really fun way. Excellent taste. Pretty disciplined. Talking about process. How different it feels. Way further. So personal. When things go better. That collective effervescence. 🎊Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Perfect Pitch - Nature or Nurture?
Perfect Pitch is when you know what a note is without checking your tuner or your instrument. It's helpful but is also a burden? And why did one study find that 30% of Japanese music students had perfect pitch versus 7% of Polish music students? This wasn't light work either. They had to get 95%+ right to count as "perfect." And can you train up and become perfect? If so, why would you?For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛A predisposition. A whole bunch of different factors. A gradient from note to note. Kind of cool. Classification. Microtonal. Certain types of pitch syntax. Communicate really quickly. Almost like there’s subtitles. Relative. Train for different things. What is being measured. It can be very helpful. Familial aggregation. The way that you ears are connected to your brain. What is tuning anyway. Very interesting. Tonal which is part of it, semitonal. What is the note actually doing, it’s the action. The thing that makes the song the song. Enough with enough training. A lot of rub in between these frequencies. Another category system. Is a fluid spectrum. Quick exposure. Recognize music or notes. An interesting subject. A detuned experience. Grab a note or two. Like named categories. The same language learning pipeline. The whole song starts to fall down with the guitar. Being connected to frequency. It is useful. Removing that friction. Learn these speech sounds. A cool naming skill. It actually accumulated. All of these incredible things. Big connections in the auditory cortex. Absolute. Very fascinating. Grab a note or two. Run these studies. Even that useful. At that deep level. A named thing, a note. 🍮Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Some Kind Of Voltage with Rob Maile (AEA Microphones)
Rob’s a producer-engineer & classically-trained musician. He produced his first record just last year. His DIY spirit and engineering chops combine for a unique mix of science and magic. An alchemy of the recording studio.He’s modded and restored classic gear. Builds microphones at his day job (at the legendary AEA Microphones in Los Angeles). And is passionate about pairing the right tech with the right moment.We talk boundary microphones and ribbon mics, the history of the tools, and how to deploy them for the maximum vibe. In a recent blog post on The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, I talked about how boundary microphones defined the guitar sound. It’s serendipitous Rob actually knows how they all work!For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Rob on:✏️ IGA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Things that tell our stories and that bring us together. A very interesting game of what plugs into what. A really rewarding experience. Another layer of compression. Built arrangements. Mostly creative. Consider to be innate. The presence. These really sensitive audio devices. A wall of weird interesting guitars. Art is what gets us. Innovations. Part of the fun. Some bizarro stuff. An aspect of interaction. In unexpected ways. Speaking of things that just happen. The cumulative amount of insight and wisdom. That low push. Industry, infrastructure, all of that. Can have that experience. Set the tone. It’’s a vibe though. The idea of noise is ever-present. Kind of bellowing. The beauty of it. Like listening through snow. Talking a waveform alternating current. Setting up signal chain. There’s a lot of moments. Capture the movement of the air. A great unifier and an antidote to division. Really cool interactions between the different components. A type of transducer. The limiting factors are also unlimiting. Exploding tambourine. All of those little micro-decisions. Oddly intertwined. You have a speaker. Attenuate and boost. Little tools in the toolkit. The headwaters that’s the spring. String arrangements and stuff. Just a spark. Like a snowball. Interesting things, interesting moments. Different speakers. That big sweep. New unforeseen cool sounds. Like subharmonic. The connection or the inverse relationship. In such a way. How translatable it is. The inspiration hits. That foundation. Putting the energy into it. Technically inclined. Something like a graphic EQ. Recipe book or whatever. To improvise around the problems. That training. The physics or the electronics of sound at that time. The tools available. You get sound. The impression of an instrument. Used in all different applications in music and recording. Great connection between. Wire the woofer. A strong magnet and a coil. Just experimenting. A hodgepodge. As sensitive as possible. In stride. Those glowing things down there that look like light bulbs. The palette of sounds. The story of gear. About adapting. Still sounds cool. Very fresh. Strange names like the bubble machine. 🧼Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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From Fugazi to Olivia Rodrigo - The History of Rock Music (Part 13)
Last week, Nirvana knocked Michael Jackson off the charts. This week: what happens when the underground becomes the superstar. How DC hardcore finds its way to Olivia Rodrigo's songwriting credits. How the Beatles' studio tricks end up in a Perth beach shack.Rock didn’t die. It just got so splintered, so loved, so adopted that it became like the air we breathe. And the beautiful part is new communities formed. New folks got to use the vocabulary of rock to tell their stories. From Riot Grrrl to boygenius, that’s something to celebrate.(Check out the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth podcast episodes and/or part one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen of the accompanying Substack posts that include music examples!)For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmoreWant to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Something about the loudspeaker. The energy. Distorted and roomy. Out of the depths. New truth. The lineage continues. Inspired by this time. Part of the common thread. Wavy and weird. Reflective. An instrument to be processed. Really blending a lot of stuff. Ethos and mythos. Build unexpected throughlines. The direct inheritance. That producer toolkit. Putting it on a different direction. Feel like energy. That inversion kind of changes. Storytelling. Tilting of the scales. The combination of different parts. Such a cool combination. Being the studio band. Who knows where it’ll go. Hear the change in venue. Introspection and looking out. Musical journey. Proliferate in an unexpected way. That combination. On stage as well. To this twin guitar attack. Attitude. Exaggerated. Elevated but visceral at the same time. Effortless. Found percussion. The way it goes. Of yore. It all comes back together. A lifecycle. Foundational. Sticks around. The evolution of that side of music. Something just deeply accessible. About the emotion. That whole lineage. That’s the tree evolving. Out into the world. Connect community. An entire kind of infrastructure starts to build. The recording fidelity. Legacy. How far we’ve come. Show a different path. A fork in the tree of music. The write within. Accessible. The way it goes. Through this entire time. About the emotion. More open kind of experience. Goofiness. Guitar soloing grammar. Theatrisicm. Kicks down that door. A path that we’re all on and simultaneously building. 🏟️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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The Speakers Are A Lens with Ben Rice (The National, Norah Jones, Joan Osborne)
Ben Rice is at the heart of the Brooklyn music scene, making records at his studio, Degraw Sound in Gowanus, since 2012. He’s since worked with legends like Valerie June, The National, Joan Osborne, The Candles, and Northern Soul greats The Flirtations, earning him an Americana Producer of the Year nom along the way.What I love about Ben is that nothing about him is in a rush. This is a very chill podcast episode. I literally felt me blood pressure fall as we recorded this. That’s part of the magic here!He was mentored by Eddie Kramer. He runs his sessions through a Trident console that used to belong to James Iha. He's been part of the indie rock revival, and he's working every day on new music, quietly making some of the best-sounding records in the city.We talk about the long arc from basement sessions to a room of his own, what it actually takes to build a studio that lasts, and why "calm and thorough" is underrated as a production philosophy.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Ben on:✏️ IG✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Comfortable to show up and share. Set the stage like the scene. This elephant in the living room. Quite a game-changer. Listening setup. Crack the code. Really focus on being present. Open to any page. Glean. In the stereo field. It’s one of those things. Notice the nuances. Escape the event horizon. That new vantage point. The architecture. Controlling those highs and lows. Becomes this moment. That can actually be beneficial emotionally. How those move and how that extends. Ever-present. Comes through the commitment. Let that rip. Raises the bar. Pristine recorded tracks. The speaker world. Be there. The best feeling. Using that putty. Take that forward. Ask questions. Just being immersed in it that way. Weird things that can have some rumble. The fizz on the top. The harmonic nature of hearing. It’s been a companion. An interesting duality. To be able to go the opposite direction. Clarity in that. Great information. Nerd out a little bit on the speaker side. Got the mix going. In those sorts of situations. A sonic identity. The frequency graphs that correspond to the notes. Crossing paths. The murk and the overlap. Vibe and energy. Create the space. Like frame it. Every day it reveals something new. Preserve those beautiful moments. Being in it. Instincts worn in. Through the process. Time together. Making stuff. Open and honest conversations. Feels really good emotionally. Inspiration can create its own pace. Really feels magic. Insightful. Music minds. Really novel. Exploring these ideas. Bookshelf speakers became classic studio speakers for a reason. Giving the artist space. The guts to continue. Extend the low end. Also fundamentals. Heard tell of it. Obsessed. In different circumstances. Now you can kind of understand. Art books. Create these moments and these memories. Set the context. Well of energy. The rhythm of the game. Agrees in it colloquially. Share ideas. A lot of parallels. This production thing. How important iterating is. To just do that. What the artist is looking for. The completion of the process. Listening back. What it felt like. Very rarely revert. ▶️Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Nirvana and the Pixies - The History of Rock Music (Part 12)
The MTV arms race is over. Enter two bands making records for under a grand. Playing underground, literally, and then knocking Michael Jackson from the #1 spot on the charts.(Check out the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth podcast episodes and/or part one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of the accompanying Substack posts that include music examples!)For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmoreWant to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛To uniquely combine influences. Dynamics in a different way. That up and down. Room and space. That refinement. Able to deconstruct the songs that you love. A really interesting twist. Tight and crisp. An intensity. The constant baton passing. Borrowed chords. Became a breath of fresh air. Extra energy. The ethos. Air moving through a room. Breathing. The sense of space. The core melody. Opens up a bunch of frequencies. Opening the aperture. Space for your own spice. That inversion of venue. Flush against the surface capturing direct sound and reflection at the same time. To pique interest. A new branch forms. Ability to lift off. To do different thing above it. Size comes from below. Restraint, pocket, in time. The pendulum swing. An attention to dynamics. Creating the sense of size. Keep the musical energy going. Attitude laden. Self-awareness, humor, and a different kind of attitude. Tone and timbre. Hidden complexity as always. A lot of different flavors. It can work. To signify. In the attitude. In the room or the balloon. 🎈Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Through A Song with Ron Jackson (Musora, Drumeo)
What happens when a rockstar has to cover a song… that they’ve never heard before… on the spot?I ask the man behind the “Musora Covers On The Spot” YouTube series, Ron Jackson. From teaching to producing, Ron loves pushing bands to explore new sides of themselves and capture the raw energy that goes into a musical sprint.It’s his passion and obsession that makes the series work. And I love it because it takes people behind the scenes in an unscripted (and often uncomfortable!) way.In a world full of staged “in-studio” videos, Ron keeps it real!For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Ron on:✏️ IG✏️ YouTube✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Circling the bullseye. Opportunities within the category. Open some doors. Bridge that. Part of the equation. Insight and understanding. Interact with audio. The pendulum. Always fun. Connecting dots that are not obvious. Thread the needle. Anchor the audience. Be the underscore. Settle in. Cosmically. Entirely new music spheres. Other tools. For the sake of the challenge. Like a gut thing. Grounds in knowledge. Like a trust fall. Something magical and profound. Sort of distorted. The nature of bands. A bunch of weird strange opportunities. On a team. Music actually gets heard. An intuition. Theremin. Such a beautiful thing. Surrounded by music. A win for everybody. To just sit with a feeling. It’s just amazing. Reach that point. Uniquely able to process things. Lay that down. Dig in. A perspective. An aesthetic. People make art together. Having a conversation. A ton of fun. Education from a distance. Multiple lanes. Mindframe. Iconic songs. The active and passive parts. Something about the arc and the storytelling. Sort of through attrition. For a good long while. Room to play with the paint. A sucker for a good lyrics. That kind of cultural exchange. The overall mood and feeling. A musical escape room. Crazy stuff happens. Venue has its own thing, time has its own thing, and pace has its own sound. Doing things sequentially. The foundational skills. Translates to arts and technology. Back in the game. Floating around. Learning a language. About adapting. Expressing. The ability to pull people and cultures close. Pumped on the performance. 🥌Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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The Cosmic Microwave Background Noise
Noise is default. Radiation surrounds us like a memory of the Big Bang. And leaks into every microphone...In this episode, we break down what noise actually is. The painful (and beautiful) interference from power lines and radio waves, and the limits it places on every signal we try to capture. We talk through white, pink, brown, and blue noise, and why some feel harsh while others put us to sleep.Then we dive into noise floors, dynamic range, gain staging, and why every piece of gear has its own signature. And why engineers sometimes add noise on purpose!At the edge, noise becomes something deeper: it limits how much information can exist in a system. Even the universe has a background signal.This episode is about where signal ends and everything else begins.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Lead instruments. Specific devices. Signal even exists. An acoustic space. In a signal chain. Peaking through the window. Sounds bright. Emergent from noise. Amplifying that signal. Things like image generation. A training signal. Exist in the frequency ranges. Energy per octave. Waves and peaks. A tape machine or a cassette player. Because weird stuff happens. Audio sources. Entropy versus structure. Gain staging. A spectrogram. Anechoic chambers. Presence. In a reasonable controllable way. Noise always exists. The cumulative effect. From passing that baton from system to system. Essentially full spectrum noise, all frequencies. Present sounds. Air moving in a quiet room. Tune these together. 🍴Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Memories In The Gear with Travis Ference (St. Vincent, Aloe Blacc, Skylar Grey)
We were supposed to record this episode a year ago. But the LA wildfires threatened Travis’ home. From platinum records to mixing in headphones across dozens of hotels, Travis and his family wen through a nightmare, but found a way to make it all work.While he lost gear… gear that was imbued with memories and countless hit records… he found new ways to work. What what essential. And kept it all going.We talk about sharing industry wisdom, the value of community, and how mixing in headphones is a slept on art.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Travis on his:✏️ IG✏️ YouTube✏️ WebsiteA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Reverb and rooms. The part of taste. Artifacted. Maybe a blend. Such a wide gamut. What made that that. Something about that mud that is magical. Organic and natural. Focal points. The sum of the parts. The brush on the string. Cool tape tone. Such a universal identifier. Creative constraints. Attached to hearing something. The plates and the springs. Sound changers and stuff. Back to the board in the studio. The plight of the mix engineer. The air around those instruments. Discerning tuning. Next. Rules to learn. The little things you pick up. These natural chamber reverbs. Pushing the boundary. Glue those things together. Good luck. Talk about the air. What feels good. The challenge of finishing a record. A variation of that. A great node in that journey. Demoitis to the rough mix. What balance really is. A lot of fun. Resonating. Amplifying dexterity. It is a thing. That acetate. Can keep doing it. If it sounds good it is good. Have that stretch. That way. A different picture. Little touchups of paint. To learn new stuff. There you go. 🪟Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Lyric Writing Techniques To Reach Peak Levity
You're in the studio. One verse just isn't quite landing. What do you do? Grab a pen and paper, and dip into these strategies.Evocative writing and internal vs. external perspectives can unlock a world of difference and a new level of speed. Doesn't matter the genre or the story. Just dial up or down.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛The parlance of our times. Pointing toward something universal. Weave them together. Into interesting settings and scenes. A little vignette. Find that gradient. Going for. Workflow art and science to this process. Immerse into it. Feel the weight of the words and the compression of the syllables. Find a title or a metaphor. The go further. Create raw material that you can pull from. There’s prosody. There’s a beauty. Interest, tension, and contrast. Song arcs. Highlighting what works. The feeling and free association. That moment of levity. Emotion grounded in. Decisions. Talk a bit about. Fragments. The combination switching. Mapping out. If it fits. Twists. Flips around. Draws the through-line across. Dial that fader. Like a game of telephone. 📞Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Instant Musicality with Nicole McCabe (Dolphin Hyperspace, Louis Cole, Patrice Rushen)
Instrumental music can sing. Nicole is proof! She’s one of my favorite musicians, bridging jazz and electronic music, with her own distinct sound. I always know when it’s her.We talked about how she got there. The practice routines. The gigs. The leaps of faith. And her new LP just dropped. As always, it’s on repeat.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Nicole on:✏️ IG✏️ YouTube ✏️ BandcampA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Pushing the envelope. Searching and finding and experimenting. References and context. The interaction between rhythms. About having fun and letting go. This whole other language. Still evolving and forever will be. Create something that feels relevant right now. A living, breathing tradition. The structure of the song. A different game to play. Stamina. The vectors. To contribute in a tasteful way. Facets there are to do. Switch those contexts. Really illuminating. Keeps unfolding. A balance between those things. In a useful way. Build that. Just try. What doors will open. Absorbing or cultivating or growing. Get up to that rarefied air. That inspiration. Grooves and sections. Really relaxed. Turning the page into the music. Different textures. Range things. So fascinating. A lot of blend. The ranges of the instruments. A very unique kind of improvisation. All these different things. This visual palette. Finding balance. Really fun. Feedback loops. So awesome. Pushed a certain way. Bring that to the music. Catch the vibe of whatever’s going on. All over the place. Get some dancing dolphins up there on stage. 🐬Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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The Hit Configuration of Holland-Dozier-Holland
I was able to take a few songwriting course (including one one-on-one!) with Lamont Dozier in college. There's a reason why HDH is up there for greatest musical partnerships of all time. Hard work, clear roles, and a team that stuck together. They knew how to write for their artists, and knew how to rip through the speakers and command attention.Stop in the name of love!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛An extra set of dimension. Move it up. Found synergies. Creating that environment. Really freeing. A simplification of a big idea. There’s a component to this that is serendipitous. Effective. Really freeing. Impulse responses. As a factory. Reverb chambers. Emotional intensity. Force of personality. Move it up. A speaker inside of it. Make incredible things happen. Dial in. Change the story of culture. Systems-oriented approach. Make it work. Putting together a system. Emotional connection. Make the call. ☎️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Motion Over Time
Why are so many “music words” based around travel? Around space? Highs and lows, in and “out.”We talk about being in a key, moving away from home, climbing into a chorus, falling into resolution. Why are we navigating music? For me, musical gravity is one of the best ways to find your way through it!So let’s go on a little trip, and find some distant lands to improve your compositional thinking and love of music!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Top to bottom. Like a different gravity. The ways that it resolves. Certain sections. The coda. Achieve a certain type of emotion. Satisfying and surprising and fun. Control the presence levels. Like a perception thing. Colors of resolution. Stacking. The steps. The circle of fifths. Hear that range. Picking up a choreography. Emotion-made motion. On a journey. Directional. Reveals something interesting. Different orbits. Internalized craft. Winding waves. Crystal clean. The vibe, the energy. A lot of intentionality. Magical words. In and out of expectation. A pleasant digestible experience. Feels good. Technique or effect or change of surprise. Compositional memory. Distorting its orbit. Strange order. Like throwing paint. Three dimensional thinking. Strange combination. The unknown. Go through walls. Placement over time. The elliptical. A great ride. Super tuned in. 🛰️Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Where There’s Air with Wilson Harwood (Soundproof Your Studio)
Sound is a wild animal. It wants to get loose. To rumble your neighbor. To call the cops.Wilson’s here to fix that. He’s a professional soundproofing designer and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee and founder of Soundproof Your Studio, where he helps musicians, producers, and content creators design and build professional-grade studios from the ground up.He comes from the artist world, so he knows the challenge of practice (especially drums) and recording. My favorite part? He actually balances all of this between real world constraints. There’s no such thing as a perfect studio, everything is a tradeoff, but at the end of the day, you have a studio!For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Wilson on:✏️ YouTube ✏️ Website✏️ IGA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Anchors back. Like a storybook. Stack things. Come above it. All these incredible talents. Kept going, kept going. Navigating both of those channels. Definitely a balance. Similar arc. In theory. Course correct. Having taste. Such a collaborator and an elevator. Building systems. One thread, consistent thread. Has this vibe. The main thing. Over time what’s cool. A different mentality. That last 10%. The shapes of things. The engineering and the mentality and the materials and the constructions. Per door. A bunch of different lenses of creativity. The retention piece. Such a funny tension. Kind of a weird thing. That complex web. To pull it all back. That circuitous path. That grit. Bespoke. Doors happen. Room modes. Dimensions and angles. There’s a real deep level. Gutsy enough. That happens, it really does. Parallel walls. A lot of material. Furring channels. The frequency spectrum. Taste, design, the science. Right off the bat. Gravity. Like light. The thing to think about. Experts in any field. Acoustic treatment. Super helpful. Whatever that might be. This feedback loop. The room within a room. Endless pursuits. The differences of the goal. That intensity, the focus. The duality. Room becomes sound. The pivot. Sense of place. Specialty acoustic clips. A good idea. The wanted results. Within the container of. Wandering in the wilderness and then building a circle. 🌀Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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The Beyond Vocab Incantations
Is it a vocab word? Or a magic one? What does a musician do when you tell them, we need an ostinato. Or this part is the big crescendo? Or I want a call-and-response kinda vibe.They shift. They reach into a different bag. You get a different song. So much of production and artistry is knowing where to lead, how to communicate vision, and yes, which spell to cast. Let’s go through a few of my favorites.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Something like a backbeat or ghost notes. Able to reach into the bag of tricks. To do stuff. Indicate something in music. Form and structure. Connected to the melody. Falling into the next note. Back and forth. Compacting context, compacting meaning. Able to compress. Able to capture the right kind of vibe A certain kind. Really specific. The choice of vocabulary. Flowy. The acuity of speech. Very much get on the same page. A call and response thing. Specific words. Articulations and dynamics. A grace note. Developing this melody and recapitulating it. A hemiola. Transients. Fuzzy edges. Schwoopy. Frame of reference. Mindset, emotion, style. 🪞Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Layers Behind The Curtain with Geneva Harrison (Nu Deco Ensemble, Y La Bamba, Rachel Goodrich)
Whether she’s touring with Y La Bamba or scoring live stories for WNYC’s Snap Judgment, Geneva Harrison is the kind of artist who breathes life into her work. She’s a world-class percussionist and producer, and a total student of how music connects.I loved her takes on the "elasticity" of rhythm. It’s steady and unsteady. Like a heartbeat. Human and tied to the environment. The culture. We sat down to talk about her deep dive into Brazilian music, what she’s learned from years of touring, and collaborating with everyone from dancers to poets.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥Connect with Geneva on her:✏️ Website✏️ IGA word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Interface with the heartbeat of music. To a certain degree to get to that point. That bed to riff off of. Organic feeling or development. Very elastic. To really play musically. Sympathetically catch that excitement. On the edge, this precipice of something. A very rich palette. Musical motifs and whatnot. Viscerally react. Even if it’s just a moment. Experience the song even better. On a great stream of consciousness exploration. Amoebic kind of flow. Sparks. The input of the world. Certain experiences. Finding flow together. Flying. Something extremely dreamy. Brings very different experience along. Pushed towards percussion. The viscerality. So incredibly key. Set of melodies. Innate kinds of expressions we have. The subtle nuance of variation. Like ancient connections. Part of it. It evolves over time. Being moved together all collectively connecting to something. Music is such a great channel for all of that. Some wild shows in the middle of nowhere. Find the language of movement and culture. Groove. Evocative. A really good challenge. Focal point. Vocal lines, melodies, rhythms can really expand. Sway to it. So much room for what that means. ELI5 style. Anything having to do with timing. The secret sauce of really good pop music. In the real around you. This endless world of possibilities and explorations. Righteous reclaiming of joy. Super energized feeling about it. So much rhythm. The space in between notes. That urgency and that excitement. Plays with your very in the moment presence with the art. It’s nice to just have some kind of loop going. Hive motion. Communication, singing, whatever. Crucial. Blocks. Very pulsed. Groove complexity. General sonics. Technical acumen. Down a bizarre corridor. A place to dream. The cultural depth. Hand in hand in a lot of ways. Quiet complexity. All these layers behind the curtain. The medium and the art form. The great connector. History and then energy and then you have music. The push and the pull. At its core. Rhythmic melodies. Conversing. In a couple different capacities. Keeping things fresh and new and reflective of the current time. A very wide world cornucopia of sound. Vibing on each other’s energy. A very nuanced instrument. 🪘Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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The Permutation Plus The Personality
Best way to get good at guitar? Learn some sax solos.Jazz has been doing this forever, but pop can copy their homework. Learn the lines from someone that thinks differently than you. Practice the way they approach music. And open your mind, man.But really, there's a whole world of music out there. How much of it do you let yourself participate in?For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛The timing of everything. When to play the notes. Carry on the line. Different lanes and different ways. Passing a theme. Add spice, add interest, add surprise. All of these things. Bridge sections together. The illusion of simplicity. That cool concept. Cuts both ways. Pass the baton. Hold some of these things constant. The tone and also the mechanics. Lens by which to see how all the different instruments approach them. Cultural context. Hold it static. A certain energy. Continue it, respond to it, or repeat it. A different path, a different bag, a different approach. A cool phrase. The interaction between different instruments. Articulations can mirror. Various way of getting to the same notes. Set these settings. Do both. All contrast. Those leaps those jumps those lofty octaves. It’s the combination of everything. Some strange leaps. So fun. Unbounded. Playing a plectrum. Approach the notes. The opportunity. Hear the articulation. Applied personality. Taste. 🍜Podcast Produced by Beformer
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The Additive Nature with Craig Bauer (Janet Jackson, Lupe Fiasco, Destiny’s Child)
What smooth jazz legends and hip-hop stars have in common? Yep, that’s Craig Bauer, Grammy-award winning mix engineer.He has the kinda breadth and impact most of us can only dream of. In this episode, he took us inside the sessions with legends in his Chicago studio, including his favorite phone call from the members of Styx.Craig brings a true love of craft, of music, and of community that goes beyond genre and breaks expectations. Because music is music!For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Watch guest episodes on YouTube 📺Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛Incredible stories. Pushed forward. Fresh ears. Well-versed musically speaking. Such a sonic palette. Clean and pristine. The illusion. Took that leap. Loops around. Natural sounding. Took a minute. Wisdom and experience. A very deep musical understanding. A very solid philosophy. Every phase. Finding that sort of sweet spot. The cross-genre acumen. Guides the listener. Gain staging. That’s breadth. Finds those moments. Growing careers. From hour to hour. The order of those things. The knob turning thing. In between the spaces. Seriously extreme. A big aha moment. All the way through. Connect with Craig on his:✏️ Website✏️ IGEdited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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A Big Hug To The Year That Was 2025
Each year, I reflect back on the guest episodes. Hear about the guests you might have missed, some key insights, and how it all wraps around to one, unifying thing: the love of music!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Score pod merch 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛On so many different levels. Get towards music. Really refreshing. Honoring the ingredients. Channeled through the signals and the systems. Blend in interesting ways. A cool handshake. Exudes comfortable. Pulls it all together. Community and communication and emotion. All sorts of stuff. All at once. Technically sound emotionally chill and inviting. Practice of music. Open those doors. Chance and circumstance. An application of math for creativity. The throughlines. Interlocking and intertwining. Interesting and cool or evocative. Through a slightly different lens. A good example and a good reminder. Being a musician in that role. Find the path and find the way forward. Keep playing. A combination of things. Have fun with it. Alternate paths to take. Part of the journey. One of the best levers to pull. A really cool example. Really valuable. To the emotional punch. The soil and the water and the toil and the sweat. Flavor profiles. Signal processing. Like a movie. An endurance sport. In different ways. Wants the best for the music. Bring value. That rallying unifying force. Has that energy. Really special. It is what it is. Different vibes. Scrappy. Be part of it. The different ways that you can make it in music. Deservedly so. Best bag of tricks. Expressed in a lot of different ways. Finding that balance. To be living in this world of sound. Becomes the function. That next leg. An exploration very similar. The essence. The means by which. As a medium. Through osmosis. Really incredible. Great taste. The vibe and personality. And everything in between. Different progressions. To continue to explore. Such sunshine. 🌅Podcast Produced by Beformer
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A Gentle Shelf with Andrew Scheps (Adele, U2, Hozier)
Andrew Scheps has been a hero of mine since I started mixing. He’s worked on everyone from Beyoncé to Metallica to Michael Jackson to The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Jay-Z to The Smashing Pumpkins to Green Day to Alanis Morissette to The Rolling Stones to several other legends. He’s nothing short of a genius. At music. At mixing. At technology. At philosophy.So I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you want to hear an honest take about where music is at, how to break in, and what’s up with AI, Scheps is the guy to listen to.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛That compression topology. Think of the totality. The push and pull of the artistic and the technical. Pitch to formant and time. Absolutely worth it. Artifacts. A natural thing. It builds up. Like a flavor connection. Transitions between sections. Doing sonic changes. Raw emotions in a safe space. Behind delivering it to the speakers. A world that it lives in. Or several worlds that happen one after another. About serendipity. Find a reason for making. Make a decision. Try something. Learn stuff. By osmosis. Reacting to things. The emotion in a song. The sonics are cool. Actively listening. What it does. In that environment. It’s just balance. Getting as close as possible. Setting up a world. Feel passionate. Feel the way music does. Limiting sounds like something. Flexible and creative and multivariate. Just leave it. Zoom out. Through several different paths. Throughout a song. Into the same world. Assess the emotional. Internal dynamics. Some magic moments. That will happen. Whatever it is. A sort of hyperreality. Open for a while. Different audio going through. Heavier and heavier. Harmonic distortion. Unbelievably cool. All about the Ideas. It’s just moments. Play stuff. To feel. A viable path. Measurements in the renderer. 📏Connect with Andrew on:✏️ McDonough Management✏️ Mix With The Masters✏️ IGEdited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Everybody Can Be Dancing Because Counterpoint
This isn’t the classic definition. This is James Jameson. It’s the groove. It’s the grounding. It’s the dance partner that holds it down. The glue. The bass!But all counters… need a point: The vocal! How do we frame the melody? Then how do we extend it? Let’s talk.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨The harmonic grounder. Everywhere that exists. Adding syncopation. That balance. Able to accomplish. Its purpose its role. The precipice. Grounding and being the glue. Something really cool. 🧊Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Those Foley Steps with Ashlee Chanelle (Epidemic Sound)
A music career never, ever, ever goes in a straight line. It’s winding path, through studios, gigs, relationships, and day jobs.Ashlee Chanelle has lived it and succeeded. She’s a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Epidemic Sound and a longtime mix engineer and producer We talked about how licensing actually works in the real world, how to communicate like a pro in high-stakes environments, and how to keep balance with all the work.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my LP "I" on vinyl in all its full spinning colorfulness 🎨A wonderful approach. An intuitive sense of how to get there. Levels of granularity. Finding the excitement in it. The bounce. Because of ears. Along that jagged path. When it’s good it’s good. Breaths are a perfect thing. This nice balance. The throughline. Stick with it. Adapt the track. Like hybrid perspective. Learn from one another. A funny blurred line. As knobs. To create that pocket. The vocabulary. Learning how signal flow works. Feeling off of the energy. Observe and absorb. Emotional response to the sequence of frequencies. A fun ride. So exciting. An interest in the intersection. Auditory artifacts. Know what’s going on. Building to scale. Being there for the journey. An interest in the intersection. Where the magic actually lives. Able to speak that language. The view as well. So fun and so fascinating also. Find that opportunity. Lifestyle shifts. Tactile osmatic experience. Being around. Adapted over time. Trust ourselves and our ears. This organism itself. That common thread. It goes a long way. Bringing that home. Able to visualize. Very intentional. Sometimes opposite. Stay creative. Part of the conversation. Really cool. Being in the soup. 🍜Connect with Ashlee on her:✏️ IG✏️ LinktreeEdited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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When Subtraction Is Addition
Energy lacking? Vibes off? Chorus not "big" enough?Start by subtracting. Even for a bar. The little things you don't say are their own kind of tension. Breathe for a moment.Then scream!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Hooked and interested. Like a tapestry. In the arrangement. Foreground background. The character of the frequencies. Cool information. Subdivisions. Have fun with it. Add energy. Best and most striking levers. Help the listener. Into a microphone. Enjoyable thing for the audience. Voicings. The emotional. In key moments. Essential notes. Frenetic sense. Harmonic distortion. Little pockets. The harmonic series. The journey. Momentum. Stuff naturally happens. Addition through subtraction. Moments of pause. To have contrast. Amplified. 🔌Podcast Produced by Beformer
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To The Feeling Of Flow State with Rani Adi (PinkPantheress, Dove Cameron, postergirl)
Fresh off of an NPR Tiny Desk concert, Rani shares her undeniable love of music in this episode. Her belief in herself, her band, and the power of hard work was truly infectious. No matter what you’re doing, in music or outside of music, Rani’s vibe is guaranteed to leave you more inspired, energized, and ready to take on the odds.Rani Adi is a Brooklyn-based artist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, and content creator whose work merges live musicianship with modern production. She’s the co-founder and bassist of the band postergirl, which she started just over a year ago, and has performed with artists including PinkPantheress on Tiny Desk and Dove Cameron on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Rani is currently producing both her debut solo album and postergirl’s debut record, continuing to bridge the worlds of performance, production, and storytelling, crafting music that feels both nostalgic and forward-thinking.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmoreSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Connect with Rani on her:✏️ IG ✏️ TikTok ✏️ YouTubeEntering this territory. The act of creating. Experimentation. The openness. Envision. Immediately in flow state. What can happen. A very fusion. Into sonic form. At the forefront. To keep steady. Existing. Doing in the moment. Cosmic alignment. Into the session. Antenna up. A whole ether. Every season. Intertwined. An expansive way of creating art. Capable. Different skillsets. Iterations. Learning the intention. Curious. Preparation too. A way to communicate. So encouraging. Feel inspired to practice. To shine. Really listen. Trust the process. Building something. A good balance. Dare to believe and try. Conducive. To channel those players. Pocket. Feels so natural. Find some people. Find that balance. The keystone for the entire arrangement. Approaching the notes. Unrelenting vision and actually doing stuff. How something sounds. North Star. Articulation. Vibing people. Understand the vocabulary. Intentional. Internalize the decisions. Crafting a sound. How different records feel. The A-Z. 📒Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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How does music software work?
Music products are some of the most innovative and frustrating tools in any industry. Let's peel back the veil a bit into the history of music software, piracy, and how old-school tech is holding itself back. There's a reason why Ableton is the DAW (music production software) of choice for younger people! (It's the iLok!)For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Take it where you go. An opportunity. Making things. The coolest stuff. Floating around. Part of the interesting weirdness. Deeper features. In vogue. Stories and vignettes. Beloved. Trying stuff. Across the board. 🏁Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Do Keys Feel Different?
My friend texted me, "Do you believe that specific chords of the same type (eg C Major vs G Major) evoke different emotions or feelings? That are consistent and distinct?"And I think it pointed at something really profound: Is music relational (change the key, keep the vibe) or absolute (each key has its own vibe).I think both. Let me explain...For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨The personification of these keys. The order of the notes. Resonating. That essential nature. Radiant. Flavor. Fundamentally. The instruments themselves. The relationship between the notes. Pythagorean way. The center of gravity. Deeply. Time and place. Cultural. A certain headspace. The songness. Reinforced. Intention. Motion. Abstractions. What the tune is. Things weigh in. Ratio. Relationality. Inversions. Timbre. The genre experience. An interesting exercise. 👟Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Taken To Unexpected Places with Cal Kevany (Wallice, Albert Hammond Jr, JW Francis)
What really goes into putting on a show? And… how’s tour number 100 different than #1 (hint: fast food). Really, being on the road is an endurance sport, and Cal Kevany has the stories to tell!From his prolific TikTok channel to a show near you, enjoy this convo with this great guitarist! For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Grab Minuendo earplugs for comfy lossless hearing protection 📢Connect with Cal on his:✏️ IG ✏️ TikTokDedication and passion. Get the energy up. Make these connections. Get the energy up. Have a good idea. Healthy snacks. Good moments. It’s a beautiful thing. Build off that momentum. Over and over again. Palatable package. Connecting those dots. All through something. Feel so supported. Learning a shared language together. Get connected. A good technique. Get to different heights. Catching a special wavelength. Channel that in. A block of time. It gets easier. It can be pretty deep. Like an athletic endurance sport. Additional benefits. Layers together. Be very satisfying. That routine. Back on track. Recognize the cause and effect. Loop in. Begin again. Picking spots. Get there. Feel good. Picking the moments. The right kind of vibe. In the bag. Power creative juices. Fun to make. Think about finishing things. Help propel that as well. So fun. Hear those chords. Interesting and engaging. A depth. Switch to the bridge. Music people. Uplifting each other. Organize in those blocks. Learning about the form. Tone or feeling. Keep that happening. Supporting every song. Strategies. Super excited to talk about. The song structure and chords. The reality of the logistics. Finish songs. Show that flash. Out there. Mentally good. Riding the sine wave. A series of implied probabilities or directions. Chords movements. Call and response. One day. Make decisions. Figure that out. Focuses on listening to each other. To think about. A nice blend. Super balanced. Diatonic. A mental and visual roadmap. Participation. As the player. Extensions and interesting chords. Oh definitely. ✅Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Just. Keep. Going.
Music, creativity, life. All an endurance sport. Just like running, I think the key is tricking yourself sometimes. And enjoying the uphill as much as the down.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨On the frontier of capability. Cultivating energy and spirit. Maintaining consistency and maintaining output. Align. Start filling in the blanks. Dedicated and purposeful moments. To finish. Emotional and inspirational. Above and beyond. Lunchpail mentality. Wind in sails. ⛵Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Bending The Fabric Of Scales with Levi McClain (31-Note Microtonalist)
This one goes to eleven… NO this one goes to 31! Levi’s all-in on expanding our musical palette. We talked about what colors and emotions are available in microtonality, how to get into the wild world, and the frontiers of music theory. Sometimes it feels like everything in music has been “figured out.” Levi’s here to tell us that couldn’t be further from the truth!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Subscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Connect with Levi on his:✏️ IG ✏️ YouTube ✏️ TikTok ✏️ WebsiteWhere it mostly all started. The peaks and the valleys. The life force. Opening doors. Heliocentricity. Coalesce. Comfortable enough. Embed the effect. A lot of beauty in doing that. Stereo picture placement. Reinforcing this idea. Actual practice. Treat the shimmer tone. Some very interesting intonation. A dash of cayenne. A weird sensation. A good blend. Different aspects. Through acoustic synthesis. Like a sonic photograph. Tactile experience. A really interesting mirror. Symmetry. Duplicating the signal. Genuinely connected. Dove into the bread and butter. That weird bag. Formant shifting. Wonderful and different. Everything kind of influences everything. At the continuum. The tributaries of creativity. Over the mountain. Through pitch. Justly intonated. The harmony of the spheres. Dig deep. The reason. In between the spaces. New tools. To innovate further. Load in microtonal tunings. Time and place. In the vast landscape. Fully enmeshed things. A lot closer together. Microtonailty. Something that’s real. Kind of like a diatonic approach. Such a good analog. Downstream. From the music theory lens. A bundle of instruments. More notes. Pitch shifted. New flavors. Get over that hump. In terms of frequencies. The math is elegant. A wonderful thing. About the harmonic series. The embodied self. Harmonic ratios. Shimmer chords. This really cool iconic sound. Perfectly reasonable. To the timbre of a given instrument. A cool project. Really beautiful. Pleasing sounds. Fluid. Play a series of notes. Play effectively. The wolf interval. Ear math. Utility. Map it to musical parameters. 🌌Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Keeping The Inner Musician Alive
Tap your foot? Whistle? Hum a tune?I think you count too. Musician isn't a some high-and-mighty state. It's just being human.I think by segmenting so much we all miss out. Musicians do best when we get community input (just look at New Orleans!) -- not just academic or commercialized competition.It's not bad to hustle. But it's nice to have a mix of voices. Some going all-in. Some expressing the depths of the soul with no expectation of reward.But even bigger than that, the coolest thing is watching people decide to play at whatever level. Even cooler: Watching them decide to write. I hope you do. It's never too late. And if you're a pro, it's good for the soul to make some random stuff that's not for a royalty.Let's wax musical, people!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Huddle around. The tone poem. Evocative and interesting. Fundamental. Timbre. Dynamics. Orders sound. Through the wind. Think and feel. A collection of artifacts. Distilling that. Infinite. Continuous. The acrobatics. Structuring sound. Enjoy something. Taste. That good. Mess with that. Just saying. Open to the idea. A vector to keep that going. The larger kinda meta-conversation of genre. What a musician actually is. Add elements throughout time. In time. The key element. Refinement. An exploration of sound. An extension of frequency. ⏰Podcast Produced by Beformer
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To Learn The Sound with Dr. Guy Shkolnik (PhD in Bach, Music Theory Influencer)
What makes a Beatles chord progression work? Why does that Stevie Wonder song sound the way it does? Music theorist and composer Dr. Guy Shkolnik joins the pod to breaks down all that good stuff and more: harmony, counterpoint, composition across all genres (even how Japanese music is different!!).With a PhD in music theory and a social media following built from deep-dive breakdowns (and years of university teaching under his belt including international Berklee College of Music associated harmony, counterpoint, and ear training classes), Guy knows how to make it “click.” Let’s dive deep in, follow the white rabbit, and find out why music works. (And why we love it!)For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmoreSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Connect with Guy on his:✏️ IG ✏️ YouTube ✏️ WebsitePlay with the words. The gravity of harmony, The fundamentals. Gives direction. The environment is inviting. Those building blocks. Both sides of the mirror. Approachable. In tandem. That intrigue. The essence. Musical sense. What the groove is. How it feels. The notes that are dancing around. Full circle on these things. The mechanics of music. The beautiful possibilities. Melody and harmony came together. All the different tones. As splashes of color. Active notes. New techniques. Independent voices. Keep things open. Telling a story. Chorales. About communication. A cool way to differentiate. That dash of elegance. Different textures of the same thing. By learning both. Tendencies. To do the translation. Rotating around. Chromatic. Simplify stuff. Powerful notes. The whole thing. Connect with it. Showing the good. A fun exercise. The beautiful mix of new, weird, and familiar at the same time. Lightbulb moments. Draws from everything. New colors. A gift. Helping fellow musicians. Harmonic rhythm. The natural note. See through the details. 🔎Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Providing Questions Instead Of Providing Answers
Want a better mix 2? Keep your mix engineer creative and proactive. Give them questions rather than answers.In this pod, I cover how creative communication can empower your collaborators rather than box them in. Turn people into experts instead of tools, and watch how your network can perform! (And love working with you!)For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Passion and energy. Open up new doors. Unlocking brains. From one phase to the next. Creative notes. The challenge is always evolving. For later on in the phases. Leave a little bit of room. Really enjoyable. Wax poetically. Thinking of solutions. The pokiness. A positive flywheel. Beings of infinite creativity. Carve out some more space. Leave room for interpretation. Inverted. That wisdom. Making sense of some of the chaos. Being the CEO of your art. Alter the state of the listener. Asking great questions. Practically use that. Impassioned. In both directions. Keeps it fresh. 🥝Podcast Produced by Beformer
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The Found Palette with Tristan Clopet (Crown Heights, The Infiltrator, This American Life)
Some musicians do better with chaos. Others under deadlines and with teams. Tristan Clopet is a rare pro who’s done both, and because of it knows the value of working towards a greater goal with a big team (and bigger pressure).Tristan’s prolific work on film and TV scores gives him a deep insight into the nature of that side of the industry (and how different it is from his touring days supporting X Ambassadors, Billy Bragg, Tove Lo, Glen Hansard, and The Weeknd). It’s a collaborative, deadline-oriented, large effort, with hundreds of creatives contributing to the final work. He shares how inspiring that journey is, and how knowing the boundaries can unlock even more creativity. I loved his story about scoring to Martin Freeman’s solo acting in a car. (Martin Freeman happens to be one of my favorite actors.)His credits include:Sony Pictures Television’s StartUp, created by Ben Ketai and starring Martin Freeman, Ron Perlman, Adam Brody, Mira Sorvino, and Edi Gathegi. In 2020, Netflix licensed all three seasons and it quickly became the streamer’s #1 acquired series around the world.The Universal Studios feature film River Wild, for which he earned an HMMA nomination.The Infiltrator, starring Bryan Cranston, City of Lies, starring Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker, Sundance Film Festival winner Crown Heights, starring LaKeith Stanfield, AMC’s Pantheon, with Brandon Roberts, Marco Beltrami, and Buck Sanders, and CBS’s military procedural The Code.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmoreSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ScoobertDoobert.pizza 🍕Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Connect with Tristan on his:✏️ IG ✏️ WebsitePut it into words. Putting those things together. Keep doing it. That progression. That magic energy. It’s a journey. A key to unlock the door. Creative parameters that do unlock other things. Just being in the room. Anchor points. Accepting imperfection. Discern so much emotion. Either direction’s profound. A nebulous cloud that shifts and moves. A rewarding effect. A wonderful exploration. This weird appetite for going further. Through that journey. The cut has a rhythm. A conversation of contradictions. The push and pull. Hilarious. Magnetizes back to. An apt question. Flowing from A to B, It’s timbre thing. A function for this music. A mix of craft and art. Room to play with. An array of options. Conveying goals. 🎬Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer
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Functional Biomechanics In Musical Performance
Music is more athletic than you may think! I just watched on of my favorite drummers, Nate Smith, and he was like Bruce Lee up there, flowing like water.Proper technique can save musicians from injury, make them play faster, and let them stay on the road for longer. It’s one of the best ways to break through the intermediate wall, but it’s not talked about enough… so I talked about it!For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore 🌎Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ScoobertDoobert.pizzaSubscribe to this pod's blog on Substack to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊♂️Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness while they last 🎨Dynamic shifts and turns. Very much serving the song. Creative application of techniques. All of that to say. Draw the through-line. Within the rhythm. In interesting ways. Circumvent those limits. Add up to emotion. Progress the instrument itself. About articulation. Keep doing. Opens some doors and opens some minds. The way to shake. The arc of the piece. Unlocked another level. 🔓Podcast Produced by Beformer
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Dope music pros talking about the craft in intimate ways that lays out the roadmap of how they made it happen. Join host (and producer/engineer/writer/artist) Scoobert Doobert for a backstage look that'll lift your applied passions, so plunge in because the water's fine. Tap into that timeless wavelength and eternal joy right now, in whatever you do. Learn to utilize dynamic creativity so you can do you at a new, improved level of ingenuity. Through hearing what turns the humans on who make the music you love, get a refreshing take and use it for fuel for your own rad actions. Catch a vibe. 💚
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