Welcome to
Steve Pretty On The Origin of the Pieces
A podcast and live show for the musically curious
Helping you hear, understand and enjoy music in new ways, with musical experiments, unexpected stories and people who hear things differently.
Episodes
Not sure where to start?
Five notes, a cartoon mouse and a sacred flute
Start with five familiar notes, then hear how playground chimes, My Friend Maisy and a Colombian gaita open up different musical worlds.
Whale earwax, echoes and entropy
Follow a surprising trail from whale earwax to cosmic echoes, and discover what sound can tell us about the world around us.
A heartbeat, a wake and a new piece of music
Hear how a daughter’s heartbeat becomes music, and how an unexpected story leads to a living wake and the first Clip ’n Mix experiment.