Nakedly Examined Music is a podcast about making music: Why do we do it? Why do we do it the way we do it? Mark Linsenmayer interviews songwriters and composers famous and otherwise about specific recordings, which are presented in full on the podcast. 
David played in perhaps the most revered line-up of King Crimson at the end of its original run from '72-'74. He's been an actor and teacher, then released his first "solo" album (as Low Flying Aircraft) in '87, then eight more under his own name or as The David Cross Band plus several collaborations. We discuss "Predator" by Cross and Jackson from Another Day (2018), "The Continue Reading …
NEM#138: Markus Reuter: Composer or Tap Guitar Hero?
Markus began composing as a teen, "found his tribe" in getting connected to King Crimson's Robert Fripp in the early 90s, and has put out 40+ solo and collaborative albums of experimental music since 2000, including work in Stick Men with Crimson's Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto. We discuss "Swoonage" from Truce (2020), Boon from Marcus Reuter and the Matangi Quartet Continue Reading …
NEM#115: Julie Slick: Pedal Art Visualizer
Julie became a member of the extended King Crimson family in 2006 by joining the Adrian Belew Power Trio. She released two solo albums starting in 2010 then started working with another bassist, Marco Machera, releasing four albums with him, the last three as Echotest. Why two basses? Because Julie often uses technology to change the pitch, timbre, and other elements of her Continue Reading …
PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Examined Music #25
NEM now features jazz, hip-hop, classical, folk, and more. Check out all the episodes at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, where you can subscribe and follow on Facebook. Bill played with all of your top three '70s prog bands, as the original drummer for Yes, a default member of King Crimson, and even briefly played live with Genesis. His near-final foray into pop stardom was with Continue Reading …
NEM #25: Bill Bruford: Drumming Matters
Bill played with all of your top three '70s prog bands, as the original drummer for Yes, a default member of King Crimson, and even briefly played live with Genesis. His near-final foray into pop stardom was with U.K. in the late '70s, but most of his output has been with his own jazz-inflected bands Earthworks and Bruford, as rock proved too confining for his rhythmic and Continue Reading …
NEM #21: Trey Gunn and the Discipline of Tap Guitar
Trey is one of a small group of masters of a many-stringed type of guitar/bass that you play by tapping with both hands at the same time, sort of like a keyboard. His mentor was Robert Fripp, with whom he played in the '90s and '00s lineups of the seminal progressive rock band King Crimson. He has also released over a dozen exploratory solo albums and numerous collaborations Continue Reading …
NEM#21 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Trey Gunn
After the interview, Mark and Trey continued to talk for another 30 minutes, covering his time with Fripp's Guitar Craft camp, his ear training regimen, his artistic coaching practice, and more. Plus, you get to hear the opening track (a Bob Dylan cover, "Not Dark Yet") and one of his "Flood" improvisations that were released on his The Waters, They Are Rising album (2015), as Continue Reading …