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A Western Swing Christmas
For more than 40 years, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks have been working in their own musical idiom, one that bridges folk, Western swing, gypsy jazz and Americana. What puts the swing into their swagger? What spices factor into this recipe? Hicks takes a song from his new Christmas album, "Santa's Workshop," and reverse-engineers it for us. To hear more of Crazy for Christmas, go here. To hear samples of the songs and artists Hicks mentions, look below. (11 mins.)
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Mallets
We get to hear the ace mallet playing of music professor Dr. Charles Brooks as Pandora senior music analyst Chris Horgan schools us on mallet instruments: xylophone, glockenspiel, bells, the vibes and more. How does a rag mallet have a distinct attack? What is four-mallet permutation? Dig in, people. This episode works well as a companion to our Quiet & Loud episode, in which Matt Cannon demonstrated dynamics using mallets on a marimba. (10 mins.)
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Modern Cuban Music
Meet Leyder Chapman, leader and chief writer for the group Dos Four y Los Mios, as he explains the variety of elements that inform the modern sounds coming from Cuba and from Cuban expatriates. We get into the montuno, timba, tumbao and the bomba bass, as well as hip-hop, reggaeton, electronic and other aesthetics that influence these constantly evolving styles. This episode works well as a companion to our Orquesta d'Soul feature, which explored the sonic ingredients of salsa. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Rudiments and Timpani
Chris Horgan, a Pandora senior music analyst, stops by to talk about the sticking patterns and effects that bring new drummers into the world of the snare drum -- some of which have military origins. He also goes into the tuning and pedal work that gives the timpani such a unique and crucial role in the orchestra and the pit band. (9 mins.)
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Percussion in the Orchestra
Pandora senior music analyst Chris Horgan talks about the different percussive instruments he plays, and the various unpitched "toys" and battery percussion that appear in the concert band and orchestra. We get into the cymbals, the gong, shakers, woodblock, triangle, castanets, tambourine, the concert bass drum and more. (8 mins.)
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Halloween Music
Just in time for All Hallow's Eve, our resident Scare Queen (and senior classical music analyst) Michelle Alexander looks at some of the scariest music ever written, ranging from the ominous organ music of Bach and Beethoven through Liszt and then into 20th Century composers like George Crumb and Gyorgy Ligeti. She thrusts her hands into the muck of musical fright and dredges up the dissonance and challenged expectations that make for aural horror. (9 mins.)
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The Marriage of Classical and Jazz, part 1
Pianist Bill Mays has had an illustrious career mixing jazz improvisation with classical composition, and his albums in the third-stream movement have helped move the genre forward. Here Pandora's Steve Ginsberg and I talk with Mays about the relationship between classical and jazz, and about Mays' history with both, starting with the night he heard Miles Davis live in the late 1950s. The music in this piece is provided by the Inventions Trio, featuring Marvin Stamm on trumpet a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Pre-production
As the one-man band of Palefighter, Matthew Carano has learned a lot about how to streamline the recording process, and how to use pre-production to his benefit. In this show, we'll focus on sketching and recording demos, and how to sculpt a song as it goes through its various incarnations and drafts. Recorded and edited by Tyler Brown at Bellboy Recording in Richmond CA. (10 mins.)
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The Art of Sampling
The three members of hip hop group V.E.R.A. Clique, one producer/beatmaker (Dan Craig) and two MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) join producer/beatmaker Johnny Igaz to talk about sampling. We look at hardware vs. software sampling, hear how different drum tones are layered to make for fuller hits, and dissect a sampled production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well. (11 mins.)
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Hip Hop Hooks
Originating in Bend, Oregon but now firmly rooted in Oakland, V.E.R.A. Clique has been refining their hip-hop sound for many years. In this episode, the group's beat maestro (Dan Craig) and MCs (Anderson Ray and Macsen Apollo) walk us through the process they used to build a hip-hop hook on their song "Still Winn'n." Also joining us is hip-hop producer Johnny Igaz to talk about the approach and role that hooks play in production. Craig and Igaz both work here at Pandora as well ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Country Songwriting
From the lonesome lakes of Wisconsin to California's fields and orchards, JJ Schultz has been traveling and writing country-folk ballads. As we hear here, one of the main tensions in classic country songwriting is the balance between sweet, major-key melodies and melancholy words. It's a tradition of songcraft that places value on specific imagery, concrete visual descriptions, and identifiable situations. Those lyrical scenes are key. This episode explores the tradition, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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