So there's an entire Chinese city that's entirely subsided on a big Behringer factory. There are whispers that this is more than it seems. In part one, Marty and Blake break down what is happening, and how Behringer grew from a one person company to build a city.

Doctors hate this one little trick that makes you a super-hearer! Marty and Blake break down science itself to help you make the best sounds in the world. Marty also teaches a trick to A-B whole parts, sections and even mixes, a critical step for decision making while creating music.

Blake and Marty break down the dominant five chord, one of the most popular chords in western music history. However, the hot take is that it is outdated. The duo present alternatives to bring modern life into your songwriting and forgive you of age old antiquities.

Marty and Blake break down how to practice instruments (and anything). Why is it that so many people give up piano? Or have that old guitar laying around? Here is a few quick tips to make practice more fun and a more lasting habit. Enjoy!

This is the story of Marty Gray and his path to becoming a professional musician. Blake and Marty reminisce, talk about his journey to obsession with singing and the dedication required to become a professional musician who sang at the White House. Join us for a journey involving the Obamas, Alt J, Eric Whitacre and more.

Organs are a key element of music history that shaped the modern synthesizer as we know it. In this episode, Marty and Blake discuss the world's largest organ, organ mechanics, natural tremolo and the instrument's evolution. They then demo a digital organ and how it compares to the modern synthesizer.

In a time when synthesizers were only experiments in wiring and hardware, Wendy Carlos had and vision to bring them into the future as a true musical instrument. This is the story of a transgender hero who combined Bach, Colombia Records and a true mastery of synthesis to discover fame and popularize the modern synthesizers we all hear today.

We are not exaggerating when we say Wendy Carlos practically invented and popularized the modern synthesizer. This episode Marty and Blake tackle a small portion of the genius-physicist-musician-futurist's life, from being an transgender person in New York to collecting thousands of dollars of synthesizers.

Blake and Marty break down white noise, pink noise, brown noise and dithering. This episode tackles how noise cancelling headphones works, how added noise makes songs sound better and how to make synths sound more alive. Join us on this episode in the synth series, where we are breaking down everything about synthesizers and making a synth of our own along the way.

We continue the synth series to learn everything we need to know about synthesizers. Marty and Blake describe voices, not the ones in your head, but the ones in synthesizers! Voices are the secret to depth and character in a sound. In the second half of the episode, the duo and a special surprise synth guru guest roll up sleeves to understand a brand new synth.