Blind Duet
Blind Duet is a podcast where artists connect, create, and collaborate. In each episode, two artists get two weeks to record two minutes of music. The twist: the musicians have no idea who their partner will be. Co-hosts Benjamin Kahn and Tom Mayer bring a combined thirty years of music and podcasting experience and facilitate important discussions on creativity, the music industry, and connectivity. If you love other podcasts like Song Exploder or just love mashups and remixes, then welcome to Blind Duet.
Episodes
Tom sits down with ÌFÉ and Bill Summers for a wide-ranging conversation about spirituality, percussion, creativity, and kinship.
Tom gets grouchy about fantasy football. Ben falls in love with a hippo (you know which one).
Curstin and Linton try and out-compliment each other over their stunning collaboration!
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For this Great Moment in Duet History, Tom and Ben are joined by their better halves, Jana and Maggie, to discuss the impact of one of the unlikeliest collaborations in recent memory. The episode quickly devolves into four millennials showing how little they know about Tiktok.
Sari Jordan and Mark Anthony Thomas connect on this episode to discuss vocal health, taking time to enjoy the creative journey, and what to wear to Beyonce's Renaissance tour. They also put their hearts into their collaboration, Choice by Indecision.
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This episode is a thoughtful conversation with educator extraordinaire, Imade Igodan. Hear about her musical background, step inside her classroom, and learn how serving in the Peace Corps informed her teaching and musicianship!
Welcome back, sports fans! Returning Blind Duet musicians Myla Bocage and Wayne "Sob Rock" Matthews join Ben and Tom in drafting musicians to create the best possible lineup of living artists. Once they're drafted, they are off the board! Will your favorite artist get drafted? Probably not. But you will hear some amazing musicians and learn why they deserve a second listen.
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After a little hiatus, we are back with an amazing collaboration featuring Tracy J and Gengis Don. Listen in as they meet each other for the first time, discuss the intersection of identity and creativity, and produce their duet, "Feeling Different."
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Slap that panther, baby! Get to know NOLA-based artists Giulia Barreto and TJ Nathan during this guitarist x guitarist collab. In this episode, we discuss the power of music in activism (sort of), covet Jay Electronica's magic pixie dust, and Tom unsuccessfully prevents Ben from talking about guitar pedals with our guests for the entire interview (edited heavily for time).
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Happy New Year from Blind Duet! To kick off 2023, enjoy an amazing episode of Great Moments featuring Dr. Caspar Melville, professor of creative and cultural industries at SOAS, University of London. Join us to tour the London underground club scene, learn about sound system culture, and take a brief aside to explore a fringe dance cult of septuagenarians in northern England fueled by 70's fashion and meth. Neat stuff.
Coming to you live from scenic Tulsa, Oklahoma! We met up in person to attend the Tulsa Music Cities Convention in early November and this episode is the audio from our live conversation. You can't see us so you have no idea if we are sitting next to each other, sharing a bath together, or spooning intimately in our one shared twin XL bed. Want to find out? Watch this interview on Youtube right here!
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Ben and Tom catch up with Gregory Agid and (Blind Duet artist) Darrian Douglas for a crossover episode! We each bring one song to discuss that made an impact on us as music students. Enjoy, this one got rowdy.
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Darrian Douglas and Jesse Audelo combine forces to create a powerful anthem that grapples with civil rights and the realities of the American experiment.
Ben preaches the benefits of celery juice.
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This one is bizarre. Tom needed to talk about this song so we invited Blind Duet alum and friend of the show Wayne Matthews back for a discussion of Gettin Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith. Is this what we normally do? No. Are we glad we did it? Hell yeah. We covered everything from gender roles in New Orleans hip hop to Pringles, and it all had to do with the iconic piece of sonic art that is Gettin Jiggy Wit It.
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Ben brings this instant classic to discuss on episode four of Great Moments in Duet History. Tom and Ben discuss how/why the Wiggles are becoming...mascots? of Blind Duet. Shoutout to Emma Watkins and Murray Cook!
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Harp + Hand Pan = Another great episode of Blind Duet!
On this episode, we feature Cassie Watson Francillon and Adam Maalouf two incredibly profound musicians who share their unique approaches to music on their respective instruments. They worked together to create a beautiful instrumental piece that will transcend you to a place of meditation and reflection.
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This episode is a New Orleans link up! Hannah Kreiger-Benson and Kirkland Green nerd out about musical theater and discuss the intersection of art and social justice. Their song Plausible Deniability is a commentary on their own lived experiences and more.
In the intro, Tom makes Ben play another round of Bad Duet featuring some Brett Michaels. Woof.
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This great moment in duet history is brought to you by Havana Club and coffee. Tom brings a collaboration to discuss that was 14 years in the making. Ben abuses his air horn privileges at the end of the episode.
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Wayne Matthews and Teddy Roxpin connect in L.A. to produce Classic 1's and Denim 6's. Along the way, we talk to them about shared influences and the magic inherent in live performance. Tom and Ben spend their time in the intro kissing their own asses and talking about music projects they have been a part of together.
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Ben fanboys HARD over his pick for Great Moments in Duet History and shares why this collaboration is personal. Tom gets sidetracked talking about Conan O'Brien.
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On Blind Duet Episode 006, Cliff Hines and Eli Heisler get paired up in our second New Orleans x Los Angeles collaboration. They discuss the pros and cons of music school and stepping into the astral plane when creating. Their track Cliffside Meditation Pt. 22222 combines their shared appreciation for layers, details, and modular synthesis.
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