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
Ghost Notes and Friends: Century of Song
Cory and Noah are joined by a mysterious author to announce a new and exciting book project about the history of American popular music.
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00:50:01 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Do We Listen To Too Much Music?
Cory and Noah explore the impact of our unprecedented access to music through filesharing and streaming services, and as whether having so much music available all the time might actually be a bad th…
00:51:11 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Standards
Cory and Noah discuss the practice of musical standards, what makes a standard different from a cover, why we don't see many new standards anymore, and why we probably should.
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00:51:07 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Ghost Notes and Friends: Step Back
Cory and Noah are joined by Tristan Johnson of Step Back to talk about the genre of Dungeon Synth, the value of microgenres, and the music's complicated origins.
00:58:00 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Spotify Wrapped
Cory and Noah discuss Spotify Wrapped and the growing trend of datafication in music listening.
00:53:57 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
The Greatest Song Ever
Cory and Noah discuss the idea of the greatest song ever, and the cultural significance of even asking that question in the first place.
00:58:25 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Ghost Notes and Friends: Mike Wuerth
Cory and Noah are joined by Mike Wuerth to discuss the cultures, stigmas, and opportunities surrounding modern recording technology.
01:08:38 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
Tuning
Cory and Noah discuss tuning theory, just intonation, equal temperament, and what exactly makes different notes sound good or bad to different listeners.
00:58:18 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Music As A Sport
Cory and Noah explore the similarities and differences between music and sports, to see what that analogy can teach us about both topics.
01:04:53 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ghost Notes and Friends: Thomas Frank
Cory and Noah are joined by Thomas Frank to discuss the age-old question of how to take good ideas and turn them into good songs.
01:08:52 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Music Videos
Cory and Noah discuss how the art form of music videos can be utilized to its fullest potential, and why it so often isn't.
01:04:29 |
Sun 15 Oct 2023
50th Episode Special
Cory and Noah celebrate 50 episodes by looking back at the last three years of conversations and reflecting on how their perspectives have changed over time.
01:43:03 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Ghost Notes and Friends: Maggie Mae Fish
Cory and Noah are joined by Maggie Mae Fish to discuss how artists grow and change as they move into their late careers, along with what a "late career" even means.
01:02:40 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Music Copyright
Cory and Noah discuss music copyright, why it's bad, and whether some version of it might actually be good?
00:55:49 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Music Criticism
Cory and Noah discuss the role of music criticism, explain why they're not huge fans of rating music, and explore what they look for instead when it comes to music journalism.
00:53:48 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Ghost Notes and Friends: Matt from Extra Credits
Cory and Noah are joined by Matt from Extra Credits to talk about the struggle of finding new music as you get older, and unpack the anxiety around appreciating music wrong.
01:15:56 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Concept Albums
Cory and Noah discuss what makes a great concept album, what it means to call something a concept album, and the difference between a concept and a theme.
00:58:17 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Music, The Universal Language
Cory and Noah discuss the oft-repeated claim that music is "the universal language", ask to what extent that's actually true, and explore why so many music experts find this claim so frustrating.
00:58:22 |
Mon 15 May 2023
Ghost Notes and Friends: Nate Holder
Cory and Noah are joined by music educator Nate Holder to discuss the ways we teach children about music, the point of music education, and how we can maybe do things a little bit better.
01:35:59 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Instrumental Music
Cory and Noah discuss instrumental music, the challenges it presents to the listener, and ways to enjoy and engage with music when there are no vocals.
01:04:36 |
Sat 15 Apr 2023
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