The Aspiring Music Psychologist: Recent Episodes

Zachary Brandt

I am an aspiring music psychologist. My goal is to have a music psychology lab at a university where I can teach future music psychologists. The purpose of my podcast is to describe my experiences in my journey to becoming a music psychologist so others can learn from it. I hope to be a helpful resource for people who, like me, have a love of music and science.

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On this episode, I talk about networking: why you need to do it, and why it isn't as hard as you think.


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On this episode, I talk about how to complete your project, academic or personal.


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On this episode, I talk about my instrument, the piano, and why it is great for learning and teaching music.


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On this episode, I talk about another one of my music data science projects, Natural Language Processing of Song Lyrics


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On this episode, it is part two of Amanda and my top ten favorite TV theme songs.


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On this episode, Amanda and I reveal our top 10 favorite TV theme songs


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On this episode, I talk about advice I was given by a professor on how to be successful in the music business


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On this episode, I talk about what drives all musicians, creativity.


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On this episode, I talk about the Web of Literature and how you case use it to better read and write academic papers.


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On this episode, I talk about my first data science project in music - classifying music as groovy or not


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On this episode, I have my first guest, Amanda Booth. We talk about how music has affected our lives, and how it can affect yours too.


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On this episode, I explain where I was for the past while. I have been furthering myself, and I explain why others should do the same.


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On this episode, I talk about research questions, and why staying curious is key to being a successful academic.


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On this episode, I talk about one of the most important things in academia: conferences.


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On this episode, we look at featured literature. This week's work is by Dr. Amy Belfi, one of my heroes. She compares music-evoked memory to face- evoked memory. Listen to find out the results.


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On this episode, I talk about how I figured out where to go earn my master's, given I has no idea what I was going to do at the time.


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On this Episode, I look into our first Featured Literature: Is Memory for Music Special? by Dr. Stevens. Music involves much more than just listening, and maybe the or components of the musical experience like emotions and body movement play a role in making memory for music unique.


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On this episode, I introduce the first series on the podcast, Topics. The field of Music Psychology is full of many subtopics, so there is likely more to the field than you realize. 


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On this episode, I define what Music Psychology is off advice on what it the definition means when studying it.


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This is the inaugural episode of The Aspiring Music Psychologist! This podcast is designed to be a resource for people who are interested in learning more about music, science, and academia, but it should be a fun listen for all. In this episode, I talk about what the podcast is all about.