How did pop music turn electronic in the 80s? Martin and his Mom discuss The Human League, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Gary Numan, and other British Synth-Pop bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Episode 7 Resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pU0_LNxL67YYKXpZS5S_8XQhGyTx_eLL/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

Martin and his Mom reminisce about classic disco music from the 70s, as well as the disco revival of the 2020s.

Episode 6 Resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16CheBQpN-In7YPRCBz32wVIWSNAk6zi2/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

Martin takes his Mom on a trip to Guitar Center (a music retail store) to teach her how to play the Minimoog synthesizer!

Also covered in this episode: What synthesizer was used by Elton John, The Who, and the sound designer for the Star Wars movies?

Episode 5 Resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1saCFC8vKXTN2gW3f2xnorISCkA3OYxHO/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

Martin and his Mom discuss how The Beatles used the Moog Synthesizer on their album Abbey Road (1969), as well as the impact of the electronic-crossover album 'Switched-On Bach' by Wendy Carlos (1968).

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Episode 4 Resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aITv8uSBAqgFBGTdzg394i3PM9qQlWRp/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

Martin and his mom continue their exploration through the history of electronic music, covering the development of the Moog synthesizer and how it was adopted by several acid rock bands.

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Episode 3 Resources (PDF):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VhPywDYxgpQNKHdBcTiXgx7_2mfyTWm_/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

In the second episode of "Synthesized!", Martin and his mom continue their exploration of the early origins of electronic music, starting with the soundtrack of the 1956 sci-fi movie 'Forbidden Planet'. Also discussed in this episode is one of the earliest modular synthesizers, the Buchla Music Box, which was developed in 1965.

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Episode 2 Resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ejx6Vh-8rbuhZLnbpV17rl7ZP9B-tKi7/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

In the first episode of "Synthesized!", Martin and his mom discuss trends in popular music during the 70s and the 80s, as well as some of the earliest electronic music instruments.

Episode 1 Resources Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JqUdXtLMDZZpCQeM3w_mHCi-EAiHx8pz/view?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist -- Synthesized: Synth-Pop From The Beatles to Whitney Houston

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dcW7urRy02DPxC1HzLNfh?si=8695c2299454440a

"Synthesized! Synth-Pop from The Beatles to Whitney

Just to be clear -- we're not going anywhere! This is still a part of Everyone's Special and No One Is.

Martin's mom joins the podcast to reflect back on two years' worth of episodes, including discussing the future of the podcast. .... Everyone's Special and No One Is is a podcast about obscure, misunderstood, and/or controversial topics related to music.

Are some people's brains wired to learn music faster than others? Martin's brother joins the podcast to help explain how one study measured the effects of music lessons in the brain. .... Everyone's Special and No One Is is a podcast about obscure, misunderstood, and/or controversial topics related to music.