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/hypothetical Bit Depth: https://santiago...
Jul 14, 2025•11 min•Ep. 342
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 here: https://santiagoramones.com/hypothetical Bi...
Jun 20, 2025•14 min•Ep. 341
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, a...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 340
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 YouTu...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 339
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 t...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 338
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 t...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 337
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...
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 336
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: htt...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 335
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...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 334
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: https://santiagoramones.com/mu...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 333
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: https://santiagoramones.com/po...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 332
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, ...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 331
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: https://santiagoramones.com/...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 330
“Dark lofi dreams. Fragments of a memory. Producer from Oklahoma City with influences from artists like Bonobo, Emancipator, and trxxshed. From eerie soundscapes to vibing melodies, exmaxhina becomes a prime flavor in a new space. Pioneering a unique sub-culture of low fidelity music, exmaxhina creates “dark lofi glitch”, a fresh take on an already beautiful genre. Jumpstarting "Distant Ether", an Oklahoma City-based dark lofi glitch record label in 2021, the floodgates have opened for a new wav...
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 329
Hello, 2023! Bit Depth is not dead and I’m excited to kick it off with the one and only Jabee! “Jabee is a rapper from Oklahoma City whose music, according to Chuck D. from Public Enemy, ‘has the potential to change the world.’” Now Santiago’s words: He also helped bring Eastside Pizza House to his community, a local pizza place on the East side of OKC. Jabee is one of the most influential rappers in the OKC music scene. He’s seen and heard a lot, done a lot, and he puts his words into action. W...
Feb 02, 2023•54 min•Ep. 328
Chase Hampton, also known by his artist name, Generation Lossless, is a composer, producer, and musician from Enid, Oklahoma. He has been on the podcast before, a long time ago, but a seemingly common theme in this podcast is “getting people on the podcast that have not yet emerged from the Chrysalis.” With his second album, Advertising Films , Chase, and therefore, Generation Lossless, has more fully come into himself as an artist. This was recorded before the release of Advertising Films , and...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 327
Jordan Vargas of Burl is back and we talked about cultural expectations, dealing with prejudiced and racist people, musical opinions, the nature of consciousness, and just taking it easy and not making a big deal out of things that aren’t worth your time or energy. Granted, we’re speaking from a place of privilege, being two cis dudes, but still, it wouldn’t hurt for everyone, including us, to lighten up. You can find Burl things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/buurrl The Burl song play...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 326
Jordan Vargas is a musician, songwriter, producer, and Burlian, as in he fronts the band Burl. He also makes and enjoys beer quite a lot. We talked about music, guitar, the music industry and business, spirituality, morality, and beer. Get to know Jordan Vargas of Burl! You can find Burl things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/buurrl The Burl song playing at the end is “i just noticed”, which you can also stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/758um2ZqTD9Ls4t0cGfINK?si=53886ff...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 325
Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She’s also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. This time, Jaz asked most of the questions, so I ended up talking more. We talked about creativity, why we’re not enjoying the big mainstream products like the MCU as much lately, the many behind-the-scenes affairs that can affect the final creative product, and much more! T...
Sep 22, 2022•55 min•Ep. 324
Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She’s also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. We talked about music, podcasting, DJing, community, morality, religion, and more. Get to know Jaz! The music playing at the end is by Jaz, which you can’t necessarily find anywhere but you can check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazbot_talkspot/ Bit Depth: ht...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 323
Warren Realrider, TickSuck, is back and we talked about noise - getting into it, the culture surrounding it, the performance of it, and other stories Warren has about it. I surprised myself with how much I could talk about noise. Enjoy this fun conversation! You can find links to Warren’s stuff here: https://linktr.ee/wrealrider.ticksuck.sound The TickSuck track playing at the end is “my last prophecy for the societies”, from his album, Comas : https://ticksuck.bandcamp.com/album/comas Bit Depth...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 322
Warren Realrider, also known as TickSuck, is a Pawnee/Crow noise artist. I had the pleasure of playing the same night as TickSuck at The Sanctuary and got to experience Warren's cool sounds in person. We talked about visual art, his upbringing being surrounded by art, sound art, Pawnee culture, spirituality, morality, and more! Get to know TickSuck! You can find TickSuck and his things on this link: https://linktr.ee/wrealrider.ticksuck.sound The track by him playing at the end is titled "Overpa...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 321
Chloe-Beth is back and we talked about… chairs? And systems, patriarchy, how religion contributes to patriarchy, The Handmaid’s Tale , Roe v. Wade being overturned and how she feels about it, psychology, and more! You can find her and her things on her website: https://www.chloebethmusic.com/ Her song playing at the end is “Good Will”, which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6pOsSl3NOJsZTwMlPSgyPw?si=dc0c534533b447a1 Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: http...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 320
Chloe-Beth is a singer-songwriter in Oklahoma City who “possesses some kind of innocent wisdom”, which are the words of the person that wrote the bio on her website, and I agree. We talked about music, growing up in church, going to school at ACM@UCO, singing, writing songs, spirituality, religion, Yoga and meditation, and gluten-free science. Get to know Chloe-Beth! You can find her and her things on her website: https://www.chloebethmusic.com/ Her song playing at the end is “Be Alright” which ...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 319
Nicole Poole, executive director of SPARK! Creative Lab, is back and we talked about art as a transformative practice, what music and art is, my background in music education, improvisation, creation, living as an artist, and more! You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here: https://sparklahoma.org/ Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: https://santiagoramones.com/discord The song by me playing at the end is not released yet....
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 318
Nicole Poole is a visual and performing artist, live composer, producer, speaker and educator working across the fields of advocacy, arts and public engagement. She is the founder and Executive Director of SPARK! Creative Lab , a member of Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center’s Performance Committee. We talked about her journey through art, SPARK!, and of course, spirituality. Get to know Nicole! You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here: https://sparklahoma.org/ Bit Depth: https://santia...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 317
I’ll be honest - I haven’t been prioritizing Bit Depth in the way that I’d like. There wasn’t an episode last week. Sometimes scheduling issues happen. Sometimes I’m being lazy. By putting this out into the ether, I’m holding myself accountable to prioritize this thing. This is my fault, and I’m holding myself to it. So, while I schedule people to get on the podcast (and ask you to send people my way), I figured I’d give you something in the meantime. These are some random writings I’ve done rec...
Jul 28, 2022•29 min•Ep. 316
Rat F!nk is back! Since it’s two music producers in a studio, we talked about music production quite a bit, but we also talked about burnout, musical inspirations, audio techniques, how our culture puts too much pressure on romance, sex work, Kanye West, and more! You can find Rat F!nk on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/ratfinkx The song by Rat F!nk playing at the end is “Slippy”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7pB7JvRqqPouSbWlqAqDYV Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: ht...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 315
Rat F!nk is an Oklahoma City-based artist and producer. He makes what's described as "endearingly simple romantic slacker-pop songs". We talked about music, genre, spirituality, religion, morality, and more. Let's get to know Rat F!nk! You can find Rat F!nk and his things on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/ratfinkx The track by Rat F!nk playing at the end is “One Track Woman” which is out next week, on July 15th. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HvUr6jrLn6ZbGrvOHttdp Bit Depth: https://san...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 314
K.O. is back and we talk about music, the music business, legacy, talent and skill, virality, and a little bit on conspiracy theories. It was a really fun episode and K.O. keeps it real. Enjoy! You can follow K.O. on her Instagram here: https://instagram.com/sheisko The song playing at the end is “Summertime Fine” by K.O.: https://open.spotify.com/track/2TS1Cse9YKcNQ3fZqK7ekf?si=334f708a71364f5c Bit Depth: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.com/music Discord: http...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 313
