Episodes

  • Session Two: TTBI Meets Carla Salas-Ruiz!
    Sep 25 2022

    Adam, Livi, and Seth interview pianist Caral Salas-Ruiz. Their conversation includes how she journeyed into the music world and her thoughts on piano pedagogy.

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    Intro Music: Jazzy Abstract Beat by Coma-Media

    Transition Music: Old Vintage Bass and Two Octave Piano by JuliusH

    Outro Music: Chill Funk Theme by undruground

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Session One: Music Theory and The Imposter Syndrome
    Aug 30 2022

    Adam, Livi, and Seth tackle how the imposter syndrome affects one going through undergraduate and graduate studies in music.

    01:00 Helpful or Not: Chrome Music Lab

    12:30 Main Topic: Music Theory and The Imposter Syndrome

    38:50 Closing Segment

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    Intro Music: Jazzy Abstract Beat by Coma-Media

    Transition Music: Old Vintage Bass and Two Octave Piano by JuliusH

    Outro Music: Chill Funk Theme by undruground

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    47 mins
  • TTBI Meets Dan Elphick (Cult of Musicology)
    Oct 22 2021

    This week we are thrilled to share our conversation with musicologist Dr. Daniel Elphick. Dan is a faculty member at Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as the man behind the Cult of Musicology Youtube channel. Check out our discussion about his research, writing in music theory, and the distinctions between analysis and musicology.

    (We had some minor internet hiccups during this recording, mostly on Adam's end. Some slight glitches and distortion, apologies all around.)

    Cult of Musicology - Youtube

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    58 mins
  • TTBI Meets DJ A.D.
    Oct 8 2021

    Oh hey, we're not dead!

    TTBI is back with a brand new season of music theory and theory adjacent content (oftentimes very adjacent). Back in July, we had the chance to interview Memphis' own DJ A.D. We spoke with A.D. about the musical skills a DJ needs to possess, the worst wedding DJ ever, and how to melt faces with a killer mix.

    Check back next week for another episode, with another special guest!

    (Excuse the scuffed audio on this one, Zoom records can be a coinflip.)

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • TTBI Recaps Reddit
    May 2 2021

    Welcome to the first ever edition of Reddit Recap! The gang takes a peek at the top of the month on r/musictheory to see if they can answer any questions or have anything to add to the conversation. Plus, some questionable Jeopardy clues from the week: what's the most colorful scale?

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    53 mins
  • Let's Argue: Music Notation
    Apr 26 2021

    Welcome back to another edition of Let's Argue! This week, Livi's questions about music notation nearly bring Seth and Adam to fisticuffs. Are double dotted notes good? Should we notate timbres? Modes bad? Listen and find out!

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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Agency in Music, with Aubrey Leaman
    Apr 9 2021

    As Seth calls it, welcome to narrative-land. This week, TTBI welcomes Aubrey Leaman, a Music Theory and Cognition PhD student at Northwestern University, to discuss her work with subjectivity and agency in music. Check out her SCSMT 2021 paper at the link below to see where our conversation begins, and listen to find out where it ends!

    Huge thanks to Aubrey for joining us and for the wonderful discussion. Feel free to email her at aubreyleaman2021@u.northwestern.edu with any questions you might have!

    Empathic Identification: A Theory of Subjective Agency in Western Art Music

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Adam and Taylor Pick The 7 Best Kanye Albums
    Apr 2 2021

    Special guest and friend of the show, Taylor Burks, returns to draft the top 7 best Kanye West albums with Adam. Listen back to the previous episode with Taylor for some non-mandatory backstory, and then check out his new website and upcoming EP!

    https://www.tjbpercussion.com/

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    1 hr and 12 mins