Nevermind the Music

Feb 04 2025 25 ep. 33 mins 12
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The podcast about the songs you love and why you love them! Join us each week as two friends, one a music professor and one a psychology professor, hang out and deep dive about one iconic song. Laugh and learn with us about songwriting, the brain, and pop culture.

Send us your thoughts at [email protected] and check us out on social media @NeverMusicPod

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Nevermind the Music is published by the Lorehounds

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24 - Sidetrack - Tackling Tough Topics in Class

Feb 04 2025 20 mins  
Should we share our opinions with our students? Here we finally talk through those tricky and controversial conversations that sometimes come up in class - and our role in them. Join us next week for a full episode!Send us your thoughts at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

23 - ‘I’m Sprung’ by T-Pain and We’re All Missing the Point About Auto-Tune

Jan 28 2025 48 mins  
Why was anybody surprised that T-Pain was a great singer? We shouldn’t have been. In this episode we tune to T-Pain’s debut single, 2005’s “I’m Sprung.” We deep dive on auto-tune and how this song shows how much music culture underestimated T-Pain back when he first came on to the scene. Also: shawty!Other music heard in this episode: T-Pain - “Buy U a Drank (Shawty S

22 - Sidetrack - The 2025 Grammy Awards

Jan 21 2025 89 mins  
Is Taylor going to grab #5? In this sidetrack, we go deep on the eight records nominated for “Album of the Year” at the 2025 Grammys. Listen with us as Mark and Nichole choose their champions and guess which artists will come away with the top honors in this year’s music industry love-fest. Check us out next week for a normal episode!Music Heard in this episode: André 3000 -

21 - ‘Everybody Talks’ by Neon Trees and Tense Rumors

Jan 14 2025 31 mins  
Why does Mama always gotta back-track? We nose our way into Neon Trees’ 2011 banger “Everybody Talks.” While Nichole ponders the subconscious id, Mark breaks down how this song has a tremendously tense build up to its explosive hook. Other music heard in this episode: Temple of the Dog - "Hunger Strike," Temple of the Dog - "Say Hello 2 Heaven," The Left Banke

20 - Sidetrack - Season 1 Mailbag 1

Jan 07 2025 72 mins  
What makes us hate a particular song? What’s the best possible beginning to a mixtape? In this episode, we finally dive in and answer listener questions! Come back next week for a full episode!Music heard in this episode: Gracie Abrams - “That’s So True”, Linkin Park - “Casualty”Send us your thoughts at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com

19 - ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked and Holding Space for add9 Chords

Dec 31 2024 55 mins  
Don’t you love that “misunderstood villain” song sung by Idina Menzel? Wait… which one? In this episode, we follow the yellow brick road to the iconic “Defying Gravity” from the 2003 musical and 2024 film “Wicked.” While Nichole wants to talk about important things like empowerment and social movements, Mark has his ears fixed on one of the most iconic sounds of the

18 - Sidetrack - Culture Shock and Why Nichole Hates California

Dec 24 2024 10 mins  
Ever moved from Nashville to L.A.? Mark and Nichole reminisce about their big moves and the big changes they brought. Nichole somehow finds a way to bring the conversation to a big California-bashing session. Cheap shot, Nichole, cheap shot. Be sure to join us next week for a full episode!Send us your thoughts at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b

17 - ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ by Miley Cyrus and Pentatonic Life Transitions

Dec 17 2024 38 mins  
Are you nodding your head like, yeah? In this episode, we sing along to Miley Cyrus’ 2009 anthem “Party in the U.S.A.” While Nichole breaks down the cultural relativism of a big life change, Mark talks through how the song packs so much punch through the pairing of two different scales: the major and the pentatonic. And a Britney song was on!Other music heard in this episode:

16 - Sidetrack - Absurdly Specific Supergroups

Dec 10 2024 19 mins  
How hot are keyboard players? In this absolutely serious and academic discussion, we dream up two musical supergroups. Rigorous standards of consistency were certainly upheld! Listen next week for a full episode!Music heard in this episode: Nickel Creek - "Somebody More Like You", Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl", Taylor Swift - "Out of the Woods"

15 - ‘The Way You Move’ by Outkast and Mental Schema Progressions

Dec 03 2024 35 mins  
Can you hear music that no one’s playing? This week we listen to Outkast’s 2003 eargasm “The Way You Move”. This song has a really cool chord progression, but… no instrument is playing it. What’s up with that? We talk about mental schemas and how good our brains are at filling in the blanks in all sorts of ways. Well, not Mark’s - he’s proven wrong in this one.Other