Ethan Teaches You Music Podcast

Ethan Hein

Ethan teaches you music ethanhein.substack.com

  1. 1d ago

    My daughter loves the 80s

    Music in this episode: Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon - “Stranger Things Title Sequence” (2016) Kate Bush - “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” (1985) The Clash - “Should I Stay or Should I Go” (1982) The Who - “Baba O’Riley (ConfidentialMX Remix)” (2019) Cyndi Lauper - “Time After Time” (1983) Wham! - “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984) Madonna - “Material Girl” (1984) Metallica - “Master of Puppets” (1986) Dead Or Alive - “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” (1984) Diana Ross - “Upside Down” (1980) The Bangles - “Manic Monday” (1985) Prince - “Starfish and Coffee” (1987) Michael Jackson - “Thriller” (1982) Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (1982) Michael Jackson - “Billie Jean” (1982) Dolly Parton - “9 to 5” (1980) See also Bernadetta’s first podcast appearance: Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    36 min

  2. 6d ago

    Mama se mama sa mamacoosa

    Music in this episode: Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (1982) Manu Dibango - “Soul Makossa” (1972) Manu Dibango - “Mouvement Ewondo” (1972) A Taste of Honey - “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978) Manu Dibango - “Electric Africa” (1985) Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (home demo)” (1979) Fugees - “Cowboys” (1996) Will Smith - “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (1997) Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz (feat. Chauncey Black) - “Startin’ Somethin’” (1998) Björk - “I Go Humble” (1998) Missy Elliott - “Intro/Go To The Floor” (2002) Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music” (2007) Charles Hamilton - “Brooklyn Girls” (2008) Geri Allen - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (2013) References My MusicRadar column about this song Nelson George - Thriller: The Musical Life Of Michael Jackson Manu Dibango and Danielle Rouard - Three Kilos of Coffee: an Autobiography George Echu - “Multilingualism as a Resource: the Lexical Appropriation of Cameroon Indigenous Languages by English and French” Ben Zimmer - “Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    45 min

  3. Jun 3

    Songs vs Grooves

    Music in this episode: The Beatles - “Yesterday” (1965) James Brown - “The Payback” (1973) Parliament - “Flashlight” (1978) Michael Jackson - “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979) Dizzy Gillespie - “Manteca” (1957) Small correction: I describe this as a one-chord groove. It mostly is, but it has a B section with a complex jazz chord progression. Underworld - “Rez” (1993) The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1991) Run-DMC - “Sucker MCs” (1983) Ella Fitzgerald - “Wait Til You See Him” (1956) Ella Fitzgerald - “Wait Til You See Him (De-Phazz Remix)” (2002) Simon and Garfunkel - “Sound of Silence (The Golden Pony Remix)” (2014) James Brown - “Get Up (I Feel Like Bein’ A) Sex Machine Parts 1 & 2” (1970) James Brown - “The Funky Drummer Parts 1 & 2” (1970) James Brown - “Give It Up Or Turnit a-Loose” (1970) Grateful Dead - “Dark Star” (1969) Grateful Dead - “Beautiful Jam” (1971) The Beatles - “Hey Jude” (1968) Stevie Wonder - “Living for the City” (1973) Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso” (2024) The Temptations - “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” (1966) Herbie Hancock - “Chameleon” (1973) Count Basie - “One O’Clock Jump” (1937) Eddie Harris - “Freedom Jazz Dance” (1961) Miles Davis - “It’s About That Time” (1969) Steve Reich - “Music For Pieces of Wood” (1973) Philip Glass - Music in Contrary Motion (1969) performed by James McVinnie Steve Reich - “Electric Counterpoint” (1989) performed by Pat Metheny Alessandro Piccinini - “Passacaglia” (1639) performed by Ronn McFarlane Frédéric Chopin - “Nocturnes, Op. 9, No. 1 in B-Flat Minor” (1832) performed by Arthur Rubinstein The Incredible Bongo Band - “Apache” (1973) Ethan Hein - “Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 - Apache Mix” (2021) Ethan Hein - “JS Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor - Chaconne - Afro Rock Mix” (2026) John Cage - “The Perilous Night” (1944) performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik References: Anne Danielsen - Presence and Pleasure: The Funk Grooves of James Brown and Parliament Richard Ripani - The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 7m

  4. May 28

    Sonnymoon for Two

    Music in this episode: Sonny Rollins - “Sonnymoon For Two” (1958) Sonny Rollins - “Sonnymoon for Two” (1958) Charles Mingus - “Mood Indigo” (1960) Charles Mingus - “Jelly Roll” (1959) Melvin Bliss - “Synthetic Substitution” (1973) Miles Davis - “Oleo” (1954) Miles Davis - “Doxy” (1954) Sonny Rollins - “St Thomas” (1957) George Symonette - “Sponger Money” (1957) Here’s a chart of my “Sonnymoon for Two” reharmonization - I put chord symbols on as many chords as I could, though some of them defy analysis. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    33 min

  5. May 22

    You ain't been blue

    Music in this episode: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - “Mood Indigo” (1950) The Harlem Footwarmers - “Mood Indigo” (1930) The Boswell Sisters - “Mood Indigo” (1933) Thelonious Monk - “Mood Indigo” (1955) James Brown - “The Funky Drummer” (1970) Diverse - “Move” (2001) Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington - “Mood Indigo” (1956) Ella Fitzgerald - “Mood Indigo” (1957) Charles Mingus - “Mood Indigo” (1960) Sonny Rollins - “Sonnymoon For Two” (1958) Charles Mingus - “Jelly Roll” (1959) Charles Mingus - “Mood Indigo” (1964) Nina Simone - “Mood Indigo” (1959) Nina Simone - “Mood Indigo” (1966) The Singers Unlimited - “Mood Indigo” (1976) Meat Beat Manifesto - “It’s The Music” (1996) Abdullah Ibrahim - “Way Way Back” (1981) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - “Take the A Train” (1941) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - “Black and Tan Fantasy” (1927) See Tyree Glenn play growl trombone on the BBC - at one point, Louis Armstrong yells from off mic, “Watch your language!” References A lot of the background in this episode comes from a grad school paper I wrote about Duke Ellington and formal music education Björn Heile - “Who Wrote Duke Ellington’s Music? Authorship and Collective Creativity in ‘Mood Indigo’” Fred Moten - In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition RD Darrell - “Black Beauty” - in M. Tucker (Ed.), The Duke Ellington Reader Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 8m

  6. May 18

    You can feel it all over

    Music in this episode: Stevie Wonder - “Sir Duke” (1976) Duke Ellington - “Mood Indigo” (1950) Count Basie - “One O’Clock Jump” (1937) Glenn Miller - “In the Mood” (1939) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” (1956) Duke Ellington - “The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo” (1956) Ella Fitzgerald - “How High The Moon?” (1960) Ohio Players - “Love Rollercoaster” (1975) Duke Ellington - “Cottontail” (1940) Fats Domino - “Blueberry Hill” (1956) Kings Return - “Sir Duke” (2024) A Tribe Called Quest - “Footprints” (1990) The Reflex - “Sir Duke [The Reflex VIP Revision - 7inch Version]” (2012) References Adam Neely discusses the “Sir Duke” chord Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    44 min

  7. May 6

    Blackbird singing in the dead of night

    Music in this episode: The Beatles - “Blackbird” (1968) Paul McCartney on Parkinson (2005) JS Bach - Bourée from Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 performed by Andres Segovia (c. 1708-1717) The Beatles - “Mother Nature’s Son” (1968) Paul McCartney & Wings - “Bluebird” (1973) Paul McCartney - “Jenny Wren” (2005) Brad Mehldau - “Blackbird” (2021) Billy Preston - “Blackbird” (1972) Crosby, Stills & Nash - “Blackbird” (1983) The Swingle Singers - “Blackbird/I Will” (2021) Beyoncé - “BLACKBIIRD” (2024) The Beatles - “I Am The Walrus” (1967) Brad Mehldau - “I Am The Walrus” (2023) For background on the writing and recording of “Blackbird”, I drew on A History of Rock Music In 500 Songs. Bonus track from my most recent podcast episode: a mashup of most of the songs in the episode plus beats sampled from “Be Black, Baby” by Grady Tate and “Dreaming About You” by Blackbyrds Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    40 min

  8. Apr 29

    I taught the weeping willow how to cry

    Music in this episode: Johnny Cash - “Big River” (1958) Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - “Big River” (1969) Johnny Cash - “A Boy Named Sue” (1969) Woody Guthrie - “The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done” (1946) Grateful Dead - “Big River” (1975) Grateful Dead - “Truckin’” (1970) Quotes are from Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

    32 min
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