The Earworm Podcast
Earworm is the podcast that gets stuck in your head for all the right reasons.
Hosted by Bryan Clark — artist, producer, engineer, music doctorate, and sonic architect to artists around the world — and Patrick Cloud, a New Orleans native whose career spans global music industry sales, directing sales for festival and event video production, podcast direction and production, and ownership of a creative management company, Earworm is where music industry knowledge meets genuine passion for the craft.
Every episode, Bryan and Patrick dig into the trends shaping the modern music industry, celebrate the albums that matter, geek out over gear and guitars, and sit down with the producers, engineers, and artists who are actually doing the work. Bryan brings the academic chops and worldwide studio perspective. Patrick brings the New Orleans soul, the industry hustle, and the kind of energy that only comes from a city that treats music like oxygen.
Whether you're a working musician trying to find your sound, a music lover who wants to understand what goes on behind the glass, or just someone who wants two guys who actually know what they're talking about to make you laugh and teach you something — Earworm is your show.
Informative. Irreverent. Occasionally ridiculous. Always music.
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Episodes
19 episodes
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 19 [The Day The Music Lied] REVISITING AI and STREAMING
The Earworm Podcast returns to where it all began: artificial intelligence and music. Except this time, the technology has gotten better, the questions have gotten weirder, and Bryan and Patrick have plenty to say about it. With the usua...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 18 You Had Me At Leitmotif - SCORES & SOUNDTRACKS
In Episode 18 of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud head to the movies to untangle the difference between a score, a soundtrack, and a musical; and why each can completely change the way we experience a scene. From...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 17 Why Do CABLES Matter? w/ Dariush Rad!
Episode 17 of The Earworm Podcast goes straight to one of the most overlooked links in the entire audio chain: the cable. Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud sit down with Dariush Rad, owner of Asterope, to explore why musicians will sp...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 16 Makin' Awt THE SONGWRITING EPISODE
Episode 16 of The Earworm Podcast dives into the architecture of great songwriting, breaking down the building blocks that have shaped everything from folk ballads and Delta blues to Broadway standards and modern rock. Bryan and Patrick ...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 15 Sue Me a Melody! The Lawsuit Tunes Ep
Episode 15 of The Earworm Podcast dives into the fascinating and often chaotic history of music copyright, tracing its roots from the 1710 Statute of Anne to the landmark court cases that shaped the modern music industry. Patrick and B...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 14 THE SAMPLING EPISODE! Let's Take it Back to the Concrete Streets
Episode 14 of The Earworm Podcast traces the fascinating evolution of sampling from the experimental tape manipulations of musique concrète and the Italian Futurists to the Mellotron, Fairlight CMI, and the legendary Akai MPC...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 13 Creating Immersive Music w/ Sony's Doug Battle
In Episode 13 of The Earworm Podcast, Patrick and Bryan sit down with Sony immersive audio engineer Doug Battle to explore his unconventional journey from podcasting to becoming one of the industry’s sought-after immersive music engine...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 12 The Past, Present, and Future of Recorded Music
Patrick and Bryan take a journey through the complete history of recorded music—from the first known sound recording in 1860 to the cutting-edge plugin technology shaping modern productions. Along the way, they explore Thomas Edison's phonograp...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 11 There's a Wal-Mart in my Studio?
This week for episode 11, Patrick and Bryan take a field trip to the new recording studio inside the Franklin, Tennessee Walmart called Create-It Studio, where they ask the obvious question: just because you can track a record between ...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 10 Amp Stamp! The interview w/ John Capito BLACK TAPE AMPS!
John Capito joins Patrick and Bryan for a deep dive into the fascinating world of guitar amplifiers, tracing the lineage of iconic amp designs that shaped modern music. From the chime of the AC30 to the roar of the Plexi and the warmth of the T...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 9 Can Fender Copyright Cool?
In Episode 9 of The Earworm Podcast, our hosts Patrick and Bryan explore Fender’s recent legal victory against a Chinese counterfeit manufacturer and use it as a springboard to examine one of the most influential rivalries in music history: Fen...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 8 Audio Sushi at The Murch Table SOUND DESIGN
In this episode of The Earworm Podcast, Patrick Cloud and Bryan Clark explore the fascinating history of sound design in film, from the era of silent movies and live theater musicians to the invention of Foley artistry and the groundbr...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 7 BEEP BOOP Synth Happens
On this episode of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick trace the evolution of the synthesizer—from the room-sized Teleharmonium and Hammond B3 organ to the groundbreaking instruments that shaped modern music. Along the way, they explore the ...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 6 Pedal Boards w/ Greg Walton Xact Tone Solutions
On episode six of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick sit down with Greg Walton, founder of XTS, to explore the art, science, and obsession behind guitar tone. Greg shares his journey from guitar enthusiast and environmental consultant to bu...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 5 Put Some Rank on It! GOATs?
On episode five of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick dive into the strange world of rankings, lists, and “greatest of all time” debates—especially in music. From Billboard charts and Rolling Stone album lists to Michelin stars and classic ...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 4 Squeeze the Day! COMPRESSORS
On episode four of The Earworm Podcast, Patrick and Bryan dive into the world of audio compression, unpacking concepts like ADSR, decibel levels, and hearing protection while tracing compression’s origins back to early broadcast ...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 3 Loud Noises! Krakatoa and the Pistol Shrimp Po'Boy
In this episode, Bryan and Patrick dive deep into the science of sound — starting with history's loudest recorded event: the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, which reached over 180 decibels and was heard 3,000 miles away. From there, they explore how...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 2 Have Yachts or Have Nachts
On Episode 2 of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud dive into the smooth, meticulously crafted world of yacht rock—breaking down its origins, defining traits, and the artists who made it iconic. From the late ’70s throug...
The Earworm Podcast - Episode 1 AI is Stupid, Art is Hard
In Episode 1, Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud dive into how AI is changing the music industry—and what that might mean for the value of music itself. With tools like Suno making it possible to generate full songs in seconds, the conversation cent...
