Hannah Davey and Tyler Hartman are here to talk about music! Tyler is a dad rock (formerly punk) musician with industry knowledge and music production experience, Hannah Davey is a media enthusiast, writer, and podcast producer with opinions.
Tyler and Hannah Davey discuss listening to songs over and over. Tyler admits he’s been on a Lemon Demon kick (especially ‘Two Trucks’ from the album Spirit Phone). Tyler notes the silliness and absurdity of Marc Rebillet, and other artists who create with a great deal of skill while also being very silly. Dragonforce is a band that is technically skilled with massively complex songs, but does that make a song great? Bob Dylan creates timeless songs that are still well-known and popular today, but Tyler’s 5-year-old hates how Dylan's voice sounds. The most iconic songs are often 3-chord songs that resonate with people in terms of lyrics. Tyler discusses the value of lyrics over musicality. It’s very interesting to see what lyrics stick in the mind, and Hannah Davey reads some examples of very specific yet universal lyrics from The Mountain Goats and Against Me! HD also presents the Johnny Cash version of Nine Inch Nails’ song ‘Hurt’ as an example of a song that is very popular and very simple. Ultimately, we have no idea what makes something ‘art.’ But we have some ideas you can check out!
You can email us at hdandtylerhartman@gmail.com. Find Tyler Hartman’s music at www.tylerjohnhartmanmusic.com and all major streaming services. Find what Hannah Davey’s working on at hd-creates.neocities.org.
Intro and Outro Music by Tyler Hartman
Filler Music: ‘Sometimes It Rains’ by Lobo Loco via Free Music Archive
Hannah Davey reads an excerpt of lyrics from the following songs by The Mountain Goats:
HD also reads an excerpt of lyrics from the following songs by Against Me!:
