Spinning Plates
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Modes and Key Borrowing
Songs written in harmonic minor, dorian, phrygian, lydian, and mixolydian mode, as well as those that borrow from different keys or modes than the one they are written in.
Game Changers
Artists that changed the face of music, were progressive for their time, and inspired future musicians.
Resonance
Songs that when you listen to you can't help turning up the volume to block out all other noise, closing your eyes, and letting the sound resonate through your brain.
The Influences of Andrew Hozier-Byrne
This episode explores the artists that influenced Hozier's rise to fame through his unique style of music, using references from Bob Boilen's book "Your Song Changed My Life."
Dynamics
Songs that are loud, soft, or somewhere in between, using emphasis and volume to create emotion and feeling through dynamics.
Released on Feb 16, 2018
Horns and Reeds!
Songs that use trumpets, saxophones, and other brass instruments to create the kind of jive that makes you want to get up and dance.
Women.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, a show dedicated to all female artists, who are not played or appreciated as often. I am thankful for all of the women who are influences to me as a musician!
Recognizing Lyrics
Something I don't do very often: paying attention to the lyrics of songs and appreciating how their metaphors and story telling create emotion and invoke imagination.
Piano (in rock music) Appreciation
Piano is an instrument mainly associated with jazz and classical sound, but these tunes use the piano in a rockin' way.
RADIOHEAD SPECIAL
A tribute to my favorite and the most creative and talented band on their albums' and lead singer's birth month.