WICB Presents: The Deconstruct Podcast
The Deconstruct PodcastWICB presents The Deconstruct Podcast, hosted by Ben Macarell. This biweekly cast goes as in-depth as possible in its dissections of the musical stylings and techniques used by its chosen artists. Each show deconstructs one song down to its core elements.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 13 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | MusicMusic Commentary | ||||
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In this episode, we're expanding on the concepts put out in the first episode and applying them to "Love, Love, Love" by the Mountain Goats, talking about forming melodies, putting harmony to work, and creating a soundscape with instruments.
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For someone not already knee-deep in playing music, it can be challenging to have a framework with which to understand it. In the first episode of this season, Ben gets down to bare-bones and talks about what sound and music actually are, and how to ... more
This week, we're doing something a bit different.
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You can email requests for tracks to deconstruct@wicb.org
Ben is on Twitter, Youtube, and TikTok as BMACS001
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* Clauhs, M., Beard, J., and Chadwick, A. (2017, December).... more
TikTok's Duet feature has a habit of creating wild collaborations between musicians overlaying their talents on each other, creating art greater than the sum of its parts. Ben is taking a few minutes today to talk about one of these videos, an a cape... more
In this episode, Ben takes a look at the 80's nostalgia trip that is Somebody's Baby by Jackson Browne, and looks into how music can both be anthemic and catchy as heck, covering topics like slap bass, crafting a guitar's sound, and how to shape voca... more
This week, Ben sits down with Ellen Chapman to discuss a song that made the rounds on TikTok last year, where even though the melodies are quickly forgotten, the dreamy vibes only get more intense with each listen.
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In which Ben is joined by Cam Narimanian again to discuss an early punk track. Even though the song is quite a simple one (and I may have picked that deliberately), we find that there's always meat to dive into, no matter the track.
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In which Ben reminisces about the past, goes on a tangent about Automated Dialogue Replacement, and finishes the episode only halfway through talking about Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla"
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