MUSIC is not a GENRE

I spend an hour with songwriter, composer and teacher, Jed Becker. Jed has composed music for Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go . He’s also the founder and songwriter for the band Joy Buzzer, whose new album, Pleased to Meet You , is coming out on Wicked Cool records later this year. Jed is currently accepting students in Brooklyn. If you want lessons in piano, guitar, electric bass, ukulele, Pr...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ PODFAST #17 - Nick’s VIBEMATIC: 1. Playlist Jan 2024 FEATURED LINKS: Nick's January Playlist on Spotify Nick's January Playlist on YouTube GET THE SHIRT! ~~~~ For PODFAST 17, I’m starting something ELSE new. A...

Support MxG & REC: Shirts and mugs! Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 17 - The Kinks – The BIGGEST INDIE BAND in HISTORY FEATURED SONG: NICK – “Just the Same” (from 96 / 95 ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE This week’s episode is on the Kinks, the mos...

Support MxG & REC: Shirts and mugs! Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 16 - Bleep Boop – Video Game Music is SUPER EPIC LEGEND FEATURED SONG: REC – “Korean Pop Song” (from The Sunshine Seminar ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE Video games have been a p...

Support MxG & REC: Shirts and mugs! Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 15 - Death is DUMB Volume 16: Death is DRUM FEATURED SONG: REC – “All On Me (lo-fi)” (from the upcoming album Kite To Camden (lo-fi) ) https://www.nickdematteo.com/recsin...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ PODFAST #16 - The T-Shirt Hierarchy FEATURED LINK: The Official REC & MxG Merch Store! ~~~~ PODFAST 16 is all about t-shirts, one of my favorite subjects, and something every mu...

Support MxG & REC: Shirts and mugs! Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 14 - What’s an ALBUM?? And WHY?? – Part 3: The THREE DECADES of the 1970s FEATURED SONG: The Drop – “Stay With Me” (from It Wasn’t Me ! ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE In Part 3 o...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ FEATURED SONG: REC – “Different People” (from The Sunshine Seminar ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE https://www.nickdematteo.com/recthesunshineseminar This is the 31st edition of a subser...

Support MxG & REC: Shirts and mugs! Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 12 - The Freewheeling Catch-Up Machine #6 – How Well-Known IS Well-Known? FEATURED SONG: NICK – “What It Is” (from What It Is ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE Here comes the SIXTH...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ PODFAST #15 - Non-Christmas Holiday Music FEATURED MUSIC: Nick's Holiday Playlist ~~~~ This week marks the first ever back-to-back PODFAST episodes. It’s a busy time of year, so...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ PODFAST #14 - Quick Takes from the Continuum #4: Now IS Then FEATURED SONG: REC – “Porch Step” (exclusive premiere track from the upcoming Kite To Camden ) ~~~~ This week’s PODF...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 11 - Music Magazines – Believe EVERYTHING You Read FEATURED SONG: NICK – “It’s Almost Over” (from The Metrogrande Sessions ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE This week’s ep...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 10 - What’s an ALBUM?? And WHY?? – Part 2: Coming of Age in the 1960s FEATURED SONG: NICK – “Naked” (from Listen You People ) – STREAM IT EVERYWHERE In the long...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 9 - DURAN DURAN – They’re EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE FEATURED SONG: REC - "Come A Little Closer (Scared Boy Remix)" (from Parts and Labour ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE Thi...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ PODFAST #13 - Death is DUMB Volume 15: George Winston  FEATURED SONG: NICK - "On the Way Down" (from What It Is ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE ~~~~ This week’s PODFAST came as a surpris...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 8 - The Beatles Part 8 – Infinite Influence FEATURED SONG: NICK - "Regular Day" (from The Metrogrande Sessions ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE In Part 8 of my ongoing Be...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 7 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 2: A Second Look at First Albums In Round 2 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss early albums of famous artists, and whether or no...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 6 - Depeche Mode & New Order – The Flipside Twins of New Wave FEATURED SONGS: REC – “Polymath” (from Syzygy for the Weird AND RECcollection: The Best of REC 200...

I spend an hour with Steve Rosen, veteran rock journalist and author of TONECHASER - UNDERSTANDING EDWARD: MY 26-YEAR JOURNEY WITH EDWARD VAN HALEN. We discuss how he came to write this book, his professional and personal relationship with Eddie Van Halen, the band's music, and so much more. For more on Steve and his incredible book: https://www.tonechaserbook.com/ BONUS EPISODE featuring more com...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ PODFAST #12 - Yin is SECRETLY INTO Yang: The LOVEFEST Inside the PROTEST FEATURED SONG: The Drop – “Rocket Trip, Man” (from Long Held Grudges ) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE ~~~~ Ever ha...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 4 - The Wombats – MarSUPERIOR Electro Power Pop FEATURED SONG: NICK – “Sick” (from Listen You People - REMASTERED 2023) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE Have you heard the...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 3 - Death is DUMB Volume 13: The Bee Gees – Brilliant Gents at Busting Genres FEATURED SONG: REC – “You Make Me Wanna” (from Syncopy for the Weird AND RECcollec...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 2 - Beck – THE Megaclectic Musical Amalgamist FEATURED SONG: REC – “Sparkle Shine Shine” (from The Sunshine Seminar ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE This week is all abo...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 1 - The Freewheeling Catch-Up Machine #5 – Wrap-ups and Upgrades FEATURED SONG: NICK – “Standin’ There” (from 96 / 95 ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE Season 6 is here!...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - AND CHECK THE WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 46 - The MxG PARTY – A 200th EPISODE Celebration! FEATURED SONG: REC – “If It Feels All Right” (from Parts and Labour and RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-20...