Ghost Notes

Feb 15 2025 76 ep. 62 mins 520

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It's a podcast about music? By the creators of 12tone and Polyphonic.

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Third Albums

Feb 15 2025 62 mins

Cory and Noah discuss the long-await conclusion of Cory's third-album experiment, including lessons learned and some of the unexpected highlights. (Plus why it took so much longer than expected...)

Christmas Music

Jan 15 2025 59 mins

Cory and Noah discuss what makes the music of Christmas so unique, and how our relationships to it have changed over the years.

Ghost Notes and Friends: MegaThem

Jan 01 2025 86 mins

Cory and Noah are joined by Will from Maggie Mae Fish to discuss their fascination with noise music, as well as the broader concept of noise in music, and it only took us one try to record this episode.

Guitar Solos

Dec 15 2024 70 mins

Cory and Noah discuss what makes a guitar solo and what makes the guitar so perfect as a solo instrument in the first place.

Revival Scenes

Nov 15 2024 61 mins

Cory and Noah discuss the complicated world of genre revival scenes, from the folk revival of the '60s to the swing revival of the '90s to... well, to whatever's coming next.

Ghost Notes and Friends: It's Boundo

Nov 01 2024 74 mins

Cory and Noah are joined by Boundo to discuss all the various ways that people discover new music, to consider the pros and cons of different approaches, and to ramble about why that's a good thing in the first place. Check out Ghost Notes on Nebula, where you can hear the new episodes a month early: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebu

Early Music Videos

Oct 15 2024 58 mins

Cory and Noah explore the surprisingly rich history of music videos made before the MTV era and ask what a music video even is.

Classic Rock

Sep 15 2024 56 mins

Cory and Noah dive into one of their favorite topics, the genre of Classic Rock, and ask what it means for rock to count as "classic" in the first place.

Ghost Notes and Friends: Her Music Academia

Sep 01 2024 84 mins

Cory and Noah are joined by Lydia Bangura of Her Music Academia to talk all about the complicated world of music academia and the strengths and weaknesses of moving those discussions to more public platforms. (like this one!)

The Death of Genre

Aug 15 2024 70 mins

Cory and Noah finally resolve their bitter dispute about the death of genre by diving deep into the question of what genres are actually for.