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Click the website link to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.]]>enMusicCopyright Dale McGowanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ffeb203b180cf5065227c234be3d375.jpghttps://dalemcgowan.com/dalepodsSun, 24 May 2026 23:17:30 +0000Dale McGowanDale McGowandale@dalemcgowan.comMusic -- just vibrations in the air -- can make you feel heartbroken or elated, peaceful or stabby, inspired to save the whales or to invade Poland. This is HOW MUSIC DOES THAT. Click the website link to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google...
Click the website link to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1977-line--60988209https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60988209Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:56:50 +0000Dale McGowanOne film score changed everything.1475filmscoring,music,starwarsfalse68fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-haunting-of-figure-8--60791090https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60791090Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:56:01 +0000Dale McGowanSchoolhouse Rock was always great. But the music from one particular episode has haunted us down the years.1052music,schoolhouse_rockfalse267fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-muzak-does-that--58674064https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58674064Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:34:19 +0000Dale McGowanHow did wall-to-wall music find its way into every public space? Meet General George Squier.1217music,muzakfalse266fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/riffing-on-each-other--58224633https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58224633Sun, 07 Jan 2024 18:44:42 +0000Dale McGowanHow a few inaccurate jingles came to represent entire cultures.1425arabian-riff,king-tut,oriental-riff,steve-martinfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anatomy-of-an-earworm--58009458https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58009458Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:38:52 +0000Dale McGowanAfter a month at the mercy of an earworm, I found the cure. Then it all went wrong.1061earworm,musicfalse264fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-music-doesn-t-trust-you--57435028https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57435028Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:51:54 +0000Dale McGowanThe mark of a great film score is knowing when to shut up.1879film,musicfalse263fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unsung--57242832https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57242832Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:34:20 +0000Dale McGowanThey are some of your favorite artists of all time. And you don't even know their names.1630musicfalse262fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-king-of-space-age-pop--56995709https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56995709Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:12:44 +0000Dale McGowanHOW MUSIC DOES THAT returns with a Mexican bandleader whose coloristic imagination defined the sound of the space age.16011950s,esquivel,latin,space-agefalse61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clap-when-you-damn-well-please-encore--48142379https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48142379Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:59:01 +0000Dale McGowanThe revolution starts right damn now.1615applause,classical,rachmaninofffalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bagpipe-incident-on-which-i-thought-we-had-agreed-not-to-dwell-encore--47841731https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47841731Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:36:28 +0000Dale McGowan30,000 people. 16 measures. One bad decision.1177bagpipes,cal_bandfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-of-cool-encore--47692840https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47692840Sun, 28 Nov 2021 16:59:54 +0000Dale McGowanThe quality of 'cool' in music has deep evolutionary roots in the brain.866falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grooves-encore--47416754https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47416754Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:43:37 +0000Dale McGowanIn Hungary, road plays you!996musical_roadsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beethoven-was-deaf-encore--47189446https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47189446Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:06:04 +0000Dale McGowanThat's not the amazing part.1590beethovenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silence-encore--46742724https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46742724Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:33:24 +0000Dale McGowanSometimes the greatest moment in music is the one you don't hear.1367music,silencefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-did-we-put-vivaldi-encore--46537085https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46537085Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:42:13 +0000Dale McGowanAfter greatness came one bad decision—and then, the forgetting.1350falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-stop-practicing-you-re-ruining-everything--46327947https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46327947Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:12:37 +0000Dale McGowanSometimes it's supposed to hurt.1135mussorgsky,pavarotti,ravel,tubafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-the-rage-of-the-third-sons-carmina-burana--46156629https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46156629Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:20:57 +0000Dale McGowanEight hundred years ago, they left the church and found the world.1363carminaburana,howmusicdoesthat,orfffalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-the-aging-white-suburban-music-professor-s-guide-to-hip-hop--45953318https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45953318Tue, 03 Aug 2021 17:22:30 +0000Dale McGowanPut on the good Dockers, Chad. We're going in.1314hiphop,music,rapfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-the-bones-of-yellow-brick-road--45699906https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45699906Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:56:28 +0000Dale McGowanMost covers stay on the surface. Sara Bareilles got down into the bones.1243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-the-sweet-madness-of-big-meters--45516576https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45516576Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:14:52 +0000Dale McGowanLet's have a wild time.1120howmusicdoesthat,meter,music,stingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-worst-song-in-the-world--45330572https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45330572Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:21:11 +0000Dale McGowanIt could be worse. Just kidding.1046happybirthday,howmusicdoesthat,worstsongfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-who-tried-to-strangle-film-music-in-its-crib--45137268https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45137268Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:47:04 +0000Dale McGowanSternberg didn't like film music—until he needed it.1278film,film_music,movies,sternbergfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/encore-as-white-as-classical--45051883https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45051883Wed, 26 May 2021 18:10:59 +0000Dale McGowanClassical music isn't that white by accident -- and it can't afford to stay that way.1448african_american,music,race,william_grant_stillfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-you-were-twelve--44912215https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44912215Wed, 19 May 2021 16:28:28 +0000Dale McGowanIf you love a song you don't really care about, see if it's from the year you were 12.765adolescence,middle_school,music,pubertyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-mind-and-music-fall-apart--44647775https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44647775Wed, 05 May 2021 19:02:03 +0000Dale McGowanCan music capture the experience of dementia?2297dementia,eateot,everywhere_at_the_end_of_timefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dickinson-s-island-and-other-unholy-monsters--44429170https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44429170Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:37:46 +0000Dale McGowanWhen I was a boy, I sat bored in church, trying to break a code.877amazing_grace,gilligan,howmusicdoesthat,hymnsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unwiggled-string--44250497https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44250497Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:17:20 +0000Dale McGowanChildren are taught to fear and avoid this sound. All the more reason to love it.1060dalemcgowan,howmusicdoesthat,violinfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-way-home-in-hallelujah--44022084https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44022084Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:06:36 +0000Dale McGowanThe lyrics are poetic and evocative. But let's talk about that long trip home.1392cohen,hallelujah,leonard_cohen,music_theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-shanty--43514365https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43514365Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:27:35 +0000Dale McGowanSea shanties grew in black soil.1021falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-did-we-put-vivaldi--42981519https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42981519Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:26:03 +0000Dale McGowanAntonio Vivaldi was a very big deal -- and then he wasn't. But he had a plan.1350falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiktok-and-the-hypnotics--42740611https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42740611Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:39:02 +0000Dale McGowanFor a few weeks, TikTok forged an unholy alliance of banjo, yodeling, and scientific notation.1071banjobeat,bella_poarch,mtotheb,musictheory,ricky_desktop,tiktokfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiktok-and-the-vibe--42040220https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42040220Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:04:34 +0000Dale McGowanSometimes you find the Vibe. Sometimes the Vibe finds you.1441cran-raspberry,doggface,how_music_does_that,music_theory,nathan_apodaca,tiktok,trendsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/music-is-made-of-time--41294557https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41294557Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:24:34 +0000Dale McGowanThe fact that music unfolds over time is key to understanding its unique power.601arvo_part,howmusicdoesthat,music,timefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deep-playlist-of-generation-z--41210297https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41210297Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:06:15 +0000Dale McGowan'Wait a minute - how do YOU know Purple Haze?!'901generations,generation_z,music,playlists,spotifyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yeah-but-why-those-4-chords--40898660https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40898660Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:19:13 +0000Dale McGowanIt has to do with monkeys, somehow.941axis_of_awesome,harmony,how_music_does_that,music_theory,pop_songsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whose-monkey-chant-is-it-anyway--40356585https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40356585Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:41:55 +0000Dale McGowanIt's an electrifying cry from the ancient heart of Bali. Or is it?1058bali,balinese,kecak,ramayana,walter_spiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-white-as-classical--40040532https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40040532Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:24:21 +0000Dale McGowanClassical music isn't that white by accident -- and it can't afford to stay that way.1431falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-words-get-in-the-way--39886016https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39886016Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:46:50 +0000Dale McGowanStrip language away, and the human voice becomes a pure instrument of emotion.1383choir,dale_mcgowan,film_music,singing,wordless_choirfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shortcut-how-i-solved-the-musical-mystery-of-my-life--28760784https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28760784Sun, 31 May 2020 20:34:35 +0000Dale McGowanOne tune tormented me since I was two. I finally figured out why.435brahms,brahms_lullaby,howmusicdoesthat,lullabiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epitome-trap--26965167https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26965167Sat, 09 May 2020 14:51:07 +0000Dale McGowanBefore every music course I teach, I have the same argument with myself.1070epitome,music,romanticism,stereotype,stylefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/minimal--25583857https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25583857Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:18:50 +0000Dale McGowanOne of the most powerful stylistic movements in music starts with a simple idea.1671minimalism,music,music_composition,steve_reich,terry_rileyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-aging-white-suburban-music-professor-s-guide-to-hip-hop--25304767https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25304767Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:36:26 +0000Dale McGowanPut on the good Dockers, Chad. We're going in.1314childishgambino,dalemcgowan,eminem,hiphop,kendricklamar,rapfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-ravel-met-ravel--24134081https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24134081Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:07:53 +0000Dale McGowanPiano Ravel and Orchestra Ravel are both great. They met only twice.1284falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clap-when-you-damn-well-please--23613149https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23613149Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:53:27 +0000Dale McGowanThere's a reason we don't clap between movements in classical music. It's a bad reason, and we're going to kill it. The revolution starts right damn now.1590applause,classical_music,class_warfare,dale_mcgowan,howmusicdoesthat,rachmaninoff,revolutionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silence--23107198https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23107198Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:03:03 +0000Dale McGowanSometimes the greatest moment in music is silence.1367howmusicdoesthat,music,silencefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dead-and-the-impossible--22518446https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22518446Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:33:27 +0000Dale McGowanMussorgsky asked the impossible. Ravel made it happen.995catacombs,dalemcgowan,howmusicdoesthat,mussorgsky,newsroom,orchestration,piano,pictures_at_an_exhibition,ravel,thomas_newmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grooves--22064684https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22064684Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:18:48 +0000Dale McGowanIn Hungary, road plays you!996howmusicdoesthat,melody_road,musical_roadfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/too-many-notes--21551689https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21551689Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:49:54 +0000Dale McGowanWARNING: This episode contains too many notes.1291dalemcgowan,fastmusic,howmusicdoesthat,jazz,konnakol,perpetuum_mobile,rockfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rage-of-the-third-sons-carmina-burana--20892452https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20892452Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:26:54 +0000Dale McGowanEight hundred years ago, they left the church and found the world.1363carl_orff,carmina_burana,dale_mcgowan,fate,o_fortunafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/missing-music--20339798https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20339798Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:56:56 +0000Dale McGowanI'm haunted by the music I'll never hear.1136falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah--19915687https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19915687Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:34:09 +0000Dale McGowanWhy do kids in many cultures taunt each other with a falling minor third?1039dale_mcgowan,howmusicdoesthat,leonard_bernstein,nanny_nanny_boo_boo,nyah,taunting,taunting_song,teasing,teasing_songfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jabberwocky-of-harry-potter--19687920https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19687920Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:03 +0000Dale McGowanHow the muggle and wizarding worlds collide in the Harry Potter theme.678dalemcgowan,harrypotter,howmusicdoesthat,johnwilliams,musictheoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magical-bell-piano--19476539https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19476539Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:04:55 +0000Dale McGowanFor magic and wonder, there's one go-to instrument.841celesta,grand_canyon_suite,harry_potter,john_williamsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-practicing-you-re-ruining-everything--19230695https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19230695Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:50:06 +0000Dale McGowanThis episode is not about Pavarotti.1135howmusicdoesthat,pavarotti,pictures_at_an_exhibition,tubafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bones-of-yellow-brick-road--19101925https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19101925Sat, 14 Sep 2019 19:12:48 +0000Dale McGowanMost covers stay on the surface. Sara Bareilles got down into the bones.1243elton,eltonjohn,howmusicdoesthat,musictheory,sarabareilles,yellowbrickroadfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fingerprints-of-music--18918353https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18918353Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:04:23 +0000Dale McGowanI can name that tune in...one motive.903howmusicdoesthat,motive,music,musictheoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beethoven-was-deaf--18769348https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18769348Fri, 09 Aug 2019 02:09:58 +0000Dale McGowanBeethoven composed while deaf -- but that's not the amazing part.1590beethoven,howmusicdoesthat,musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disoriented--18641907https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18641907Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:44:30 +0000Dale McGowanSometimes meter will mess with your head.827howmusicdoesthat,meter,musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sweet-madness-of-big-meters--18523421https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18523421Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:22:54 +0000Dale McGowanFrom Sting theory to a wedding in Bulgaria, it's meters gone wild.1120bulgaria,dalemcgowan,gameofthrones,howmusicdoesthat,johnnycash,mariokart,mars,meter,musictheory,stardust,sting,takefivefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometimes-it-s-the-little-things--18401469https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18401469Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:38:25 +0000Dale McGowanThe most captivating piece by the most famous composer you've never heard of.1017dalemcgowan,delibes,howmusicdoesthat,music,operafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mellotron--18175173https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18175173Wed, 05 Jun 2019 02:27:09 +0000Dale McGowanIt was a middle-class party trick. Then it changed rock and roll.957dalemcgowan,howmusicdoesthat,mellotron,music,progressive_rock,progrockfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/simplicity-in-three-parts--18056750https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18056750Thu, 23 May 2019 19:00:27 +0000Dale McGowanWhen music is stripped down to its essentials, every note matters.1162arvo_part,howmusicdoesthat,minimalismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gnome--17918787https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17918787Mon, 13 May 2019 19:35:54 +0000Dale McGowan'The Gnome' is a creepy masterclass in orchestration.1081dale_mcgowan,gnome,howmusicdoesthat,mussorgsky,orchestration,pictures,ravelfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mister-rogers-and-the-musical-easter-egg--17780720https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17780720Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:07:37 +0000Dale McGowanFred Rogers hid a geeky musical inside joke in his theme song.881jazz,misterrogers,mister_rogers,music_theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/isn-t-it-iconic--17597892https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17597892Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:22:41 +0000Dale McGowanA computer has chosen the most iconic song ever. Time for the human rebuttal.838bohemian_rhapsody,led_zeppelin,nirvana,queen,stairway_to_heaven,teen_spiritfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wolfie-s-alarm-clock-the-leading-tone--17524857https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17524857Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:20:20 +0000Dale McGowanOne note has been teasing you, making promises to you, and leading you home your whole life.685coldplay,leading_tone,mozart,music_theory,sound_of_musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bagpipe-incident-on-which-i-thought-we-had-agreed-not-to-dwell--17441758https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17441758Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:16:52 +0000Dale McGowan30,000 people. 16 measures. One bad decision.1177amazinggrace,bagpipes,baytobreakers,calband,polytonalityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-pianos-land-in-oz--17233676https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17233676Tue, 05 Mar 2019 22:14:44 +0000Dale McGowanOh, little piano piece. You're not in Kansas anymore.1199orchestra,orchestration,piano,ravelfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hating-your-golden-goose--17161812https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17161812Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:23:32 +0000Dale McGowanThere's a reason so many songwriters hate the one that made them famous.846falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-coulda-been-peter-best--17087759https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17087759Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:29:20 +0000Dale McGowanSo I wasn't going to be John Williams. But I had one Hail Mary left.1125al_silvestri,australia,don_ray,film_scoring,music,peter_bestfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-coulda-been-john-williams--17020405https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17020405Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:23:32 +0000Dale McGowanJust in time for the Oscars, I found my abandoned dream in a box.1279academy_awards,composing,film_scoring,john_williams,music,oscars,uclafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-stairway-was-stolen-just-like-everything-else--16958916https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16958916Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:18:38 +0000Dale McGowanThe 'Stairway' lawsuit was based on a modern myth about how music is created.1243composition,led-zeppelin,music,plagiarism,songwriting,spirit,stairway-to-heaven,taurusfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-kinds-of-hurt--16876086https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16876086Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:14:41 +0000Dale McGowanJohnny's gonna be fine -- but I'm worried about Trent.620hurt,johnnycash,nin,nineinchnails,trentreznor,tritonefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dissonance-is-delicious--16814897https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16814897Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:55:38 +0000Dale McGowanMusic without dissonance is like a rollercoaster without hills. It's light rail.928dissonance,music,tritonefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pokemon-suicide-song--16721824https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16721824Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:04:18 +0000Dale McGowanFrom the Satanic Panic to Pokémon, a creepy folklore often bubbles under our music.1001falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surprise-part-2-the-rite-of-spring--16664016https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16664016Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:06:33 +0000Dale McGowanBeethoven lit a fuse that burned for 89 years. This was the boom.1125modernmusic,riteofspring,stravinskyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-brief-history-of-surprise-i--16606144https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16606144Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:57:35 +0000Dale McGowanWhether music surprises you depends on where your ears have been.1205beethoven,music,surprisefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-music-that-broke-my-heart--16142358https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16142358Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:47:40 +0000Dale McGowanWithout lyrics or even a descriptive title -- nothing but vibrations in the air -- this piece brings people to tears. Here's how.1529adagio,barber,grief,music,musictheoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-note-is-a-chord--16077199https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16077199Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:27:49 +0000Dale McGowanIt's a hidden key to music's emotional power. And it's not all that hidden.840falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-moment-i-surrendered-to-john-williams--16015048https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16015048Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:29:00 +0000Dale McGowanI had never felt so tangibly dropped into another world.769filmscoring,johnwilliams,music,musictheory,starwarsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shortcut-the-most-hopeful-music-in-the-world--15952291https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15952291Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:35:46 +0000Dale McGowanEven starting this piece was an act of pure optimism. Now to finish it.526aslsp,asslowaspossible,avantgarde,johncage,organ,thinkpiece,timefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cage-unlocked--15900399https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15900399Sun, 07 Oct 2018 12:03:05 +0000Dale McGowanSilence is just the beginning.114420thcentury,4'33",avantgarde,indeterminacy,johncage,modern,musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-masterpiece-i-never-heard-of--15810621https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15810621Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:46:48 +0000Dale McGowanIn which two little kids knew a big thing I didn't know. And I'm okay with that. No really.1043doctorate,expertise,gradschool,messiaen,music,rousefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-s-get-sad-with-galileo-s-dad--15780366https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15780366Sat, 22 Sep 2018 11:27:20 +0000Dale McGowanA gorgeous technique to unify emotion in music has been passed down from the Renaissance to Radiohead.995bassline,emotion,lament,radiohead,renaissance,stairwayfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-truman-touches-the-wall--15724595https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15724595Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:33:14 +0000Dale McGowanFrom a Bach fugue to Diana's funeral to Truman's wall, this technique is the music of finality.791musictheory,princessdi,tompetty,trumanshowfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-strange-dna-of-a-surf-song--15669864https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15669864Sat, 08 Sep 2018 11:28:24 +0000Dale McGowanThe edgy, powerful electric guitar tune that kicks off Pulp Fiction has a long and surprising history.981dickdale,misirlou,pulpfiction,surfmusicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-of-cool--15619746https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15619746Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:48:01 +0000Dale McGowanThe quality of "cool" in music has deep roots in the evolution of the brain.866brain,cool,evolution,jazz,music,towerofpowerfalsefull