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Season 1, Episode 11: What Is the Spotify Sound?
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Streaming services like Spotify are changing more than the way we listen to music - they are actually changing the way music is written.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
How James Brown Invented Funk
Episode 2
Why Does Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” Sound So Sad?
Episode 3
How Trap Music Took Over
Episode 4
Music from the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence
Episode 5
The Metal Scream: From Nordic Vikings to Black Sabbath
Episode 6
Is This Even Music? John Cage, Schoenberg and Outsider Artis
Episode 7
Pitch Shifting in Music: From Chipmunks to Kanye
Episode 8
How The Exorcist Changed the Sound of Horror
Episode 9
How Kacey Musgraves Changed Country With "Golden Hour"
Episode 10
From Mozart to Weird Al: The Evolution of Parody
Episode 11
What Is the Spotify Sound?
Episode 12
The Magic Formula Behind Disney Music
Episode 13
How Classical, R&B, and Jazz Musicians Play Differently
Episode 14
Ballroom: The Sound of NYC’s Underground Vogue Scene
Episode 15
Are Three 6 Mafia the Godfathers of Modern Rap?
Episode 16
Where did Goth Music and Fashion Come From?
Episode 17
It's Time to Rethink the Banjo
Episode 18
What Do Billboard Hit Songs Have in Common?
Episode 19
How to Get a 10/10 on The Needle Drop
Episode 20
What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like?
Episode 21
Is Blues the Mother of All Modern Music?
Episode 22
What Makes Black Gospel Musicians So Skilled?
Episode 23
Why Don't Classical Musicians Improvise?
Episode 24
Bachata: Why You’re Hearing This Dominican Rhythm Everywhere
Episode 25
Where is the Funk? How Prince Created the Minneapolis Sound
Episode 26
Why K-Pop Is More Complex Than You Think
Episode 27
Wait... Where Did Dubstep Go?
Episode 28
What It's Like Busking in the NYC Subway
Episode 29
How To Make a Living as a Drummer with LA Buckner
Episode 30
Nahre Sol: How I Became a Classical Pianist and Youtuber
Episode 31
Is Indie a Music Genre?
Episode 32
How Charlie Parker Changed Jazz Forever