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Blind Duet
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Blind Duet is a podcast where artists connect, create, and collaborate. In each episode, two artists get two weeks to record two minutes of music. The twist: the musicians have no idea who their partner will be. Co-hosts Benjamin Kahn and Tom Mayer bring a combined thirty years of music and podcasting experience and facilitate important discussions on creativity, the music industry, and connectivity. If you love other podcasts like Song Exploder or just love mashups and remixes, then welcome to Blind Duet.
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In Conversation with ÌFÉ and Bill Summers
Jun 1600:50:42Tap to summarizeTom sits down with ÌFÉ and Bill Summers for a wide-ranging conversation about spirituality, percussion, creativity, and kinship.Follow ÌFÉFollow Bill SummersFollow Blind Duet
Transcribe →Curstin Kay and Linton Smith - Hold On
Oct 11, 202400:51:02Tap to summarizeTom gets grouchy about fantasy football. Ben falls in love with a hippo (you know which one). Curstin and Linton try and out-compliment each other over their stunning collaboration! [Hold On debut at 48:01]Follow Curstin!Follow Linton!Follow Blind Duet!
Transcribe →GMIDH: Old Town Road with Four Hosts
Sep 6, 202400:54:22Tap to summarizeFor this Great Moment in Duet History, Tom and Ben are joined by their better halves, Jana and Maggie, to discuss the impact of one of the unlikeliest collaborations in recent memory. The episode quickly devolves into four millennials showing how little they know about Tiktok.
Transcribe →Sari Jordan + Mark Anthony Thomas - Choice by Indecision
Feb 25, 202400:38:36Tap to summarizeSari Jordan and Mark Anthony Thomas connect on this episode to discuss vocal health, taking time to enjoy the creative journey, and what to wear to Beyonce's Renaissance tour. They also put their hearts into their collaboration, Choice by Indecision.Follow Mark!Follow Sari!Follow Blind DuetEmail us at blindduetpod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Teaching Music with Imade Igodan
Jan 12, 202400:31:28Tap to summarizeThis episode is a thoughtful conversation with educator extraordinaire, Imade Igodan. Hear about her musical background, step inside her classroom, and learn how serving in the Peace Corps informed her teaching and musicianship!
Transcribe →The Living Musician Draft Feat. Myla and Wayne
Dec 5, 202301:07:19Tap to summarizeWelcome back, sports fans! Returning Blind Duet musicians Myla Bocage and Wayne "Sob Rock" Matthews join Ben and Tom in drafting musicians to create the best possible lineup of living artists. Once they're drafted, they are off the board! Will your favorite artist get drafted? Probably not. But you will hear some amazing musicians and learn why they deserve a second listen.Positions to fill in each band:DrumsBassGuitarKeysHorn 1Horn 2X FactorFollow MylaFollow WayneFollow Blind Duet
Transcribe →Tracy J + Gengis Don - Feeling Different
Nov 3, 202300:39:04Tap to summarizeAfter a little hiatus, we are back with an amazing collaboration featuring Tracy J and Gengis Don. Listen in as they meet each other for the first time, discuss the intersection of identity and creativity, and produce their duet, "Feeling Different." Follow TracyFollow GengisFollow Blind Duet and email us at blindduetpod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Giulia Barreto + TJ Nathan - Tapa Na Pantera
Jan 20, 202300:38:43Tap to summarizeSlap that panther, baby! Get to know NOLA-based artists Giulia Barreto and TJ Nathan during this guitarist x guitarist collab. In this episode, we discuss the power of music in activism (sort of), covet Jay Electronica's magic pixie dust, and Tom unsuccessfully prevents Ben from talking about guitar pedals with our guests for the entire interview (edited heavily for time).Follow us all on the gram:TJ (and Love Your Own Noise)GiuliaBlind Duet PodEmail us at blindduetpod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Great Moments in Duet History: Mala x Joe Armon-Jones feat. Dr. Caspar Melville
Jan 8, 202300:53:04Tap to summarizeHappy New Year from Blind Duet! To kick off 2023, enjoy an amazing episode of Great Moments featuring Dr. Caspar Melville, professor of creative and cultural industries at SOAS, University of London. Join us to tour the London underground club scene, learn about sound system culture, and take a brief aside to explore a fringe dance cult of septuagenarians in northern England fueled by 70's fashion and meth. Neat stuff.Want even more Caspar? Buy his book here!Follow Blind Duet on InstagramEmail us: blindduetpod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Blind Duet at Music Cities Tulsa 2022
Nov 27, 202200:37:37Tap to summarizeComing to you live from scenic Tulsa, Oklahoma! We met up in person to attend the Tulsa Music Cities Convention in early November and this episode is the audio from our live conversation. You can't see us so you have no idea if we are sitting next to each other, sharing a bath together, or spooning intimately in our one shared twin XL bed. Want to find out? Watch this interview on Youtube right here!As always follow us on Instagram and reach us at blindduetpod@gmail.comSupport Fire in Little Africa here.
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