The Melody Feed

The Melody Feed

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The Melody Feed episodes

  • Music Perception: The Effects of Context and Continuity (Part 2)

    Do we hear a song differently after an artist has gone through a public scandal? Do our own expectations change the way we perceive music? In this episode of the T&E podcast, your hosts Mike and Parisa take on Part 2 of the Context & Continuity topic, focusing on the "I'm big in Japan" phenomenon, public scandal, early death, context of time and age, and comeback albums.


    1 hr 28 min
  • Music Perception: The Effects of Context and Continuity (Part 1)

    How does an artist's persona affect our relationship to the music? When a band goes through multiple lineup changes, how does this affect our overall fanship? In this episode of the T&E podcast, your hosts Mike and Parisa discuss examples of how continuity and context affect our music perception - with part one focusing on lineup changes, creative musical departures, identity and appearance evolution, and the idea of "selling out".


    59 min
  • Music in 432 Hz: Healing Frequency or Hippie Conspiracy?
    Do frequencies have the power to heal? It's said that 432 hz is the natural vibration of the universe, and music set to this tuning has cosmic healing powers. For the eighth installment of the Trial and Error Collective podcast, Parisa and Mike discuss their research on the history of music standardization, the scientific and theoretical framework behind the concepts of 432 hz, and their takeaway points on the validity of its healing nature.
    1 hr 18 min
  • War, Motherhood and Music
    In his new autobiography "War, Momma and Me", author Jaycee Kesh Akinsaya describes his experiences of growing up during the Liberian Civil War and his mother's wisdom that guided them through it all. For the seventh installment of the T&E podcast, we spoke with Kesh about how he and his mother used music as a compass to navigate through trials of political unrest, and furthermore how music help him shape his understanding of spirituality, sexuality and personal identity.
    39 min
  • Suicide Awareness and the Healing Power of Art with Thomas Brown of RISE
    For the first episode of the Trial and Error Collective podcast, Parisa spoke with Thomas Brown of RISE Phoenix: Suicide Awareness and Mental Health through Art and Practice of Self-Awareness. She picked his brain about how music played a vital role in creating the cross-country RISE bicycle tour, and how music can aide people to raise their self-awareness and create their life story.
    All the music in this podcast was created by Altrice.
    58 min

About The Melody Feed

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A music commentary podcast hosted by Trial and Error Collective, a music blog and fanzine that features writing, concert photography, artist interviews, and more. www.trialanderrorcollective.com