Love the content and good questions. Appreciate it when thoughtful and careful consideration with curiosity is the driving force in the conversation. Unfortunately, the hot takes and rambling is too distracting and annoying. Perhaps it’s the “let’s talk about one thing at a time” that I really enjoy and some episodes are all over the place. Less of the latter please!

All the concepts are worth exploring here, I just wish that they’d expand the discussion beyond classic rock. Soul/funk/rnb/hiphop is only occasionally mentioned tangentially, but they never actually dedicate time to those topics other than to acknowledge their existence.

Strong Songs, Song Exploder, Switched on Pop, Tape Notes are all far superior to this podcast because the hosts of Ghost Notes (either out or laziness or gate-keeping) fail to provide musical examples of the songs or musical concepts they’re talking about. What’s the point of a music podcast without any music to illustrate their points? It makes the podcast inaccessible to most prospective listeners. I hope that the hosts read this review and re-think their format.

Hi! I love this show and both of your YouTube channels. I was wondering if you have any resources that would offer more information on western tonality’s role in European imperialism. I assume Rameau’s work played a role, but beyond that I’m lost on where to look. Let me know! Thanks.

This podcast is one that I love to listen to and I also like music theory so having a podcast about that is really good

I love Polyphonic. One of the best YouTube channels out there. So here I am listening to these dudes riff.

I would argue that the first metal song is Helter Skelter by the Beatles. I would also argue that with this song and others, it seems that different artists inadvertently help to form another genre. For example, Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode sounds almost like a precursor to punk pop or punk rock bands like Green Day, based on how the drums and guitar are played. Even though the drums on Berry’s song seem to be played with a swing beat, it can easily be replaced with a punk rock percussion sound. Great podcast!

I love both of these channels and for them to get together and talk makes me smile. They are both geniuses in my head.

Intelligent but not elitist discussion of music. These guys, who both have amazing YouTube channels, dig in and dig in deep. You feel the passion and intelligence they are bringing.