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Bit Depth

Bit Depth

By Santiago Ramones

Deep conversations with interesting people.

Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. A musician himself, he speaks with other musicians, creatives, outliers, and any sort of interesting person interested in deep conversation.

Still going strong after seven years and hundreds of episodes, Bit Depth features some of Oklahoma City's most fascinating minds and influential artists.
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Bit Depth 248 - Bryndon York

Bit DepthFeb 18, 2021

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01:06:34
340 - The Lunar Laugh: In The Black & Retrospective
Nov 13, 202301:16:49
339 - No Justice No Peace; Chris Prather, Kenneth Ray Woods, Megan Prather; One-Act Opera Engaging with the Effects of Police Brutality
Jun 18, 202301:18:42
338 - Compost Adjacent (Folksy duo of Ryan Smith and Nicholas Allen)

338 - Compost Adjacent (Folksy duo of Ryan Smith and Nicholas Allen)

Ryan Smith and Nich Allen met doing compost-adjacent things. When Nich heard Ryan play his music, he knew he wanted to play music with him, somehow. They’ve been playing together for some time. They both frequent the Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic, at which I was playing, too. I actually know Ryan through mutual friends, and I went to the same high school as Nich. So we got to reconnect through the open mic and I asked them to be on my podcast, that night. They agreed to my chaotic request and here they are, giving them the push they needed to decide on a band name. We talked about music, how they got together making music, academic musical knowledge and how much it isn’t needed, emotional communication, and how we grow through the music we make. Get to know Compost Adjacent!

You can follow them on Instagram here:
https://instagram.com/compostadjacent
https://instagram.com/nallenwrites
https://www.instagram.com/rsmithtxco123/

The song at the end is “Linger” by Compost Adjacent, for which this is the first recording, and had to be a little quiet because we were trying not to wake Sable up. Catch it live to hear the big screams.

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet, but it is the song I mentioned.

Apr 21, 202301:11:38
337 - Artificial Intelligence and Music with Benjamin Rosfeld
Apr 07, 202301:27:24
336 - Benjamin Rosfeld; Composer, Performer, Keys and Vocals for SHIFT
Apr 01, 202301:13:40
335 - Love as a Construct with Rowan Weathers
Mar 24, 202301:16:09
334 - Rowan Weathers; "Jackass of All Trades"
Mar 17, 202301:05:06
333 - Medium is the Message with Caleb Collins
Mar 09, 202301:05:56
332 - Caleb Collins; Comedian
Mar 03, 202301:11:22
331 - Music Business with Stefani

331 - Music Business with Stefani

Stefani Heller is a producer, manager, and audio engineer, among other things. She started Heller Music Group, started Women In The Studio, and this is her third time on Bit Depth. We talked about what she’s done since the last time she was on, like working at Castle Row, managing artists, going to law school, and more. There’s some great music business wisdom that Stefani shares on here, so any musically inclined person might benefit from giving this one a listen.
She’s not here for no reason, though. She has a charity show coming up on March 11th at 7pm and here’s the text she has for the event:
”Art Fusion is an event where local music and visual art collide. Some of OKC’s most talented bands and artists will be presenting their art at one of the city’s most prominent event centers, The Yale Theater in OKC. While our guests enjoy music from multiple genres including Singer/Songwriter with a taste of Rock, Neo Soul, Hip/Hop mixed with poetry, and Alternative Rock and Hip/Hop crossover, you can browse the walls with canvas’s created by four our most talented local painters. If that isn’t enough, two live paintings will take place throughout the evening and raffled off to benefit the Girls Rock Camp in OKC. There is so much to experience and enjoy, we hope you fall in love with the journey this night will take you on. Grab a drink with us and live local. GA and VIP options are both available.”
Here’s a link to the event:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5815323/art-fusion-oklahoma-city-yale-theater

You can find Stefani on Instagram, which has links to other things:
https://www.instagram.com/heller51/

The songs playing at the end are “don’t need u” by ROZ and “Do What We Want” by Original Flow:
https://open.spotify.com/track/79ZDjzAbUew4mAgFcI3Rjw?si=5bb196bda79b4303
https://open.spotify.com/track/3uoUIbrVs4V881jlY0GCPz?si=5f51f5b5c4eb4803

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet.

Feb 23, 202301:12:09
330 - Making Electronic Music in Ableton Live with exmaxhina
Feb 16, 202301:12:16
329 - exmaxhina; Dark lofi glitch producer
Feb 11, 202301:14:54
328 - Jabee; Rapper, Eastside Pizza House
Feb 02, 202353:38
327 - Generation Lossless
Nov 03, 202201:15:17
326 - Lighten Up with Jordan Vargas of Burl
Oct 27, 202201:12:31
325 - Jordan Vargas (Burl)
Oct 06, 202201:04:04
324 - Creative Spark with Jaz
Sep 22, 202254:43
323 - Jazmin Bryan (Podcast Producer)
Sep 15, 202201:05:17
322 - Noise with TickSuck
Sep 08, 202201:11:13
321 - Warren Realrider (TickSuck); Noise artist

321 - Warren Realrider (TickSuck); Noise artist

Warren Realrider, also known as TickSuck, is a Pawnee/Crow noise artist. I had the pleasure of playing the same night as TickSuck at The Sanctuary and got to experience Warren's cool sounds in person. We talked about visual art, his upbringing being surrounded by art, sound art, Pawnee culture, spirituality, morality, and more! Get to know TickSuck!

You can find TickSuck and his things on this link:
https://linktr.ee/wrealrider.ticksuck.sound

The track by him playing at the end is titled "Overpass Shaping Kahâriwis Wing" and it can be found on the compilation album, The Future Disintegrates.
https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/album/the-future-disintegrates

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet.

Sep 02, 202201:19:13
320 - Patriarchy and Systems with Chloe-Beth
Aug 25, 202201:11:27
319 - Chloe-Beth (Singer-Songwriter)
Aug 19, 202201:05:28
318 - Arting with Nicole Poole
Aug 11, 202201:08:44
317 - Nicole Poole (SPARK! Creative Lab)

317 - Nicole Poole (SPARK! Creative Lab)

Nicole Poole is a visual and performing artist, live composer, producer, speaker and educator working across the fields of advocacy, arts and public engagement. She is the founder and Executive Director of SPARK! Creative Lab, a member of Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center’s Performance Committee. We talked about her journey through art, SPARK!, and of course, spirituality. Get to know Nicole!

You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here:
https://sparklahoma.org/

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet.

Aug 04, 202201:06:06
316 - Miscellaneous Writings (Sample Rate 12)
Jul 28, 202228:57
315 - Music Production and Romance with Rat F!nk
Jul 14, 202201:18:40
314 - Rat F!nk
Jul 08, 202201:03:58
313 - Music Business with K.O.
Jun 30, 202201:00:45
312 - K.O.; Singer and Rapper
Jun 23, 202246:52
311 - Christianity and Politics with Brandon Ross of Grandpa Vern
Jun 16, 202201:06:56
310 - Brandon Ross of Grandpa Vern
Jun 11, 202201:00:03
309 - Music and Education with Benji Skaloot
Jun 02, 202201:16:53
308 - Benji Skaloot, Bassist for SHIFT
May 26, 202201:06:28
307 - Power(lessness) with Don Data
May 19, 202245:18
306 - Don Data
May 12, 202201:04:47
305 - Conspiracies with Psych The Wordsmith
May 05, 202201:04:58
304 - Psych The Wordsmith
Apr 28, 202201:19:05
303 - Creativity and Technicality at Cardinal Song with Aaron Newberry and Michael Trepagnier

303 - Creativity and Technicality at Cardinal Song with Aaron Newberry and Michael Trepagnier

In this rather unique episode, I got to sit down with Aaron Newberry and Michael Trepagnier at Cardinal Song - Michael’s amazing studio in OKC’s backyard. We recorded this just after recording an episode of their podcast, 15 Minutes Of…, where we discussed a topic for… fifteen minutes. That’s their podcast and it’s great and you should listen to it. For Bit Depth, however, we discussed the spectrum of creativity and technicality: instances where one or the other would help, or not, how to combine them, and exist within both at all times, along with some other topics sprinkled in throughout. Before you get too far in to the podcast, though, go check out their stuff:

Aaron Newberry:
https://frequencyinc.studio/
https://instagram.com/aaronnewberry/

Michael Trepagnier:
https://cardinalsongokc.com/
https://instagram.com/cardinalsongokc/

15 Minutes Of…:
https://anchor.fm/15minutesof/

The song that played at the end is the instrumental of a track currently called “Best Coast”, by Aaron Newberry, which is definitely not findable on the Internet because he literally just bounced a mix for this podcast as soon as we finished recording.

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The music by me playing at the end of the podcast is from this livestream:
https://youtu.be/Tb1FRAeULBw

Apr 14, 202201:10:45
302 - Free Will with David Hanon
Apr 07, 202201:13:49
301 - David Hanon (Gonzo LeBronzo)
Apr 01, 202201:07:58
300 - Santiago Ramones and Evan Jarvicks, LIVE!

300 - Santiago Ramones and Evan Jarvicks, LIVE!

300 is an arbitrary milestone, but it is a milestone that is valued nonetheless. This episode is unlike any other - I am interviewed by Evan Jarvicks, Chief Executive Weirdo of makeoklahomaweirder.com and he asks his own questions, separate from the usual deep questions on Bit Depth. Once Evan was out of questions, I opened the floor to questions from the audience. We talked about the music industry, morality, free will, forgiveness, and more! It was held live at The Sanctuary, a new venue in Oklahoma City. I’m very grateful for everyone that came out to it. Since this was a live event, I had to do a lot of sound adjustments, so the quality is a little different than normal.

Special thanks to Sable Ramones, my lovely spouse, for doing the poster/flyer, to Mekala Littleton for being so welcoming with her space, Evan Jarvicks for hosting, and to the Bit Depth Discord for being an awesome community!

Mar 24, 202201:48:01
Bit Depth 299 - Takes and Honesty with Jon McMillan
Mar 17, 202201:04:48
Bit Depth 298 - THE ALGORITHM with Justice Cow
Mar 10, 202201:06:36
Bit Depth 297 - Jessica Kion (Justice Cow)
Mar 05, 202201:05:07
Bit Depth 296 - Idealism with Thomas Who?
Feb 24, 202201:31:52
Bit Depth 295 - Thomas Who?
Feb 17, 202201:00:36
Bit Depth 294 - Jon McMillan (Teflo $)
Feb 10, 202201:07:37
Bit Depth 293 - Metamodernism with Xantheartist
Feb 03, 202201:05:06
Bit Depth 292 - Xantheartist
Jan 27, 202201:03:07
Bit Depth 291 - Music and Data with Caleb Gray
Jan 20, 202201:12:28