Episode 11
(Part 2) Exploring Your Musical Profile [with Prince's Audio Engineer Susan Rogers!]
February 12th, 2023
49 mins 46 secs
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About this Episode
Do you prefer lyrics or melody? Intricate harmonies or driving rhythm? The digital tones of synthesizers or the “real” sounds of acoustic instruments? Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Barenaked Ladies' "One Week"), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you. Susan and I will also discuss some Eurovision "controversies", including Amar Pelos Dois, Toy, Fuego, Shum, Stefania, Out of the Embers, Spaceman... and some of the Nul Points from 2021.
Buy Susan Rogers' book, This Is What It Sounds Like is available at booksellers pretty much everywhere at the moment!
Susan's Record Pull + Interactive Tools-- Scroll here to find where your personal musical profile lies with melody, timbre, lyrics, realism, authenticity, lyrics, and rythm:
https://www.thisiswhatitsoundslike.com/
Appeal for York musician Don Jackson:
(share on your socials if you can ASAP)
Don's Story:
https://yorkmix.com/race-against-time-to-save-york-music-legend-who-needs-urgent-liver-transplant/
Links to the Eurovision Songs Discussed:
(It is difficult to find the Grand Final versions of some of these. Susan's opinions are based on the following videos)
CONTROVERSY 1:
2018 Toy vs Fuego (with a side dish of Amar Pelos Dois 2017).
Amar Pelos Dois, Portugal 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9soZxLuUM
Toy, 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JybKKUkcWiQ
Here’s the official video, but here you miss the staging and it’s missing the famous “chicken noises”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CziHrYYSyPc
Fuego, Cyprus, 2018.
Here’s the official video, for sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDSgs6syrgg
Here’s the best I can find to show you the staging, which is iconic (“Hairography").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17EVpC8a1-g
CONTROVERSY 2:
Shum vs Stafania
Shum, Ukraine, 2021
Shum staging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5gMcd7bTco
Official ESC Shum video (for sound):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-dxzp6Jvs&list=RDU7-dxzp6Jvs&index=1
Stefania 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiEGVYOruLk
CONTROVERSY 3:
Embers vs Spaceman
Embers, staging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoUo7uJyIw
Embers, good audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMDGTsa_Qq0
Spaceman, staging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU5cJfaX3DI
Official Spaceman video (good audio):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udsMTb2NIak