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This week we explore the vast innovations of Les Paul.

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, KSRQ, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week we feature rock songs that were recorded without an amplifier.

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, KSKQ, KSRQ, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Lots of people are gaming Spotify for money. Here's how they're doing it and what it's doing to the very popular streaming site.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, KTRL and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week we crack the case of the first song with distortion.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP, KWIT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Phoenix holed themselves up in a museum/concert hall in Paris to create their latest LP, Ti Amo. Lead singer Thomas Mars spoke with Kyle Meredith a...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we discuss the curation of rock music from an AI perspective.

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WOUB, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week we talk about how much we want computers to take over music creation.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, KSRQ, and 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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It's an exploration of digital compression this week on Rock School.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Zack Baltich, Credit: Matt Barber
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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Can you find a jukebox anymore? Do they still work? We are gonna talk about the history of the jukebox and remember a time when all you needed was ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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When recording engineer Larry Crane started Tape Op Magazine in 1996, he printed the first issue on legal paper and Xeroxed 500 copies to send to h...

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  • Length: 56:53
Caption: Danny Barnes with Bazouki, Credit: Official Press Photo
Danny Barnes recently won the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. The innovative musician fuses electronics and folk instrum...

Bought by Prairie Public, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:56:04
  • Purchases: 3
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Independent labels have long been at the forefront of bringing great music to the public, especially lost gems and overlooked greats that went out ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Chaz Bundick never meant to be a musician. It was never in his original plan. He wanted to be a graphic designer. But now that he’s blown up as Tor...

Bought by KHNS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
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This week we explore the big data of Spotify and showcase music from President Obama's playlist.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Les Paul, Credit: William Gottlieb
Here's a little fact about Les Paul that you might not know: rock icon Steve Miller is Les Paul's godson. In this hour, Steve talks about his memor...

Bought by WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, KHNS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 26
Caption: Thomas Edison
In the early 20th century there was a recording war - a war of recording studios. There was Thomas Edison on one side. Then there was everybody els...

Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, WSLR, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
The best of what's new in Electronica, Deep House, Indie Dance/Nu Disco, Drum & Bass, House, Tech House, and Techno. Plus, Mongo Speaks!

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Part 4 of Recording your own demo- Joe Burns and David Perricone will be giving tips on finalizing that demo of yours. This includes information on...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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If bicycles could write a song, what would it sound like?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Some savvy musicians created and own patents for items used in the music industry. A few of these innovators own multiple patents and make a bit o...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, Aspen Public Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we look at Pandora Internet Radio, covering the Music Genome Project, how Pandora works, its history, and the money it pays out.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Aspen Public Radio, KSKQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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It's aliiiive. My guitar pedal is ALIIIIIVE!!!

  • Added: Feb 01, 2014
  • Length: 16:19
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Explore the sounds of the Museum of Modern Art's "Soundings" exhibit.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 12:19