August 7, 2025
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BONUS: The Most Powerful Tool in Media
This week, we speak to the people who manipulate and control your emotions. “Manipulate, it sounds like we’re doing something evil…” -Darren Fung
Sam Konnert
Producer/Host
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Tony Wang
max collins
Director of Audio

It’s not a secret that music makes us feel things, but how does it do it? How do composers create music that makes us happy, sad, confused, emotional, hopeful, scared, and perhaps even make us laugh from time to time?

This week on Off The Record, producer Tristan Capacchione chats with his old colleagues and associates about the secrets of music and gives you a bit of insight into how we choose and use music at Canadaland.

 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Writer and Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Guests: Darren Fung, Erica Procunier, Adrian Ellis

Photo: Ashlea Wessel

 

Additional music by Tristan Capacchione, Adrian Ellis, Darren Fung, Erica Procunier, and Audio Network

 

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