Songs To Discuss With Your Daughter

Adele is back and we're continuing our deep dive into vocal sampling and production. Oh my pod! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A simple, hypnotic, and slightly mysterious song has stayed on the charts for months, and we're breaking it down for some mid-winter heat waves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How does a song travel from 1960s doo-wop to early 2000s Norwegian hip hop to an Italian band in the Eurovision Song Contest? Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's simple math… Tom Tom Club + Gangsta Rap Synths = Mariah Carey's creative and unique follow up to her timeless Christmas anthem. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How do production and vocal performance support the narrative structure of a lyric? Tune in for some good habits to develop in the studio. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What can Katy Perry teach us about music law? Stay tuned for a deep dive into a song that we used to blast in the car back in the early 2010s. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Please, ARMY, we come in peace! We dip our toe into the warm buttery waters of K-pop sensations BTS this week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Is Maroon 5 a rock band anymore? STDWYD is back for its third season with a discussion of latest rock/hip hop crossover collab. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do kids even listen to albums now? Season 2 ends with a mega-sized track-by-track review and analysis of SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wait - Bollywood and pop? Things similar to vocoders, but aren't? Whoa, whoa, whoa, Spaghetti Westerns and James Bond inspired guitar? Today we dig into Britney Spears's smash hit Toxic, and dissect to the best of our abilities? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this special episode we focus on the work of one ubiquitous producer, Zedd, and what makes his tracks soar. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ostinatos, tape emulation, disco falsettos and dub. All of these elements combine to make our predicted SUMMER JAM. Stay tuned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Violin? Viola? Synths? Harmonies? Back up, back up. Ari's in SYT?!! We talk all that and more on this episode. Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fuzz bass, sawtooth waves, white noise claps, oh my! It's an episode that rocks harder and more industrially than any other. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the retro sounds of Silk Sonic takes over. We talk Philly soul, the devil's interval, and Ravi plays guitar. Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Back after a week to digest the Grammys, Willa and Ravi break down quirky two-headed new song by Dua Lipa. Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Billie Eilish of Canada - we've come to like this song more. Pitch, snares, minor, major, fry? That's a little bit of what we've talked about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 2 premieres with the hottest song in the country. We talk chord progressions, authenticity, production, and a little drama too. Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Just in time for Super Bowl Weeknd, we break down “Save Your Tears” by the enigmatic star, who will be performing at half time. Last show of Season 1! Get your 80's garb on, this is a good one. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We have opinions about songs, therefore we are a podcast! Chiptune, philosophy, vocal fry, and much more. stay tuned. . . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this lightning round, we talk about our favorite hits from 2020: Positions (Ariana Grande), Broke Boy (Malia Civetz), and Good in Bed (Dua Lipa). Anti-capitalism? String techniques? Chorus dropouts? stay tuned. . . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our longest and goofiest episode, just in time for your longest and hardest week! This show includes brother bands, music boxes, subway announcers, and candy-eating ASMR. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode six has got it going on! We talk Fountains of Wayne, The Cars, and Adam Schlesinger. Dad also gets to play his Johnny Marr Jaguar! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're CRAZY for Beyoncé this week. Where's that brass sample from? How does “Lemonade” refer back to the “Crazy In Love” video? What does it sound like to eat airheads “on the air”? Stay tuned... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, we go deep in analyzing the production aspects, how it relates to Taylor, and much more! ...Stay tuned... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wait, is this episode about Harry Styles or Fleetwood Mac?! Tune in to find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Willa and Ravi tackle the gospel-infused single along with the brutally honest ballad “Lonely.” Cultural appropriation? Religious music? Madonna? All of the above. You'll be a Belieber after this episode.... stay tuned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Willa and Ravi discuss “Love Language” by Ariana Grande, from her new album “Positions.” Where did those strings come from? What's up with that coda? Stay tuned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app