MUSIC is not a GENRE

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 45 - Metallica – The One True MEGA True METAL Band FEATURED SONG: REC – “Stop It!” (from Parts and Labour ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE I just saw Metallica in concer...

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 44 - Death is DUMB Volume 12: George Michael – BURN That Acoustic Guitar FEATURED SONG: REC - "Up All Day" (from The Sunshine Seminar ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE ht...

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 #11 - Tell Me How You REALLY FEEL About GENRES FEATURED MUSIC: Song sampler from REC's upcoming album, featuring tracks 6-8: "Wait, Too Rough", "Rhythm 77", "Porch Step"...

I spend over an hour with Scott Shea, SiriusXM Producer, and author of ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN: HOW THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS CAME TOGETHER AND BROKE APART. We discuss his amazing book, the music & culture that surrounded the Mamas & the Papas, and everything in between. For more on Scott: https://scottsheaauthor.com/ FEATURED SONG: Nicky DeMatteo (my dad) - "California Dreamin'" (cover of the Mamas...

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 42 - The Beatles Part 7 – McCartney VII FEATURED SONG: REC – “Never Tell” (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and Distance To Empty ) OR STREAM IT AN...

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 5 Episode 41 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – South African Music This week kicks off a new series I’m calling BackTalk, wherein a guest and I converse on a topic we think deserves att...

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 5 Episode 40 - The Beatles Part 6 – Separating the Sum FEATURED SONG: REC – “Different Oceans” (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and Distance To Empty ) OR STREAM IT ANYWH...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - EXCLUSIVE MUSIC Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 39 - What’s an ALBUM?? And WHY?? – Part 1: History and the 1950s FEATURED SONG: The Drop – “Classical Space Jazz 1” (from Long Held Grudges ) STREAM THE FULL ALBUM This we...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - EXCLUSIVE MUSIC Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 38 - The Cure - Why CAN'T I Be Them? FEATURED SONGS: REC – “Shoot To Kill” (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and Distance To Empty ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE The...

I spend over an hour with NOMAD, music producer, music director, and session/touring guitarist who has been heavily active in the industry since the 1990s. Nomad has toured the world many times over, and has been featured on countless GRAMMY-winning records. NOMAD's compositions are in circulation in over 300 TV shows, commercials, films, as well as chart topping albums. He's also creator of The C...

I spend an hour with Christian Swain, CEO of Pantheon Media. We talk about music history, the state of music today, and how it all ties into Pantheon's mission. Pantheon Media is the world’s biggest music podcast network. It’s got something for every music fan: history, interviews, stories, commentary, news, reviews & more. You might say it covers the … PANTHEON … of the music world. Check out all...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - EXCLUSIVE MUSIC Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 35 - The Freewheeling Catch-Up Machine #4 – I Mostly Just Watch TV FEATURED SONG: The Drop - "Flunky Fesh" (from Long Held Grudges ) This is the second catch-up episode of...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ PODFAST #10 - TIME BIAS: This Ain’t Called “PodPAST”  FEATURED SONG: REC - "Wake Up High" – main theme song to MUSIC is not a GENRE (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and Synergy for the Weird ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE In this mo...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 34 - What the Hell is Going ON with Me?! – A Nick Music Update FEATURED SONG: REC – KTC Song Sampler (unreleased samples from REC's upcoming album) HEAR THE FULL SONGS ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/MUSICisnotaGENRE A...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ PODFAST #9 - Quick Takes from the Continuum #3 FEATURED SONG: REC - "Don't Get Me High" (from Syzygy for the Weird ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE In this PODFAST, I give my quick takes on FOUR more or less recent albums, and a fifth take on femal...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 33 - The Beatles Part 5 - Breakdown to Basics FEATURED SONGS: NICK – “Home To” (from The Metrogrande Sessions ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE NICK (as RUPERT) LIVE – “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” In the fifth edition of...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 32 - Dickens and Prince … and Nick Hornby? – Book Talk #6 FEATURED SONGS: REC - “SNo Globe” (from The Sunshine Seminar ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE NICK LIVE ACOUSTIC PRINCE SET In this banner sixth edition of Book Talk, I dig...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 31 - The 4T Retrospective – MxG’s First Episodes EVER FEATURED SONGS: REC – “Break You” (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 AND Parts and Labour ) REC – “Little White Lies” (from Distance To Empty ) REC – “The G...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 30 - U2 - Absorb the FEEDBACK and Listen Through THE HYPE Book Talk #5 FEATURED SONGS: REC – “Believe the Lie” (from Distance To Empty ) – OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE Nick Live – “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” In this week’s episod...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 29 - Bono’s Surrender: 500 Pages of Topline Melody Book Talk #5 FEATURED SONGS: REC – “Mine Alone” (from Parts and Labour ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE Nick Live - “Song for Someone” (featuring Cathryn Lynne) In the all-powerful...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 28 - The MUSIC Self-Help HYPE - DON'T WAIT to GET GREAT MUSIC is EVERYTHING Edition #30 FEATURED SONG: REC – “Fall” (from Parts and Labour ) OR STREAM IT ANYWHERE In the 30th edition of my MUSIC is EVERYTHING subseries, I...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 27 - The Beatles Part 4 - Eclectic Experimenters FEATURED SONGS: REC – “It’s All Too Much” (from IT WASN’T ME ! and Synergy for the Weird ) The Drop feat. Nick DeMatteo – “I’m So Tired” (from IT WASN’T ME ! ) OR STREAM THE...

Support MxG & REC: OFFICIAL MxG & REC MERCH Join MxG on Patreon Watch MxG on YouTube REC on Bandcamp REC on YouTube Nick DeMatteo Official Season 5 Episode 26 FEATURED SONG: REC - "Make Me Break Like Everyday" (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and Syncopy for the Weird ) This week I talk about neo-soul, the progressive R&B genre of the late 1990s that melded 1970s style soul with a hi...

Support MxG & REC: OFFICIAL MxG & REC MERCH MxG on Patreon MxG on Anchor MxG on YouTube REC on Bandcamp REC on YouTube Nick DeMatteo Official   Season 5 Episode 25 FEATURED SONG: The Drop feat. Ape Cafe - "Lock-Load-Love" (theme song to the series, from IT WASN’T ME ! ) This week I dive into TV music. I run down some iconic & favorite TV theme songs from each decade since the very beginning, divid...

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! Support @ $5/month Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! ~~~~ PODFAST #8 FEATURED SONG: REC - "Any Universe" (from RECcollection: The Best of REC 2007-2020 and The Sunshine Seminar ) In this 8th PODFAST bonus episode, I proclaim that there are only EIGHT GENRES EVER in all of music history and as far...