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. 
Jherek started off as bassist in the late '90s for the Seattle art rock bands The Dead Science and Parenthetical Girls, and has released about five solo albums (and other things) since 2006, the last two being full-on orchestral works, despite the expense and logistics involved and his not being trained as a classical composer. We discuss the title track from Cistern (2016), Continue Reading …
NEM #29: Jason Seed’s “Stringtet”
Jason fattens out his eclectic guitar pieces by writing string and horn parts, and The Jason Seed Stringtet includes members of the Chicago Symphony sawing away furiously. We'll discuss "Ishtar," a Bulgarian/Latin-inflected piece from In the Gallery (2013), "Any Night Now" a more traditional chamber jazz number from 2015, and the Zappa-esque "Mammoth" from the Jason Seed Continue Reading …
NEM#12. John Philip Shenale: String Arranger, Composer, Producer
Phil is the long-time string arranger for Tori Amos and has done a heap more production, arrangement, and keyboard work. He has a very deliberate production style, carefully crafting a very natural-sounding theatrical background using both cutting-edge and very old tools. We talk about "Cross the Channel" from the Brik & Shenale EP (2012), Phil's arrangement and production Continue Reading …