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Ray Harmony

Hack Music Theory

The unorthodoX ideas of multi award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony. Older episodes were co-hosted by his wife and protégé Kate Harmony. As a songwriter and producer, Ray has made music with Grammy winners and multiplatinum artists, including Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine). Join over 255,000 YouTube subscribers learning the fast, easy, and fun way to make music without using AI, cos it ain't no fun getting a robot to write “your” songs! Download Ray's free book at HackMusicTheory.com

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134 episodes

  1. AI Is Stealing Far More Than Jobs. 8:25
  2. Replaced by Robots. 10:07
  3. Overwhelmed With Content? Use This Method. 7:01
  4. AI Hitmaker to AI Hitman. 3:55
  5. This Song Makes You Feel Good. 5:24
  6. Odd Time Signatures That Aren’t Odd. 4:26
  7. Wanting Fans Is Not Wanting Validation. 4:24
  8. Making Music Is Bad for Your Mental Health. 6:49
  9. Life in a ‘90s Grunge Band. 12:47
  10. Creating Calm Through Song Structure. 3:30
  11. A Couplet a Day, Keeps Insanity Away. 7:59
  12. Forget Meditation, Listen to Music. 6:14
  13. Writers & Readers Against AI. 9:22
  14. AI Human vs Human AI. 9:46
  15. Musical Heroes in the AI Age. 9:07
  16. We Are the Orchid Children. 7:17
  17. The Music Theory of Fun. 6:30
  18. Who Killed the Fun, Fun, Fun? 7:35
  19. Musical Memoirs & Sonic Scrapbooks. 7:16
  20. An Effortless New Year’s Resolution. 6:06
  21. The Best Music Is Behind Us. But That’s a Good Thing! 7:19
  22. The Geography of Musical Scales. 6:06
  23. Music is Mind Control. 8:30
  24. This Is The Only Pure Music. 9:07
  25. Don’t Lie! You Listen to AI Songs. 4:57
  26. Music Is Dead. Good Riddance! 7:01
  27. You vs Phone. Who Will Win? 8:41
  28. The Uglification of Music. 12:38
  29. Don’t Trust Me, I’m an Expert. 8:00
  30. You Can’t Make Music without Using Theory. 5:25
  31. Hearing Music from the Future. 6:07
  32. You're Listening to Music Wrong. 13:47
  33. The 4 Types of Artist. Which Are You? 7:27
  34. AI Is Not a Tool. Stop Calling It That. 5:24
  35. AI Is Killing Music! This Is How We Save It. 9:58
  36. AI Saves Us Time. That’s Bad! 4:40
  37. AI Can’t Make Music 6:11
  38. Making Music is Hard. Why Bother? 5:19
  39. How to Write a Catchy Melody • Music Theory from Glass Animals "Creatures in Heaven" 1:04
  40. How to Write Sweeping Arpeggios • Music Theory from Daft Punk "Motherboard" 0:53
  41. How to Write Heavy BASS Lines • Music Theory from Front Line Assembly "Purge" 2:52
  42. How to Write Advanced DRUMS • Music Theory from Royal Blood "Mountains at Midnight" 2:55
  43. How to Write Locrian BASS Lines • Music Theory from Rezz "Suffer in Silence" 3:04
  44. How to Write Beautiful CHORDS • Music Theory from Sleep Token "Take Me Back to Eden" 2:52
  45. How to Write a BASS Line with Harmony • Music Theory from GoGo Penguin "Everything Is Going to Be OK" 3:00
  46. How to Write a Standout MELODY • Music Theory from PJ Harvey "A Child's Question, August" 3:05
  47. How to Write a Locrian RIFF • Music Theory from Metallica "72 Seasons" 3:13
  48. How to Write a Catchy MELODY • Music Theory from Beastie Boys "Sure Shot" 2:33
  49. How to Write Energetic BASS Lines • Music Theory from The Chemical Brothers "No Reason" 2:35
  50. How to Write a Lydian MELODY • Music Theory from Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again" 2:50