{"id":3391,"date":"2026-08-15T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/switched-on-pops-nate-sloan-and-charlie-harding-love-fresh-vegetables-and-guitar-pedals\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:00:00","slug":"switched-on-pops-nate-sloan-and-charlie-harding-love-fresh-vegetables-and-guitar-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/switched-on-pops-nate-sloan-and-charlie-harding-love-fresh-vegetables-and-guitar-pedals\/","title":{"rendered":"Switched on Pop\u2019s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding love fresh vegetables and guitar pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThey\u2019re the Lennon\u2013McCartney of overanalyzing pop music. | Image: Daniel Randall\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen’s \u00ab\u00a0Call Me Maybe<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>one of the best music podcasts out there. Cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding obsessively dissect pop songs, from the theory behind their musical choices to their production techniques. If you’re a student of pop music, then this is a must-listen podcast.<\/p>\n

Sloan is a composer and professor of musicology at USC Thornton School of Music, where he researches pop, but also jazz and even Tin Pan Alley. Harding is a songwriter, music journalist, and a professor as well. Their combined \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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