Love Music More

A newsletter and podcast on the craft, philosophy, and history of music. Luke F. Walton (Scoobert Doobert) hosts, with guests from every genre and every role from backstage to the stage. New episodes Tuesdays; essays and deeper dives on Substack. Spotify for Creators ranks the show in the top 10% of music podcasts: 992K listeners and 2.8M streams in 2025.

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A Gentle Shelf with Andrew Scheps (Adele, U2, Hozier) Mix philosophy, breaking in, and AI in the studio with Andrew Scheps.
The Additive Nature with Craig Bauer (Janet Jackson, Lupe Fiasco, Destiny’s Child) Grammy-winning engineer on craft, Chicago sessions, and community beyond genre.
A Pioneer of the Punk Scene with Andy Shernoff of The Dictators Punk history and songwriting with a Dictators founder.

Recent episodes

Input To Put In with Dana Roth June 23, 2026
The Substrates Inside Speech June 16, 2026
A Building On Wheels with Sam Durkes (Ezra Furman, Grace Cummins, Art More) June 9, 2026
A Brief History of FUNK June 2, 2026
The Microphone As A Microscope May 26, 2026

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Guest index — explore Love Music More conversations, guest profiles, and selected Love Music Why clips where available. · Episode notes: curated topics & host notes · Love Music Why — 53 short films asking music professionals why they love music.

Recent posts

Essays live on Substack; this list pulls titles and lede lines from the feed at build time. Full posts stay there.

A Brief History of Funk Music June 3, 2026 When groove is the point!
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll April 29, 2026 Modern rock and its many, many splinters from the tree of rawk!
Please — No Chops. April 15, 2026 How a Boston advertisement and a Seattle train yard killed hair metal
The Flow State November 21, 2025 Let me take youuu hiiiiigher
MTV Killed the Radio August 27, 2025 The message always matches the medium
Watch the new “Alright” music video! July 11, 2025 Welcome back to Scoobert Doobert summer 🌞
The Most Successful Rock Album of All Time: Back in Black July 9, 2025 It sold 2x as much as "Abbey Road!"
Rock Star? Pop Star? Alien? April 30, 2025 How David Bowie and Barbarella created Glam Rock

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Selected essays

Flagship Music History 101 and Music Theory 101 posts; full archive on Substack.

A Brief History of Funk Music — When groove is the point — Music History 101.

Long Live Rock 'n' Roll — Modern rock and its many splinters from the tree of rawk.

CBGB: from Punk to Post-Punk — Downtown New York, punk, and what came after CBGB.

Rock Star? Pop Star? Alien? — How David Bowie and Barbarella created glam rock.

Tuning into the Universe’s Frequency (What Are Notes?) — Frequency, waves, and where music sits in the physics of the universe.

Why are there twelve notes? — Pythagoras, ratios, and the Greek origins of Western tuning.

It’s the Circle of Fifths — How twelve tones close into a circle, and why the math is fudged.

440 or 432 Hz — What Frequency Is Better? — A debunking of tuning mysticism and the history of the 440 standard.

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Archive & precursors

Before Love Music More, Luke hosted MUSiAN under the Luke Francis name — four episodes from 2017, preserved on Apple Podcasts and YouTube (6 public parts on @lukefwalton). Older career uploads — Six Months to Make It, early solo clips, and covers — are cataloged at Music → @lukefwalton YouTube.

Part of the work of Luke F. Walton — musician, founder, and researcher. See also: Luke F. Walton · Music · Writing · Love Music More · Guest index · Love Music Why · FAQ