Tape Notes
In The Woods
John Kennedy dissects modern studio sessions with the artists and producers who built them, isolating original stems and raw demos.
Why we picked this
We picked Tape Notes because it treats music production as a rigorous intellectual and technical discipline rather than background trivia. Host John Kennedy gets artists and producers to isolate raw stems, original demos, and hardware chains, detailing the exact choices that turn a rough demo into a finished record. The result is a patient, deeply technical conversation that strips away industry myth-making and shows how songs are actually built in the studio.
Tape Notes is a podcast about the art and craft of music production. Hosted by John Kennedy, each episode reunites an artist and producer to talk about the highlights of their collaboration in the studio. Their conversations lift the lid on every stage of the creative process, from kindling the first spark of a song idea, through decisions on style and instrumentation, to finessing the final product. Full of fascinating anecdotes, the conversations also feature early demo versions and stems from the original session recordings. The result is a unique insight into the working methods of some of
Recent episodes
TN:192 Troye Sivan & Tyde Levi
Oct 20, 20261h 29m
TN:191 Lizzy McAlpine, Mason Stoops, Taylor Mackall & Omar Akrouche
Oct 6, 20261h 56m
TN:190 The Beatles (Giles Martin)
Sep 22, 20261h 41m
TN:189 Bonobo
Sep 15, 20261h 41m
TN:188 Tame Impala
Sep 2, 20261h 20m
TN:187 Overmono
Aug 18, 20261h 34m
TN:186 Joy Anonymous
Aug 4, 20261h 36m
TN:185 Charli xcx, A. G. Cook & Finn Keane
Jul 21, 20261h 41m
Reissue | TN:54 Disclosure
Jul 7, 20261h 55m
TN:184 Myles Smith & Peter Fenn
Jun 23, 20261h 45m
TN:183 Arlo Parks & Baird
Jun 9, 20261h 30m
TN:182 Bleachers (Jack Antonoff)
May 26, 20261h 36m
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