Dead Wax
By Jack Conte, Ryan Lerman
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Episodes: 56
Description
Musicians nerding out to great music. Hosts Jack Conte (Scary Pockets, Pomplamoose, CEO of Patreon) and Ryan Lerman (Scary Pockets, John Legend, Ben Folds) are joined by musician friends to help break down what's going on in their favorite music. They dish about production, harmony, composition, theory, vocal performance and everything in between. New episodes every other week!
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Jackson Browne's Bassist on Elvis, Little Richard, The Beatles and Beyond...
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Art of the Pop Music Modulation - with Larry Goldings
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Rob Moose Breaks Down the Greatest String Arrangements Ever
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Larry Goldings & Bob Glaub React To Each Others Favorite Songs
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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From Songwriter to Film Composer, with Mike Andrews (Elgin Park)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Darrell Thorp on Fiona Apple, Poppy, and the “Ouchie Zone” (3k Explained)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Why Third Eye Blind Still Sounds So Good - with Dan Molad
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Gus Seyffert on Recording to Tape and Making Records That Feel Alive
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Inside Dijon’s Recording Process with Producer Tommy King
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The Songs Behind Goodhertz's Insanely SOULFUL Plugins
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Sean Watkins: Elliott Smith, Jon Brion, Eric Valentine, Largo, Chris Thile and Nickel Creek
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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"Fiona Apple’s Mixer on “Extraordinary Machine” - with Dave Way!
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Dan Wilson's FAVORITE "Rule-Breaking" Moments In Songs
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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What Makes The PERFECT Pop Song? with Madi Yanofsky
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Justin Timberlake's Producer on Timbaland, Drum Programming, Song Form and Working with JT with Fede Vindver
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Producing 'Float On' by Modest Mouse with Dennis Herring
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Jack Conte & Ryan Lerman React To Each Others Favorite Songs
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How Tony Berg Defines a Masterpiece
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Blake Mills on Production, Fretless Guitar, and Working with Pino Palladino
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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What Made Nick Drake (and his mother) Some of the Best Songwriters in the World? with Bruno Major!
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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How Sabrina Carpenter's Mastering Engineer Starts Every Song - with Ruairi O'Flaherty
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Jonathan Rado on Miley Cyrus, Shawn Everett, Foxygen and Tape Machines
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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How the World’s Greatest Tastemaker Listens to Music - with Chris Douridas
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The Most Recorded Drummer...EVER?! JR Robinson! (With Guest Co-Host Kane Ritchotte)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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How Tiny Habits Arranges Vocals
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Creating The New Miley Sound - with Shawn Everett
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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How Willie Weeks Invented the Bass Solo - with Anna Butterss
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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St. Vincent's Sound Explained - with Cian Riordan
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Production Secrets with Eric Valentine
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Kaveh's Favorite Punk Rock Bass Lines - with Kaveh Rastegar
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Jeff Buckley's Genius Explained - by David Ryan Harris
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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PART 2 - The INCREDIBLE Direction Billie Eilish and Finneas Gave Their Mixers - with Jon Castelli
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The Incredible Direction Billie Eilish and Finneas Gave Their Mixers
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ethan Gruska on Unpacking Remi Wolf's INCREDIBLE production
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Greg Wells on Wicked, Katy Perry, and His FAVORITE Song
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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There Would Be No Radiohead Without THIS Band...with Kane Ritchotte!
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Modern Production Secrets with Philip Etherington
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The best singer-songwriter you’ve probably never heard of! With special guest Hohnen Ford
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Andrew Bird on Writing, Improvisation and Jazz
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Why Clyde Lawrence Loves Randy Newman
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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How MJ's Synths Changed Music - with Anthony Marinelli
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Joey Dosik's FAVORITE National Anthem Performances EVER
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Wendy Melvoin's secret FUNK recipe
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The REAL story behind mixing Kanye West’s “Stronger”
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Frank Ocean's producer on the UNCONVENTIONAL techniques they used to record CHANNEL ORANGE
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May 28, 2024 |
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Unraveling the GENIUS of Flaming Lips with Phantom Planet
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Structured Chaos of Frank Zappa
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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How Tom Waits gets THE BEST musicians to sound like AMATEURS
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Jim Keltner breaks down RUFUS, Jerry Lee, John Lennon, Connor Oberst, and more
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Vulfpeck's Jack Stratton breaks down the FUNKIEST recording you've never heard!
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The GREATEST Phantom Planet song you've never heard
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Why Madison Cunningham thinks Bjork is one of the ALL TIME greatest artists
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Why every musician is OBSESSED with Sting
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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How Jim Keltner got to be one of the greatest drummers EVER
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Why Radiohead’s “Bodysnatchers” is INCREDIBLE.
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Dead Wax is coming back!
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Jan 05, 2024 |