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208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Moving Away From the Blues

I'm trying to figure out whether or not there's a connection between these technological changes and move away from the blues. Why did they coincide? That's a great question. I mean there's a different spirit to it. But we also have this picture of like sitting in a garage or in a rundown saloon or at the crossroads and just plucking with your guitar and a tiny little drum kit. It's very far removed from sitting in a computerized workstation and laying down some beats. So it sounds like there's both a musical logical difference and also a stylistic spiritual difference between the two approaches. Exactly.

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