In this podcast we talk about a lot of interesting concepts around music and also how the human brain works.

We start by taking about a song we had just finished when we recorded the podcast (“Water”) and how excited we are about the song. We discuss different songwriting techniques, and conclude even tho there are “songwriting rules” that are taught in songwriting classes and courses, all the rules are meant to be broken if it contributes to a great song. We discuss whether artists get tired of singing their biggest hits. A quote from this segment: “We write ‘em to sing ‘em”.

Next we segued into discussing how other countries “punch above their wt” when it comes to how many successful artists they have vs. the size of their population. First up was Canada, who has an overwhelmingly large representation in popular and rock music, way more than their 10% of the US population would indicate. Artists we mentioned include Randy Bachman, Burton cummings, Justin Beiber , actors Ryan Reynolds, Jim Carrey, and Mike Myers, to name a few. WE posit that perhaps the government support of Canadian artists may play a part.

We go on a rabbit trail talking about Randy Bachman (guitarists and songwriter from The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) and a bit about his musical career. (He wrote “American Woman”, among other great classic rock songs, and we’re big fans.)

Next we talked about Cuban music and how even tho the country is very poor and only about 10 million in population, how big of an influence Cuban music has on American pop and rock music. Artists mentioned included Buena Vista Social Club and Camilia Cabello.

We talk about some songs that use modern production like “Sucker” by the Jonas Brothers and also talk about some young artists (Charlie Puth, Lewis Capaldi, etc) who we feel could fit right in and be played on the same stations with 70s artists Bill Withers, Donnie Hathaway and Stevie Wonder if they had come out in the ‘70s. QUOTE: “These modern artists are using the same ingredients but cooking a different way.”

Next we moved to the UK, and how they punch above their wt. Jimi made the point that if you asked Classic Rock fans to name the 10 best Classic Rock bands, a large number of them (and maybe all 10) would be British. Bands mentioned included The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and more recently Oasis.

Next we discussed Ireland who definitely punches above their wt with only 3 million inhabitants. Artists mentioned included van Morrison, U2, Thin Lizzy, Sinead Oconnor and actor Liam Neesom. We also discussed Conor Mcgregor and how influential he is both in the ring and outside the ring. WE discussed his most recent fight and how he seems to be a different man over the past year, and how Tony Robbins seemed to have had a huge impact in Conor’s development as a man and a fighter.

We talked bout how our brains are wired not to keep us happy but to keep us alive and how our brains are wired to say No much more than yes. Our brains will tell us to stop long before our body will give out in actuality. Quote: “Human beings aren’t even driving our own buses, our subconscious mind is”.

We ended by discussing Jimmy’ fear of falling into a parallel dimension due to a glitch in the matrix or a space time continuum glitch and ended the podcast with spells of laughter.