Ghost Notes

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4.7
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87 episodes
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Date created
2020/08/28
Latest episode
2026/01/15
Average duration
69 min.
Release period
29 days

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It's a podcast about music? By the creators of 12tone and Polyphonic.

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Decades In Music
2026/01/15
Cory and Noah discuss how decades shape our understanding of musical movements, and how they shape those movements themselves. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ragebait Music Reviews
2025/12/15
Cory and Noah attempt to discuss the way modern music discourse is often so focused on making audiences angry, rather than informing them, but then we get sidetracked into discussing how modern media in general is being destroyed from within. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Rock & Roll As Children's Music
2025/11/15
Cory and Noah reflect on their experiences with early rock & roll from their childhoods and reflect on what that trend says about both the music and the culture it grew out of. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Rockism
2025/10/15
Cory and Noah reflect on the trend of rockism, its influence on music culture, and the ways in which it misunderstands what rock is all about. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Invisible Listening Games
2025/09/15
Cory and Noah consider invisible listening games, or the ways we structure our musical listening in order to get the most out of our experiences. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Great Art By Bad People
2025/08/15
Cory and Noah consider the thorny question of what to do with art that you love made by people who've caused real harm. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Song Sequels
2025/07/15
Cory and Noah discuss the complex history of song sequels and try to figure out why they don't happen that much. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Canadian Music
2025/06/15
Cory and Noah discuss the rich, complex music culture of Noah's home country of Canada, with a look at both how it differs from American music culture and some of the ways the two interact. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Music Venues
2025/05/15
Cory and Noah discuss the surprising impact of music venues on the music played in them, and how those impacts have shaped musical movements throughout history. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sympathy For The Devil
2025/04/15
Cory and Noah discuss their recent collaboration, where they both made videos about the same song, and look at how their different perspectives and processes created two completely different analyses. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://bsky.app/profile/polyphonic.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ghost Notes and Friends: Mic The Snare
2025/03/15
Cory and Noah are joined by Nick from Mic The Snare to discuss the history, legacy, and practice of music piracy, all without confessing to anything. Check out Ghost Notes on Nebula, where you can hear the new episodes a month early: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://twitter.com/WatchPolyphonic https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic Nick's stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@MicTheSnare https://nebula.tv/micthesnare See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Third Albums
2025/02/15
Cory and Noah discuss the long-await conclusion of Cory's third-album experiment, including lessons learned and some of the unexpected highlights. (Plus why it took so much longer than expected...) Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://twitter.com/WatchPolyphonic https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Christmas Music
2025/01/15
Cory and Noah discuss what makes the music of Christmas so unique, and how our relationships to it have changed over the years. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://twitter.com/WatchPolyphonic https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ghost Notes and Friends: MegaThem
2025/01/01
Cory and Noah are joined by Will from Maggie Mae Fish to discuss their fascination with noise music, as well as the broader concept of noise in music, and it only took us one try to record this episode. Check out Ghost Notes on Nebula, where you can hear the new episodes a month early: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://twitter.com/WatchPolyphonic https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic Will's stuff: https://bsky.app/profile/megathem.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@MaggieMaeFish See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Guitar Solos
2024/12/15
Cory and Noah discuss what makes a guitar solo and what makes the guitar so perfect as a solo instrument in the first place. Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes 12tone https://bsky.app/profile/12tone.nebula.tv https://nebula.app/12tone https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Polyphonic https://twitter.com/WatchPolyphonic https://nebula.app/polyphonic https://www.youtube.com/c/Polyphonic https://www.patreon.com/polyphonic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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4.7 out of 5
46 reviews
Dexter.Powers 2026/01/06
Great Pod
Found this podcast through polyphonic, but super interesting and valuable listed.
avalive 2021/08/28
Western Tonality in English Imperialism
Hi! I love this show and both of your YouTube channels. I was wondering if you have any resources that would offer more information on western tonalit...
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Scottundefined 2024/04/25
Less hot takes please
Love the content and good questions. Appreciate it when thoughtful and careful consideration with curiosity is the driving force in the conversation. ...
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MRudley 2023/03/10
Okay
All the concepts are worth exploring here, I just wish that they’d expand the discussion beyond classic rock. Soul/funk/rnb/hiphop is only occasionall...
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DApple50000 2023/02/16
No music/audio examples makes this podcast worse than its competition
Strong Songs, Song Exploder, Switched on Pop, Tape Notes are all far superior to this podcast because the hosts of Ghost Notes (either out or laziness...
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Powboi78$ 2021/08/20
Love it
This podcast is one that I love to listen to and I also like music theory so having a podcast about that is really good
MotoRisin73 2021/05/06
Great minds talking music.
I love Polyphonic. One of the best YouTube channels out there. So here I am listening to these dudes riff.
mleonetti 1991 2021/02/15
RE: Auteur Theory
I would argue that the first metal song is Helter Skelter by the Beatles. I would also argue that with this song and others, it seems that different ...
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JORGE.DA.BASSIST 2020/12/19
Awesome.
I love both of these channels and for them to get together and talk makes me smile. They are both geniuses in my head.
grandinq 2020/12/16
Two great minds diving into music
Intelligent but not elitist discussion of music. These guys, who both have amazing YouTube channels, dig in and dig in deep. You feel the passion and ...
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