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Independent Filmmaker\'s Guide | IFGIndependent Filmmaker's Guide | IFGIFG Film Announcement Part 2 | It's Alive | Buke & Gase the filmIn this brief episode, part 2 of our announcement, Steve talks about the US premiere, upcoming news, and now where you can actually see the film BUKE & GASE!To watch the film, just click here: BUKE & GASE FILM (or paste one of these URL's) https://apple.co/40Uu3ww https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/buke-and-gaseIn 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when tours were cancelled and all live music went silent, one band refused to stay quiet. This is that concert.The musical duo Buke and Gase per...2023-05-2404 minIndependent Filmmaker\'s Guide | IFGIndependent Filmmaker's Guide | IFGIFG Film Premiere Announcement | A Listener Invitation | A New SeasonA very special and short episode this week. Today we have an announcement and an invitation for you all.After beginning this podcast as a way to build up and talk to a community of other filmmakers about their own projects, not only do WE now have multiple films coming down the pike, we have launched our own Narrative Division devoted to the creation of films that tell compelling, original and personal stories. In light of all of this, we are excited to announce our first release of the year, the film BUKE...2023-04-1906 minMishka Shubaly PodcastMishka Shubaly Podcastmourning Mark Lanegan with Brassland founder Alec Hanley BemisI met Alec in... Jesus, 2001? Ironically, we met partially in the context of me grieving a friend who had passed. We met again through music. He had started a record label in order to put out the music by a new band from Ohio called The National. I was managing Baby Dayliner, who wound up on Brassland. But our way into the conversation today is Mark Lanegan. When Lanegan's memoir 'Sing Backwards and Weep' published, Alec read it and plunged into Lanegan's music during the pandemic. We cover a lot here but honestly, you need to listen to this...2022-03-171h 43BrasslandBrasslandBuke and Gase / Rahrah Gabor: "Taste Up" (EP drops Feb 11, 2022)Hear more at orcd.co/bukeandgaseandrahrahgabor QUESTION: How would the artists involved describe this record to someone who isn’t familiar with their work? ARONE DYER (her): This EP with Rahrah Gabor is an experimental collaboration between 3 individual creators, like a Tinder thruple date that goes well enough to consider having dinner and asking about each other’s middle names. RAHRAH GABOR (her): It gets playful, a little dark, sexy, and anthemic at times. ARON SANCHEZ (him): We wanted to do something with Lala, so this is it. RAHRAH GABOR (her): Basically, I’m advising people on how to step up the...2022-02-1001 minBrasslandBrasslandEarthsong 6The recordings I am sharing today are very short excerpts from Earthsong, a piece about how our planet moves, music that never stops changing…and computer programming. I started programming in the Max / MSP environment about 5 years ago. During the pandemic, however, I felt I needed to try my hand at real programming in the face of an uncertain future for the performing arts. Soon after getting a feel for the basics of Javascript however, my interests turned back to the potential to create sound worlds through the use of algorithms, and away from any marketable skill sets. Particularly, I'm dr...2021-12-2000 minBrasslandBrasslandEarthsong 5The recordings I am sharing today are very short excerpts from Earthsong, a piece about how our planet moves, music that never stops changing…and computer programming. I started programming in the Max / MSP environment about 5 years ago. During the pandemic, however, I felt I needed to try my hand at real programming in the face of an uncertain future for the performing arts. Soon after getting a feel for the basics of Javascript however, my interests turned back to the potential to create sound worlds through the use of algorithms, and away from any marketable skill sets. Particularly, I'm dr...2021-12-2000 minBrasslandBrasslandEarthsong 2The recordings I am sharing today are very short excerpts from Earthsong, a piece about how our planet moves, music that never stops changing…and computer programming. I started programming in the Max / MSP environment about 5 years ago. During the pandemic, however, I felt I needed to try my hand at real programming in the face of an uncertain future for the performing arts. Soon after getting a feel for the basics of Javascript however, my interests turned back to the potential to create sound worlds through the use of algorithms, and away from any marketable skill sets. Particularly, I'm dr...2021-12-2000 minBrasslandBrasslandEarthsong 1The recordings I am sharing today are very short excerpts from Earthsong, a piece about how our planet moves, music that never stops changing…and computer programming. I started programming in the Max / MSP environment about 5 years ago. During the pandemic, however, I felt I needed to try my hand at real programming in the face of an uncertain future for the performing arts. Soon after getting a feel for the basics of Javascript however, my interests turned back to the potential to create sound worlds through the use of algorithms, and away from any marketable skill sets. Particularly, I'm dr...2021-12-2000 minOther Record LabelsOther Record LabelsBrassland - (The National, Bartees Strange, Doveman)In this episode, I chat with Alec Bemis the co-founder (along with Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National) about starting and growing their record label over the past 20 years!  ►► Download our Free Record Label Toolkit → http://OtherRecordLabels.com/Toolkit Find more resources for independent record labels and DIY artists at http://OtherRecordLabels.com 2021-08-1056 minTalk Music Talk with boiceTalk Music Talk with boiceTMT 231: Alec Hanley BemisIn 2001, The National’s self-titled debut was released on Brassland, a label co-founded by band members Aaron & Bryce Dessner and Alec Hanley Bemis. Two decades later, under Alec’s guidance, Brassland has consistently boasted an adventurous roster that has included Bartees Strange, Hannah Georgas, Fusilier, Las Palabras and Bryce Dessner/So Percussion’s Music for Wood and Strings. [This is episode features an exclusive ten-track Brassland playlist curated by Alec Hanley Bemis.] Visit Alec Hanley Bemis online: http://alechanleybemis.com Visit Brassland online: https://brassland.org Brassland Playlist: 01 Clogs: "Cocodrillo" (feat. Shara Nova née Sh...2021-06-111h 23Talk Music Talk with boiceTalk Music Talk with boiceTMT 225: Rafael Cohen (Las Palabras, !!! and El Guapo)The name of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Rafael Cohen’s latest project is Las Palabras. Las Palabras’ self-titled Brassland debut finds him singing in Spanish for the first time and was inspired by post-tropicália Brazilian pop music. Rafael was previously in the Dischord band El Guapo and is a core member of !!!, who are working on their ninth album. [This episode features “Condesa” and “Juan Pared” from Las Palabras (Brassland) in their entirety.] Visit Las Palabras online: https://brassland.org/artists/laspalabras boice is also the host/producer of a brand new podcast. The StrandCast, The Official Podc...2021-03-0140 minThe Third Story with Leo SidranThe Third Story with Leo SidranAlec Hanley BemisAlec Hanley Bemis, writer and manager of cultural projects, co-founded the Brassland record label in 2001 along with his friends Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the band The National. Over the years, the label has become home to a community of like minded creative musicians who defy category. Last month Alec published a piece in Creative Independent called 19 things I’d tell people contemplating starting a record label (after running one for 19 years). Here we discuss what happened in between.  Although this conversation was recorded in the before times of 2019, listening back I am str...2020-10-051h 23Exploding Head MoviesExploding Head MoviesXHM #524 - "We used to go outside and interact with people" (2020 September 28)Actress Linda Manz (1961-2020) had a short varied career but she debuted in Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven, so we'll hear selections from the dearly departed Ennio Morricone's score. We also review some of the recent Emmy winners and continue on with a look at the 39th Vancouver International Film Festival. 1. Primal Scream: Kill All Hippies (XTRMNTR, 2000) Creation/Astralwerks/Epic 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Slow Dance (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 3. Sarah Davachi: Ruminant (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music 4. Mychael Danna: Mrs Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 5. Mychael Danna: Go On, Professor...2020-09-292h 10CiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesXHM #524 - "We used to go outside and interact with people" (2020 September 28)Actress Linda Manz (1961-2020) had a short varied career but she debuted in Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven, so we'll hear selections from the dearly departed Ennio Morricone's score. We also review some of the recent Emmy winners and continue on with a look at the 39th Vancouver International Film Festival. 1. Primal Scream: Kill All Hippies (XTRMNTR, 2000) Creation/Astralwerks/Epic 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Slow Dance (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 3. Sarah Davachi: Ruminant (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music 4. Mychael Danna: Mrs Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 5. Mychael Danna: Go On, Professor...2020-09-292h 10CiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesXHM #524 - "We used to go outside and interact with people" (2020 September 28)Actress Linda Manz (1961-2020) had a short varied career but she debuted in Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven, so we'll hear selections from the dearly departed Ennio Morricone's score. We also review some of the recent Emmy winners and continue on with a look at the 39th Vancouver International Film Festival. 1. Primal Scream: Kill All Hippies (XTRMNTR, 2000) Creation/Astralwerks/Epic 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Slow Dance (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 3. Sarah Davachi: Ruminant (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music 4. Mychael Danna: Mrs Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 5. Mychael Danna: Go On, Professor Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex...2020-09-2900 minExploding Head MoviesExploding Head MoviesXHM #524 - "We used to go outside and interact with people" (2020 September 28)Actress Linda Manz (1961-2020) had a short varied career but she debuted in Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven, so we'll hear selections from the dearly departed Ennio Morricone's score. We also review some of the recent Emmy winners and continue on with a look at the 39th Vancouver International Film Festival. 1. Primal Scream: Kill All Hippies (XTRMNTR, 2000) Creation/Astralwerks/Epic 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Slow Dance (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 3. Sarah Davachi: Ruminant (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music 4. Mychael Danna: Mrs Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 5. Mychael Danna: Go On, Professor...2020-09-292h 10Boy with Girl\'s Name Morning Mixtape from BFF.fmBoy with Girl's Name Morning Mixtape from BFF.fmBwGN AM Mixtape #128 – The (seventh) one while Loose Canon Listening Club is on hiatusA companion to last week's mixtape: No words. Just music. Thanks for listening.The Loose Canon Listening Club will return... Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′07″ Orbit by Daniel Wohl on État (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch) 3′57″ Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars by Sarah Louise on Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars (Thrill Jockey) 11′30″ La Ballade d'Alain Georges by The Dead Texan on The Dead Texan (Kranky) 17′40″ Reprise by This Will Destroy You on Tunnel Blanket (Suicide Squeeze) 25′49″ Seeing More by Areni Agbabian on Bloom (ECM) 26′58″ Dream Pauline by Kelly Moran on Optimis...2020-06-1600 minTalk Music Talk with boiceTalk Music Talk with boiceTMT 210: FusilierIn turbulent times we need audacious artists like Fusilier. His just released EP, Upstream (Brassland), features the title track about isolation plus a sinister take on Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” that finds the classic twisted into a protest anthem. The Brooklyn-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist has also released self-directed videos for both songs. [This episode features the full-version of “Upstream” in its entirety.] Visit Fusilier online: https://www.instagram.com/blakeful https://fusilier.bandcamp.com The last live show I attended before the quarantine featured an incredible bill at Brooklyn’s Sultan Room...2020-06-0552 minTalk Music Talk with boiceTalk Music Talk with boiceTMT 206: Bartees StrangeThe best cover songs are both an homage and a compass directed to fresh territory. Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy (Brassland) is the solo debut from Bartees Strange and it features his interpretations of songs by the National. Like the (true) fan he is, Strange spans the catalog of the beloved band with deep cuts and well-known favorites. [This episode features “About Today” from Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy in its entirety.] Visit Bartees Strange online: https://www.instagram.com/bartees_strange https://twitter.com/bartees_strange https://barteesstrange.bandcamp.com/releases boic...2020-03-1446 minConrad Life ReportConrad Life ReportEpisode 29Welcome to Episode 29! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 29 topics: Intro theme: none, email writing, my dad, gratitude, Letting Go Of Gravity by Meg Leder, Shake It Records in Cincinnati, Brassland Records, D&D Three Ring Bender at Threes Brewing, Oliver new school year, The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin, "At The Back Of The Pit" and When We Are Inhuman by Bonnie Prince Billy, "The Amputees" by Tindersticks, KCBC/Bar Great Harry Thunder Cage, outro music: none.2019-09-1818 minCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesXHM #442 - "Harlem avenues" (2019 February 04)We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment. 1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin 2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street 3. The Tony Hatch Orchestra...2019-02-0500 minCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesCiTR -- Exploding Head MoviesXHM #442 - "Harlem avenues" (2019 February 04)We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment.1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street3...2019-02-051h 59Exploding Head MoviesExploding Head MoviesXHM #442 - "Harlem avenues" (2019 February 04)We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment.1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street3...2019-02-051h 59Exploding Head MoviesExploding Head MoviesXHM #442 - "Harlem avenues" (2019 February 04)We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment.1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street3...2019-02-051h 59BrasslandBrasslandThe Moment (Perera Elsewhere remix)The Moment (Perera Elsewhere remix) by Brassland2018-09-2404 minBrasslandBrasslandduelingFusilier writes: "I’m selling myself short here so whatever relationship I was taking about was never going to work. The whole song is me trying to compromise too much. I’m singing at the top of my range, I’m playing an instrument that I hate but by the end I just do what I would’ve done anyway and drop it. It was all worth it for that song though." Sometimes I hold you Just to make you stay Or to shield you From what I could say About the way I feel (slow down) Falling fast (slow down) So...2018-09-0704 minPast ForwardPast ForwardDoug Dechow and Jason Morphew with Michael GravagnoAnother edition of Writers’ Block Live! Back in May, Mike sat down with nonfiction writer Doug Dechow and poet Jason Morphew to talk about research into one’s own family, separating fact from fantasy, the allure of isolation, lyric poetry and much more! Doug Dechow is researching and writing a book about his grand-uncle Harry Dale Park, who died over France in World War II.  Doug’s article on the 100th Bomb Group is the cover story for the July 2018 issue of Aviation History. He has written about WWII and about aviation for The Atlantic, Air & Space Magazine, LitHub, Fifth Wednesda...2018-06-281h 13BrasslandBrasslandLANZ "Auckland"Hoferlanz II is the second album from LANZ aka Benjamin Lanz. Mostly written while touring as a member of indie music all-stars The National, Beirut & Sufjan Stevens, his own music sounds completely different. Says Ben: “While I admire the force and freedom of artistic recluses, I’m an outward-looking guy by nature – so I just end up writing some really weird hooks!” “Think Eno & The Who in a time warp,” he continues. “They get in the Tardis thinking they’d returning to their respective best years in London. But instead, they land at The Ritz in 1992 just in time to catch a Dinosaur...2018-04-1303 minBrasslandBrasslandBaby Dayliner: "You Push I'll Go" (feat. Alex Sanchez)Baby Dayliner writes: "Light cheerful tipsy feelings. No sugar needed, for I am content with what I have—a career in nightlife. My attitude is in harmony with my lifestyle. Sanguine and untroubled. Nothing negative can drag me. It’s all a great vodka quasar in the night."2017-06-1704 minBrasslandBrasslandThis Is The Kit: "Christmas Time Is Here"This Is The Kit have released a two song holiday single to celebrate the end of their career-making tour cycle behind their Aaron Dessner-produced LP 'Bashed Out' "Christmas Time Is Here" is a classic from the Peanuts' animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas. The b-side is "La Peregrinacion" (which translates as "Pilgrimage") — an English translation of the Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez's holiday classic.2016-11-1703 minBrasslandBrasslandFusilier "Make You" (single edit)"Make You" is the second single from Fusilier's forthcoming EP. It is also his musical mission statement: "My vision is Nine Inch Nails meets James Brown," says Fusilier. "When I say that to friends to describe 'Make You' the mixture of wonder and excitement they show is the exact feeling I want to cultivate. I think one of the major duties of any artist is to expand the realm of the possible -- to stimulate the imagination of the masses." "That kind of provocation proves difficult when there is an opposing force in our culture saying that you should live...2016-05-1804 minBrasslandBrasslandThe Perennials "Breadcrumbs"The Perennials EP was released on Oct 28, 2016. "Miss Marionette" was the second pre-release single. The band are the young married couple of Pete & Amanda Wells. Now based in Brooklyn, they met at a bible school in the Italian countryside and were married by the time they were 20 years old. Both are children of the 90s—growing up at time when Dylan & Simon & Cash were canonical, part of ancient history — but both of them also have a sensibility shot through with an eerie sense of tradition & traditionalism for “people their age.” They are still working through the confusions of being twentysomething, and work...2016-05-1103 minBrasslandBrasslandThe Gloaming: "The Pilgrim's Song"The first track release from The Gloaming's second album, to be released February 26, 2016. It is self-titled though you may also call it "2" "The Gloaming have become an international phenomenon, thanks to their virtuoso blend of Irish traditional influences and experimentation" - The Guardian's guide to Unmissable Culture of 20162016-02-2506 minBrasslandBrasslandThis Is The Kit: "Les Plus Beaux" (reprise de François and the Atlas Mountains)A cover version of a song by the French band François and the Atlas Mountains, good pals of This Is The Kit from Paris. It is from the band's brand new Rusty and Got Dusty EP. The EP’s first three songs — including Les Plus Beaux" — were recorded in what the band have dubbed the Paris Sessions, a months-long period of demoing that preceded their work in Brooklyn with The National's Aaron Dessner, the producer of their acclaimed full-length album Bashed Out. While all agree that Bashed Out is the best encapsulation of where they are as a band, they als...2016-01-0602 minBrasslandBrasslandJustin Vivian Bond: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (produced by Doveman)FROM MX BOND: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is my favorite holiday song, if for no other reason than it comes not from a church but from Hollywood!  The song is about family which for me includes not only my family of birth but my chosen family of friends, artists and lovers with whom I share my life and work in New York City." CREDITS: Produced by Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett Engineered by James Yost on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Remember (Christmas)" Guitar on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Nath Ann Carrera BIO FROM BRASSLAND: M...2015-11-2704 minClassical ClassroomClassical ClassroomStarting From Scratch – Bryce Dessner, Aron Sanchez, & So PercussionKnowing how a piece of classical music came to be is often a bit of a guessing game. What inspired Bach to write the Goldberg Variations, or Beethoven to write his 9th Symphony? Context clues, letters, composers’ notes help us put the story together; we fill in the rest with our imaginations and mythology. But no more! In this episode of Classical Classroom, you’ll hear the entire story of a piece of modern classical music, Music for Wood and Strings, from commission to performance. Even the instruments on which the piece is played didn’t exist before this story began. Y...2015-11-2448 minBrasslandBrasslandThis Is The Kit "Magic Spell (Paris Sessions)This the an alternate take on This Is The Kit's "Magic Spell" recorded in Paris. It's also available on YouTube as a video (https://youtu.be/-ZaLLomkr2o) directed, created & hand-drawn by Sam Wisternoff. Buy This Is the Kit's new album Bashed Out: - Bandcamp: https://thisisthekit.bandcamp.com/album/bashed-out - iTunes: http://radi.al/BashedOutiTunes - Amazon: http://radi.al/BashedOutAmazon - Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/track/38cRRZuUiwoJ4J19a2UT2U Kate Stables on 'Magic Spell: "Magic Spell" is wee step in a more foot-tapping direction to what some people have come to expect from This...2015-10-2703 minBrasslandBrasslandBryce Dessner: "Music For Wood And Strings: Section 8" (performed by So Percussion)Amazon > http://geni.us/stringswoodamzn iTunes > http://geni.us/stringswooditunes Bandcamp > http://brycedessner.bandcamp.com Spotify > https://open.spotify.com/track/7i1r0bfEMprCXlP2bGpbm6 Music for Wood and Strings is the official follow-up to Bryce Dessner's 2013 solo debut Ahyem. But don't call this a solo record. Rather it is the meeting of three great musical entities that sound even better together. ONE: Bryce Dessner wrote the piece. Best known as a guitarist and songwriter in The National, he is increasingly renown for his work as a composer and collaborator with artists ranging from Steve Reich to Sufjan Stevens, and...2015-05-1504 minStereo Voodoo - Программа А. ТроицкогоStereo Voodoo - Программа А. ТроицкогоStereo Voodoo #37 (37)<table width="100%"><tr><td><b>1. pere ubu</b> (usa) - "musicians are scum" CD "lady from shanghai" (fire)<br /> <b>2. rhye</b> (canada/denmark) - "last dance" CD "woman" (polydor)<br /> <b>3. футбол</b> (ссср) - "сладкая желчь" CD "футбол.коллекция" (геометрия)<br /> <b>4. las migas</b> (spain) - "con toda palabra" CD "nosotros somos las migas" (chesapik)<br /> <b>5. slim twig</b> (canada) - "ill always be a child" CD "sof sike" (paper bag)<br /> <b>6. martin fond...2013-12-021h 03Classical ClassroomClassical ClassroomWhat’s a “Nico Muhly”? Chris Johnson on Indie ClassicalNico Muhly, indie classical, and the future of classical music! In this episode, Classical 91.7 announcer Chris Johnson – our first returning instructor! – comes back to the Classical Classroom.  This one isn't for the faint of heart: there are banjos! Audio production by Todd “Toddy” Hulsander with gentle nudges of encouragement from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: – The Only Tune (parts 1-3), from Nico Muhly’s Mothertongue, on Brassland Records.2013-07-1225 minClassical ClassroomClassical ClassroomClassical Classroom, Episode 14: What’s a “Nico Muhly”? Chris Johnson on Indie ClassicalNico Muhly, indie classical, and the future of classical music! In this episode, Classical 91.7 announcer Chris Johnson – our first returning instructor! – comes back to the Classical Classroom.  This one isn't for the faint of heart: there are banjos! Audio production by Todd “Toddy” Hulsander with gentle nudges of encouragement from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: – The Only Tune (parts 1-3), from Nico Muhly’s Mothertongue, on Brassland Records.2013-07-1225 minBrasslandBrasslandThe National - "High Beams""High Beams" is one of the earliest known demos by The National. It was recorded circa 2000 & available on an early version of Brassland's website. It was out of circulation for half a decade before we shared it again in 2011 to celebrate Brassland's 10th anniversary. Brassland is and artist-operated label started in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis and twin brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner. We began with a pair of debuts by Clogs & The National, but our goal was to develop a community of creative folk, and the family has grown to include work by Nico Muhly, Buke & Gass, and Doveman among...1999-12-2903 min