The Value of Analyzing Music

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Potsy Escott and Robert Cogan were very concerned in what they didn't have words for. Today, there's sort of debates raging in the music theory community right now. They're trying to get us outside of this white European racial frame into a more neutral space where all kinds of music are welcome. We don't have to talk about perfect authentic cadences and Mozart or something that's very specific to a very small subset of music.

Bob Kasenchak is a taxonomist and information architect at Factor. Bob’s background is in music, and this conversation delves into what information architects can learn from studying music. We recorded two conversations on the subject: this one focuses on the structure of music itself, and the second covers how we can make music more findable. Look for that one in an upcoming episode.

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