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The unorthodoX ideas of multi award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony. Older episodes were co-hosted by his wife and protégé Kate Harmony. As a songwriter and producer, Ray has made music with Grammy winners and multiplatinum artists, including Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine). Join over 255,000 YouTube subscribers learning the fast, easy, and fun way to make music without using AI, cos it ain't no fun getting a robot to write “your” songs! Download Ray's free book at HackMusicTheory.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe unorthodoX ideas of multi award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony. Older episodes were co-hosted by his wife and protégé Kate Harmony. As a songwriter and producer, Ray has made music with Grammy winners and multiplatinum artists, including Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine).
Ray Harmony is hosted by Hack Music Theory. The show has published 250 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "AI Is Stealing Far More Than Jobs." (29 October 2026, 8 minutes), "Replaced by Robots." (21 October 2026, 10 minutes), and "AI Hitmaker to AI Hitman." (16 September 2026, 4 minutes).
Ray Harmony publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 7 minutes across 250 episodes.
Booking probability for Ray Harmony is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ray Harmony requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ray Harmony's contact route on record: verified email.
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Hack Music Theory hosts Ray Harmony, a music podcast with 250 episodes published.
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Ray Harmony
AI Is Stealing Far More Than Jobs. Loss of career/income pale in comparison to loss of purpose. Before I read my new essay, I just wanna let you know that everything on our website is now half price . Whether you’re a...
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Replaced by Robots . The truth is that AI has already taken over. Before I read my new essay, I just wanna let you know that everything on our website is now half price . Whether you’re a complete beginner wanting to...
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AI Hitmaker to AI Hitman . Wow, that escalated fast! It was only two years ago that I was sitting here at my desk watching a video on how generative-AI was now able to make music. I remember thinking: Man, that song...
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Counterclockwise Music . This Song Makes You Feel Good. When I listen to “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys, I’m instantly transported back to my childhood in the ‘80s. In fact, if I close my eyes while listening to it, I’m...
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Odd Time Signatures That Aren’t Odd . Rare Rhythms That Move People. American band Death Cab for Cutie recently released their new album “I Built You a Tower”, and the song “Stone Over Water” is a brilliant example of...
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Wanting Fans Is Not Wanting Validation . Music is social. No fans = No relationships. My previous essay, titled “Making Music Is Bad for Mental Health”, was a kind of eulogy to the pre-smartphone fan. You know, that...
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Making Music Is Bad for Your Mental Health . Songs need listeners, but most people are too busy scrolling nowadays. You’ve just finished a new song. You love it! You’re beyond thrilled. You can’t wait for people to hear...
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Life in a ‘90s Grunge Band. Comparing the music world of 1996 to 2026. It’s 9pm. Friday night. December 20th, 1996. Cape Town, South Africa. I walk out on stage. The air is thick with smoke from the fog machine and...
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Creating Calm Through Song Structure . How to make a sonic sanctuary, like Tamikrest. My favourite Saharan rock band Tamikrest just released their new album “Assikel”, and I’ve had it on repeat this week. Why? Well...
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A Couplet a Day , Keeps Insanity Away . Daily creative habits for better mental health. We’ve just moved. Again. For more than a decade now, Kate and I have been averaging about one move per year. Last year we moved...
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Forget Meditation, Listen to Music . Meditating isn’t effective enough anymore. As people become more addicted to their phones, society’s obsession with mindfulness meditation grows. I think that’s because the...
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Writers & Readers Against AI . If you’re pro-human, join Paul Kingsnorth’s campaign. The brilliant English writer Paul Kingsnorth recently launched a campaign for everyone who loves humans and human creativity. So if...
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AI Human vs Human AI . A brief history of transhuman music. Most AI-generated songs now sound more human than most human-made songs. How did music go so horribly wrong? It all happened so fast, too! If you’re a Gen Xer...
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Musical Heroes in the AI Age . Nø Førmat! You need to know about this record label. Nø Førmat! is an independent record label based in Paris. They’ve been around for over 20 years, and they’re one of my favourite...
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We Are the Orchid Children . A call to highly sensitive musicians. “Dandelion” children are those resilient and healthy kids who can survive and thrive under most circumstances. “Orchid” children, on the other hand, are...
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The Music Theory of Fun . These two things make songs feel good… In my previous essay Who Killed the Fun, Fun, Fun? I told the story of how music was intentionally transformed from a fun and communal activity into fear...
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Who Killed the Fun, Fun, Fun ? Music used to be our greatest joy, then this happened… 1964. Fun, Fun, Fun. That was a song on the album “Shut Down, Volume 2” by my childhood heroes, The Beach Boys. Go have a quick...
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Musical Memoirs & Sonic Scrapbooks . How to find purpose, passion, and meaning in your life. Okay so what’s a musical memoir? Well, the Oxford Dictionary defines a memoir as “an account written by somebody about their...
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An Effortless New Year’s Resolution . One simple question that will change your future. New year’s resolutions don’t work. All the studies on them reveal this same finding. Yet every January 1st, millions of people make...
The Best Music Is Behind Us . But that’s a good thing! Here’s why… This essay began as a “Best Album of 2025” post, where I was going to share my favourite album of the year and what I loved about it. As you would have...
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