218! Pop Music Solos

Published: April 24, 2023, 10 a.m.

b"What do you think is going to be the next musical instrument solo in pop music?\\xa0This week, Aaron, Jess, and Joey talk about sax solos, the digitization of music, musicianship, sonic genre markers, Ice Spice, and background music. They don\\u2019t talk about\\xa0Raphael Ravenscroft (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/baker-street-gerry-rafferty-saxophone/421008/).\\xa0references\\xa0* Running to (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMyNH7mlm0M)\\xa0your\\xa0circles of flame (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htftpAbCOg4)\\xa0* Plain English\\xa0podcast with Derek Thompson:\\xa0Why the Cult of Achievement in Schools Is Making People Miserable (https://www.theringer.com/2023/3/28/23658901/why-the-cult-of-achievement-in-schools-is-making-people-miserable)\\xa0* A phenomenon like\\xa0Uncle L (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIf5717SdRA)\\xa0and\\xa0Melle Mel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRXI-y6M9o)\\xa0* Who will always love you?\\xa0Dolly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0bEZH6ZqG4). And\\xa0Whitney (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU). That's who.\\xa0* Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op-EEnArgqc)\\xa0* Switched on Pop\\xa0podcast:\\xa0The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk (https://overcast.fm/+F-FxrK3TI)\\xa0* Quartz:\\xa0The economics of streaming is making songs shorter (https://qz.com/1519823/is-spotify-making-songs-shorter)\\xa0* Ice Spice (https://youtu.be/oftolPu9qp4?t=56)"