Too Much Music
Two music know-it-alls talk about making music in a world that already has too much music in it. This ex-husband-and-wife pair spout knowledge on all things music, including computational creativity, music production, human creativity, composition, songwriting, music business, music education, music-making culture, and machine learning/AI topics.
Podcasting since 2022 • 15 episodes
Too Much Music
Latest Episodes
The Attention Heist: How Big Tech Hijacked Our Brains (Part 1)
Greg and Alison dive headfirst into the toxic grip of big tech on creativity and mental autonomy. Sharing raw personal journeys from Alison’s early Facebook rebellion to Greg’s radical "de-Googling" in the mountains of New Hampshire, they disse...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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38:39
Linux In Your Music Studio? YES!
In this episode, our fearless hosts trace the evolution of digital audio tools from these academic, computationally intensive origins—where concepts like granular synthesis were offline processes—to the real-time, interactive software common to...
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1:11:31
Maintaining Creative Agency
This episode primarily explores the hosts' deliberate transition towards hardware-centric music creation methodologies, examining the motivations and practicalities of minimizing reliance on digital audio workstations. Key topics include the di...
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58:50
The Gear Honeymoon is Definitely Over
Feeling overwhelmed by endless gear options and digital distractions? In this episode Alison & Greg dissect how modern life impacts musical creativity. They tackle the seductive "gear honeymoon" – is it real inspiration or just a temporary ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:24
Show Me the Live Show!
Coming at ya with a show about live performance: the gear we use, how we think about it, and what we're planning for the future. Covered topics include Alison's live Bitwig and/or Ableton setup using the Ableton Push 3 and various mixers, Greg'...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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54:27
