Why do musicians create what they do? Why do they create in that particular way? Mark Linsenmayer (aka songwriter Mark Lint, and host of The Partially Examined Life) talks to songwriters and composers about specific recordings, which are played in full. We cover lyric meanings, writing and recording techniques, arrangements, band dynamics, the stories behind the songs, and even music theory.
https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/podcast-episodes/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 1 hour 1 minute
NEM #33: Asif Illyas Colors It Old School (i.e., ’80s)
Asif led Canadian band MIR from 1998 to 2008, and has since recorded with real instruments for commercials and films, and released a one-man-band Police-influenced album Synesthesia in 2013. - We discuss the title track and "Electrical" from that albu...
NEM#33: Asif Illyas Colors It Old School (i.e., ’80s)
Asif led Canadian band MIR from 1998 to 2008, and has since recorded with real instruments for commercials and films, and released a one-man-band Police-influenced album Synesthesia in 2013. - We discuss the title track and "Electrical" from that albu...
NEM #32: Bradley Skaught’s The Bye-Bye Blackbirds: Crafting Power Pop
Bradley fronts the Bay Area band, The Bye-Bye Blackbirds, which inhabits the niche of Byrds-influenced "power pop" even though Bradley really doesn't like that term. We discuss the band's 2016 boogie single "Let Your Hair Fall Down,
NEM#32: Bradley Skaught’s The Bye-Bye Blackbirds: Crafting Power Pop
Bradley fronts the Bay Area band, The Bye-Bye Blackbirds, which inhabits the niche of Byrds-influenced "power pop" even though Bradley really doesn't like that term. We discuss the band's 2016 boogie single "Let Your Hair Fall Down,
NEM #31: Michael Manring’s Limitless Bass Guitar
Michael has played on 500+ recordings; he was the house bassist for the Windham Hill label in the '80s and has put out seven solo albums. He expands what electric bass can do by using many tunings, even retuning on the fly using a custom-built system,
NEM#31: Michael Manring’s Limitless Bass Guitar
Michael has played on 500+ recordings; he was the house bassist for the Windham Hill label in the '80s and has put out seven solo albums. He expands what electric bass can do by using many tunings, even retuning on the fly using a custom-built system,
NEM #30: Paul Wertico and David Cain: Improv Without a Net
Seven-time Grammy winning drummer Paul Wertico and his multi-talented cohort David Cain are two-thirds of Wertico, Cain and Gray, an improvisational, "impressionistic" jazz trio who have released five albums since 2013. -
NEM#30: Paul Wertico and David Cain: Improv Without a Net
Seven-time Grammy winning drummer Paul Wertico and his multi-talented cohort David Cain are two-thirds of Wertico, Cain and Gray, an improvisational, "impressionistic" jazz trio who have released five albums since 2013. -
NEM #29: Jason Seed’s “Stringtet”
Jason fattens out his eclectic guitar pieces by writing string and horn parts, and The Jason Seed Stringtet includes members of the Chicago Symphony sawing away furiously. Hear more at jasonseedmusic.com. - We'll discuss "Ishtar,
NEM#29: Jason Seed’s “Stringtet”
Jason fattens out his eclectic guitar pieces by writing string and horn parts, and The Jason Seed Stringtet includes members of the Chicago Symphony sawing away furiously. Hear more at jasonseedmusic.com. - We'll discuss "Ishtar,