Tape Notes

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Music #82, Music Interviews #15

Tape Notes is a podcast about the art and craft of music production. Hosted by John Kennedy, each episode reunites an artist and producer to talk about the highlights of their collaboration in the studio. Their conversations lift the lid on every stage of the creative process, from kindling the first spark of a song idea, through decisions on style and instrumentation, to finessing the final product. Full of fascinating anecdotes, the conversations also feature early demo versions and stems from the original session recordings. The result is a unique insight into the working methods of some of the most innovative and exciting talents in music.

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Recent Episodes
  • TN:153 Porter Robinson
    Apr 17, 2025 – 01:52:25
  • Reissue | TN:40 DJ Shadow
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:41:12
  • TN:152 Olly Alexander & Danny L Harle
    Feb 21, 2025 – 01:53:34
  • TN:151 Maribou State
    Feb 5, 2025 – 02:03:44
  • TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL
    Jan 22, 2025 – 01:48:15
  • Bonus Episode - John Kennedy & Adam Buxton (Live)
    Dec 27, 2024 – 38:21
  • TN:149 Snarky Puppy (Michael League)
    Dec 11, 2024 – 01:48:38
  • TN:148 Bring Me The Horizon & Dan Lancaster
    Nov 27, 2024 – 01:43:17
  • TN:147 Lizzy McAlpine, Mason Stoops & Taylor Mackall
    Nov 13, 2024 – 01:58:52
  • TN:146 Pixies & Tom Dalgety
    Oct 31, 2024 – 01:49:42
  • TN:145 Clean Bandit (Part 2)
    Oct 16, 2024 – 01:06:04
  • TN:144 Bonobo
    Oct 1, 2024 – 01:48:56
  • TN:143 Rex Orange County, Teo Halm & Jim Reed
    Sep 5, 2024 – 01:46:02
  • TN:142 Clean Bandit (Part 1)
    Aug 20, 2024 – 01:35:47
  • TN:141 A. G. Cook
    Aug 6, 2024 – 02:01:45
  • Reissue | TN:29 Floating Points
    Jul 30, 2024 – 01:23:40
  • TN:140 Four Tet
    Jul 16, 2024 – 01:57:01
  • TN:139 Kasabian
    Jul 4, 2024 – 01:37:20
  • TN:138 Charli XCX, George Daniel & A.G. Cook
    Jun 19, 2024 – 01:32:48
  • TN:137 IDLES, Kenny Beats & Mikko Gordon
    May 30, 2024 – 01:48:48
  • Reissue | TN:18 The 1975
    May 14, 2024 – 01:27:20
  • TN:136 St. Vincent
    Apr 30, 2024 – 01:12:24
  • TN:135 Bob Vylan & Jonny Breakwell
    Apr 23, 2024 – 01:43:53
  • TN:134 The Libertines
    Apr 11, 2024 – 01:12:02
  • TN:133 Jack Antonoff (Bleachers)
    Mar 29, 2024 – 01:33:28
  • Reissue | TN:16 Alt-J & Charlie Andrew
    Mar 13, 2024 – 01:42:52
  • TN:132 Jacob Collier
    Mar 1, 2024 – 01:16:25
  • TN:131 Declan McKenna
    Feb 14, 2024 – 01:37:09
  • Reissue | TN:12 Glass Animals
    Jan 31, 2024 – 01:20:00
  • TN:130 100 gecs
    Jan 17, 2024 – 01:14:46
  • TN:129 Matthew Herbert
    Dec 27, 2023 – 01:41:24
  • TN:128 Fall Out Boy & Neal Avron
    Dec 15, 2023 – 01:55:25
  • TN:127 Bombay Bicycle Club
    Nov 29, 2023 – 01:06:28
  • TN:126 Royal Blood
    Nov 16, 2023 – 01:19:53
  • TN:125 FIZZ & Pete Miles
    Nov 3, 2023 – 01:41:53
  • TN:124 Olivia Dean & Matt Hales
    Oct 25, 2023 – 01:55:08
  • TN:123 Bakar & Zach Nahome
    Oct 4, 2023 – 01:50:43
  • TN:122 James Blake
    Sep 26, 2023 – 01:44:41
  • TN:121 Disclosure
    Aug 29, 2023 – 02:05:03
  • TN:120 The Japanese House, Chloe Kraemer & George Daniel
    Aug 16, 2023 – 01:40:26
  • TN:119 Blur & James Ford
    Aug 4, 2023 – 01:31:08
  • TN:118 Ben Howard and Bullion
    Jul 11, 2023 – 01:33:22
  • TN:117 YUNGBLUD & Mati Schwartz
    Jun 26, 2023 – 01:49:23
  • TN:116 Sub Focus
    Jun 21, 2023 – 01:47:51
  • TN:115 Temps (James Acaster)
    Jun 5, 2023 – 01:47:32
  • TN:114 James Ellis Ford
    May 10, 2023 – 01:20:02
  • TN:113 Diplo (Major Lazer, Sia, Thomas Wesley)
    Apr 26, 2023 – 01:27:06
  • TN:112 Benny Sings & Kenny Beats
    Apr 11, 2023 – 01:21:35
  • TN:111 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
    Feb 16, 2023 – 01:29:50
  • TN:110 Tom Odell & Laurie Blundell
    Feb 1, 2023 – 01:46:44
Recent Reviews
  • DSa234
    Too much electronic music lately
    Thanks for the great podcast! Please include artists that do something other than electronic music. How about some more rock, jazz, blues, country, pop, etc?
  • Judy_Pie_Blank
    So gooooood
    Omigoshhhh
  • mcollinsf1990
    Gets deep without getting dull
    Absolutely love this podcast. It gets deep into the intricacies of what goes into a song while not losing an audience (me) with very little understanding of audio production. You start to listen to music differently. Can’t wait for more.
  • kaybee202020
    One of the best
    This is a fantastic podcast. John is so thoughtful and a wonderful interviewer. Tons of great producers and musicians with amazing insight. Love it!
  • Random Enchilada
    tape notes
    so well made and insightful! glad this exists!
  • DadVoice
    Fantastic Podcast For Music Creators and Appreciators
    This podcast is a true gem. I love how it focuses so much on the creative process behind so many great albums and songs. Unlike other music podcasts, there’s no sense of ego or self importance from the interviewer. He just lets the artists speak and engages them with thoughtful questions. I also love the long form discussions, which sets it apart from Song Exploder. We get to go so much more in depth compared to other podcasts. Keep up the great work!
  • DDrewsky
    Love this pod
    A great deep dive into the process behind some amazing projects. Keep em coming!
  • III Mr Boss III
    Biffy Ep was awesome!
    Costey is the man... very cool show breaking down the tracks with actual demos and sound clips seamlessly edited well done!
  • A grateful amateur
    Exploding Songs!
    A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made... each episode looks at 3 songs off one album with both musician and producer. Together with the host. Starting with the original idea of the song all the way through it’s completion. So if you’re like me and have searched far and wide for Podcasts similar to Song Exploder well my friend I’m pleased to inform you that you have finally found it!
  • 614 Music Blog
    Love this Podcast
    Really interesting and awesome podcast for anyone interested in the production and songwriting process behind some amazing records. Love hearing the early demos and isolated original stems. And diving into multiple songs on the record really gets you into the headspace of the artist at the time of the recordings. The Little Dragon and The 1975 episodes were fantastic. Keep it up!!!
  • Jack Sommer
    Yes!
    At first I wasn’t sure if it was gonna be too close to Song Exploder but it has a style of its own, not to mention is more extensive. Plus, some good artists featured!
  • Mrr65656587627
    The. Best.
    Such an amazing podcast! I discovered it when John interviewed Dave Bayley from Glass Animals (my favorite band) and I have listened to that episode 4 times because there’s so much to it and it’s so interesting and incredible! Even when an episode is about a band or producer I haven’t heard of before, I end up falling in love with their music because of the experience of listening to how it was made.
  • nilscs
    A gold nugget for all musicians and die-hard music fans
    Combines very inspiring musician stories with great technical and applicable tips when you write or produce music. This podcasts makes you a better musician/producer.
  • sarahgerard
    Amazing
    So interesting to hear behind the scenes! Great podcast :)
  • kktaylorlauntnerisHOT<3
    This podcast is seriously awesome
    Love this concept, it’s always so awesome to hear artists talk about their craft!
  • Anonymous2*
    Chelsey Cohen
    A really great listen! Great to hear from both the artists and the producers and how they work together!
  • gorgiasgirl
    Good work
    Insider chats with cool people. Interesting, funny and probably my fave podcast right now. Please keep going!
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