MUSIC is not a GENRE

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Different People” (from THE SUNSHINE SEMINAR ) ~~~~ This week brings Part 7 of my Great Producers series. We’re up to the 2010s. While the pool of influential producers seemed to contract in the ‘90s and 2000s, the 2010s saw an expansion, in line with the explosion of online & streaming music. And how the music of the 2010...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONGS REC – “If It Feels All Right” – “chart” hit REC – “Gold” – streaming hit (both from REC’s debut album, PARTS AND LABOUR ) ~~~~ At some point in every episode of MxG that discusses artists, I mention which of their albums and singles charted. For that I use the Billboard charts – mostly from the US and occasionally from other cou...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ This ain't no regular BONUS MxTRA. It's a DOUBLE BONUS SPECTACULAR!!  As always, I'm sharing this for THREE reasons: 1. Busy busy! I just finished a massively labor intensive REC show (I'll share video clips and all the actual music videos soon), and haven't had time to prep new episodes; 2. These two bonuses are on one of my favorite funk pop...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for THREE reasons: 1. I'm prepping for a major live REC presentation, and it's consuming all my time; 2. This is a fantastic topic I'd love your opinion on; and 3. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusive content you get...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ I was all set to do a bonus episode on girl groups, in conjunction with one of my boy band episodes, but in researching them I found the topic far too rich, and decided to do a full proper episode. A MEGA episode. In fact, the LONGEST MxG EVER.  Like with the boy band episodes, though with a markedly different trajectory, I take us far back in...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Almost Everything About You” (from KITE TO CAMDEN  and THE SINGLES COLLECTION ) ~~~~ I’ve been a boy band fan since I was … a boy. From the Jacksons to New Edition to NKOTB, the Backstreet Boys & NSYNC, even through to the Jonas Brothers, Big Time Rush, One Direction,  BTS and K-Pop in general, boy bands have captured my a...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “All On Me” (from KITE TO CAMDEN  and THE SINGLES COLLECTION ) ~~~~ I’ve been a boy band fan since I was … a boy. From the Jacksons to New Edition to NKOTB, the Backstreet Boys & NSYNC, even through to the Jonas Brothers, Big Time Rush, One Direction, BTS and K-Pop in general, boy bands have captured my attention, both as a...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for THREE reasons: 1. I'm prepping a string of incredible episodes, and need more pre-production time to get them out; 2. This is a fantastic topic I'd love your opinion on; and 3. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusiv...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “SNo Globe” (from THE SUNSHINE SEMINAR and THE SINGLES COLLECTION ) ~~~~ Welcome to the lucky 13th catchup edition. This is ALL ABOUT YOU. Fan comments, suggestions, updates. I do them all, as well as catch YOU up on some upcoming episodes. It’s ALSO about something I’ve been dying to do for a while. Every time I hear some...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Come A Little Closer (Scared Boy Remix)” (from REC’s debut album, PARTS AND LABOUR ) ~~~~ Part Six of my Great Producers series takes us to the 2000s. Digital recording had finally become fully affordable, and took over every aspect of the industry, leaving analog systems to retro purists & people who could afford them. Ne...

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SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for THREE reasons: 1. It's getting into my busy gigging season, and I always want to make sure you get something new every week of the year; 2. This is a fascinating topic I'd love your opinion on; and 3. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to kn...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED VIDEO The Story of REC – As Told by the LOGOS ~~~~ The second episode in my series on visuals connected with music is on one of my all-time favorite topics: logos. I’ve been a graphic designer my whole life, and have been fascinated by logos since I was a kid. Logos are often the first thing you see that connects you to the artist or...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ This is not a strictly political podcast. But I do bring the real world into my discussions. And this episode is not only part of that approach, it might be the EPITOME of it. In a special two-part PODFAST, I’m profiling the music of both Israel AND Palestine. The more I listen to music from non-English countries, the more I hear how much all...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ This is not a strictly political podcast. But I do bring the real world into my discussions. And this episode is not only part of that approach, it might be the EPITOME of it. In a special two-part PODFAST, I’m profiling the music of both Israel AND Palestine. The more I listen to music from non-English countries, the more I hear how much all...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG NICK – “Fool for You” (from the upcoming album, Valley of the Ureleased ) ~~~~ Part 5 of my Great Producers series takes us to the 1990s, a hinge decade if there ever was one. So much of the “old world” of music production was still in play, and for so many reasons. But the new world that was being shaped in the ‘70s & ‘80s final...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for TWO reasons: 1. This is a fascinating topic I'd love your opinion on; and 2. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusive content you get when you join me on Patreon.  In this BONUS MxTRA, I rank the TOP TEN POWER POP ac...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for TWO reasons: 1. This is a fascinating topic I'd love your opinion on; and 2. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusive content you get when you join me on Patreon.  In this BONUS MxTRA, I rank the TOP TEN POWER POP ac...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED ART All of Nick’s album cover designs ~~~~ One of the great joys of listening to music is absorbing the art. The visual representation of the music can tell us more about the artist’s intentions, and the statement they’re trying to make.  I’d argue that these direct representations of the music are even more vital than music videos. A...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for TWO reasons: 1. This is a fascinating topic I'd love your opinion on; and 2. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusive content you get when you join me on Patreon.  In this BONUS MxTRA, I talk about ALL Western music...

Check out Steve Erickson's show, "Radio Not Radio", on Mixcloud! ~~~~ In ROUND 7 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss the book MOOD MACHINE: THE RISE OF SPOTIFY AND THE COSTS OF THE PERFECT PLAYLIST, by Liz Pelly. It dissects Spotify’s history and its effect on the music industry, recording artists, fans, and music itself. We use the book as a jumping off point to finally get into exactly why S...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG NICK – “Punch Your Soul” (from the upcoming album, VALLEY OF THE UNRELEASED )   I couldn’t wait any longer. My must-hear list was growing to the point where it was stressing me out, and since January & February are slower months for work, it’s the perfect time to catch up on my listening. Gotta stay current! I do quick takes of 2...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC feat. Pescelet – “Mind Repüljön” (from IT WASN’T ME! ) ~~~~ This week’s episode may be one of the most important of Season 8, if not this entire show. And it might be one of the timeliest. The US has an amazing array of music, but we don’t know everything. While we’ve often gotten crossover artists from the UK, Canada & Austr...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Almost Everything About You” (from KITE TO CAMDEN ) ~~~~ Part 4 of my Great Producers series takes us to the 1980s. The synth & drum machine experiments of the 1970s went everywhere. Disco & punk permeated nearly every genre. And production went from midrange & mellow to bright and big.  I go over all those changes, and di...

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch ~~~~ Here's yet another BONUS MxTRA for Season 8! It's a PATREON EXCLUSIVE that I'm sharing for THREE reasons: 1. We were just in Vegas, baby, and I needed a week to recover; 2. This is a fascinating topic I'd love your opinion on; and 3. This podcast needs your support, and I want you to know what kind of exclusive content you get when you join me...