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REARRANGED considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an under appreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement.
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- 2 weeks ago46 min
Season 2, Episode 6: Eblis Álvarez
The man behind Meridian Brothers on the highly organized method he uses to produce his scrambled takes on Latin American musical traditions. Eblis Álvarez's music under the Meridian Brothers banner mines cumbia, salsa, and other traditions, but his outlandishly creative imagination and skill with electronics produces music that exists beyond any particular genre. Álvarez discussed "Mi Pregunto" from Mi Latinoamérica Sufre.His newest album is Ruido Tovar, a collaboration between Meridian Brothers and Mexican Institute of Sound. Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan. https://www.meridianbrothers.com/https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/track/mi-pregunta-2https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/ruido-tovarhttps://www.lawrencelanahan.com/podcastscores
- 3 weeks ago54 min
Season 2, Episode 5: Judah Adashi
We visit the composer's Peabody class on "Listening to Baltimore" and discuss his "intimate and epic" music. Baltimore-based Judah Adashi brings the community into his compositions and into his classroom at the Peabody institute. We talk about his music, his city, and why marimbas sound like rain. In this episode, we discussed Judah's compositions "my heart comes undone," "Art and the Rain," and a forthcoming recording of his "Broken Hallelujah" by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet. Judah teaches composition at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, including the courses "Art and Activism" and "Listening to Baltimore." Visit rearrangedpodcast.com for pictures from my visit to Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class. Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan. https://www.judahadashi.com/https://lavenathecellist.bandcamp.com/track/my-heart-comes-undonehttps://soundcloud.com/jadashi/artandtherainhttps://www.atlanticguitarquartet.com/https://peabody.jhu.edu/preparatory/faculty/judah-adashi/https://e-catalogue.jhu.edu/peabody/#coursestexthttps://baltimorepeacemovement.com/https://www.facebook.com/justicefortyronewest/
- May 12, 202650 min
Season 2, Episode 4: Clare and Olivier Manchon
Clare and Olivier Manchon on their dedication to craft and never ever cutting corners in songwriting, arranging, and film scoring.Clare and Olivier Manchon met in a world of sound as students at the Berklee College of Music. Over the last couple decades they've brought the world many rich arrangements, both in their band Clare and the Reasons, and on arrangements and film scores. In this episode, they discuss their dedication to craft--and to "never ever cutting corners."In this episode, Clare and Olivier discuss their songs "The Lake" and "The Mauerpark" from the Clare and the Reasons album KR-51, as well as their arrangement of "Great, Great Day" by John Legend.Clare and Olivier also discussed scoring the documentaries Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World and Turn Every Page. Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/purchase-music/kr-51https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/turneverypage/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mary-oliver-documentary/37967/https://music.apple.com/us/song/great-great-day-bonus-track/1764420444
- May 5, 20261h 7m
Season 2, Episode 3: Gabriel Kahane
How the prolific songwriter and composer draws on intuition and orchestration to create his musically and emotionally compelling songs and concert music. Gabriel Kahane discusses his arranging approach for his own vast and varied catalog as well as for other artists, writing orchestrally for piano accompaniment, and what it's like to hear a jazz musician interpret one of his songs.Gabriel Kahane's newest recording is Elevator Songs, a collaboration with the vocal music ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Thanks to Gabriel and Jeffrey Kahane, and to Dumbarton Oaks, for letting me gather tape backstage. In the episode, Gabriel discussed "Baltimore" from Book of Travelers and "Empire Liquor Mart" from The Ambassador. Links are below. https://gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/album/elevator-songshttps://gabrielkahane.comhttps://www.doaks.org/https://gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/track/baltimorehttps://gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/track/empire-liquor-mart-9127-s-figueroa-st
- Apr 28, 202641 min
Season 2, Episode 2: Brandon Ross and Georgia Anne Muldrow
Georgia Anne Muldrow and Brandon Ross talk about their collaboration on the new Harriet Tubman album Electrical Field of Love and how their bandmates create in the moment by supporting each other through their musical "it's alright, go ahead" moments. Thanks to Susan Valot for recording Georgia Anne Muldrow in L.A. and Good Studio for recording Brandon Ross in Brooklyn. Thanks to Osiris Media for distribution and marketing. Discover the Harriet Tubman's Electrical Field of Love at Bandcamp or Pi Recordings.Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan. https://www.brandonross.nyc/https://georgiaannemuldrow.bandcamp.com/https://www.susanvalot.com/https://a-good.studio/https://www.osirispod.com/https://harriettubman.bandcamp.com/album/electrical-field-of-lovehttps://pirecordings.com/electrical-field-of-love-harriet-tubman-georgia-anne-muldrow-out-march-27th/https://www.lawrencelanahan.com/music
- Apr 21, 202646 min
Season 2, Episode 1: Sean O'Hagan
How the High Llamas founder and in-demand arranger gets his sound. Rearranged host Lawrence Lanahan inteviews O'Hagan about the evolution of the High Llamas' sound, arranging for other artists, and learning from the younger version of himself while arranging old tunes with Cathal Coughlan for a Microdisney reunion. SHOW NOTES Thanks to Talia Augustidis [link: https://allhear.substack.com/] for recording O'Hagan's end of the conversation in South London. Discover the High Llamas' music at Bandcamp [link: https://thehighllamas.bandcamp.com/] or Drag City [link: https://www.dragcity.com/artists/the-high-llamas?srsltid=AfmBOorK3qmVVM2ZO4naSom_XEMigUubzy5BdToEVb9Pq1kqSFE7aJLF] Listen to "Berry Adams," [link: https://thehighllamas.bandcamp.com/track/berry-adams] the song O'Hagan discussed at the beginning of the interview.
- Mar 25, 202544 min
EPISODE 5: Listen to What's Not There
The music arranger’s power to put a listener inside a song. Songwriters write the songs—duh—but arrangers determine how we hear them. To arrange a song is to make a series of musical decisions. What do those decisions add up to? Sometimes it’s really just a sound, and we like that sound or we don’t. But musical decisions can also determine or even change the meaning of a song. Today, we’ll discover the power of musical decisions not just to add sounds to a song, but to take sounds away, creating space for the listener to dwell within the song. Thanks to: RJ Bee Osiris Media The theme music and other scoring music for Rearranged was written and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.
- Mar 18, 202548 min
EPISODE 4: “Mere Mechanics”
Don’t mess with my melody! What happens when arrangers end up in court. Copyright law is supposed to incentivize creative expression, but court rulings on arrangements have had the opposite effect. In Episode 4, we learn why the courts have called arrangers "mere mechanics," stifling creativity from the 19th century right up through songwriter Ed Sheeran's recent trial. Guests: Kembrew McLeod is a professor of communication studies at University of Iowa. McLeod co-produced the documentary Copyright Criminals, and with Peter DiCola, he wrote Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling, Duke University Press, 2011. https://communicationstudies.uiowa.edu/people/kembrew-mcleod, https://www.dukeupress.edu/creative-license Charles Cronin is a lawyer, musician, and historical musicologist in Los Angeles. He has taught at Claremont Graduate University and George Washington University, and he helped build GWU's extremely handy Music Copyright Infringement Resource. https://blogs.law.gwu.edu/mcir/authors-and-contributors/ Salvatore Pappalardo is a professor of English in the English Department of Towson University in Maryland. https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/english/facultystaff/spappalardo.html Thanks to: Kembrew McLeod Charles Cronin Salvatore Pappalardo Please check out Joanna Demers's book Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity, University of Georgia Press, 2006. https://ugapress.org/book/9780820327778/steal-this-music/ The theme music and other scoring music for Rearranged was written and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan. Music discussed: “Satin Doll,” Duke Ellington “I Got Rhythm,” George Gershwin “Rhythm-A-Ning,” Thelonious Monk “Ornithology,” Charlie Parker “Donna Lee,” Miles Davis Go!, Dexter Gordon, Blue Note, 1962 “Choir,” James Newton “Pass the Mic,” Beastie Boys “D.O.G. in Me,” Public Announcement “Atomic Dog,” George Clinton “Love Break,” Salsoul Orchestra “Vogue,” Madonna “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke “Fish Market,” Steely and Clevie “Dem Bow,” Shabba Ranks “Despacito,” Daddy Yankee/Luis Fonsa “Happy Together,” The Turtles “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran “Let’s Get it On,” Marvin Gaye
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