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Eight-minute insights into music composition, arranging and performance. Ever wonder how a band creates its unique "sound," or what makes a particular song so distinctive?


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Halloween Music
Just in time for All Hallow's Eve, our resident Scare Queen (and senior classical music analyst) Michelle Alexander looks at some of the scariest music ever written, ranging from the ominous organ music of Bach and Beethoven through Liszt and then into 20th Century composers like George Crumb and Gyorgy Ligeti. She thrusts her hands into the muck of musical fright and dredges up the dissonance and challenged expectations that make for aural horror. (9 mins.) Here's the link to Haunt ...

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:48:39 -0800 ]


Jamming, part 2
Part two of our Improv show, in which we explore directed improvisation and how musicians support each other when in the sea of spontaneity: Guitarist Lebo from ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), pianist Trevor Garrod from Tea Leaf Green (pictured here), and guitarist Jeremy Korpas from Big Light. Recorded and edited by Tyler Brown at Bellboy Recording in Richmond CA. (20 mins.) ...

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:19:16 -0800 ]


Jamming
Three Left Coast jamband heavyweights weigh in on the art and science of purposeful improvisation: Guitarist Lebo from ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) (far left, pictured here), pianist Trevor Garrod from Tea Leaf Green (center right), and guitarist Jeremy Korpas from Big Light (far right). Recorded and edited by Tyler Brown at Bellboy Recording in Richmond CA. (20 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:25:37 -0800 ]


The Marriage of Classical and Jazz, part 2
Pianist Bill Mays returns to lead us step by step through a recent composition of his called "Fantasy, Movement One." He shows us the motifs and elements as they progress, calls out where improvisation led the players away from the printed notes, and introduces us to the tones of the other musicians on the session, who are Alisa Horn on cello and Marvin Stamm on trumpet and flugelhorn. (9 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:18:47 -0800 ]


The Marriage of Classical and Jazz, part 1
Pianist Bill Mays has had an illustrious career mixing jazz improvisation with classical composition, and his albums in the third-stream movement have helped move the genre forward. Here Pandora's Steve Ginsberg and I talk with Mays about the relationship between classical and jazz, and about Mays' history with both, starting with the night he heard Miles Davis live in the late 1950s. The music in this piece is provided by the Inventions Trio, featuring Marvin Stamm on trumpet and fl...

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[ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:14:37 -0800 ]


Pre-production
As the one-man band of Palefighter, Matthew Carano has learned a lot about how to streamline the recording process, and how to use pre-production to his benefit. In this show, we'll focus on sketching and recording demos, and how to sculpt a song as it goes through its various incarnations and drafts. Recorded and edited by Tyler Brown at Bellboy Recording in Richmond CA. (10 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:06:08 -0800 ]


Room Acoustics
Singer and composer Melody Parker also works as an architectural acoustician with Charles M. Salter Associates, and here we talk with her about the the evolution of room acoustics, from its origin through several eras of composition. (13 mins.) Recorded and edited by Eric Schurig. ...

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[ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:43 -0800 ]


Famous Rock Drummers
Session drummer Jeff Anthony returns to shine a light on some of his drumming heroes. Here, we look at the patterns and hitting styles used by some of rock music's most distinctive percussion players, including Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters (and Nirvana and Probot and occasionally from Queens of the Stone Age), John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, Stewart Copeland from the Police, Vinnie Colaiuta of Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage and countless other albums, and Neil Peart from Rush. Record...

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[ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:50:12 -0800 ]


The Art of Sampling
The three members of hip hop group V.E.R.A. Clique, one producer/beatmaker (Dan Craig) and two MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) join producer/beatmaker Johnny Igaz to talk about sampling. We look at hardware vs. software sampling, hear how different drum tones are layered to make for fuller hits, and dissect a sampled production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well. (11 mins.) That link above is to V.E.R.A. Clique's site, but this one is to their Pandora artist prof...

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[ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:43:25 -0800 ]


The Art of Sampling
The three members of hip hop group V.E.R.A. Clique, one producer/beatmaker (Dan Craig) and two MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) join producer/beatmaker Johnny Igaz to talk about sampling. We look at hardware vs. software sampling, hear how different drum tones are layered to make for fuller hits, and dissect a sampled production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well. (11 mins.) That link above is to V.E.R.A. Clique's site, but this one is to their Pandora artist prof...

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[ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:43:25 -0800 ]


Hip Hop Hooks
Originating in Bend, Oregon but now firmly rooted in Oakland, V.E.R.A. Clique has been refining their hip-hop sound for many years. In this episode, the group's beat maestro (Dan Craig) and MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) walk us through the process they used to build a hip-hop hook on their song "Still Winn'n." Also joining us is hip-hop producer Johnny Igaz to talk about the approach and role that hooks play in production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well. (9...

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[ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:51:14 -0800 ]


Hip Hop Hooks
Originating in Bend, Oregon but now firmly rooted in Oakland, V.E.R.A. Clique has been refining their hip-hop sound for many years. In this episode, the group's beat maestro (Dan Craig) and MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) walk us through the process they used to build a hip-hop hook on their song "Still Winn'n." Also joining us is hip-hop producer Johnny Igaz to talk about the approach and role that hooks play in production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well. (9...

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[ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:51:14 -0800 ]


Country Songwriting
From the lonesome lakes of Wisconsin to California's fields and orchards, JJ Schultz has been traveling and writing country-folk ballads. As we hear here, one of the main tensions in classic country songwriting is the balance between sweet, major-key melodies and melancholy words. It's a tradition of songcraft that places value on specific imagery, concrete visual descriptions, and identifiable situations. Those lyrical scenes are key. This episode explores the tradition, and extol...

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[ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:34:37 -0800 ]


Country Songwriting
From the lonesome lakes of Wisconsin to California's fields and orchards, JJ Schultz has been traveling and writing country-folk ballads. As we hear here, one of the main tensions in classic country songwriting is the balance between sweet, major-key melodies and melancholy words. It's a tradition of songcraft that places value on specific imagery, concrete visual descriptions, and identifiable situations. Those lyrical scenes are key. This episode explores the tradition, and extol...

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[ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:34:37 -0800 ]


IDM and Glitch
When he's not analyzing industrial and metal albums for the Music Genome Project, Will Redmond is often out on tour as BlipVert, performing his twisted and hyper-intense take on IDM. This is electronic music at its most challenging, where samples and microsamples are arranged like chips in a mosaic or dots in a pointillistic painting. Standard beats are thrown out entirely, discarded in favor of fractured chunks, bits of signal, and electronically damaged sound. IDM can be exquisite...

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[ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:33:49 -0800 ]


IDM and Glitch
When he's not analyzing industrial and metal albums for the Music Genome Project, Will Redmond is often out on tour as BlipVert, performing his twisted and hyper-intense take on IDM. This is electronic music at its most challenging, where samples and microsamples are arranged like chips in a mosaic or dots in a pointillistic painting. Standard beats are thrown out entirely, discarded in favor of fractured chunks, bits of signal, and electronically damaged sound. IDM can be exquisite...

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[ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:33:49 -0800 ]


Gypsy Jazz
If you are familiar with the films of Woody Allen, you've heard examples of gypsy jazz, a French variant on American jazz begun by Django Reinhardt and others in the 1930s. Pandora engineer and lead guitarist Vic Wong brings in other hot club players to demonstrate how gypsy jazz is played: bassist Ari Munkres, rhythm guitarist Jack Fields, and violinist Benito Cortez. Hear how this drummerless swing style is presented with rhythmic flourishes, shorter upright bass tones, and heroic...

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[ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:24:52 -0800 ]


Gypsy Jazz
If you are familiar with the films of Woody Allen, you've heard examples of gypsy jazz, a French variant on American jazz begun by Django Reinhardt and others in the 1930s. Pandora engineer and lead guitarist Vic Wong brings in other hot club players to demonstrate how gypsy jazz is played: bassist Ari Munkres, rhythm guitarist Jack Fields, and violinist Benito Cortez. Hear how this drummerless swing style is presented with rhythmic flourishes, shorter upright bass tones, and heroic...

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[ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:24:52 -0800 ]


Dissonance
Classical music enthusiasts, this one's for you. Pandora classical music analyst Russell Johnson drops by to investigate the onward march toward atonality throughout the history of Western art music. From Renaissance times through Classical and Romantic periods onto Stravinsky and Schoenberg, the slider on the consonant-to-dissonant spectrum has edged ever more toward the dissonant. He plays examples on guitar and piano of different intervals, and talks about the frequency ratios at...

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[ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:03:16 -0800 ]


Dissonance
Classical music enthusiasts, this one's for you. Pandora classical music analyst Russell Johnson drops by to investigate the onward march toward atonality throughout the history of Western art music. From Renaissance times through Classical and Romantic periods onto Stravinsky and Schoenberg, the slider on the consonant-to-dissonant spectrum has edged ever more toward the dissonant. He plays examples on guitar and piano of different intervals, and talks about the frequency ratios at...

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[ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:03:16 -0800 ]


Drum Feels (With Hi-Hat and Snare)
Tiny changes in a drummer's playing can create dramatic shifts in a song's feel. Pandora dance music analyst and session drummer Jeff Anthony gets into his trick bag to show some of the little variations he throws in to boost a song's energy going into the chorus. He also breaks down the difference between the two-handed Britpop hi-hat style and the looser, one-handed Yankee hi-hat style. The audio on the outro, by the way, is from a session Jeff played on -- an album for singer-son...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:33:13 -0800 ]


Drum Feels (With Hi-Hat and Snare)
Tiny changes in a drummer's playing can create dramatic shifts in a song's feel. Pandora dance music analyst and session drummer Jeff Anthony gets into his trick bag to show some of the little variations he throws in to boost a song's energy going into the chorus. He also breaks down the difference between the two-handed Britpop hi-hat style and the looser, one-handed Yankee hi-hat style. The audio on the outro, by the way, is from a session Jeff played on -- an album for singer-son...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:33:13 -0800 ]


Melodic Construction: Pitch and Contour
Melody is so central to much of the music we love. This week, singer and composer Melody Parker stops by to describe how pitches can be strung together to form a melody, and the ways in which a melody can quickly burst out, slowly develop, or gradually expand over the course of a whole section. There's a delicate art at play in the placement of pitches, from the use of motives in a sequence to the deployment of broad leaps and arpeggi. (10 mins.) On the next page, check out clips fro...

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[ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:41:04 -0800 ]


Melodic Construction: Pitch and Contour
Melody is so central to much of the music we love. This week, singer and composer Melody Parker stops by to describe how pitches can be strung together to form a melody, and the ways in which a melody can quickly burst out, slowly develop, or gradually expand over the course of a whole section. There's a delicate art at play in the placement of pitches, from the use of motives in a sequence to the deployment of broad leaps and arpeggi. (10 mins.) On the next page, check out clips fro...

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[ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:41:04 -0800 ]


Types of Metal
WARNING: this episode is not for the faint of heart. We tear into the gristle, meat and grisly bones of Metal on this one. Our guests are guitarist Ava Mendoza, bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Weasel Walter, and they show us the musical components of various metal genres: grindcore, metalcore, black metal, death metal, thrash, hair metal, and more. If you've ever wondered about the dark side but were too afraid to ask, dive in here and get your hands dirty. (12 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 28 May 2008 00:01:36 -0800 ]


Types of Metal
WARNING: this episode is not for the faint of heart. We tear into the gristle, meat and grisly bones of Metal on this one. Our guests are guitarist Ava Mendoza, bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Weasel Walter, and they show us the musical components of various metal genres: grindcore, metalcore, black metal, death metal, thrash, hair metal, and more. If you've ever wondered about the dark side but were too afraid to ask, dive in here and get your hands dirty. (12 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 28 May 2008 00:01:36 -0800 ]


Drum Feels (With Toms and Kick)
When it comes to arranging a song, the drum parts selected for verses, choruses and bridges are crucial. Session drummer and Pandora music analyst Jeff Anthony shows us ways that he uses his toms and kick drum to create these variations. Among the styles he gets into: a kick-heavy sixteenth note part; a spacious, rolling pattern meant to accompany a guitar drone; a syncopated and anticipated style suitable for a lively R&B track in the vein of Earth Wind & Fire; a track that acceler...

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[ Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:28 -0800 ]


Drum Feels (With Toms and Kick)
When it comes to arranging a song, the drum parts selected for verses, choruses and bridges are crucial. Session drummer and Pandora music analyst Jeff Anthony shows us ways that he uses his toms and kick drum to create these variations. Among the styles he gets into: a kick-heavy sixteenth note part; a spacious, rolling pattern meant to accompany a guitar drone; a syncopated and anticipated style suitable for a lively R&B track in the vein of Earth Wind & Fire; a track that acceler...

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[ Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:28 -0800 ]


Metric Modulation
Don't let the technical name throw you off -- metric modulation is something you will be able to hear very clearly. Pandora dance music captain Chris Horgan from Beatropolis comes by to show how tempos (tempi) can change on a dime, with the use of subdivided beats. Speeding up and slowing down are not the only ways to jump from BPM to BPM, as you will soon hear. (10 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:36:48 -0800 ]


Metric Modulation
Don't let the technical name throw you off -- metric modulation is something you will be able to hear very clearly. Pandora dance music captain Chris Horgan from Beatropolis comes by to show how tempos (tempi) can change on a dime, with the use of subdivided beats. Speeding up and slowing down are not the only ways to jump from BPM to BPM, as you will soon hear. (10 mins.) ...

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[ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:36:48 -0800 ]

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