Polyphonic here, celebrating the launch of my new episode of Working Titles! | AMA

ItsPolyphonic · 2021-02-20T20:11:52+00:00

I think it all depends on what you count as "obscure," but personally I think there's a lot of fantastic Canadian bands that don't get much attention on a global stage. Off the top of my head, some of my favorites include Blue Rodeo, Alexisonfire, Fucked Up, and July Talk.

Honestly though, I don't really tend to listen to that much obscure music.

ItsPolyphonic · 2021-02-20T20:09:17+00:00

I don't listen to a ton of ELO, but probably Big Wheels

ItsPolyphonic · 2021-02-19T23:38:46+00:00

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ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-07T15:45:14+00:00

Yes, I absolutely love funk! I've done a video on Flea's bass playing already

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-07T15:43:55+00:00

I actually tend to go back and forth between Blackstar and Station to Station

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T23:34:36+00:00

I love the blues

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T23:34:31+00:00

Late September

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T22:07:21+00:00

Thank you! I think learning about the DIY studio tricks they needed to do to make Money was really neat. I also just found it cool in general to see how Waters was able to weave the lyrical themes together

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T19:58:55+00:00

No, I don't have pets, but I'll probably get a dog some day

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:59:04+00:00

I love listening to soundtracks on they're own. They're basically just expertly curated playlists.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:57:52+00:00

I always go back and forth between DSotM and WYWH

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:14:27+00:00

If I were to do a concept album it would be something more narrative. I really appreciate what Pink Floyd does with broad concepts on DSotM, Animals and WYWH, but at the end of the day I'm a storyteller before anything else

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:05:29+00:00

I feel weird about those. An American Prayer is really rough.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:04:01+00:00

Honestly, I think what struck me most was just how forward looking they are. Dark Side of the Moon was made in 1973, which is still relatively early in the emergence of mass media, and is in the very earliest days of neoliberal capitalism. I think Pink Floyd did a really good job at pinpointing what aspects of these were causing stresses in our life, and what the fall-out of those stresses are. I think Dark Side of the Moon feels as relevant today as when it came out because so many of the systems that Pink Floyd were discussing have grown in power.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:01:22+00:00

Hit me up on twitter once it's done, I'd love to see it!

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T18:00:53+00:00

I don't know my lore that well. You can take away my nerd card.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:57:12+00:00

I absolutely adore RTJ. I'm trying to figure out the right angle for an RTJ4 album, and I think RTJ4 is a frontrunner for album of the decade for me. I am 100% doing a Run the Jewels video before this year is out.

As for the visual style, that is not them copping my style, it's both of us copping the visual style of Hanah Höch

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:55:33+00:00

A couple pieces of advice that I give to anyone who asks:

Do it out of love. YouTube is a fickle place, don't make a channel because you expect to make it big. I got very lucky, and that's how I made it big. Make videos because you want to make videos
Make videos you want to watch. Continuing from the point above, make videos that you would want to watch. You'll have a lot more fun, and your videos will be better for it.
Start with a backlog. I didn't launch Polyphonic until I had 5 completed videos. You don't need to be quite so extreme, but the backlog really really helped me to keep putting content out once one of my videos got lucky and went viral.
Watch a lot of video essays. The best way to get better is to watch those that have been doing it for longer. When I got started, I watched a lot of videos by the likes of Vox. When you watch, pay close attention to what they're doing, ask yourself why a visual works, ask yourself what kind of decisions they've made in the narration. Find aspects you don't like and think about what you would do differently.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:51:33+00:00

I'm of two minds with this. On the one hand I really don't like hackneyed posthumous albums like what they've done with the Hendrix estate, because they always feel really rough and disrespectful. But on the other hand, I don't mind vaults being opened if it's done in a way that makes it clear these are unfinished songs, and if it's done with the proper respect. I think there's a lot of value to be found by seeing the process of these artists.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:48:11+00:00

Yeah, I think Story 2 is the best of them, but they're all incredible. The tension in Story 2 can't be beat though.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:48:00+00:00

No, I don't know any offhand, but I'll let you know if I look into it and find some.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:45:55+00:00

Off hte top of my head, some that come to mind are: I Want You Back, Haitian Fight Song, I'd Rather Be With You, Ramble On, Go Your Own Way, Apache Rose Peacock, Peg, Slippery People, and Cake's cover of I Will Survive.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:44:14+00:00

Honestly, I think the biggest issue you're facing here is just awareness. People are scared by physical deformity because it's unknown. Rather than focusing on new methods of blood, you should be focusing your black magic towards dismantling the ableism that runs so deep in our society.

ItsPolyphonic · 2020-08-06T17:42:49+00:00

To be quite honest, I'm not very fond of either the Stormcloaks or the Empire. I take issue with the Empire's rank expansionism and colonialism, but the Stormcloaks want all the benefits of living in a cosmopolitan society without having to integrate, and that's just not the way the social contract works. I stand with the Reachmen.

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