Ethan Teaches You Music Podcast

Ethan Hein

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  1. 5d ago

    Nine he gave to mortal men, proud and great, and so ensnared them

    Music in this episode: Paul Dukas - “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (1897) performed by the Moscow City Symphony Claude Debussy - “Clair de Lune” (1905) performed by Alexis Weissenberg Don Golding - “Untitled Goose Game Soundtrack” (2019) based on Debussy’s “Prelude No. 12: Minstrels” (1910) Richard Wagner - “Ride of the Valkyries” (1870) performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Stockton’s Wing - “The Drops Of Brandy” (1978) Bulg Folk - “Daychovo Horo” (2012) Kibariye - “İllede Roman Olsun” (2014) Kostas Tzampazis - “Karsilimas” (2012) Balkan Beat Box - “9/4 The Ladies” (2005) Orchéstre Baka Gbiné - “Kopolo” (2012) Toumani Diabaté - “Konkoba” (1988) Fodé Seydou Bangoura - “Konkoba” (2006) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Blue Rondo à la Turk” (1959) Led Zeppelin - “The Crunge” (1973) Paul Simon - “The Cool, Cool River” (1990) Tortoise - “Magnet Pulls Through” (1994) Sungazer - “Bird on the Wing” (2019) Ethan Hein - “Clair de Lune - Jazz Mix” (2020) Ethan Hein - “Clair de Lune jam track” (2026) - learn more about the jam tracks project References Kate Wagner - “adorned with delicate armouries spring subdues the world” Nikolai Ruskin - “9/8 Rhythms Explained on Frame Drum: Karşılama & Turkish Rom” David Bennett - “Songs That Use 9/8 Time” Adam Neely - “How to Play Music in 9/8” David Bruce - “Radiohead and the Rhythmic Illusion” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Jul 17

    Seven mysteries

    Music in this episode: Peter Gabriel - “Solsbury Hill” (1977) Pink Floyd - “Money” (1973) Dave Brubeck - “Unsquare Dance” (1961) The Beatles - “All You Need is Love” (1967) The Grateful Dead - “Uncle John’s Band” (1970) The Grateful Dead - “Estimated Prophet” (1977) Cordelia’s Dad - “Brother Judson” (2002) Venetian Snares - “Szamár Madár” (2005) Eleni Prodana - “Milo Mou Kokkino” (2014) Gothart - “Jovano, Jovanke” (2000) Şevval Sam feat. Onay Şahin - “Çay Elinden Öteye” (2008) Vojko V - “Zovi Čovika” (2018) Angine de Poitrine - “Fabienk” (2026) Here’s Angine de Poitrine’s iconic KEXP performance: References: Ulf Olsson - Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation David Bruce - “Angine de Poitrine’s Math Rhythms Explained” Andrew James Gustar - “The Closest Thing to Crazy: The Shocking Scarcity of Septuple Time in Western Music” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Jul 14

    Take Five

    Music in this episode: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Take Five” (1959) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Blue Rondo à la Turk” (1959) John Coltrane - “My Favorite Things” (1961) Lalo Schifrin - “Theme from Mission: Impossible” (1966) Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln - “Tears for Johannesburg” (1961) Jaco Pastorius - “Portrait of Tracy” (1976) Brad Mehldau - “Anything Goes” (2004) The Beatles - “Eleanor Rigby” (1966) Ethan Hein - “Eleanor Rigby Takes Five” (2026) The Beatles - “Within You Without You” (1967) Nick Drake - “River Man” (1969) Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine - “The Fitchburg Tragedy” (2026) Béla Bartók - Mikrokosmos, Book 6, BB 105 No. 150. 6 “Dances In Bulgarian Rhythm III” (1940) performed by Jenő Jandó Gustav Holst - “Mars” (1917) performed by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Led Zeppelin - “Four Sticks” (1971) Sungazer - “Sequence Start” (2014) Kendrick Lamar - “DUCKWORTH.” (2017) Noname - “Don’t forget about” (2018) Grateful Dead - “Playing in the Band” (1971) Radiohead - “Everything in its Right Place” (2000) Ethan Hein - “Hit Em” (2024) Read more about Hit Em. Read more about time signatures. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  4. Jul 8

    Terraplane Blues

    Music in this episode: Robert Johnson - “Terraplane Blues” (1936) (I said it was recorded 100 years ago, it was actually recorded 90 years ago, math is hard) Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” (1972) Dan Bubien & the Delta Struts - “Terraplane Blues” (2022) Eric Clapton - “Terraplane Blues” (2004) John Lee Hooker - “Boogie Chillen” (1948) For a nuanced discussion of Robert Johnson and Eric Clapton, I recommend the episode on “Crossroads Blues” from A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. For a look at how musicologists are analyzing swing, check out this paper by Milton Mermikides on John Coltrane. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  5. Jun 30

    Why and how I make all those jam tracks

    Music in this episode: Jamey Aebersold - “Fm Ebm Dm 8 Bars Each” (1967) The Temptations - “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972) Bo Diddley - “Bo Diddley” (1955) Aretha Franklin - “Chain of Fools” (1967) Eddy Grant - “Electric Avenue” (1982) Mobb Deep - “Shook Ones Part II (Instrumental)” (1994) Common/Slum Village - “Thelonius (Instrumental)” (2000) The Grateful Dead - “Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain” (1977) James Brown - “I Got To Move” (1970) James Brown - “There Was A Time (I Got To Move)” (1970) James Brown - “Soul Power” (1970) James Brown - “Blind Man Can See It (Extended)” (1973) Herbie Hancock - “Chameleon” (1973) The Band - “The Weight” (1968) The Beatles - “Dear Prudence” (1968) John Coltrane - “Mr Knight” (1962) (I mistakenly identified the bassist on this recording as Jimmy Garrison; it is actually Steve Davis.) McCoy Tyner - “Contemplation” (1967) Brad Mehldau - “Anything Goes” (2004) Peter Gabriel - “Solsbury Hill” (1977) The complete jam tracks collection: References George Howlett - One Chord Songs Joseph Schloss - Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  6. Jun 16

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    Music in this episode: The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1991) Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports - “1/1” (1979) Rickie Lee Jones - “Chuck E.’s in Love” (1979) A Conversation with Rickie Lee Jones (1989) Ennio Morricone - “L’uomo dell’armonica" from C’era Una Volta Il West (1968) Harry Nilsson - “Jump into the Fire” (1971) Twin Hype - “Serious Attitude” (1989) Pat Metheny - “Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast” (1989) Karlheinz Stockhausen - “Gesang der Jünglinge” (1955) References Sound on Sound - Classic Tracks column on “Little Fluffy Clouds” Justin Morey - “Ambient House: ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ and the Sampler as Time Machine” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  7. Jun 13

    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

  8. Jun 8

    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

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