Ghost Notes
It's a podcast about music? By the creators of 12tone and Polyphonic.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Great Art By Bad People
Cory and Noah consider the thorny question of what to do with art that you love made by people who've caused real harm.
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01:20:35 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Song Sequels
Cory and Noah discuss the complex history of song sequels and try to figure out why they don't happen that much.
01:09:29 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Canadian Music
Cory and Noah discuss the rich, complex music culture of Noah's home country of Canada, with a look at both how it differs from American music culture and some of the ways the two interact.
00:55:59 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Music Venues
Cory and Noah discuss the surprising impact of music venues on the music played in them, and how those impacts have shaped musical movements throughout history.
01:05:59 |
Thu 15 May 2025
Sympathy For The Devil
Cory and Noah discuss their recent collaboration, where they both made videos about the same song, and look at how their different perspectives and processes created two completely different analyses…
01:29:05 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Ghost Notes and Friends: Mic The Snare
Cory and Noah are joined by Nick from Mic The Snare to discuss the history, legacy, and practice of music piracy, all without confessing to anything.
01:00:54 |
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Third Albums
Cory and Noah discuss the long-await conclusion of Cory's third-album experiment, including lessons learned and some of the unexpected highlights. (Plus why it took so much longer than expected...)
01:02:48 |
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Christmas Music
Cory and Noah discuss what makes the music of Christmas so unique, and how our relationships to it have changed over the years.
00:59:22 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Ghost Notes and Friends: MegaThem
Cory and Noah are joined by Will from Maggie Mae Fish to discuss their fascination with noise music, as well as the broader concept of noise in music, and it only took us one try to record this episo…
01:26:11 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Guitar Solos
Cory and Noah discuss what makes a guitar solo and what makes the guitar so perfect as a solo instrument in the first place.
01:10:11 |
Sun 15 Dec 2024
Revival Scenes
Cory and Noah discuss the complicated world of genre revival scenes, from the folk revival of the '60s to the swing revival of the '90s to... well, to whatever's coming next.
01:01:15 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Ghost Notes and Friends: It's Boundo
Cory and Noah are joined by Boundo to discuss all the various ways that people discover new music, to consider the pros and cons of different approaches, and to ramble about why that's a good thing i…
01:14:59 |
Fri 01 Nov 2024
Early Music Videos
Cory and Noah explore the surprisingly rich history of music videos made before the MTV era and ask what a music video even is.
00:58:35 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Classic Rock
Cory and Noah dive into one of their favorite topics, the genre of Classic Rock, and ask what it means for rock to count as "classic" in the first place.
00:56:36 |
Sun 15 Sep 2024
Ghost Notes and Friends: Her Music Academia
Cory and Noah are joined by Lydia Bangura of Her Music Academia to talk all about the complicated world of music academia and the strengths and weaknesses of moving those discussions to more public p…
01:24:16 |
Sun 01 Sep 2024
The Death of Genre
Cory and Noah finally resolve their bitter dispute about the death of genre by diving deep into the question of what genres are actually for.
01:10:30 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
New Album Drops
Cory and Noah discuss the cultural phenomenon of new album drops, the excitement of collectively experiencing a new work of art, and also get sidetracked about the new Billie Eilish album a bunch.
00:56:54 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Ghost Notes and Friends: Jessie Gender
Cory and Noah are joined by Jessie Gender to talk about the complex process of scoring a film, drawing from Jessie's recent experience making her own directorial debut!
01:12:46 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Album Artwork
Cory and Noah talk about the effect album artwork has on the music it represents, as well as the role of packaging in the experience of art. Plus they list a bunch of cool album covers, so that's fun…
01:10:23 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Listening Games
Cory and Noah talk about playing games with your listening habits, including Cory's recent experiment with only listening to third albums, and what you can gain from adding restrictions to your music…
00:53:02 |
Wed 15 May 2024
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