Love Music More (with Scoobert Doobert)

Last week, Nirvana knocked Michael Jackson off the charts. This week: what happens when the underground becomes the superstar. How DC hardcore finds its way to Olivia Rodrigo's songwriting credits. How the Beatles' studio tricks end up in a Perth beach shack.
Rock didn’t die. It just got so splintered, so loved, so adopted that it became like the air we breathe. And the beautiful part is new communities formed. New folks got to use the vocabulary of rock to tell their stories. From Riot Grrrl to boygenius, that’s something to celebrate.
(Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠first⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠second⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠third⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fourth⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fifth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sixth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠seventh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠eighth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠ninth⁠, ⁠tenth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠eleventh⁠, and twelfth podcast episodes and/or⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ part one⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠two⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠three⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠four⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠five⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠six⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ seven⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ eight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠eleven⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠twelve⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠thirteen⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠fourteen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠fifteen⁠⁠, or sixteen of the accompanying ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack posts⁠⁠⁠⁠ that include music examples!)
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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛
Something about the loudspeaker. The energy. Distorted and roomy. Out of the depths. New truth. The lineage continues. Inspired by this time. Part of the common thread. Wavy and weird. Reflective. An instrument to be processed. Really blending a lot of stuff. Ethos and mythos. Build unexpected throughlines. The direct inheritance. That producer toolkit. Putting it on a different direction. Feel like energy. That inversion kind of changes. Storytelling. Tilting of the scales. The combination of different parts. Such a cool combination. Being the studio band. Who knows where it’ll go. Hear the change in venue. Introspection and looking out. Musical journey. Proliferate in an unexpected way. That combination. On stage as well. To this twin guitar attack. Attitude. Exaggerated. Elevated but visceral at the same time. Effortless. Found percussion. The way it goes. Of yore. It all comes back together. A lifecycle. Foundational. Sticks around. The evolution of that side of music. Something just deeply accessible. About the emotion. That whole lineage. That’s the tree evolving. Out into the world. Connect community. An entire kind of infrastructure starts to build. The recording fidelity. Legacy. How far we’ve come. Show a different path. A fork in the tree of music. The write within. Accessible. The way it goes. Through this entire time. About the emotion. More open kind of experience. Goofiness. Guitar soloing grammar. Theatrisicm. Kicks down that door. A path that we’re all on and simultaneously building. 🏟️
Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠

Ben Rice is at the heart of the Brooklyn music scene, making records at his studio, Degraw Sound in Gowanus, since 2012. He’s since worked with legends like Valerie June, The National, Joan Osborne, The Candles, and Northern Soul greats The Flirtations, earning him an Americana Producer of the Year nom along the way.
What I love about Ben is that nothing about him is in a rush. This is a very chill podcast episode. I literally felt me blood pressure fall as we recorded this. That’s part of the magic here!
He was mentored by Eddie Kramer. He runs his sessions through a Trident console that used to belong to James Iha. He's been part of the indie rock revival, and he's working every day on new music, quietly making some of the best-sounding records in the city.
We talk about the long arc from basement sessions to a room of his own, what it actually takes to build a studio that lasts, and why "calm and thorough" is underrated as a production philosophy.
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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛
Comfortable to show up and share. Set the stage like the scene. This elephant in the living room. Quite a game-changer. Listening setup. Crack the code. Really focus on being present. Open to any page. Glean. In the stereo field. It’s one of those things. Notice the nuances. Escape the event horizon. That new vantage point. The architecture. Controlling those highs and lows. Becomes this moment. That can actually be beneficial emotionally. How those move and how that extends. Ever-present. Comes through the commitment. Let that rip. Raises the bar. Pristine recorded tracks. The speaker world. Be there. The best feeling. Using that putty. Take that forward. Ask questions. Just being immersed in it that way. Weird things that can have some rumble. The fizz on the top. The harmonic nature of hearing. It’s been a companion. An interesting duality. To be able to go the opposite direction. Clarity in that. Great information. Nerd out a little bit on the speaker side. Got the mix going. In those sorts of situations. A sonic identity. The frequency graphs that correspond to the notes. Crossing paths. The murk and the overlap. Vibe and energy. Create the space. Like frame it. Every day it reveals something new. Preserve those beautiful moments. Being in it. Instincts worn in. Through the process. Time together. Making stuff. Open and honest conversations. Feels really good emotionally. Inspiration can create its own pace. Really feels magic. Insightful. Music minds. Really novel. Exploring these ideas. Bookshelf speakers became classic studio speakers for a reason. Giving the artist space. The guts to continue. Extend the low end. Also fundamentals. Heard tell of it. Obsessed. In different circumstances. Now you can kind of understand. Art books. Create these moments and these memories. Set the context. Well of energy. The rhythm of the game. Agrees in it colloquially. Share ideas. A lot of parallels. This production thing. How important iterating is. To just do that. What the artist is looking for. The completion of the process. Listening back. What it felt like. Very rarely revert. ▶️
Edited by Rebecca Sansom
Set Design by Max Horwich
Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The MTV arms race is over. Enter two bands making records for under a grand. Playing underground, literally, and then knocking Michael Jackson from the #1 spot on the charts.
(Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠first⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠second⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠third⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fourth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fifth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sixth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠seventh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠eighth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠ninth⁠⁠, ⁠⁠tenth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠eleventh⁠⁠, and ⁠twelfth⁠ podcast episodes and/or⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ part one⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠two⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠three⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠four⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠five⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠six⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ seven⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ eight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠eleven⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twelve⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠thirteen⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠fourteen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠fifteen⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠sixteen⁠ of the accompanying ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack posts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ that include music examples!)
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Pick up my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new LP "I" on vinyl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ while they last 🎨
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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛
To uniquely combine influences. Dynamics in a different way. That up and down. Room and space. That refinement. Able to deconstruct the songs that you love. A really interesting twist. Tight and crisp. An intensity. The constant baton passing. Borrowed chords. Became a breath of fresh air. Extra energy. The ethos. Air moving through a room. Breathing. The sense of space. The core melody. Opens up a bunch of frequencies. Opening the aperture. Space for your own spice. That inversion of venue. Flush against the surface capturing direct sound and reflection at the same time. To pique interest. A new branch forms. Ability to lift off. To do different thing above it. Size comes from below. Restraint, pocket, in time. The pendulum swing. An attention to dynamics. Creating the sense of size. Keep the musical energy going. Attitude laden. Self-awareness, humor, and a different kind of attitude. Tone and timbre. Hidden complexity as always. A lot of different flavors. It can work. To signify. In the attitude. In the room or the balloon. 🎈
Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠

What happens when a rockstar has to cover a song… that they’ve never heard before… on the spot?
I ask the man behind the “Musora Covers On The Spot” YouTube series, Ron Jackson. From teaching to producing, Ron loves pushing bands to explore new sides of themselves and capture the raw energy that goes into a musical sprint.
It’s his passion and obsession that makes the series work. And I love it because it takes people behind the scenes in an unscripted (and often uncomfortable!) way.
In a world full of staged “in-studio” videos, Ron keeps it real!
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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛
Circling the bullseye. Opportunities within the category. Open some doors. Bridge that. Part of the equation. Insight and understanding. Interact with audio. The pendulum. Always fun. Connecting dots that are not obvious. Thread the needle. Anchor the audience. Be the underscore. Settle in. Cosmically. Entirely new music spheres. Other tools. For the sake of the challenge. Like a gut thing. Grounds in knowledge. Like a trust fall. Something magical and profound. Sort of distorted. The nature of bands. A bunch of weird strange opportunities. On a team. Music actually gets heard. An intuition. Theremin. Such a beautiful thing. Surrounded by music. A win for everybody. To just sit with a feeling. It’s just amazing. Reach that point. Uniquely able to process things. Lay that down. Dig in. A perspective. An aesthetic. People make art together. Having a conversation. A ton of fun. Education from a distance. Multiple lanes. Mindframe. Iconic songs. The active and passive parts. Something about the arc and the storytelling. Sort of through attrition. For a good long while. Room to play with the paint. A sucker for a good lyrics. That kind of cultural exchange. The overall mood and feeling. A musical escape room. Crazy stuff happens. Venue has its own thing, time has its own thing, and pace has its own sound. Doing things sequentially. The foundational skills. Translates to arts and technology. Back in the game. Floating around. Learning a language. About adapting. Expressing. The ability to pull people and cultures close. Pumped on the performance. 🥌
Edited by Rebecca Sansom
Set Design by Max Horwich
Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Noise is default. Radiation surrounds us like a memory of the Big Bang. And leaks into every microphone...
In this episode, we break down what noise actually is. The painful (and beautiful) interference from power lines and radio waves, and the limits it places on every signal we try to capture. We talk through white, pink, brown, and blue noise, and why some feel harsh while others put us to sleep.
Then we dive into noise floors, dynamic range, gain staging, and why every piece of gear has its own signature. And why engineers sometimes add noise on purpose!
At the edge, noise becomes something deeper: it limits how much information can exist in a system. Even the universe has a background signal.
This episode is about where signal ends and everything else begins.
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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛
Lead instruments. Specific devices. Signal even exists. An acoustic space. In a signal chain. Peaking through the window. Sounds bright. Emergent from noise. Amplifying that signal. Things like image generation. A training signal. Exist in the frequency ranges. Energy per octave. Waves and peaks. A tape machine or a cassette player. Because weird stuff happens. Audio sources. Entropy versus structure. Gain staging. A spectrogram. Anechoic chambers. Presence. In a reasonable controllable way. Noise always exists. The cumulative effect. From passing that baton from system to system. Essentially full spectrum noise, all frequencies. Present sounds. Air moving in a quiet room. Tune these together. 🍴
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