Is This Music?!?! - Justin Anthony Spenner

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Music is better through a balloon- Jay Afrisando

Season 3 · Episode 2

Friday, February 21, 2025 • Duration 01:15:04

Justin and Jay Afrisandotalk about how our ears are messed, and how music can still be made to accommodate that.

Malleable thought containers -Mary Ellen Childs

Season 3 · Episode 1

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 • Duration 01:21:20

Like what you hear? Be sure to subscribe, like, and, above all, SHARE with your friends and enemies.

Get in touch at: isthismusicpod.gmail.com

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Season 3 is brought to you by Zeitgeist New Music! Check them out and let your ears receive weirdness:

http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/

https://www.instagram.com/zeitgeistnewmusic/

Mary Ellen Childs is my guest this episode! Among the rabbit holes are: Music for the senses; structure for the sparsity; creativity for the creation.

Check out Mary Ellen's NORTH at Carleton College in Northfield, MN through November 15th, 2023!

And keep up with Mary Ellen Childs HERE

Music used in this episode (in order):

Faint Object Camera by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by Zeitgeist

Aurora from NORTH by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by Zeitgeist

II. Points from Ephemeral Geometry by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by ETHEL

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"Here's what I have so far...can ya do it better?"- Liam Moore

Episode 13

Monday, August 22, 2022 • Duration 01:21:35

Dreamy, heady, intricate pop from Liam Moore. Also rabbit holes.

Links:

https://www.liammusicmoore.com/

https://liammoore.bandcamp.com/

Music in this episode (in order):

Lift from Visions of a Perfect Life by Liam Moore

Train Song from EXTEND by Robot Slide

Superior from Solo Duets for Guitar and Voice by Liam Moore

You seem most full- Richard Meacock, Poet; Liam Moore, Composer

32 Months from Heartsprings by Heiruspecs

Piano Sonata in C Major Op. 13, No. 1: Allegro Assai by Dmitry Kabalevsky

5 Pieces for String Orchestra by Paul Hindemith

In the lassa from Halo by Juana Molina

Crack it way open from Extraction by Greg Howe, Victor Wooten, and Dennis Chambers

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“The Best Sins Are Of Youth” - Sean Quinn

Episode 12

Monday, July 18, 2022 • Duration 01:44:06

Check out Sean’s stuff here: https://seanquinncomposer.com/ https://soundcloud.com/seanquinncomposer Intro: Waiting by Sean Quinn 17’46”: String Quartet No. 2 by Brian Ferneyhough 20’32”: Intermittent Breath by Sean Quinn 1’07’51”: Infinite Now by Chaya Czernowin 1’12’56”: Turangalîla-Symphonie: Mvt.5 - Olivier Messiaen 1’15’30” Voodoo Child by Liza Lim 1’24”06: Kassandra (from CONSTRUCTION) - Richard Barrett Outro: by Rebecca Saunders

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Album Drop: "Only Forward" by Liam Moore *OUT 7/8/22*

Episode 11

Thursday, July 7, 2022 • Duration 32:49

"Only Forward" by Liam Moore is out 7/8/22! Go buy it at: https://liammoore.bandcamp.com/

If you have more than a neutral feeling about this episode, leave a review, or follow me on Instagram or email me at isthismusicpod@gmail.com

And keep up with Liam at:

https://www.liammusicmoore.com/

https://soundcloud.com/liammusicmoore

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CpDk0WHLt26pWqMlXzB4D?si=Y3Wb9TZQQ_SLPfqxR8u7Vw

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LIVE with Fonema Consort and 113 (and Charlie) (and Cayden)

Episode 10

Friday, May 27, 2022 • Duration 32:07

Recorded live 5/27/22 at Studio Z in Saint Paul!

With Nina Dante and Dalia Chin of Fonema Consort

"Harsh Soft Noise Wall Loops For Your Health" - Ryann Daisy Swimmer

Episode 9

Thursday, May 26, 2022 • Duration 01:27:02

This episode features Ryann Daisy Swimmer, and oooooo buddy was it a fun one. This conversation is pure musical journey from high school punk bands, to delay loop art song, to Sufjan Stevens. What rabbit holes do we travel down along the way? As always, listen to find out. But, I can say that Daisy is such a warm person to talk to, and can make tenuous connections with the best of them (me). Get your ears weird everyone!

Send me some feedback or connect at isthismusicpod@gmail.com

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Check out Daisy's stuff here: https://www.ryanndaisyswimmer.com/

And here: https://ryanndaisyswimmer.bandcamp.com/music

Intro: Dysphoria by Ryann Daisy Swimmer: https://open.spotify.com/track/6iWjqDE2ROwCircvyMZxpp?si=6b46b818c8e84f80

Tronics by Ryann Daisy Swimmer: https://open.spotify.com/track/4jGCf4HCqupmlviMq7zCna?si=842e1e031b1e47be

Bliss by Ryann Daisy Swimmer: https://open.spotify.com/track/1cAlarqs9G7wxNO6PJktAQ?si=054eba8e035143d1

Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc by Julius Eastman https://open.spotify.com/track/08KFyVApzpJNqGi3TrjI6M?si=8bf64440e4124ebc

Diluted Dreams by Claire Roussay on A Softer Focus https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZbP43SVnbXcqBYKR5DOPn?si=957b0617f5ea4c0a

"Microtonal in Pink" Emily Koh

Episode 8

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 • Duration 57:54

My guest on this episode is composer and bassist, Emily Koh.

How does one get seen? A pink resume can help. Cheery color schemes and refreshing marketing help, too. But what really lands is Emily's music- a complex thread of sound that can be as broody as the next complex contemporary, yet somehow always nudges upward as if to say "look, I did that".

Well, Emily, we see what you did there. Come enjoy a conversation that centers on expectations, approval, and creating with your own palate.

Questions? Feedback? Interview suggestions? Wanna be on the show? Email me at: isthismusicpod@gmail.com

Links:

www.emilykoh.net

https://soundcloud.com/emykoh

Timestamps:

Intro: esphyr (2017) for violin, piano and percussion by Emily Koh

27’46”: The Flowing Water From High Mountain by Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra on Hanshan Temple

34’14”: resonate/勤 (2017) for Chinese chamber ensemble by Emily Koh

41’19”: Hammer to Fall by Queen on The Works

54’38”: Savage by aespa on Savage EP

Outro: Beseeching by Texu Kim on Primavera II: The Rabbits

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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"You Know When, Like, You and Drummer Just Click?" Schuyler Tsuda

Episode 7

Thursday, March 3, 2022 • Duration 01:18:38

Note: I had a typo in my notes, and pulled a Ron Burgendy in the intro. The piece featured in the intro is Marble, Glass, and VAPOR, not Paper. What a silly goose I am. Also, kudos, Schuyler, Marble, Glass, and Vapor is a much better song name.

On this season-opening episode, I chat with Schuyler Tsuda, a sound artist, noisemaker, composer, improviser, and synth-pop concocter. We talk about styles of music that I haven’t been able to wrap my head around (don’t worry, I’m getting there). We talk about getting your hands actually on instruments and taking away the guesswork. We talk a lot about harsh noise walls and what the hell is going on there. But, ultimately, we just vibed on being good ol’ kindred spirit metalheads. I think that’s gonna come up a bunch this season. If this doesn’t get your ears weird, well, then I want to know what you’re listening to.

As always, timestamps of episode music are below, as well as links to my guest, and a Spotify playlist!

Schuyler Tsuda Website: http://schuylertsuda.com/

Music: https://schuylertsuda.bandcamp.com/

https://shieldyoureyes.bandcamp.com/

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6T6PFVVmD6h4RuhLb6WMqv?si=a956408bb0874eea

Intro: Marble, Glass, and Vaper (2009, 2017) by Schuyler Tsuda

19’11”: In pulverem: tines/table/electronics, xOxbOx/drum machine/pedals from Three Masses, Volume 3 by Shield Your Eyes

21’07”: Part VI from Spectrum Ripper by Masona

"I think he'd be alright with troubadour"- T.J. Borden

Thursday, April 20, 2023 • Duration 01:17:01

Tyler J. Borden is a cellist working with, in, and around the constraints of the cello. Formerly from Western NY, he is now based in Brooklyn NY, where he spends much of his time finding ways to exploit the strengths and failures of himself and his instrument. If you like this episode, Subscribe, review, share, all the things!

Check out all of the ridonkulous things TJ does by following these links:

Music used in this episode (in order):

Agnes Hvizdalek and TJ Borden @ Downtown Music Gallery

Triple Quartet: II. – on Steve Reich: The String Quartets by Mivos String Quartet

Structures II for Two Pianos (1961): Chapter 1 on Boulez Performs Boulez & Stockhausen by Pierre Boulez

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco