218! Pop Music Solos

What do you think is going to be the next musical instrument solo in pop music?

This week, Aaron, Jess, and Joey talk about sax solos, the digitization of music, musicianship, sonic genre markers, Ice Spice, and background music. They don’t talk about Raphael Ravenscroft.

references

• Running to your circles of flame
• Plain English podcast with Derek Thompson: Why the Cult of Achievement in Schools Is Making People Miserable
• A phenomenon like Uncle L and Melle Mel
• Who will always love you? Dolly. And Whitney. That's who.
• Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed
• Switched on Pop podcast: The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk
• Quartz: The economics of streaming is making songs shorter
• Ice Spice