We were stoked to hang out with composer Steven Snowden for this episode.We cover a variety of topics, including his compositional inspiration and practice, including electronics, and focus on specific works, such as Looner Eclipse. Megan presents an article called "Decolonizing Our Music," and Laurel starts a new, quick weekly segment which highlights one musically relevant quote and its speaker.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and welcome3:20 Creative Inspiration5:20 Taos Hum7:43 Podcasts10:15 Sound creation13:20 Why electronics? 26:00 Performing background 30:30 "Looner Eclipse"32:45 "Decolonizing Our Music" article. Distribution, money, mainstream. 54:00 Electronic influence on tradition 1:00:06 Formal composition training or no? 1:10:33 Laurel's quote
