In this episode, I have a conversation with my good friend, Joseph Vranas about musical notation. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting what I do here by leaving a 5-star review on iTunes, or head over to my Patreon page at: pat

1.6 A Gaggle of Theorists [pt. 2]

Mar 1st, 2019

Here, we continue with Tyler and Michael as we talk more about what it means to be music theorists. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting what I do here by leaving a 5-star review on iTunes, or head over to my Patreon page at: p

1.5 Ed Sheeran and the Pope

Feb 15th, 2019

What does Ed Sheeran have in common with the Pope? Listen to find out! In this episode, we’re talking about the history of singing together. From medieval European vocal styling, to Ed Sheeran and Johnny Cash. If you’d like to hear the full a

1.4 A Gaggle of Theorists [pt. 1]

Feb 1st, 2019

What does a music theorist actually do? This is the first episode of a two-part series where I sit down with a couple of my theory-nerd friends and talk about life as an academic musician. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting w

1.3 The Sound of Silence

Jan 15th, 2019

If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? If music plays, but is silent, is it still music? We’ll take on these head-scratchers in this episode of Music in Theory. If you like what you hear, please cons

1.2 Beautiful Simplicity

Jan 1st, 2019

They said we couldn’t do it…They said we couldn’t fit Erik Satie, the Carter Family, and Toto into one podcast. They were wrong. In this episode, we’re talking about simple, seemingly insignificant choices made in a piece’s composition that giv

1.1 What is music theory, anyway?

Dec 7th, 2018

Welcome to the first episode of Music in Theory! To get everything started, we’re going to talk about what “music theory” is and why it’s useful tool for listening. In fact, it doesn’t all have to be hyper-academic, sometimes, it’s just like gi

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