189- I took a lesson from a LEGEND (and was disappointed)

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4.8 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Music theory gets thrown around a lot—but what does it really mean? In this episode, Scott and Ian break down why the term is often too broad to be helpful, sharing stories from their own journeys (including lessons with legends) and how those experiences shaped their view of theory. It’s a practical, no-fluff take on functional harmony that’ll actually stick.

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0:00.0	He did the most polite version of Jocko only needed four to you.
0:06.7	Yes.
0:07.4	You know what I'm saying?
0:09.0	Yes.
0:09.6	Kid shows up with a six and he's like, ah, Jock only needed four.
0:14.2	So dude, today we're going to be talking about, dun, dun, dun, music theory. Oh, dear Lord, no. Do you think a lot of people just clicked away? No. Yes, yeah. They're like, oh, next. Hey, yeah, but let us pitch you on it. Before you go anywhere, okay, I know down this, if you're watching this on YouTube, there's probably a bunch of cats in the right-hand column that you want to go and watch. And if you're listening on your iPod or whatever, iPod, do people have iPods in your... I love that. Yeah, you're listening on your iPhone. I hope you are. Exactly. We hope you on an iPod. You're listening. You want to click away. But check this out. We want to actually sell you on
0:55.5	it. Not in that, I don't want to force you. This isn't as force feeding you vegetables or anything
0:59.8	like that. But I do what, we've got a couple of really fun stories, right? Stories of what some
1:05.4	people might call, whoa. Stories of doom, stories of pain, personal stories that Ian and I, or personal experiences
1:15.0	that Ian and I went through, they were pretty grueling from an emotional standpoint and
1:21.0	stuff that you probably don't hear people talking about a lot.
1:23.3	So we thought it'd be cool to speak about them on this podcast.
1:28.7	And then at the same time, we will be touching on, yes, a little bit of music theory.
1:33.6	But I also want to say that I think music theory is such a broad term and gets used incorrectly,
1:41.1	especially by bass players and guitar players as well and other musicians. When they say
1:45.7	music theory, it's like saying sports. You know what I mean? Hey, I play sports when actually
1:52.4	you might be a basketball player or you might be a cricket player or you might. It's so broad.
1:57.8	Yeah, it's super, super broad. It's too broad. And what a lot of people, if you've heard people talking about music theory on YouTube or wherever, right,
2:07.2	you've probably heard them talking about what's called functional harmony,
2:11.2	which is a sub, you know, a subsection of music theory.
2:17.0	It's not what when I went to school,
2:19.1	I can remember in Mrs. Lane's music class
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