Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Patrick Conlon is a wellspring of knowledge, be it academic, or general life advice. I happened to express some random frustrations I had in mind, and he offered a lot of insights on how to navigate situations regarding shame and music.
You can find Patrick’s stuff on his website and his Instagram:
https://www.patrickconlonmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrick_conlon_music/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Patrick Conlon is a composer, violinist, artist, writer, teacher, and administrator. He is the Assistant Director for ACM@UCO and teaches there, as well as plays violin professionally for a variety of gigs. We talked about learning music, composing, what makes art important, spirituality, and his guiding philosophy. Although I already state in the podcast, Patrick has been a mentor to me in my time at ACM, and I am extremely grateful for all of his time and advice. With that, you should definitely check out what he’s got going on at his website: www.patrickconlonmusic.com as well as on his Instagram: www.instagram.com/patrick_conlon_music/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

After doing a second podcast and finding out that it didn’t record, I had to get Jonathan Edwards back on to do the second podcast. We talked about music, composing, communicating about our craft, and stuff we enjoy listening to, among other things. You can find Jon @tuneselectgo on Instagram.

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

I didn’t want to break up the (power) cycle of the Electric Pizza concerts, so here’s the third Power Cycle (Jonathan Edwards, Breck McGough, and myself) concert, which was on November 4th and titled “Remembrance”, inspired by November holidays. I’m not all that patriotic, but it was interesting to do. If you want to watch it, it’s on the Jazz Lab’s Facebook.

00:17 - Electric Pizza Theme - Composed and performed by L. Keith White
09:04 - Laptop Rondo - Composed by L. Keith White and Power Cycle; performed by Power Cycle
23:10 - Trauma - Composed by Santiago Ramones; performed by Power Cycle, featuring Trevor Lindley on drums
27:01 - Pastel Skies - Composed and performed by J.R. Edwards
30:17 - Honoring Veterans - Composed by L. Keith White and Power Cycle; performed by Power Cycle
36:43 - Gratitude - Composed by Santiago Ramones; performed by Power Cycle and audience members
43:08 - Roses In December: In Memoriam Kathleen Rose - Composed and performed by Breck McGough
47:34 - November Celebration - Composed by L. Keith White; performed by Power Cycle

Notes: Laptop Rondo, Honoring Veterans, and November Celebration had instructions from L. Keith White, and was put together by Power Cycle.
Gratitude involved audience members reading a poem I wrote.
The concert was recorded and mixed by Bryan Mitschell.

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Since I am still dealing with a cold and still don’t want to be coughing into your ears for an interview, here’s the second Electric Pizza Concert, which was a Halloween show. This is a concert that I played on October 8th of 2018 with Power Cycle, an electronic trio that includes myself (Santiago Ramones), Breck McGough, and Jonathan Edwards. We’re all graduate music composition majors and we’re led by Dr. L. Keith White. Since this is a live recording, you can hear applause, talking, mistakes, and all the other things that can be heard at a live concert. You can watch the concert on Facebook, which I would recommend, since there are a lot of visual elements that make up the show. The program is as follows:
00:16 - Electric Pizza Theme - Composed and performed by L. Keith White
08:20 - Prelude in Fear Minor - Adapted from Johann Sebastian Bach, improvised by Power Cycle
13:26 - Discomfort 2 - Composed and performed by Santiago Ramones
15:46 - Lullaby - Composed by Breck McGough, performed by Power Cycle
20:12 - Cocaine Nightmare - Composed and performed by Santiago Ramones
24:50 - Psychokinetoscope: Hommage a John Carpenter - Composed by Breck McGough (fixed media)
28:40 - A Ghost Story - Composed and performed by J.R. Edwards
32:31 - Nosferatu - Live scored/improvised by Power Cycle; short film edit by J.R. Edwards

A note about Electric Pizza Theme: This is an omnisensory piece of music that includes hearing (music), seeing (looking at the performer and pizza), feeling (holding pizza), smelling (smelling pizza), and tasting (eating pizza). While this piece is performed, pizza is delivered to the audience.
A note about Nosferatu: Jonathan cut down and made a version of the original Nosferatu film, which we live scored.

You can find everything Jon Edwards does on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tuneselectgo/
You can find Breck’s music on his SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/breck-mcgough

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Since I was too busy to record a podcast for this week, I wanted to try something different this time around. This is a concert that I played on September 10th of 2018 with Power Cycle, an electronic trio that includes myself (Santiago Ramones), Breck McGough, and Jonathan Edwards. We’re all graduate music composition majors and we’re led by Dr. L. Keith White. This was the first concert of our “Electric Pizza” series, which are free concerts with free pizza at which we play experimental, original, and electronic music. Since this is a live recording, you can hear applause, talking, mistakes, and all the other things that can be heard at a live concert. You can watch the concert on Facebook, if you like.
Here is the program, with timecodes:

00:19 - Electric Pizza Theme - Composed and performed by L. Keith White
08:33 - Piece for Three Laptops - Wonder - Composed by L. Keith White, performed and improvised by Power Cycle
14:55 - Mirage - Composed by Santiago Ramones, performed by Power Cycle
18:43 - The Daydreamer Meditates - Composed by Breck McGough (fixed media)
22:38 - Piece for Three Laptops - Hunger - Composed by L. Keith White, performed and improvised by Power Cycle
29:29 - Ancient Caves - Composed and performed by J. R. Edwards
33:28 - Exit - Composed by Santiago Ramones, performed by Power Cycle
37:44 - Piece for Three Laptops - The Unknown - Composed by L. Keith White, performed and improvised by Power Cycle
44:21 - Bedimming (Mvt. 1) - Composed by Breck McGough (fixed media)
47:49 - Bedimming (Mvt. 2) - Composed by Breck McGough (fixed media)
50:40 - Machinations III - Get It - Composed by Santiago Ramones, performed by Power Cycle
54:43 - Eric (excerpt) - Composed by J. R. Edwards (fixed media)

A note about Piece for Three Laptops: while this piece was “composed” by L. Keith White, it’s a structured improvisation, meaning that there are loose directions given to the performers, and the performers improvise based on those directions. Each time it appears on this concert, the music is inspired by the subtitle - Wonder, Hunger, The Unknown.

The music was recorded, engineered, and mixed by Bryan Mitschell.

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Troy and I discussed race and how that interacts with our culture, how we can improve conversation, and what problems we are still facing. You can find all of Troy’s stuff, including his new song, “Headache”, on his website: http://troyanthonysmall.com/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Troy Anthony Small is a singer, teacher, arranger, and producer. He has an interesting background and we had a really fun and deep conversation. We get way into music and morality. You can find all his stuff, including his new song, “Headache”, on his website: http://troyanthonysmall.com/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Dr. Scott McAllister is a composer, professor, husband and father. He has composed for Wind Symphony (“Zing!”, “Popcopy”), Clarinet (“Black Dog”, “X Concerto”), and other instruments. He is the Director of the Composition department at the Baylor School of Music in Waco, Texas, and he also teaches composition. He was in Oklahoma for the premiere of “Flight of the Elephant”, a collaboration between the School of Music and the Department of Design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Due to time constraints, this is a shorter form of the podcast, but the big questions were there, nonetheless. You can find Scott’s music on his website:
http://www.lydmusic.com/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Dakota and I started with discussing Star Wars, which has some rich lore. But then we get to what we really wanted to talk about, which was politics. Obviously, we don’t agree on everything, but it’s amazing what you can find that you agree on with someone when you get to sit down and talk like real human beings. I was glad to have the conversation. You can find Dakota’s bands on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/katlock7/
https://www.instagram.com/thesweettalkersmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/plutoripband/

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Dakota Green is the drummer for Kat Lock, The Sweet Talkers, and Pluto Rest in Peace. Normally, I get people on the podcast that I’m usually pretty friendly with and we end up becoming more friendly. However, Dakota and I have argued every once in a while on Facebook, and I didn’t like that. So, instead of sitting back and getting bitter about our differences, I decided that I wanted to get him on the podcast so that we could better understand our differences and get past them. I’m glad I did, because that’s what happens when you sit down and have a civilized conversation with the people you disagree with. So, get to know Dakota!

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Breck and I discuss music, history, human senses, communication, and more music. Power Cycle (Jonathan Edwards, Breck McGough, and Santiago Ramones) has a concert on October 8th and it's a Halloween show, so bring your costumes that you've been wanting to wear all year! It's at the UCO Jazz Lab and it starts at 7:30pm. FREE PIZZA. FREE MUSIC. What more could you want?

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

I had recorded a podcast for this week, but I was unable to use it due to my own recording mistake. Instead, here’s a repost of a podcast with an old friend. He passed away earlier this year and I miss him dearly.

The text from the original posting:

“After the first conversation with Caleb, he and I spent a long time talking about stuff and wanted to keep that conversation going, since we didn't get it on record. We discuss stuff like the collective vs. the individual, ideal societies, technology, and economics. While it may seem that we get a bit against each other, rest assured that we're totally civil and have absolutely no hard feelings. Such is the nature of ideological conflict. Caleb is a great friend and I look forward to having him on the podcast with other people, too.”

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

Breck McGough is a composer and singer that I know through UCO. We’re in a trio of electronic music called Power Cycle, which includes Jonathan Edwards (Bit Depth 126). Breck and I talked about music and spirituality. You can find some of his music on his SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/breck-mcgough

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I’m Santiago Ramones.

I didn't have time to record a podcast this week, so here's a rebroadcast of the bonus episode on a while back with guests Grayson Hamm and Walt Blythe of Space4Lease:

Space4Lease is a psychedelic rock band from Oklahoma City, and this podcast features Grayson Hamm and Walt Blythe (and Caleb Gray in the background). Stick around till the end of the podcast and get to hear an EXCLUSIVE acoustic song from them. You can find them on Facebook and Instagram, or more easily on their website: www.space4leasemusic.com

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones.

BJ Mendelson and I discuss privacy, social media, the Internet, artificial intelligence, politics, history, the future, and so on. This was an incredibly informative and fun conversation and I'm super happy to have had BJ on. You can find all of his things on his website, bjmendelson.com

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BJ Mendelson is a former mall Santa, author, comic book writer, and public speaker. He's spoken at the United Nations and has written books on privacy and social media. I was super happy to have him on, and through the power of the Internet, neither of us had to travel halfway across the country. You can find all of his stuff on his website, bjmendelson.com

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones.

LaRonn is back, and joining us is Ashley Parks, actor and creative. They both star in "9INETY", a 90's style modern sitcom. We talked about film and culture - how we're experiencing a bloom of great films made by great creators, but also how unoriginal other movies can be. We also discussed what it's like to be people of color in this day and age and what the future may hold. You can watch all of LaRonn's short films on his YouTube channel, which Ashley is often a part of.

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones.

Joining me this week is LaRonn Marzett. LaRonn is an actor, screenwriter, director, and filmmaker. We discuss film, what makes it good, what it's like to be an indie filmmaker, and so on. He has a show on his YouTube channel called "9INETY", a comedy sitcom inspired by 90's television but set in the modern world. You can watch "9INETY" and his other short films on his YouTube channel.

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones.

Joining me this week is Aidan and Isabel of Sunphaser (Syzygy), and we talk about politics, mental health, education, and society in general. We really go everywhere with this one. You can follow Isabel on Instagram on her main account @isabelnonameherrera or her makeup account @isabelrosemua; you can follow Aidan on Instagram @aidan.mccool; You can follow their band @Sunphaser