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PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Examined Music #25

November 5, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

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 …

Musical Aesthetics vs. a Musical Ethic

July 12, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

I received a great response to our recent episode on songwriting and my post elaborating on one of its aspects from Warren Fischer of the great sort of alternative-techno-show-band-art-collective Fischerspooner (he's the guy who makes the soundscapes, not the guy who dances in the front). Incidentally, this was in the course of my reaching out to a bunch of musicians I know  Continue Reading …

Episode 118: The Musical Life with Guests from Camper van Beethoven

June 29, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 29 Comments

Why write songs? What is it to have "integrity" as a musician? To be "authentic?" Is there anything wrong with playing pure pop songs, or aping styles created by those now dead? Our guests Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel (of the famed indie band Camper van Beethoven) have a beef with the Internet society where music and other trappings of identity are now available  Continue Reading …

Episode 118: The Musical Life with Camper van Beethoven (Citizen Edition)

June 28, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Why write songs? What is it to have "integrity" as a musician? To be "authentic?" Is there anything wrong with playing pure pop songs, or aping styles created by those now dead? Our guests Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel (of the famed indie band Camper van Beethoven) have a beef with the Internet society where music and other trappings of identity are now available  Continue Reading …

Ep 115 Aftershow: Schopenhauer and Music

May 18, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring Danny Lobell, Mark Linsenmayer, Jonathan Segel, Dave Buchanan, David Prentiss, Kevin Peffley, Kevin Middleton, Anthony Durity, Todd Costa, and Sebastian Roll. Recorded May 18, 2015. Watch on YouTube. Read more about it. Listen to Episode 115 before listening to this.  Continue Reading …

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