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🎧Episode 108: Stringed Textures, Progressive Precision & Deep-Cut Devotion
This week’s episode leans hard into musicianship, nuance, and the kind of songs that reward close listening. Jonathan opens with an elegant, textural piece from David Snell, spotlighting delicate arrangements and a quietly mesmerizing approach to melody. Curtis follows with a modern progressive selection from Steven Wilson, where atmosphere, dynamics, and meticulous production take center stage.
The category songs dig even deeper. Jonathan brings an Original Version from P. P. Arnold, revisiting a song that later found massive success in other hands but hits differently in its earliest form. Curtis closes things out with a Deck Shoes Deep Cut from Jim Photoglo, delivering peak soft-rock songwriting that somehow still flies under the radar.
Thoughtful, melodic, and unapologetically deep—this one’s for listeners who like their music choices just a little off the main path.
Audio note: Curtis’ microphone went rogue during this recording session. It’s been fixed going forward.
Curtis Gross is a self-employed video editor.
Jonathan Workman is an adult learning consultant based in Wichita, KS.
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The intro music is the first 30 seconds of the Ornette Coleman tune "Song X" fed into AI software that attempts to output the song to a solo piano transcription. The outro music is the first 30 seconds of Sonny Rollins' version of the tune "St. Thomas" fed into the same software.
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By witshfyThis week’s episode leans hard into musicianship, nuance, and the kind of songs that reward close listening. Jonathan opens with an elegant, textural piece from David Snell, spotlighting delicate arrangements and a quietly mesmerizing approach to melody. Curtis follows with a modern progressive selection from Steven Wilson, where atmosphere, dynamics, and meticulous production take center stage.
The category songs dig even deeper. Jonathan brings an Original Version from P. P. Arnold, revisiting a song that later found massive success in other hands but hits differently in its earliest form. Curtis closes things out with a Deck Shoes Deep Cut from Jim Photoglo, delivering peak soft-rock songwriting that somehow still flies under the radar.
Thoughtful, melodic, and unapologetically deep—this one’s for listeners who like their music choices just a little off the main path.
Audio note: Curtis’ microphone went rogue during this recording session. It’s been fixed going forward.
Curtis Gross is a self-employed video editor.
Jonathan Workman is an adult learning consultant based in Wichita, KS.
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Make sure you are subscribed to Why Is This So Hard For You. Type Why Is This So Hard For You in your podcast provider, hit that subscription button, and leave us a five-star review. This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find the podcast.
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The intro music is the first 30 seconds of the Ornette Coleman tune "Song X" fed into AI software that attempts to output the song to a solo piano transcription. The outro music is the first 30 seconds of Sonny Rollins' version of the tune "St. Thomas" fed into the same software.