Radio talk / Rock&Roll

Goethe said, “Architecture is frozen music.” I like that.

Of course that was before audio recording, so now, for the most part, music is frozen music.

It’s only very recently in the history of music that we’ve been able to freeze music into an object. In my life, the form of this object mattered a lot. I once bought vinyl albums and cassette tapes, where there were two first songs per album, Side A and Side B. The energy of a first song makes it stand apart, at least in my head it does. Then the CD came along and eliminated Side B and there was only first song, and the actual number of a track (that you see prominently on the UI) became my index for sorting songs. Then MP3s jumbled my sense of track order, and albums began to feel more like a loose grouping of individual pieces rather than a conceptual whole. I could name hundreds more examples like these, and I welcome you to chime in, but my point is: the form of the thing matters.

But no effect has been as world changing as that original innovation: freezing music in time onto a recording, where a single version of a song, a single performance of a song, became the song. An inherently mutable method of communication was fundamentally changed.

I heard a radio broadcast several years ago that really affected the way I thought about all this. Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot are the hosts of a radio program I’m a huge fan of called Sound Opinions (subscribe now). The songwriter, composer, and producer, Jon Brion came to WBEZ in Chicago to talk to Sound Opinions in 2006. At the time, Brion has just co-produced Kanye West’s album Late Registration and he was also already a renowned film composer. In this interview, Brion talks about the difference between what he calls “performance pieces” and “songs” and how recorded music has changed the way we appreciate the different art forms. 

Special thanks to Sound Opinions for allowing me to rebroadcast this segment. Extra special thanks to SoOps producers, Robin Linn and Jason Saldanha, for being two of my favorite people in public radio. 


99% Invisible-56- Frozen Music

Reginald Cousin has been in the shoe repair business since the 1950's. Over the years, his competition has dwindled, but he says people still need to get their shoes fixed. 

Story originally aired on WUTC on Aug. 9, 2012. 

Reginald Cousin: Mending Chattanooga's Weary Soles for Decades

Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour on his book "Seven Deadly Sins", his production company Living Breathing Films, who thought Slipknot invented Photoshop, where they would be and the Stone Sour tour with Papa Roach.

Corey Taylor Joins Quinn

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BANDOLERO"ONAIR" INTERVISTA RADIOFONICA "radiodelta1" 26/2/13

Run River North, formally known as Monsters Calling home visits The House of Rock and tracks two of their latest songs in the Blue Studio. They talk about the story behind their songs and how the EP came to life.

Run River North Podcast

Canadian Acoustic. Folk. Soul artist, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald visits The House of Rock Studio and performs two of his latest tracks in the Great Room of the house. During the podcast MBF discusses his career, experience and inspiration behind his music, highlighting the songs “Firecracker” and “Love is an Easy Thing to Miss.”

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald Podcast

Neofolk artist Joshua James visits The House of Rock to co-host the Blue Mic Podcast. He talks about life abroad in Venezuela, his early career path and the story behind his latest release entitled "From the Top of Willamette Mountain". Alongside Evan Coulombe, they give us two acoustic versions of "Queen of The City" and "Beware."

Joshua James Podcast

Singer/Songwriter Dominic Balli tells his story of overcoming hardships and musical miracles. Listen to the stories he tells about traveling to remote places and connecting the world through music.

Dominic Balli Podcast

Indie rock band Broken Anchor visit the House of Rock Studio and talk about the story of how they met and the history behind the songs. They talk about the Vol. 3 album and how they rocked the House of Rock studio, recording some of their tracks featured in this podcast.

Broken Anchor Podcast

Alternative Folk/ Pop group, SHEL, visits the House of Rock studio and records a live version of two of their latest tracks, "When The Dragon Came Down" and "Tried To Scream." They talk about their latest album release, entitled SHEL and tell us the story behind their songs. For the complete podcast visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/official-blue-microphones/id354099289

Shel teaser

Alternative Folk/ Pop group, SHEL, visits the House of Rock studio and records a live version of two of their latest tracks, "When The Dragon Came Down" and "Tried To Scream." They talk about their latest album release, entitled SHEL and tell us the story behind their songs.

SHEL Podcast

Future rock n roll band Deluka visits The House of Rock Studio where they recorded two of their latest tracks, "Never Alone" and "Born From a Broken heart." They talk about the time they have spent away writing new songs, the inspiration behind the old ones and share different stories they have experienced on the road. For the complete podcast visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...blue-microphones/id354099289  

Deluka Teaser

Future rock n' roll band Deluka visits The House of Rock Studio where they recorded two of their latest tracks, "Never Alone" and "Born From a Broken Heart." They talk about the time they have spent away writing new songs, the inspiration behind the old ones, and share different stories they have experienced on the road.

Deluka Podcast

Tropical, grit, pop band Ghost Beach visit The House of Rock Studio where they recorded three of their songs, "Faded", Miracle" and " Tear Us Apart." They talk about how the group began and share different stories they have experienced on the road. For the complete podcast visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...blue-microphones/id354099289

Ghost Beach Teaser

Tropical, grit, pop band Ghost Beach visit The House of Rock Studio where they recorded three of their songs, "Faded", Miracle" and " Tear Us Apart." They talk about how the group began and share different stories they have experienced on the road.

Ghost Beach Podcast

An audiobook excerpt from Witch & Wizard: The Kiss, read by  Spencer Locke, Justin Long, and Cassandra Morris

Whit and Wisty Allgood, a witch and wizard with extraordinary abilities, have defeated the ruthless dictator who long overshadowed their world. But for the first time in their lives, the powerful brother and sister find themselves at odds as Wisty is drawn to a mysterious and magical stranger named Heath.

Wisty has never felt as free as she does with Heath, especially when the two of them share and test their magic together. But when a merciless Wizard King from the mountains suddenly threatens war, Wisty must make an excruciating choice. Will she unite with Whit to fight the mounting dangers that could return their world to a tyrant's domain? Or will she trust the beautiful boy who has captured her heart?

James Patterson's epic dystopian saga continues as the witch and wizard who have inspired countless imaginations must rally together before the world they fought to save collapses.

Available now in print and as an ebook from Little, Brown, and Company, or as an audiobook on CD or for digital download:

CD:
http://www.downpour.com/the-kiss-1
http://www.emusic.com/book/james-patterson/the-kiss/10130111/
http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Witch-Wizard-James-Patterson/dp/1619693747/ref=tmm_abk_title_0 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kiss-james-patterson/1113016009?ean=9781619693746

Download:
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00B03HILA&qid=1363730978&sr=1-1 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-kiss-unabridged/id593910768


Witch & Wizard: The Kiss by James Patterson - an audiobook excerpt

Pigeon John and his band talk about the new tracks they recorded at the House of Rock. Listen to a sneak peak of "Oh Yeah" and "All The Roads Lead Back To You".

Pigeon John Podcast

Pigeon John and his band talk about the new tracks they recorded at the House of Rock. Listen to a sneak peak of "Oh Yeah" and "All The Roads Lead Back To You". For the complete podcast visit: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...bl…ones/id354099289

Pigeon John Teaser

Graciano Cruz, founder of HiU Coffee, talks with Blue Bottle's quality control director, Stephen Vick, about improving coffee quality.

In Conversation: Blue Bottle and Graciano Cruz

Dr. Debbie Thymer returns with her expert life coaching advice, an insperational message from celebrity BEN STEIN, working on the CHAIN GANG, and murder by Mother Earth. Black and blue white shoe!!

Radio talk / Rock&Roll

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