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Chris L.'s avatar

His first video is how I found you, and I just finished and thoroughly enjoyed “…a subversive history”.

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Dheep''s avatar

PS - That's how I originally found Ted as well - from his 1st Beato talk. I'll be checking it out shortly. I usually check out Rick's channel every few days to see who he has been talking to. He has been on a very good roll recently

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Richie's avatar

Same here.

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Jerry Ferreri's avatar

This is the best video interview on the whole Internet/YouTube. It should be shown in schools and college courses, under the title: “The rise of the New Romantics”, on how 2 brilliant and creative minds can make magic happen in front of a coffee cup by talking about their passions and life long experiences bringing wisdom to everyone.

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DG's avatar

The interview was superb. Rick didn't need to ask much since you had so much to say.

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Boris Legume's avatar

Yep. Listened to it. That is why I am here.

Great discussion. Particularly the over-extension of a trend. The rubber band snaps back hard.

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Kate Stanton's avatar

Boris, when will it snap back?! I sure hope it is tomorrow. 🎶

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David Bernstein's avatar

There are cycles in everything. There are cycles in the weather, the economy, the sun, wars, geological formations, atomic vibrations, climate, human moods, the motions of the planets, populations of animals, the occurrence of diseases, the prices of commodities and shares and the large scale structure of the universe. None of these are independent of each other. Research shows that very different disciplines often find the same cycle periods in their data. The inter-relatedness of all things is an idea who's time has come. The study of cycles is an excellent way to understand this because the periods of cycles are as easy to recognize as fingerprints or DNA sequences. Teds's talent stack is amazing and he figured this out!!

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Kate Stanton's avatar

For everything there is a season!

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Jon Howell's avatar

I'll resist laying it on thick by saying things like "Holy Shit! My favorite all-in-one producer, musician, and interviewer interviewing an insightful and passionate author with an encyclopedic knowledge of music, who also happens to publish my favorite newsletter? WTF is happening?!?".

So: Wow, sounds great! Looking forward to watching. Thank you. 😄

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Bruce Lambert's avatar

Loved it. Still have about 30 minutes left. As a dedicated reader, I was familiar with many of the points you made, but it was still great to hear you make them in person.

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David W. Taylor's avatar

Fantastic interview, Ted. I rank both you and Rick at the top of the "micro-culture" list of influencers for today's musicians. Question for you Ted: The more I think on it, the more I'm incensed that there are currently no consumer protection laws that require open disclosure of A.I. used in art creation. As a consumer, I am adamant in not wanting to support any art, music or literature that was created by A.I. rather than a human. However, these tech companies are more than willing to use deceptive practices against consumers by implying that a piece of art, music or literature was human created by using pseudo creator names rather than indicating "created by A.I.". I feel that as consumers (and artists) we need to become organized and pro-active in demanding consumer protection laws against deceptive A.I. created works of art, music and literature. Would you be willing to write a piece that offers suggestions on how best your readers can pro-actively lobby for this type of consumer protection laws? Coming from you, this could have a broad reach and impact. Thank you.

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Michael Faeth's avatar

Thank you for the interview with Rick. In regards to AI, it would be great if the copyright is protected for the artists that are being learned from and that an AI disclosure is included for every piece that uses it. More organic intelligence, please. LOL

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Kate Stanton's avatar

I appreciate the deep dive into humanities & history comparing generational cycles and other artworks with our current “music culture”. Our sad political landscape here in the states, combined with out-of-touch elitism in the fine arts (I cannot stand some of what constitutes as modern conceptual art), architecture vs. cookie-cutter suburban homes or generic buildings (bring back Classical, Neo, or even Art Deco as a celebration), superhero cash cows, and finally music. Music. I have detoxed from the obnoxious advertisements on streaming platforms. I’m back to collecting vinyl and CDs from my local library. I’m rediscovering some great composers. I was listening to Beethoven’s Pastoral today with goosebumps. Imagining the birdsong and thunderstorms he so brilliantly translated into song for us. I’m not counterculture, but I’m into boundaries these days. I am so sick and tired of this loud hustle culture in music. I am stepping back to fall in love with music again. Sorry this rant is so long!

Moving video with two very interesting musicians!!

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The Bit Barron's avatar

This was a fantastic hour and a half.

Thanks Ted!

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Don Giannatti's avatar

A truly great interview, Ted.

You and Rick are heroes, my friend.

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The Dark Lords's avatar

There might be 60-70 year cycles, but also longer cycles of cultural and civilizational rise and fall. We're at the end of the latter cycles now, imo -- the Fall of the West, basically.

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James Hart's avatar

Ted's articles are always a "will-read" for me.

As with Rick's videos, which are always a "will-watch."

Ted on Rick's show is a "drop everything immediately because this is the entirety of your new to-do list for the next hour."

Really enjoyed the discussion this time around.

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David James's avatar

Saw this yesterday on Rick's YouTube channel. It's as good an analysis of the current state of the music business as you're likely to hear. It's about 90 minutes give or take, but well worth the investment of your time and attention.

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Dave Irving's avatar

Your last appearance on Rick Beato's show (?) is why I started following you.

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Graham Nolan's avatar

Same for me. Listening to music on youtube had their algorithm send me more Rick Beato pieces including that interview. So some good things can happen with algorithms.

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