Audiotopsy

In this episode, We explore the genre of Electronic Dance Music and discuss the psychology behind why we often have such strong emotional reactions to the breakdown, build up and drop sections of an EDM track. We explore the musical tools used by DJs and producers to make us feel all the things every time we listen and we're contextualising all of this in the wonderful work of one of our favou...

Goosebumps, chills, frission - whatever you call it, its counted as one of the most intense emotional experiences we can have when listening to music. In this episode, we explore what it is about music and our own psychology that gives us that special tingly feeling when listening to certain songs. We'll explore the theory and contextualise it in a couple of songs that we find particularly spi...

Join us for episode 3 where we're dissecting 2 songs chosen by Lauren for their ability to make her feel all the things! We're going from one extreme to the other today as we analyse the songs and discuss the psychological theory that supports how in the world such contrasting songs can evoke such powerful emotions. Reference List Bowling, D. (2013) A vocal basis for the affective characte...

It's time for episode 2! Join us as we put 2 songs chosen by Kelly under the microscope in order to examine how and why she has such a strong emotional relationship with them. We start by breaking down the musical elements of each song and then we dive into the wonderful world of music psychology in an attempt to explain the hold that these two songs have over Kelly's heart strings. Also,...

Have you ever wondered why music makes us feel such strong emotions? Music has the power to motivate us, energise us, lift our mood or even reduce us to tears, but how? In this first episode, we introduce the podcast and discuss the psychology behind our emotions as well as current theories on how and why music makes us feel things. To kick things off on a cheery note, we also discuss the last son...

What's it all about? Well, hopefully this little intro gives you the gist and whets your appetite for things to come! Thanks for listening - please like and subscribe to catch our first full episode coming January 31st 2024!