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PODCAST

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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00:22:53

349 - Hypothetical - 9 - Late

Bit Depth ·

2026/02/26

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. “Late” is the ninth track on Hypothetical. This song is an apology, in a variety of ways. I’m really proud of it, as a songwriter. This podcast explains how it was made. You can listen to Hypothetical here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bit Depth:

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00:19:09

348 - Hypothetical - 8 - Right Now

Bit Depth ·

2026/01/24

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Right Now" is the eighth track on Hypothetical. It's a rock song about being mad that goes as far back as 2014.Mentioned on the podcast: Cardinal Song: https://www.cardinalsongokc.com/Alexa LaCroix: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexaLacroixYou can listen to

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00:22:51

347 - Hypothetical - 7 - Replacement

Bit Depth ·

2025/12/25

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Replacement" is the seventh track on Hypothetical. It's about no longer being able to fulfill one's purpose. It's also the first song I ever wrote.You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bit Depth:

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00:14:43

346 - Hypothetical - 6 - Space Heat

Bit Depth ·

2025/11/27

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Space Heat" is the sixth track on Hypothetical. It's a grunge track about a space heater.You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bit Depth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music:

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00:18:28

345 - Hypothetical - 5 - Ghost

Bit Depth ·

2025/11/02

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks."Ghost" is the fifth track on Hypothetical. It takes place in a haunted hotel.You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠⁠⁠Bit Depth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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00:12:47

344 - Hypothetical - 4 - Too Cold

Bit Depth ·

2025/11/01

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks."Too Cold" is the fourth track on Hypothetical. It's about longing for a lover's warmth.You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠⁠Bit Depth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music:

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00:11:14

343 - Hypothetical - 3 - Koi

Bit Depth ·

2025/11/01

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks."Koi" is the third track on Hypothetical. It's about being a fish.You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠⁠Bit Depth: ⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: ⁠⁠⁠https://santiagoramones.com/music⁠⁠⁠ Discord:

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00:10:31

342 - Hypothetical - 2 - Star Destroyer

Bit Depth ·

2025/07/14

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every month, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. There's fourteen tracks, so we'll be doing this for over a year. The second track is "Star Destroyer". Check out this deep dive into the sci-fi, pop-punk epic and its origins. You can listen to Hypothetical here:⁠https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical⁠Bit

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00:14:28

341 - Hypothetical - 1 - Bit Depth

Bit Depth ·

2025/06/20

Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every month, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. There's fourteen tracks, so we'll be doing this for over a year. The first track is Bit Depth. Check out this deep dive into the evolution of my podcast theme and how it became an intro song for my album. You can listen to Hypothetical

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01:16:49

340 - The Lunar Laugh: In The Black & Retrospective

Bit Depth ·

2023/11/13

The Lunar Laugh was a power pop band based in Oklahoma City. Their final album, In The Black, was released on November 3rd, 2023. The album features Jared Lekites (guitar, vocals), Connor Anderson (guitar, vocals), Campbell Young (guitar, vocals), Triston Lightner (bass, vocals), and Levi Sherman (drums, vocals). On this podcast, we heard from Jared, Connor, Campbell, and Levi. We talked about the events preceding and surrounding the album's creation, each individual track and its production,

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01:18:41

339 - No Justice No Peace; Chris Prather, Kenneth Ray...

Bit Depth ·

2023/06/18

No Justice, No Peace is a one-act opera composed by Chris Prather and co-written by Kenneth Ray Woods and Megan Prather that presents the real-life effects of police brutality on families and communities, specifically following one fictional family. We talked about how the opera began as a 10-minute opera, how it grew into a full one-act opera, the challenges and successes in the process, and our personal experiences and perspectives about police brutality.You can watch the whole opera on YouTube

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01:11:38

338 - Compost Adjacent (Folksy duo of Ryan Smith and...

Bit Depth ·

2023/04/21

Ryan Smith and Nich Allen met doing compost-adjacent things. When Nich heard Ryan play his music, he knew he wanted to play music with him, somehow. They’ve been playing together for some time. They both frequent the Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic, at which I was playing, too. I actually know Ryan through mutual friends, and I went to the same high school as Nich. So we got to reconnect through the open mic and I asked them to be on my podcast, that night. They agreed to my chaotic request and here they

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01:27:24

337 - Artificial Intelligence and Music with Benjamin...

Bit Depth ·

2023/04/07

Benjamin Rosfeld is back and we mostly talk about artificial intelligence, but we also end up talking about music. Some things we touch on include ChatGPT, personhood and life, the nature of the algorithms we’re dealing with, free will, ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, video games, music theory and music education, signal to noise ratio in regards to musical interpretation, and more! You can find Benjamin Rosfeld on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/brosfeld The track playing at the

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01:13:40

336 - Benjamin Rosfeld; Composer, Performer, Keys and...

Bit Depth ·

2023/04/01

Benjamin Rosfeld is a composer, performer, and listener. Their primary instruments are piano and cello, but they are also an avid electronic musician and has a number of synthesizers, along with a modular synth system they’ve built. You can see them playing around Oklahoma City for various functions such as church services, weddings, etc. but they’re also a DJ and are very involved in the experimental music scene. Their passion project for last few years has been SHIFT, an electronic/progressive

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01:16:09

335 - Love as a Construct with Rowan Weathers

Bit Depth ·

2023/03/24

Rowan Weathers and I discuss love: loving intentionally, passionately, actively, with friends and romantically. We also talked about the dating scene of today, participating in communities, friends, the gray areas of romance and friendship, therapy and what can come from it, and our own queer experiences, including pronouns, nonbinary, labeling (or lack thereof), how we change over time, and much more. Yes, the title is a reference to the Portal 2 OST. You can follow Rowan on Instagram here:

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01:05:05

334 - Rowan Weathers; "Jackass of All Trades"

Bit Depth ·

2023/03/17

Rowan Weathers is a self-proclaimed “Jackass of All Trades”. They draw, do improv, comedy, write poetry and scripts, music- a lot of stuff! Because of this, we don’t just get into the things themselves, but we get into the communities surrounding those things. We also talked about spirituality and religion, morality, and their time doing disability activism. Rowan is a homie and you should get to know them! You can follow Rowan on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/rowanoakie The song playing at

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01:05:55

333 - Medium is the Message with Caleb Collins

Bit Depth ·

2023/03/09

Caleb Collins returns and we talked about comedy in media, metamodernism, how the medium of media affects the message, nuance, and the Taking Back Sunday/Brand New beef in the 2000s. You can follow Caleb Collins on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/fosterbread The song playing at the end of the podcast is “Ain’t Nobody” by The Nghiems: https://open.spotify.com/track/2VgtaHuiXh8YjbKcJcCu9b?si=7828838e52cb490a Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music:

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01:11:22

332 - Caleb Collins; Comedian

Bit Depth ·

2023/03/03

Caleb Collins is a comedian. He hosts an open mic night at Fair-Weather Friend Brewery on Mondays. We talked about comedy, how he got into it, what it’s like in Oklahoma City, and the usual Bit Depth philosophical mumbo-jumbo. Get to know Caleb Collins! You can follow him on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/fosterbread The song playing at the end is “Kpop Band” by The Nghiems: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QfVjSG4RJVoFZuXhEO4bd?si=6952e60de7354873 Bit Depth:

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01:12:09

331 - Music Business with Stefani

Bit Depth ·

2023/02/23

Stefani Heller is a producer, manager, and audio engineer, among other things. She started Heller Music Group, started Women In The Studio, and this is her third time on Bit Depth. We talked about what she’s done since the last time she was on, like working at Castle Row, managing artists, going to law school, and more. There’s some great music business wisdom that Stefani shares on here, so any musically inclined person might benefit from giving this one a listen. She’s not here for no reason,

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01:12:16

330 - Making Electronic Music in Ableton Live with...

Bit Depth ·

2023/02/16

Uh, oh. We’re getting into the weeds here. exmaxhina and I compare and discuss music production techniques in Ableton Live. We also talked about hearing loss, making albums, fears, goals, and more! You can find exmaxhina and his things here: https://distantether.com/ The track by him playing at the end is “princess parking” featuring Mitzie: https://open.spotify.com/track/6IlncQbnEKFk7hybeO7h2f?si=2e4c015e5712457e Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music:

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