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The Lunar Laugh was a power pop band based in Oklahoma City. Their final album, In The Black, was released on November 3rd, 2023. The album features Jared Lekites (guitar, vocals), Connor Anderson (guitar, vocals), Campbell Young (guitar, vocals), Triston Lightner (bass, vocals), and Levi Sherman (drums, vocals). On this podcast, we heard from Jared, Connor, Campbell, and Levi. We talked about the events preceding and surrounding the album's creation, each individual track and its production, and a quick retrospective on the history of the band. I'm sad to say goodbye to this band, but they left us with a great album, which you should listen to. You can follow the individual members of the band on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaredlekites/ https://www.instagram.com/connorandersonn/ https://www.instagram.com/campbellyoung14/ https://www.instagram.com/shrmn8r/ https://www.instagram.com/tristonlightner/ Or you can follow the band's Instagram still: https://www.instagram.com/thelunarlaugh/ The song playing at the end of the podcast is "Born Weird", which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/album/24no7nR9Td7LXRMJM27AQH?si=32IVFsc0RN6kwh4AtRbZGw Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

No Justice, No Peace is a one-act opera composed by Chris Prather and co-written by Kenneth Ray Woods and Megan Prather that presents the real-life effects of police brutality on families and communities, specifically following one fictional family. We talked about how the opera began as a 10-minute opera, how it grew into a full one-act opera, the challenges and successes in the process, and our personal experiences and perspectives about police brutality. You can watch the whole opera on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/aZEl8lbvNd8 You can follow each of them on their respective Instagram accounts here: Chrishttps://www.instagram.com/chrisprathermusic/ Kenneth Ray Woodshttps://www.instagram.com/mister_woods/ Megan Pratherhttps://www.instagram.com/meganpratherjpg/ The music at the end is from this trailer: https://youtu.be/rHBYg3KDbw4 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Ryan Smith and Nich Allen met doing compost-adjacent things. When Nich heard Ryan play his music, he knew he wanted to play music with him, somehow. They've been playing together for some time. They both frequent the Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic, at which I was playing, too. I actually know Ryan through mutual friends, and I went to the same high school as Nich. So we got to reconnect through the open mic and I asked them to be on my podcast, that night. They agreed to my chaotic request and here they are, giving them the push they needed to decide on a band name. We talked about music, how they got together making music, academic musical knowledge and how much it isn't needed, emotional communication, and how we grow through the music we make. Get to know Compost Adjacent! You can follow them on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/compostadjacent https://instagram.com/nallenwrites https://www.instagram.com/rsmithtxco123/ The song at the end is “Linger” by Compost Adjacent, for which this is the first recording, and had to be a little quiet because we were trying not to wake Sable up. Catch it live to hear the big screams. Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet, but it is the song I mentioned. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Benjamin Rosfeld is back and we mostly talk about artificial intelligence, but we also end up talking about music. Some things we touch on include ChatGPT, personhood and life, the nature of the algorithms we're dealing with, free will, ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, video games, music theory and music education, signal to noise ratio in regards to musical interpretation, and more! You can find Benjamin Rosfeld on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/brosfeld The track playing at the end is “Out of Time” by Benjamin Rosfeld: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QNAN7gzgjpz3Xnc3GXaL6?si=18206454ce304ac6 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Benjamin Rosfeld is a composer, performer, and listener. Their primary instruments are piano and cello, but they are also an avid electronic musician and has a number of synthesizers, along with a modular synth system they've built. You can see them playing around Oklahoma City for various functions such as church services, weddings, etc. but they're also a DJ and are very involved in the experimental music scene. Their passion project for last few years has been SHIFT, an electronic/progressive rock band, and they are currently working on their second album, Jagged and Bold. We talked about music, music school, composition, artificial intelligence, and the usual morality and spirituality. Get to know Brosfeld! You can find them on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/brosfeld The song playing at the end is a scratch mix of “The Listener” by SHIFT, which will be out on April 30th, but you get the exclusive here on Bit Depth! So follow them on Spotify so you can catch when they drop it for real: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fcn65Bw0kSxSi6TycRMTH?si=9kU8PxVETZKTkabvpyBw-Q Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet either. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Rowan Weathers and I discuss love: loving intentionally, passionately, actively, with friends and romantically. We also talked about the dating scene of today, participating in communities, friends, the gray areas of romance and friendship, therapy and what can come from it, and our own queer experiences, including pronouns, nonbinary, labeling (or lack thereof), how we change over time, and much more. Yes, the title is a reference to the Portal 2 OST. You can follow Rowan on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/rowanoakie The song playing at the end is “sinking” by Rowan, which is not released yet. Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet either. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Rowan Weathers is a self-proclaimed “Jackass of All Trades”. They draw, do improv, comedy, write poetry and scripts, music- a lot of stuff! Because of this, we don't just get into the things themselves, but we get into the communities surrounding those things. We also talked about spirituality and religion, morality, and their time doing disability activism. Rowan is a homie and you should get to know them! You can follow Rowan on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/rowanoakie The song playing at the end is by Rowan but it's not released yet. Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet either. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santiagoramones/support

Caleb Collins returns and we talked about comedy in media, metamodernism, how the medium of media affects the message, nuance, and the Taking Back Sunday/Brand New beef in the 2000s. You can follow Caleb Collins on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/fosterbread The song playing at the end of the podcast is “Ain't Nobody” by The Nghiems: https://open.spotify.com/track/2VgtaHuiXh8YjbKcJcCu9b?si=7828838e52cb490a Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Caleb Collins is a comedian. He hosts an open mic night at Fair-Weather Friend Brewery on Mondays. We talked about comedy, how he got into it, what it's like in Oklahoma City, and the usual Bit Depth philosophical mumbo-jumbo. Get to know Caleb Collins! You can follow him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/fosterbread The song playing at the end is “Kpop Band” by The Nghiems: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QfVjSG4RJVoFZuXhEO4bd?si=6952e60de7354873 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Stefani Heller is a producer, manager, and audio engineer, among other things. She started Heller Music Group, started Women In The Studio, and this is her third time on Bit Depth. We talked about what she's done since the last time she was on, like working at Castle Row, managing artists, going to law school, and more. There's some great music business wisdom that Stefani shares on here, so any musically inclined person might benefit from giving this one a listen. She's not here for no reason, though. She has a charity show coming up on March 11th at 7pm and here's the text she has for the event: ”Art Fusion is an event where local music and visual art collide. Some of OKC's most talented bands and artists will be presenting their art at one of the city's most prominent event centers, The Yale Theater in OKC. While our guests enjoy music from multiple genres including Singer/Songwriter with a taste of Rock, Neo Soul, Hip/Hop mixed with poetry, and Alternative Rock and Hip/Hop crossover, you can browse the walls with canvas's created by four our most talented local painters. If that isn't enough, two live paintings will take place throughout the evening and raffled off to benefit the Girls Rock Camp in OKC. There is so much to experience and enjoy, we hope you fall in love with the journey this night will take you on. Grab a drink with us and live local. GA and VIP options are both available.” Here's a link to the event: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5815323/art-fusion-oklahoma-city-yale-theater You can find Stefani on Instagram, which has links to other things: https://www.instagram.com/heller51/ The songs playing at the end are “don't need u” by ROZ and “Do What We Want” by Original Flow: https://open.spotify.com/track/79ZDjzAbUew4mAgFcI3Rjw?si=5bb196bda79b4303 https://open.spotify.com/track/3uoUIbrVs4V881jlY0GCPz?si=5f51f5b5c4eb4803 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Uh, oh. We're getting into the weeds here. exmaxhina and I compare and discuss music production techniques in Ableton Live. We also talked about hearing loss, making albums, fears, goals, and more! You can find exmaxhina and his things here: https://distantether.com/ The track by him playing at the end is “princess parking” featuring Mitzie: https://open.spotify.com/track/6IlncQbnEKFk7hybeO7h2f?si=2e4c015e5712457e Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

“Dark lofi dreams. Fragments of a memory. Producer from Oklahoma City with influences from artists like Bonobo, Emancipator, and trxxshed. From eerie soundscapes to vibing melodies, exmaxhina becomes a prime flavor in a new space. Pioneering a unique sub-culture of low fidelity music, exmaxhina creates “dark lofi glitch”, a fresh take on an already beautiful genre. Jumpstarting "Distant Ether", an Oklahoma City-based dark lofi glitch record label in 2021, the floodgates have opened for a new wave of sound for the years to come.” Arman Sikder is a music producer known as exmaxhina. He also started Distant Ether. We talked about making music, his journey through film and music, his work ethic, religion and spirituality, balancing selfishness, and morality. Let's get to know exmaxhina! Here's where you can find his things: https://distantether.com/ The track playing at the end is “Cybernetic Ensemble” by exmaxhina, icey wavs, and Tsunami Sounds: https://open.spotify.com/track/1nZRR1Tr7Y18dWBGPu4d2g?si=ba0760d1ace744b0 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Hello, 2023! Bit Depth is not dead and I'm excited to kick it off with the one and only Jabee! “Jabee is a rapper from Oklahoma City whose music, according to Chuck D. from Public Enemy, ‘has the potential to change the world.'” Now Santiago's words: He also helped bring Eastside Pizza House to his community, a local pizza place on the East side of OKC. Jabee is one of the most influential rappers in the OKC music scene. He's seen and heard a lot, done a lot, and he puts his words into action. We talked about rapping, the Oklahoma music scene, Eastside Pizza House, spirituality and religion, morality, and more! Let's get to know Jabee! Links to all his things: https://linktr.ee/jabee The song playing at the end: “Indulgence” by Jabee, Conductor Williams, and Boldy James: https://open.spotify.com/track/3vHqN0lIEhXPHxRjif7LwR?si=47adffd48600449a Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Chase Hampton, also known by his artist name, Generation Lossless, is a composer, producer, and musician from Enid, Oklahoma. He has been on the podcast before, a long time ago, but a seemingly common theme in this podcast is “getting people on the podcast that have not yet emerged from the Chrysalis.” With his second album, Advertising Films, Chase, and therefore, Generation Lossless, has more fully come into himself as an artist. This was recorded before the release of Advertising Films, and so many of the pressures and anxieties that come with nearing the release of an album are present in this recording. We talked about his journey as a musician, drummer, and composer/producer, synthesizers, growing up in Enid, being a contrarian, his album, Advertising Films, spirituality and religion, and more. Let's re-get to know Generation Lossless! You can find Chase on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/generationlossless/ The Generation Lossless song playing at the end is “Mistletoe in Guadalcanal” from Advertising Films: https://open.spotify.com/track/3dJDGBlEWviWtfO5HFVUD2?si=7269b2f8c9164d11 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Jordan Vargas of Burl is back and we talked about cultural expectations, dealing with prejudiced and racist people, musical opinions, the nature of consciousness, and just taking it easy and not making a big deal out of things that aren't worth your time or energy. Granted, we're speaking from a place of privilege, being two cis dudes, but still, it wouldn't hurt for everyone, including us, to lighten up. You can find Burl things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/buurrl The Burl song playing at the end is “birds don't land”, which you can stream on Spotify tomorrow: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2grXdqJjYe9VKd4HNaarmW?si=fGU3ImCGQzCk3jaRblGuBw Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Jordan Vargas is a musician, songwriter, producer, and Burlian, as in he fronts the band Burl. He also makes and enjoys beer quite a lot. We talked about music, guitar, the music industry and business, spirituality, morality, and beer. Get to know Jordan Vargas of Burl! You can find Burl things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/buurrl The Burl song playing at the end is “i just noticed”, which you can also stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/758um2ZqTD9Ls4t0cGfINK?si=53886ff0e5d348be Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She's also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. This time, Jaz asked most of the questions, so I ended up talking more. We talked about creativity, why we're not enjoying the big mainstream products like the MCU as much lately, the many behind-the-scenes affairs that can affect the final creative product, and much more! The music playing at the end is by Jaz, which you can't necessarily find anywhere but you can check out their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazbot_talkspot/ Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She's also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. We talked about music, podcasting, DJing, community, morality, religion, and more. Get to know Jaz! The music playing at the end is by Jaz, which you can't necessarily find anywhere but you can check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazbot_talkspot/ Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Warren Realrider, TickSuck, is back and we talked about noise - getting into it, the culture surrounding it, the performance of it, and other stories Warren has about it. I surprised myself with how much I could talk about noise. Enjoy this fun conversation! You can find links to Warren's stuff here: https://linktr.ee/wrealrider.ticksuck.sound The TickSuck track playing at the end is “my last prophecy for the societies”, from his album, Comas: https://ticksuck.bandcamp.com/album/comas Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Warren Realrider, also known as TickSuck, is a Pawnee/Crow noise artist. I had the pleasure of playing the same night as TickSuck at The Sanctuary and got to experience Warren's cool sounds in person. We talked about visual art, his upbringing being surrounded by art, sound art, Pawnee culture, spirituality, morality, and more! Get to know TickSuck! You can find TickSuck and his things on this link: https://linktr.ee/wrealrider.ticksuck.sound The track by him playing at the end is titled "Overpass Shaping Kahâriwis Wing" and it can be found on the compilation album, The Future Disintegrates. https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/album/the-future-disintegrates Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Chloe-Beth is back and we talked about… chairs? And systems, patriarchy, how religion contributes to patriarchy, The Handmaid's Tale, Roe v. Wade being overturned and how she feels about it, psychology, and more! You can find her and her things on her website: https://www.chloebethmusic.com/ Her song playing at the end is “Good Will”, which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6pOsSl3NOJsZTwMlPSgyPw?si=dc0c534533b447a1 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Chloe-Beth is a singer-songwriter in Oklahoma City who “possesses some kind of innocent wisdom”, which are the words of the person that wrote the bio on her website, and I agree. We talked about music, growing up in church, going to school at ACM@UCO, singing, writing songs, spirituality, religion, Yoga and meditation, and gluten-free science. Get to know Chloe-Beth! You can find her and her things on her website: https://www.chloebethmusic.com/ Her song playing at the end is “Be Alright” which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4WXhofWnzlOfV3JdcWZXu6?si=7183f79b1c9a49b4 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Nicole Poole, executive director of SPARK! Creative Lab, is back and we talked about art as a transformative practice, what music and art is, my background in music education, improvisation, creation, living as an artist, and more! You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here: https://sparklahoma.org/ Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Nicole Poole is a visual and performing artist, live composer, producer, speaker and educator working across the fields of advocacy, arts and public engagement. She is the founder and Executive Director of SPARK! Creative Lab, a member of Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center's Performance Committee. We talked about her journey through art, SPARK!, and of course, spirituality. Get to know Nicole! You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here: https://sparklahoma.org/ Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 way), I figured I'd give you something in the meantime. These are some random writings I've done recently. Thoughts, feelings, ideas, poetry. All of these writings and the links within them can be found on my website: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast/miscwritings Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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://open.spotify.com/album/7pB7JvRqqPouSbWlqAqDYV Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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” which is out next week, on July 15th. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HvUr6jrLn6ZbGrvOHttdp Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 K.O.: https://open.spotify.com/track/3vkWCHOxVjHoI6NskmsYzJ?si=ad351283f41748cf Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 fully understand what I am and am not advocating for. You can find Brandon's band, Grandpa Vern, here: https://www.instagram.com/grand_pa_vern/ The song playing at the end is “Stomp Out” by Grandpa Vern: https://open.spotify.com/track/1f1gXGeifINHG51LSYvZMT?si=2d9d4fde063340ca Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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://open.spotify.com/track/0huRiF4Ntm8I22646DcOaM?si=92070b4d02a04c54 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 end is “Origin”: https://open.spotify.com/track/5WI7tvMW2mepKQUogB1m6O?si=c481595aa868411f Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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.band/ The song playing at the end is “In Fields” by SHIFT: https://open.spotify.com/track/4oBPeT7oqcTZgLPT07Jo52?si=78dc63d616f24852 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 Online: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DjRYb6Op5Hk4HTRaQOmda?si=eb81842f3b2d4677 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that is playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 talked about music, how he got into it, spirituality, money, the future, and more! Get to know Don Data! The song playing at the end is “Heavy Eyes” by Tim Buchanan, on which Don plays drums. https://open.spotify.com/track/0twtE7mEhTkz6W37PdL2HA?si=168978a88fec4e2f Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me that's playing at the end is not released yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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.com/psychthewordsmithofficial The track that plays at the end is “karma” by Psych The Wordsmith: https://open.spotify.com/track/5a2AncfNmPVWJMNe2w2IN5?si=5507d4594aec423b Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/XK__gk1XXq0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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/psychthewordsmithofficial/ The track that plays at the end is “thinkinbout” by Psych The Wordsmith: https://open.spotify.com/track/5mr6GPexDzBdnZt5NMLmX8?si=9ffeaefbcd954b06 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/XK__gk1XXq0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 spectrum of creativity and technicality: instances where one or the other would help, or not, how to combine them, and exist within both at all times, along with some other topics sprinkled in throughout. Before you get too far in to the podcast, though, go check out their stuff: Aaron Newberry: https://frequencyinc.studio/ https://instagram.com/aaronnewberry/ Michael Trepagnier: https://cardinalsongokc.com/ https://instagram.com/cardinalsongokc/ 15 Minutes Of…: https://anchor.fm/15minutesof/ The song that played at the end is the instrumental of a track currently called “Best Coast”, by Aaron Newberry, which is definitely not findable on the Internet because he literally just bounced a mix for this podcast as soon as we finished recording. Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/Tb1FRAeULBw --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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/fifth_of_hanon/ https://www.instagram.com/gonzolebronzo/ https://www.instagram.com/ne0ncathedral/ The track at the end is “Water” by Gonzo LeBronzo: https://open.spotify.com/track/2TfSGwItwiq6WeWff9sxQO?si=c2e14b2d739e4051 Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/u016J-QrulU --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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, which he's great at. Get to know David! The track at the end is “Sidewinder” by Gonzo LeBronzo: https://open.spotify.com/track/1D0gA8sOdZEnaBdCZoksVM?si=d8d35117f5c94a9d Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/u016J-QrulU --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 industry, morality, free will, forgiveness, and more! It was held live at The Sanctuary, a new venue in Oklahoma City. I'm very grateful for everyone that came out to it. Since this was a live event, I had to do a lot of sound adjustments, so the quality is a little different than normal. Special thanks to Sable Ramones, my lovely spouse, for doing the poster/flyer, to Mekala Littleton for being so welcoming with her space, Evan Jarvicks for hosting, and to the Bit Depth Discord for being an awesome community! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/zCokVRZTpug --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 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 many more! You can find her and her stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeCow The song playing at the end is “future” from my favorite album of 2021, underglam: https://open.spotify.com/track/4v2yig7CWHimhd7lmBCcop?si=79cffd1d6b2547e3 Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/A_MEwROrj74 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 many more! We talked about her journey through music, art, spirituality, morality, and the future. Get to know Jessica! You can find her and her stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeCow The song playing at the end is “show you” from my favorite album of 2021, underglam: https://open.spotify.com/track/0gDsXaKWyDGKYCgpC45Pqo?si=13f9ede700c24f9e Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/A_MEwROrj74 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 stuff here: https://linktr.ee/thomaswho The track by Thomas Who? at the end of the podcast is “Whole Ass King”, featuring Takeez, SAVION, BonezFlow, and produced by Sun Deep: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DBjQFhp3Y8hH1rX555hvb?si=4a73f949dd1b4576 Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/k2rdGddRIzU --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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://instagram.com/iamthomaswho The song playing at the end is "EXECUTION OVER AMBITION": https://open.spotify.com/track/1108mdH7qMoN10vRO1hRCl?si=b1cb6002e7d8424b Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/k2rdGddRIzU --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 vouch for a lot of that except for the typos and absence of an Oxford comma, but that's on him. Jon McMillan, also known as Teflo $, is a comedian and musician, and we talked about… comedy and music! We also talked about religion, morality, racism, and heroin. Get to know Jon! You can find him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/jokesbyjon The track at the end is “Red Winter” by Teflo Dollar. https://teflodollar.bandcamp.com/track/red-winter Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/k2rdGddRIzU --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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://open.spotify.com/track/30ZFpaQQjVDx4T5FXr9H75?si=c0a40afcc3234826 Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/vuajGapRumg --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

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 Everything Everything song: https://open.spotify.com/track/7FNHW9mZJa8a4NM5WyFphh?si=3380d9a383ee47e8 Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/vuajGapRumg --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Caleb Gray and I went in deep for more music conversation! We talked about making music, sharing it with others, marketing, performing, the amount of data we produce as a culture, the cost of music equipment, the minute details we put into our music that no one will hear, and being willing to hand your creation to someone else to finalize it. It was a lot of fun! You can find Caleb on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/calebegray https://instagram.com/kodosband The song at the end of the podcast is “27 Minutes” by Kodos. Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/knl65-RVXE8 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support

Caleb Gray is a musician and audio engineer. He's a member of Kodos, an alternative pop band in Oklahoma City. We talked about how he got into music, making music from the audio engineer's point of view, spirituality and religion, values, and more! Get to know Caleb! You can find Caleb on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/calebegray https://instagram.com/kodosband The song at the end of the podcast is “Champion” by Kodos. Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord Patreon: https://santiagoramones.com/patreon The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream: https://youtu.be/knl65-RVXE8 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/santiagoramones/support