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 2 hours 8 minutes
NEM#12. John Philip Shenale: String Arranger, Composer, Producer
Phil is the long-time string arranger for Tori Amos and has done a heap more production, arrangement, and keyboard work. He has a very deliberate production style, carefully crafting a very natural-sounding theatrical background using both cutting-edge...
NEM#12: John Philip Shenale: String Arranger, Composer, Producer
Phil is the long-time string arranger for Tori Amos and has done a heap more production, arrangement, and keyboard work. He has a very deliberate production style, carefully crafting a very natural-sounding theatrical background using both cutting-edge...
NEM#11. Bob Manor: No Alt-Country for Old Men
Bob leads the Madison, WI band The Getaway Drivers; he shares the vocal duties with his wife Shiela Shigley. Though Bob has displayed a lot of affection toward old-timey, world-weary music since starting off his major songwriting efforts around 2000 at...
NEM#11: Bob Manor: No Alt-Country for Old Men
Bob leads the Madison, WI band The Getaway Drivers; he shares the vocal duties with his wife Shiela Shigley. Though Bob has displayed a lot of affection toward old-timey, world-weary music since starting off his major songwriting efforts around 2000 at...
NEM#10. Nick Eede (Cutting Crew): Escape from the ’80s
In 1986 Nick van Eede released a song ("I Just Died in Your Arms") that will be played long after we are all dead. But he's got a lot more going on than that, and on his new album (still under the moniker "Cutting Crew") he's recorded his best songs fr...
NEM#10: Nick Eede (Cutting Crew): Escape from the ’80s
In 1986 Nick van Eede released a song ("I Just Died in Your Arms") that will be played long after we are all dead. But he's got a lot more going on than that, and on his new album (still under the moniker "Cutting Crew") he's recorded his best songs fr...
NEM#9. Roderick Romero: Psychedelic Treehouse Poet
Roderick Wolgamott Romero founded and fronted the Seattle 90s space rock band Sky Cries Mary. So how does a poet get a band? Is a poet's process different from a typical lyricist's? - We discuss "Gliding" from Taking the Stage Live: 1997–2005 (2011),
NEM#9. Roderick Romero: Psychedelic Treehouse Poet
Roderick Wolgamott Romero founded and fronted the Seattle 90s space rock band Sky Cries Mary. So how does a poet get a band? Is a poet's process different from a typical lyricist's? - We discuss "Gliding" from Taking the Stage Live: 1997–2005 (2011),
NEM#9: Roderick Romero: Psychedelic Treehouse Poet
Roderick Wolgamott Romero founded and fronted the Seattle 90s space rock band Sky Cries Mary. So how does a poet get a band? Is a poet's process different from a typical lyricist's? - We discuss "Gliding" from Taking the Stage Live: 1997–2005 (2011),
NEM#8. Tim Quirk Is the Philosopher-King of Beers
Tim describes himself as not a singer, but a writer with a band, and he shouted at the front of Too Much Joy in the late' 80s–'90s and has since recorded as Wonderlick while working as a big dog in the digital music industry with Google, Rhapsody,