The Theory Behind It

Let's Argue: Music Theory Edition, Part 1

In this episode, Seth attempts to destroy Adam and Livi's friendship by forcing them to argue about music theory topics as he sees fit. Will their bond overcome debates on German augmented sixth chords, Schenkerian analysis, and minimalism? Or will Seth's twisted game tear them apart?
Find out in this week's episode of Oursatz!

Three Albums, Part 2

In the thrilling conclusion to last week's discussion, Livi presents Dynamo's 2017 album Celina and Adam presents Kanye West's 2018 album Ye. 
Is Ye a bad album? What does it mean for music to be authentic? Will we get to interview somebody from Dynamo?
Listen to find out!
 
(Once again, apologies for the poor audio, we're getting better all the time.)

Three Albums, Part 1

This week we decided to each present an album to the other two, listen to it throughout the week, and then report back on what noticed, appreciated, and thought about it.
In part 1, we cover Seth's pick: Adele's 2008 album 19. But before that, since this is the first of the 2020 albums, we give a very distracted update on what has happened to us in the 2 years since last recording (we kept in touch, this is just for you guys).

Deep Dive: Change My Mind

In the inaugural appearance of the potentially recurring Deep Dive, we take a look at songs and albums that could change your opinion or view of a musician/band. We each pick a song that is either surprising or unique to a catalogue and discuss, and we do the same with chunks of albums we recommend listening to for the same experience.
 
Here is a Spotify playlist with each of our songs and chunks of albums put together for you to listen and keep up with us!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3cHTQx1jbJ5FRMjvl1y9s0?si=qUvy5mPsRz-4Ywcd800Gpg

Why Music Theory?

In this episode, we discuss how and why we got into music theory. Plus, some Imagine Dragons!

Borrowing in Pop Music

A much anticipated episode from a time nearly since forgotten...
It's the return of Oursatz! This is an episode that previously went unpublished after being recorded at the beginning of 2018. We're going to clear out the backlog and start getting new episodes posted soon.
In this episode, Seth leads us down a path of recent pop songs (for 2018) that share similar characteristics, and we discuss if these similarities are borrowed or coincidental.
 

Classical Samples in Rap Music

After a "brief" hiatus, we're back with hard-hitting discussions about trap music, Busdriver, and hummus.Oh, also we talk about rap songs that utilize classical music as samples and what it could mean.

Bonus Episode: More Album Talk

We started recording for next week's episode and realized we still had a bunch to say about albums! So we decided to chop it up and deliver it to you guys this week ahead of next week's episode.
Hop over to the Facebook to talk with us about how you prefer to listen and experience music. See you next week!