Ethan Hein joins the show to talk about no less than the following: Ableton Live, bias in harmonic analysis, hip-hop in music education, music education in hip-hop, the racial politics of defining genre, white people covering hip-hop songs on acoustic instruments, basing a dissertation on blog posts, the aesthetics of dubstep and metal, and Ethan and Will Kuhn’s forthcoming book.
Show Notes:
- Animoog iOS app
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin Wolf
- Philip Tag, musicologist
- Old Town Road – Lil Nas X, ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
- Lil Nas X and the racial politics of country music – Ethanhein.com
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Hey Jude – The Beatles
- Naima – Ethanhein.com
- Steven Feld, ethnomusicologist
- Animals as Leaders
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Metal Cover – Leo Moracchioli
- Chris Thile covering Kendrick Lamar’s Alright on Prarie Home Companion
- White people with acoustic instruments covering rap songs – Ethanhein.com
- Punch Brothers Covering Radiohead’s Kid A
- Biz Markie – Just A Friend
- Angel of Doubt – Punch Brothers
- willkuhn.com
- Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – Skrillex
- Instapaper
- Why hip-hop is interesting – Ethanhein.com
App of the Week: OmniGraffle | Scrivener | Audacity
Album of the Week: untitled unmastered. – Kendrick Lamar
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