Bit Depth

I’ll be honest - I haven’t been prioritizing Bit Depth in the way that I’d like. There wasn’t an episode last week. Sometimes scheduling issues happen. Sometimes I’m being lazy. By putting this out into the ether, I’m holding myself accountable to prioritize this thing. This is my fault, and I’m holding myself to it. So, while I schedule people to get on the podcast (and ask you to send people my...

Rat F!nk is back! Since it’s two music producers in a studio, we talked about music production quite a bit, but we also talked about burnout, musical inspirations, audio techniques, how our culture puts too much pressure on romance, sex work, Kanye West, and more! You can find Rat F!nk on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/ratfinkx The song by Rat F!nk playing at the end is “Slippy”: https://op...

Rat F!nk is an Oklahoma City-based artist and producer. He makes what's described as "endearingly simple romantic slacker-pop songs". We talked about music, genre, spirituality, religion, morality, and more. Let's get to know Rat F!nk! You can find Rat F!nk and his things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/ratfinkx The track by Rat F!nk playing at the end is “One Track Woman”...

K.O. is back and we talk about music, the music business, legacy, talent and skill, virality, and a little bit on conspiracy theories. It was a really fun episode and K.O. keeps it real. Enjoy! You can follow K.O. on her Instagram here: https://instagram.com/sheisko The song playing at the end is “Summertime Fine” by K.O.: https://open.spotify.com/track/2TS1Cse9YKcNQ3fZqK7ekf?si=334f708a71364f5c B...

K.O. is a rapper and singer originally from Enid, OK now based in Oklahoma City. The “Illest Bitch Alive” has dropped 5 albums and done countless features throughout the rap scene. We talked about music, where she came from, and of course, spirituality and religion. Get to know K.O.! You can follow K.O. on her Instagram here: https://instagram.com/sheisko The song playing at the end is “Trendy” by...

Brandon Ross is back and we talked about feeling hopeless about the state of the world, politics, comparing Evangelical Protestant Christianity to Roman Catholicism, and what we can possibly do about the state of the world. I say many things that can be controversially taken out of context in this episode, and it’s up to you to make sure that you pay attention to the whole context so that you full...

Brandon Ross is the front person of Grandpa Vern, a local punk band. We talked about Grandpa Vern, the name of it, how they got started in music, spirituality, Brandon’s journey out of the church, morality, politics, and more! Get to know Brandon! You can find Brandon’s band, Grandpa Vern here: https://www.instagram.com/grand_pa_vern/ The song playing at the end is “Flawed” by Grandpa Vern: https:...

Benji Skaloot of SHIFT is back and we talk about Timelines - the SHIFT album, music and music education, whether or not it’s worth it to go to music school in today’s day and age (in THIS economy?!), talent and skill, and some of Benji’s favorite bassists. Enjoy! You can find Ben on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/b.skaloot https://instagram.com/shift.band The song by SHIFT playing at the en...

Ben Askren, also known as Benji Skaloot, is a composer and bassist. He plays in the band SHIFT, which just had an album come out: Timelines . We talked about music, SHIFT, the album, spirituality and religion, morality, and more! Get to know Benji Skaloot! You can find Ben’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/b.skaloot/ You can find SHIFT’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shift.ba...

Don Data returns once again and we discuss how white people are portrayed the villains in today’s media, race and history, our inability to impact political and economic circumstances, existential risk and how technology could destroy us, interplanetary travel, and even more! You can find Don Data on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/gas_lit_okie_ The song playing at the end is “RYB” by Lust O...

Donald James, Don Data, Don Eisenberg, is a drummer, radio host, and a general speaker of hard truths on his social media. He plays drums in Lust Online and with Tim Buchanan. He’s the host of No One Man on The Spy, 91.7FM, a show that features the music of hip hop culture. You should definitely tune in (the literal meaning of tune in, in this context) on Fridays from 11pm to midnight. Don and I t...

Psych The Wordsmith asked about conspiracy theories, so we dive into what makes most conspiracy theories not make sense like 9-11 Truth or Satanic Panic, how we create our own hysterias like with the mark of the beast, treating spiritual things as spiritual rather than literal, and then we talk about shows we’ve been watching. You can find Psych The Wordsmith on Instagram here: https://instagram.c...

Clint Blackwell Jr., better known as Psych The Wordsmith, is an Oklahoma-based rapper, poet, performer, actor, and much more! We talked about music, theater, being a black man in a white theater world, spirituality and religion, the future, conspiracy theories, and more! Get to know Psych The Wordsmith! You can find Psych The Wordsmith on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/psychthewordsmith...

In this rather unique episode, I got to sit down with Aaron Newberry and Michael Trepagnier at Cardinal Song - Michael’s amazing studio in OKC’s backyard . We recorded this just after recording an episode of their podcast, 15 Minutes Of… , where we discussed a topic for… fifteen minutes. That’s their podcast and it’s great and you should listen to it. For Bit Depth, however, we discussed the spect...

David Hanon is back and we talked about spiritual materialism, power structures, free will, morality, and more! Yes, it seems like I’m always talking about free will, but it’s always a conversation worth having. Even after we stopped recording, we kept on talking about music and spirituality and more, but that’s just for us. Enjoy! You can find him and his bands here: https://www.instagram.com/fif...

David Hanon is a multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, educator, and musician in general. He plays with Gonzo LeBronzo and Neon Cathedral. We talked about his musical journey, career, his spiritual journey, morality, and more! Dave is a great guy and I’m really glad to have had him on, since we had been messaging back and forth and the medium of text isn’t ideal for deep, nuanced conversation, wh...

300 is an arbitrary milestone, but it is a milestone that is valued nonetheless. This episode is unlike any other - I am interviewed by Evan Jarvicks, Chief Executive Weirdo of makeoklahomaweirder.com and he asks his own questions, separate from the usual deep questions on Bit Depth. Once Evan was out of questions, I opened the floor to questions from the audience. We talked about the music indust...

Jon McMillan is back and we talked about takes: not everyone has to have a vocal opinion about everything! We also talked about sex, honesty, relationships, puns, and more! You can find him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/jokesbyjon The track at the end is “Bank Job” by Teflo Dollar: https://open.spotify.com/track/5fUbPK5bNGLvCMJCekCKQh?si=7c7b0bd25f4f4391 LAST CHANCE: Bit Depth 300 Live!...

Jessica “Justice Cow” Kion is back and we go all over the place talking about family, comedy, YouTube, social media, metamodernism, decentralized agriculture, and how we must worship the almighty ALGORITHM or be banished. Jessica is a Boston-based songwriter, singer, artist, animator, YouTuber, and multi-instrumentalist. I am a big fan of her music. She plays bass in Bent Knee and has collaborated...

Jessica Kion, also known as Justice Cow, is a Boston-based songwriter, singer, artist, animator, YouTuber, and multi-instrumentalist. I am a big fan of her music. She plays bass in Bent Knee and has collaborated with many other artists like Ben Levin (her husband), Adam Neely , Trust Fund Ozu , Cory Wong , Aimee Nolte , Sam Greenfield , Nick Krueger , Kyle Harris , Alambradas , Kit Orion , and man...

Thomas Who? is back again and he asks me a lot of stuff! We talked about metamodernism and discussed how complex systems have emergent properties, how that applies to racism, building systems towards an ideal, and then we got into why I don’t smoke weed and why he does, drug regulations, free will, and more! It’s quite the trip, and we totally could’ve kept at it all night. You can find all his st...

Rodrick Thomas, AKA Thomas Who?, is an Oklahoma based rapper who raps better than you. We discuss how he goes from gifted kid, to selling drugs, to how rap became his therapy, to loving father and husband, and to releasing one track a week for an entire year. Like always, we discussed spirituality, religion, morality, and more. Get to know Thomas Who?! You can find him on Instagram here: https://i...

According to him, “Jon McMillan is a United States Congressman who does not accept letters. He often launders drug money through the entertainment industry with endeavors such as stand up comedy, record producing and onlyfans. A huge fan of Star Trek mcmillan plans to move to outer space with the rest of the worlds billionaires, leaving lower income families to fight the impending race war.” I can...

Xantheartist is back and we talk about philosophy, making music, how we analyze musical creation, convergent and divergent thinking, this new thing called Metamodernism and how it compares to traditionalism, modernism, and post-modernism. Among other things! You can find Xantheartist on Instagram: https://instagram.com/xantheartist The song by Xantheartist playing at the end is “Euphoric”: https:/...

Xantheartist is an alternative musician from Oklahoma City. He talks about how he got involved in music, who he is, spirituality and religion, doing good in the world, about his time in the military, and being transgender. Get to know Xantheartist! You can find links to his stuff on his website: https://xantheartist.com/ The song by him playing at the end is “Hapsburg Lippp”, a cover of an Everyth...