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Full service music production and composition. It challenges music lovers to think as if THERE IS NO BOX AT ALL. No kind of music can be confined to a genre.

MUSIC is not a GENRE goes beyond music critique, beyond opinion, and WAY beyond gimmicks to get at the heart of music and how it connects to the rest of the world. Every episode starts with a main music topic and connects it to cultural, social & political issues in unexpected ways. And the whole "genre of music" can't be separated from the totality of our experience. Join host Nick DeMatteo for true music talk from a true music insider.

12/04/2025

*WHAT DO THESE SONGS HAVE IN COMMON?*
https://www.patreon.com/posts/shaka-nick-come-143796580

The Come Together Music Project brings diverse guests together to share their experience and find common ground through music.

How does it do that?

Host & creator Shaka Mitchell asks the guests questions about songs that are significant to them, and then they all discuss.

He ran me through a version of that in this week's BONUS MxTRA. Check it out and discover why I chose these four songs.

You'll be amazed how much we talk about because of them. ☺🎶💙

12/03/2025

*WHAT'S "COME TOGETHER" AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?*
https://link.chtbl.com/mxgpodcast

Shaka Mitchell started the Come Together Music Project AND PODCAST a few years ago. It's a podcast that brings diverse guests together to share their experience and find common ground through music.

Why should you care?

Listen to this week's interview and you will 100% understand and want to check it out. ☺🎶💙

12/02/2025

*ENOUGH WITH THE DIVISION - IT'S ABOUT TIME WE COME TOGETHER*
https://youtu.be/cUGuWdKEFAg?si=6QOL6F-WYycaHpcV

It's easy to get along with people you agree with. And honestly we've been relying way too much on that.

It's time for all of us to make the effort to find common ground with people who are very much not like us. That's the only way forward that will create a sustainable situation for everyone.

This is only PART of what Shaka & I talk about. And it's A LOT of what Shaka does with his Come Together Music Project.

Find out all about it in this week's episode. ☺🎶💙

12/01/2025

*YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO HEAR THIS INTERVIEW*
https://www.nickdematteo.com/musicisnotagenre

This week's MxG is an absolutely incredible talk with Shaka Mitchell, founder of the Come Together Music Project.

We talk about his background, why he started the project and its associated podcast, and how we both believe that music can bridge gaps more easily than other forms of connection, and can spark some amazing conversations, even between people of very different backgrounds.

But don't take my word for it. Check out the interview & let Shaka tell you. ☺🎶💙

11/28/2025

*THIS IS A SALE THAT LASTS UNTIL NEXT YEAR*
https://www.patreon.com/c/MUSICisnotaGENRE/membership

For a LIMITED TIME, I'm offering a DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP to Patreon.

You can join & support the show for ONLY ONE DOLLAR A MONTH. Get in at that level, and you can stay there for life.

This offer ENDS JANUARY 1, 2026.

Do it TODAY and it'll be a much appreciated birthday gift to me. ☺🎶💙

11/26/2025

*WHY YOU DON'T KNOW THIS SONG ... BUT YOU SHOULD*
https://link.chtbl.com/mxgpodcast

My dad recorded a ton of singles. One even made it to the national charts!

This is NOT that one.

You probably don't know this song. It's obscure.

It's also been named a NORTHERN SOUL MASTERPIECE by the people who know best. So you really SHOULD know it.

And you will, if you check out this week's PODFAST on Northern Soul music, and stay to the end.

PLUS - like REC's new single dropping Friday - THIS SONG is also a great party track. Just in time for the holiday weekend. ☺🎶💙

11/25/2025

*WHY DID I DRESS LIKE THIS??*
https://youtu.be/_OJzE5Vyq7E

NORTHERN SOUL was AND IS a UK music movement centered around obscure soul records from the '60s & '70s. It heavily stresses DANCING, and could be said to have been a precursor to the disco scene and other dance scenes after that.

So why am I dressed like this?

Cuz Northern Soul also prizes FASHION. And right now, among the new fans of Northern Soul, this is kinda what they're wearing.

Don't tell Cathryn I stole her coat. ☺🎶💙

11/24/2025

*WTF IS NORTHERN SOUL MUSIC?*
https://www.nickdematteo.com/musicisnotagenre

I'm hitting you with a PODFAST this holiday week, cuz it's shorter & snappier.

This one's on NORTHERN SOUL - and WTF is that?!?

If you're an ANGLOPHILE, and/or a fan of OBSCURE OLIDES you can dance to, then you already know.

If you DON'T KNOW, check out this episode. ☺🎶💙

11/21/2025

*CHECK OUT MY INTERVIEW ON ALEX GADD'S SHOW*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFqbuV8wvs

Alex Gadd had me back on his awesome THE ROCK-N-ROLL SHOW PODCAST, this time to talk about THE SONG COACH.

Alex is excellent at interview and conversation, and asks questions about THE SONG COACH even I hadn't answered yet.

This may be the best way to find out what THE SONG COACH is, and why it's such a vital service - maybe even for you.

And don't forget to subscribe to Alex's show! ☺🎶💙

11/20/2025

*DOUG AND I TALK ABOUT STAND-UP COMEDY*
https://www.patreon.com/posts/143425812

In this week's BONUS MxTRA on Patreon, Doug Gouger and I talk about his side career as a stand-up comic.

We get into what it takes to do it, how and why he got into it, and why I can't seem to muster the courage to do it myself.

He even relates a story about how he told jokes at someone else's concert!

Enjoy the BONUS and support the show! ☺🎶💙

11/19/2025

*DOUG AND I REALLY DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON*
https://link.chtbl.com/mxgpodcast

The first thing you should be aware of when diving into this interview is that I don't pronounce Doug's last name right until the SECOND HALF.

He and I share last names that are often mispronounced.

ANOTHER wild coincidence is that we've both released music with the name "Zuzu's Petals". Me as a song, and Doug as an album.

Listen to our talk for even MORE coincidences. And POINTS to anyone who can name the movie this is from. ☺🎶💙

11/18/2025

*DOUG GOUGER'S BAND IS CALLED NovA AND THE BLACK HOLES*
https://youtu.be/oBS2DsE2yeY

One of several things this week's guest, Doug Gouger, and I have in common is that we both produce our own music under a band name.

For Doug, that's NovA and the Black Holes. It's a name that 100% fits Doug's music.

Stay for the whole interview, and you get to hear one of his songs! ☺🎶💙

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