Nevermind the Music

Dec 10 2024 17 ep. 27 mins 9
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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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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

14 - Sidetrack - Why ‘For Me This is Heaven’ by Jimmy Eat World is the Greatest Song of All Time

Nov 26 2024 22 mins  
Can you still feel the butterflies? In this episode, Mark gives five reasons why Jimmy Eat World’s 1999 hidden gem “For Me This is Heaven” could possibly be the greatest song of all time. Nichole starts off very, very skeptical. Will Mark be convincing? Come back next week for a full episode!Music heard in this episode: Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”, Jimmy Eat World - �

13 - ‘Enjoy the Silence’ by Depeche Mode and Interval Introverts

Nov 19 2024 27 mins  
Who needs silence when you can have music? We break down Depeche Mode’s melancholy 1990 gem “Enjoy the Silence.” While Nichole can appreciate that silence, and shares how introversion and extroversion shape our personalities, Mark would rather blab about how the song’s chords and guitar riff are interconnected in a really cool and surprising way. Other music heard in this e

12 - Sidetrack - Mark Pays Tribute to His Old Band, Dream Hydra

Nov 12 2024 37 mins  
What’s wrong with a little celebration, now and then? In this sidetrack, Mark gets nostalgic for his old band, Dream Hydra, who released their debut (and only) album, Radiant, exactly ten years ago. He takes Nichole on a tour of the band’s music and we discuss songwriting, being in a band in LA, and more. Check us out next week for a full episode!Music heard in this episode: Dr

11 - ‘Jumpin’, Jumpin’ by Destiny’s Child and Leaping Neuroplasticity

Nov 05 2024 39 mins  
Ladies, did you leave your man at home? Leap into Destiny’s Child’s 1999 hit “Jumpin’ Jumpin’.” Mark talks about how a big part of what makes this song’s melody so cool is that it is so….um… jumpin’!, and Nichole explains what makes certain moments like this song catch the attention of our brain and memory. So, let’s make it hot, hot!Other music heard in this

10 - Sidetrack - The AI Apocalypse in Music and Therapy

Oct 29 2024 18 mins  
Is an 80%-quality pop song good enough for you? What about 80%-quality therapy? Here we sidetrack on the growing role of artificial intelligence in songwriting and mental health services. Oh, and we hang our heads at what it’s doing to college classes… Be sure to join us next week for a full episode!Send us your thoughts at [email protected] Inquiries: https://

09 - ‘Semi-Charmed Life’ by Third Eye Blind and When Radio Edits are Cool

Oct 22 2024 34 mins  
Don’t you just love a good clean <BLEEP> in the middle of a pop song? Cover the kids’ ears as we curse about Third Eye Blind’s iconic 1997 hit “Semi-Charmed Life.” We deep dive into the strange edits made to the radio and video versions of this song, and also chatter about radio edits in general. Hot take: one of us may prefer the clean versions of our some recent h

08 - Sidetrack - Nichole’s Superpowered Dreams

Oct 15 2024 16 mins  
Should Mark be practicing the guitar while he sleeps? The hosts talk about how much sleep they each need to function, and Nichole shares the crazy “world” of lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis. Wake up next week for another full episode!Send us your thoughts at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri

07 - ‘Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing’ by Stevie Wonder and Descending Worry Lines

Oct 08 2024 34 mins  
Why worry? In this episode, we fret over Stevie Wonder’s 1973 hit “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing. As Nichole ponders the good and bad sides of why we worry, Mark talks descending chromatic scales and how they give this song its playful intensity. Also, staying completely on topic, the hosts rank Illumination animated movies and talk great stage names.Other music heard in th