Educate Your Earbuds

The year is coming to a close and along with the holiday season, and ringing in the new year, one more thing happens for us music listeners….Spotify wrapped comes out! The annual tradition where everyone can share their listening habits to try and impress their social media networks is back again and this time is bigger than ever. With new features and more information than ever before this years...

You got a music lover in your life? It doesn't matter if it is family, a friend, or even a special someone, we know just what to get then this holiday season!  This week we breakdown the best gifts for all type of music aficionados. Gifts for the actual musicians, the people that like live music, and even the people that just want some musical gadgets. We got it all right here! Check out our...

We wanted to give you guys a heads up before listening. This episode covers a heavy topic. We will be discussing the mass casualty event that occurred at the Astroworld Music Festival in 2021.  We will be discussing the details of the festival and the shortcomings that led to an avoidable disaster. This incident unfortunately cost the lives of 10 young individuals and left many more hurt and...

Halloween has come and gone and November has arrived! In the United States, that means it's time to bust out those Thanksgiving decorations (well some people are already getting out the Christmas decorations), run to the nearest Starbucks, get a pumpkin spice latte, and start listening to some Sad Girl Fall music!  Some may call it Sad Girl Autumn, but really it's just Gen Z slang for the fee...

'Till my legs give out, can't shut my mouth! Some of the lyrics from one of the most iconic pump up songs of all time(Till I Collapse by Eminem). It's been used to hype up people for all their athletic endeavors for years...... but can listening to certain types of music really keep your legs from giving out ? Can listening to music before or during a workout, sport, or competition give you an adv...

Hey all you Gouls, Bats, and frightened victims, and welcome to our Halloween special! Get ready to bust out your pumpkin carving set and dust off all those decorations in your attic because this week we explore the spooky tradition that is Halloween and the popular music you must have in your spooky party playlists. Tune in and maybe you’ll recognize your favorite ghostly song. Links to some popu...

Gen Z has brought a lot of trends back from the dead. From low rise jeans, yoga pants, and uggs, to bucket hats and biker shorts, the 2000's nostalgia has swept across this young generation. The influence Gen Z has on current trends goes hand in hand with the influence 2000's trends had on Gen Z. One section of pop culture where it couldn't be more abundantly clear is in music, more specifically w...

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode touches on topics including sexual assault, gun violence, and rioting. Listener discretion is advised. Everyone has heard of the iconic Woodstock festival that was hosted in 1969... but not everyone had heard of the insanity that occurred in Woodstock 1999. This week is our Part 2 breakdown of the festival. We will be covering the Saturday and Sunday of the festiva...

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode touches on topics including sexual assault, gun violence, and rioting. Listener discretion is advised.  Everyone has heard of the iconic Woodstock festival that was hosted in 1969... but not everyone had heard of the insanity that occurred in Woodstock 1999. After watching the new Netflix docuseries "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99" Gerald and Paulina had a lot of t...

Growing up in Texas, there's just some country sayings and even dances that we feel like we've known about our entire lives... but that may not be the case for everyone! After a weekend back in Cowtown, Paulina and Gerald reminisce on those boot scootin' nights pent dancing at the local Honky Tonk and all the fun events that come with it! Join us as we discuss some of the history behind Honky Tonk...

This past week in live music we had a stacked lineup! We traveled to three different events across two states and saw bands like Imagine Dragons, Cage the Elephant, and Arctic Monkeys...... as well as Coin, Jungle, and the world famous Tiesto. Tune in this week to hear our thoughts on all the bands, what we liked and what we didn't, as well as a general recap of all the events. As always, thanks f...

Imagine Dragons is one of the best selling bands of all time! Having sold more than 75 million records and having 74 billion global career streams they are with out a doubt one of the most commercially successful rock bands in history. Even with all the love and awards they receive there has been a growing number of people that have been raising comparisons between them and the group that is widel...

With Labor Day behind us that officially marks the end of summer 2022 ! :( While we are all excited about the return of pumpkin spice and all things fall,  we had to do one more recap of summer and all the great music it brought us. Gerald and Paulina review the official VMA winner for the song of the summer and who got snubbed (Jack Harlow, we're really happy for you... but Lizzo had one of...

Educate your Earbuds has finally made it big and we are going immediately to that VIP life! Well..... to be honest we won VIP tickets to THIS AIN'T NO PICNIC for free but we are going to enjoy it while we can! This week will be giving you all the behind the scene secrets of what being a VIP festival attendee is really like. All the PROS, CONS, and little details that you may have never thought abo...

This week we do our very first artist spotlight... The Strokes ! The New York City band has been quintessential to the rise in popularity of the indie rock genre, influencing bands such as The Killers, Arctic Monkeys , and Franz Ferdinand , among others. In true Educate Your Earbuds fashion, we dive into the fast facts about the band and how they came to be. From their meteoric rise, to some surpr...

You've all played the incredibly addicting game Wordle...... but have any of you tried out Heardle ? The musical guess the song game recently acquired by Spotify challenges you daily to see if you really know your music. Join us this week as we talk about the origins of this game, some of the most iconic songs played in Heardle, and the songs that will have you stumped! Jump in and see how quickly...

The episode has finally come! In this special episode we are recapping our experiences after successfully completing our goal of going to at least one concert every week for the entire month of July (+ bonus concerts thrown in there as well)! We are ranking the concerts we attended these last couple of weeks and talking about the differences we noticed in venues, fans, concert experiences and much...

This week we talk about two of the most influential music video games of all time ...... Guitar Hero and Rock Band ! The power that these two video games had at their peak was so insane they shaped what an entire generation listened to. Join us and hear about some of the songs that we learned by playing these games growing up and about how these games may have affected your playlists even if you d...

Have you ever listened to a song and thought it said one thing only to find out months later that the real lyrics were completely different? Well you're not alone. We have done it, and apparently so have a lot of people. This week we talk about some of the songs we misheard as well as some of the most famous songs lyrics of all time that people commonly mistake. Spoiler.... some of them are pretty...

The music departments for big TV shows play a much larger role in influencing what we listen to and most people don't even realize! This week we'll be going over all your favorite songs that you may have first heard through a TV show. Some songs may have already been big while others may have just been discovered by the mainstream because a savvy music supervisor found an absolute BANGER ! Either...

Paulina and Gerald briefly recap their Zedd in the Park experience and talk about their upcoming concert for the week... COIN !  Then we get into today's topic of how Paulina and Gerald started calling in to the radio to win concert tickets and what tips and tricks they have to increase your odds and win! It sounds too good to be true because who listens to the radio anymore but we think it's...

Welcome to the very first episode of Educate Your Earbuds !  We discuss what is EDM , some of the history of the genre and big names. We also touch on how we were both first introduced to the genre and what our first EDM experiences were like. Finally, we talk about the upcoming EDM event we are attending - Zedd in the Park !  Episodes drop weekly! Thanks for listening! Follow, rate, and...

Welcome to the Educate Your Earbuds Podcast :) Paulina and Gerald will discuss everything music ; from who we're seeing next to what artists have us excited and everything in between. No topic is off limits! Join us as we deep dive into all the music topics that you've been itching to discover!  Episodes drop weekly! Thanks for listening! Follow, rate, and review us! Instagram: Educate. Your....