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Bit Depth

Santiago Ramones

Right now, Bit Depth is diving deep into the creation of the songs on Hypothetical, track by track.Normally, the podcast is this: Deep conversations with interesting people. Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. As a musician, Santiago speaks with other musicians, creatives, outliers, and

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All Episodes

01:16:53

309 - Music and Education with Benji Skaloot

Bit Depth ·

2022/06/02

Benji Skaloot of SHIFT is back and we talk about Timelines - the SHIFT album, music and music education, whether or not it’s worth it to go to music school in today’s day and age (in THIS economy?!), talent and skill, and some of Benji’s favorite bassists. Enjoy! You can find Ben on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/b.skaloot https://instagram.com/shift.band The song by SHIFT playing at the end is “Origin”: https://open.spotify.com/track/5WI7tvMW2mepKQUogB1m6O?si=c481595aa868411f Bit

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01:06:27

308 - Benji Skaloot, Bassist for SHIFT

Bit Depth ·

2022/05/26

Ben Askren, also known as Benji Skaloot, is a composer and bassist. He plays in the band SHIFT, which just had an album come out: Timelines. We talked about music, SHIFT, the album, spirituality and religion, morality, and more! Get to know Benji Skaloot! You can find Ben’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/b.skaloot/ You can find SHIFT’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shift.band/ The song playing at the end is “In Fields” by SHIFT:

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00:45:18

307 - Power(lessness) with Don Data

Bit Depth ·

2022/05/19

Don Data returns once again and we discuss how white people are portrayed the villains in today’s media, race and history, our inability to impact political and economic circumstances, existential risk and how technology could destroy us, interplanetary travel, and even more! You can find Don Data on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/gas_lit_okie_ The song playing at the end is “RYB” by Lust Online: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DjRYb6Op5Hk4HTRaQOmda?si=eb81842f3b2d4677 Bit Depth:

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01:04:46

306 - Don Data

Bit Depth ·

2022/05/12

Donald James, Don Data, Don Eisenberg, is a drummer, radio host, and a general speaker of hard truths on his social media. He plays drums in Lust Online and with Tim Buchanan. He’s the host of No One Man on The Spy, 91.7FM, a show that features the music of hip hop culture. You should definitely tune in (the literal meaning of tune in, in this context) on Fridays from 11pm to midnight. Don and I talked about music, how he got into it, spirituality, money, the future, and more! Get to know Don

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01:04:57

305 - Conspiracies with Psych The Wordsmith

Bit Depth ·

2022/05/05

Psych The Wordsmith asked about conspiracy theories, so we dive into what makes most conspiracy theories not make sense like 9-11 Truth or Satanic Panic, how we create our own hysterias like with the mark of the beast, treating spiritual things as spiritual rather than literal, and then we talk about shows we’ve been watching. You can find Psych The Wordsmith on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/psychthewordsmithofficial The track that plays at the end is “karma” by Psych The Wordsmith:

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01:19:05

304 - Psych The Wordsmith

Bit Depth ·

2022/04/28

Clint Blackwell Jr., better known as Psych The Wordsmith, is an Oklahoma-based rapper, poet, performer, actor, and much more! We talked about music, theater, being a black man in a white theater world, spirituality and religion, the future, conspiracy theories, and more! Get to know Psych The Wordsmith! You can find Psych The Wordsmith on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/psychthewordsmithofficial/ The track that plays at the end is “thinkinbout” by Psych The

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01:10:44

303 - Creativity and Technicality at Cardinal Song...

Bit Depth ·

2022/04/14

In this rather unique episode, I got to sit down with Aaron Newberry and Michael Trepagnier at Cardinal Song - Michael’s amazing studio in OKC’s backyard. We recorded this just after recording an episode of their podcast, 15 Minutes Of…, where we discussed a topic for… fifteen minutes. That’s their podcast and it’s great and you should listen to it. For Bit Depth, however, we discussed the spectrum of creativity and technicality: instances where one or the other would help, or not, how to combine

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01:13:49

302 - Free Will with David Hanon

Bit Depth ·

2022/04/07

David Hanon is back and we talked about spiritual materialism, power structures, free will, morality, and more! Yes, it seems like I’m always talking about free will, but it’s always a conversation worth having. Even after we stopped recording, we kept on talking about music and spirituality and more, but that’s just for us. Enjoy! You can find him and his bands here: https://www.instagram.com/fifth_of_hanon/ https://www.instagram.com/gonzolebronzo/ https://www.instagram.com/ne0ncathedral/ The

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01:07:57

301 - David Hanon (Gonzo LeBronzo)

Bit Depth ·

2022/04/01

David Hanon is a multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, educator, and musician in general. He plays with Gonzo LeBronzo and Neon Cathedral. We talked about his musical journey, career, his spiritual journey, morality, and more! Dave is a great guy and I’m really glad to have had him on, since we had been messaging back and forth and the medium of text isn’t ideal for deep, nuanced conversation, which he’s great at. Get to know David! You can find him and his bands here:

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01:48:01

300 - Santiago Ramones and Evan Jarvicks, LIVE!

Bit Depth ·

2022/03/24

300 is an arbitrary milestone, but it is a milestone that is valued nonetheless. This episode is unlike any other - I am interviewed by Evan Jarvicks, Chief Executive Weirdo of makeoklahomaweirder.com and he asks his own questions, separate from the usual deep questions on Bit Depth. Once Evan was out of questions, I opened the floor to questions from the audience. We talked about the music industry, morality, free will, forgiveness, and more! It was held live at The Sanctuary, a new venue in

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01:04:47

Bit Depth 299 - Takes and Honesty with Jon McMillan

Bit Depth ·

2022/03/17

Jon McMillan is back and we talked about takes: not everyone has to have a vocal opinion about everything! We also talked about sex, honesty, relationships, puns, and more! You can find him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/jokesbyjon The track at the end is “Bank Job” by Teflo Dollar: https://open.spotify.com/track/5fUbPK5bNGLvCMJCekCKQh?si=7c7b0bd25f4f4391 LAST CHANCE: Bit Depth 300 Live! https://santiagoramones.com/300live Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music:

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01:06:35

Bit Depth 298 - THE ALGORITHM with Justice Cow

Bit Depth ·

2022/03/10

Jessica “Justice Cow” Kion is back and we go all over the place talking about family, comedy, YouTube, social media, metamodernism, decentralized agriculture, and how we must worship the almighty ALGORITHM or be banished. Jessica is a Boston-based songwriter, singer, artist, animator, YouTuber, and multi-instrumentalist. I am a big fan of her music. She plays bass in Bent Knee and has collaborated with many other artists like Ben Levin (her husband), Adam Neely, Trust Fund Ozu, Cory Wong, Aimee

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01:05:06

Bit Depth 297 - Jessica Kion (Justice Cow)

Bit Depth ·

2022/03/05

Jessica Kion, also known as Justice Cow, is a Boston-based songwriter, singer, artist, animator, YouTuber, and multi-instrumentalist. I am a big fan of her music. She plays bass in Bent Knee and has collaborated with many other artists like Ben Levin (her husband), Adam Neely, Trust Fund Ozu, Cory Wong, Aimee Nolte, Sam Greenfield, Nick Krueger, Kyle Harris, Alambradas, Kit Orion, and many more! We talked about her journey through music, art, spirituality, morality, and the future. Get to know

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01:31:51

Bit Depth 296 - Idealism with Thomas Who?

Bit Depth ·

2022/02/24

Thomas Who? is back again and he asks me a lot of stuff! We talked about metamodernism and discussed how complex systems have emergent properties, how that applies to racism, building systems towards an ideal, and then we got into why I don’t smoke weed and why he does, drug regulations, free will, and more! It’s quite the trip, and we totally could’ve kept at it all night. You can find all his stuff here: https://linktr.ee/thomaswho The track by Thomas Who? at the end of the podcast is “Whole Ass

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01:00:35

Bit Depth 295 - Thomas Who?

Bit Depth ·

2022/02/17

Rodrick Thomas, AKA Thomas Who?, is an Oklahoma based rapper who raps better than you. We discuss how he goes from gifted kid, to selling drugs, to how rap became his therapy, to loving father and husband, and to releasing one track a week for an entire year. Like always, we discussed spirituality, religion, morality, and more. Get to know Thomas Who?! You can find him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/iamthomaswho The song playing at the end is "EXECUTION OVER AMBITION":

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01:07:36

Bit Depth 294 - Jon McMillan (Teflo $)

Bit Depth ·

2022/02/10

According to him, “Jon McMillan is a United States Congressman who does not accept letters. He often launders drug money through the entertainment industry with endeavors such as stand up comedy, record producing and onlyfans. A huge fan of Star Trek mcmillan plans to move to outer space with the rest of the worlds billionaires, leaving lower income families to fight the impending race war.” I can vouch for a lot of that except for the typos and absence of an Oxford comma, but that’s on him. Jon

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01:05:05

Bit Depth 293 - Metamodernism with Xantheartist

Bit Depth ·

2022/02/03

Xantheartist is back and we talk about philosophy, making music, how we analyze musical creation, convergent and divergent thinking, this new thing called Metamodernism and how it compares to traditionalism, modernism, and post-modernism. Among other things! You can find Xantheartist on Instagram: https://instagram.com/xantheartist The song by Xantheartist playing at the end is “Euphoric”: https://open.spotify.com/track/30ZFpaQQjVDx4T5FXr9H75?si=c0a40afcc3234826 Podcast:

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01:03:07

Bit Depth 292 - Xantheartist

Bit Depth ·

2022/01/27

Xantheartist is an alternative musician from Oklahoma City. He talks about how he got involved in music, who he is, spirituality and religion, doing good in the world, about his time in the military, and being transgender. Get to know Xantheartist! You can find links to his stuff on his website: https://xantheartist.com/ The song by him playing at the end is “Hapsburg Lippp”, a cover of an Everything Everything song:

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01:12:27

Bit Depth 291 - Music and Data with Caleb Gray

Bit Depth ·

2022/01/20

Caleb Gray and I went in deep for more music conversation! We talked about making music, sharing it with others, marketing, performing, the amount of data we produce as a culture, the cost of music equipment, the minute details we put into our music that no one will hear, and being willing to hand your creation to someone else to finalize it. It was a lot of fun! You can find Caleb on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/calebegray https://instagram.com/kodosband The song at the end of the

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00:52:05

Bit Depth 290 - Caleb Gray (Kodos)

Bit Depth ·

2022/01/13

Caleb Gray is a musician and audio engineer. He’s a member of Kodos, an alternative pop band in Oklahoma City. We talked about how he got into music, making music from the audio engineer’s point of view, spirituality and religion, values, and more! Get to know Caleb! You can find Caleb on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/calebegray https://instagram.com/kodosband The song at the end of the podcast is “Champion” by Kodos. Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music:

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