Talking About Noise

Episode #95- Kiss and Aguilera, Music and Schools, expensive ugly guitars!

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Episode #94- We're getting back in to the swing of things with music that matters to us!

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Episode #93- We've transitioned to an new studio and are having a blast talking about the news that interest us and you! Make sure to subscribe and share the show!

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Episode 92- Welcome to the new year and a new format.  We are moving to a smaller, more user-friendly format.  It turns out we are just doing the news segment and that is actually the most fun part of the show.  We hope you enjoy

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Episode 90- Jump into more music production ideas with the guys this week.  Art is considering shaving and Eric loves the idea.  Art dives into another rant about the headphones and the iPhone and a new product from Beats music.  Art is having an existential crisis about the headphone jack and Eric is just looking for a way to make a quick buck, even if that requires ripping of his own mom.  Eric dives back into the last decade to continue his deep dive of the top songs for a very big stroll down memory lane.

In the production segment Art gives us some tips and tricks on how to manage the sound your Snare drum is producing.

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Episode 89 - The guys are back with more revalatory musical information for the week.  Eric starts the show by introducing everyone to MIDI guitar by Jam Origin and it's blowing his mind.  After discussing the idea of using a Tuba to create midi notes in order to synthesize a Tuba digitally the guys move on to the benefits of playing for Oktoberfest.  As the guys break into the news segment Art gets excited for more Prince music and Eric gives us the breakdown on how to get into musicology so you too can analyze music copyright issues.  This week the guys get to compare Ed Sheeran's music with Marvin Gaye's music and see if there is potentially a a copyright issue.

In the songwriting segment Eric drops his new song he's working on called "All Done" and asks for feedback from the fans.  Tell us what you think.

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Episode 88 - This week Eric discuss his adventures in a soaking wet gig at an outdoor mall over the weekend.Art discusses his obsession with new plugins from PluginBoutique and highly recommends some of their sales.  In the news Art wants to discuss Sony's acquisition of Michael Jackson's music publishing segment because deep down Art always wanted to be like Michael (glove and all). Eric brings up the top 5 best songs of last decade in an attempt to stroll down memory lane and make him feel younger than he is.

In the Production segment we get a good look at Art's junk to see how good it is.  Does Art have good Junk, or is it just Junk Junk?  That is the question on everyone's mind.

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Episode 87 - The guys get together this week for another episode of music knowledge bombs.  Eric is sold on the Music Launch Summit unfortunately the VIP experience is more expensive now than it was when Eric signed up, sorry for the preemptive excitement.  Eric then goes on to discuss his adventures with 21 Pilots fan fiction, which turns out to be pretty weird.  In the news the guys discuss the songwriting associations that are suing the DOJ for their 100% rule and the implications for songwriters.Eric also learns the lifelong question of who wrote the "Doc Mcstuffins" song.

In the songwriting section Eric decides to breakdown the lyrics for the song "No Limit" by Usher.  See if this song has mind-bending lyrics or if it's just another boring pop song.

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Episode 85 - Welcome back for another week of mad knowledge, this week the guys discuss Eric's open Mic experience in which Eric is just glad he got out with his life.  Next the guys move on to the News and Art is ready for his patented "ART RANT" which we have one of the best first-world-problems as Art tells us why Apple is ruining America...and the world.  Next the guys talk about the remaining news from last week's Frank Ocean release and Eric's conspiracy theory that Tupac didn't actually die since he is opening a pop up restaurant.

In the production segment Art and Eric discuss their approaches to mixing and why neither of them seem to have a good idea on how to mix.  Come listen in for some interesting tips on an approach to mixing.

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Episode 84 - Another week of creative musical destruction, the guys give you great tips on how to beat writers block in the sense that they actually don't ever beat writers block, they just play video games.  In the news Art and Eric discuss the hot topics of the day such as Kanye West's sculpture from his video "famous" being displayed in Art museums to Adele declining to play in the Super Bowl.

In the Songwritng segment the guys interview Rob Evol a local Utah musician who writes his own music and is playing with a band called "Hurricanes and Horses".  They also break down one of Rob's songs called "No regrets"

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