EP/81: SOUND MASTER

Abbey Road Studios is the most famous recording studio in the world, renowned for its creativity and technological excellence. For the last 90 years has been the musical home to artists such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Ella Fitzgerald, Radiohead, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, and Adele. We get an insider take on this sacred studio so we could learn about the art of mastering and remastering music.

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EP/70: MUSICAL HUMAN

The connection between music and human beings runs deeper than you might think. Humans are innately musical beings - and our relationship with music has been deeply intertwined since the homo sapiens first emerged. Our guest today is Michael Spitzer, who boldly makes the case that music is the most important thing we ever did; and is in fact a fundamental part of what makes us human.

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EP/57: MUSIC & MATH

The linkage between music and math is not well understood. People tend to think music is creative and math is perhaps the antithesis of the creative arts. But when you think about it, music is full of mathematical concepts: time signatures, sets, loops, patterns and recursion to name a few. There are even studies that show that children who play musical instruments are better at solving complex math problems. Helping us understand the music-math relationship is Marcus Miller.

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