Season 4 Music
As part of our mission to include diverse voices in our scholarship, SMT-Pod aims to showcase a variety of music in our podcast. We encourage SMT members and non-members alike to submit their compositions for both theme and bumper music. All music will be credited verbally on the episode and in writing here.
The following composers and performers are featured in Season 4's episodes (updated as episodes are released)
Credits for individual episodes can be seen on our Season 4 episodes page.
Musician Biographies
Theme and Closing music composers are listed in our main music page. Season 4 composers and performers listed below in alphabetical order by last name.
Linda Cowan
Performer's Website
Compositions by Katherine Ruth Heyman featured in episode 4.4
Jerry Lee
Performer's Website
Compositions by Katherine Ruth Heyman featured in episode 4.4
Jamie Peck
Engineer's Website
Compositions by Katherine Ruth Heyman featured in episode 4.4
Jamie Peck Productions founder Jamie Peck is a Emmy award winning composer, producer, and engineer. Through his 50 years in the industry he has worked with a diverse range of clients including ABC, PBS, Showtime, HBO, and Nickelodeon. He also works with regional song writers and bands with a focus on maintaining a high-end sound that is competitive with the mainstream industry.
His journey began at nine years old when his older brother Skip put an alto sax in his hands. He began learning by listening to his brother play melodies of jazz tunes. In his early twenties he began to take an interest in audio recording. Jamie built his first recoding studio in 1986 and from there started Jamie Peck Productions.
As a player, Jamie has performed in a wide variety of situations from being the staff piano player on Jamboree USA backing up artists like Gary Morris and Kathy Mattea to producing and touring with the B.E. Taylor Group.
Mazbou Q
Artist's Website
Compositions by Mazbou Q featured in episode 4.5
Mazbou Q is an artist, producer, and educator of Igbo-Nigerian descent whose work explores the intersections of hip hop, rhythm theory, and cultural identity. Drawing from classical, heavy metal, and West African Highlife influences, his music and scholarship highlight the complexity of rap flow through concepts such as polymetricism, microtiming, and syncopation. Known widely as "The Rap Scientist," he has guest lectured at institutions including Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, Louisiana State University and NYU Steinhardt. As both a practitioner and theorist, Mazbou Q continues to engage artists, scholars, and educators in the evolving study of hip hop rhythm and flow.
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