The “Sadness Paradox” — Why Sad Music Is So Comforting
Why does it seem like all the songs on the radio are about breakups? Why do sad chords sound so pleasurable? Welcome to the Sadness Paradox.
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A Musician’s Guide to Listening With Empathy
A healthy meditation on active listening, whether to give or receive feedback, that incorporates objectivity, positivity, and empathy.
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Should You Write Songs from Personal Experience or Your Imagination?
Much like the age-old songwriting soup-versus-salad debate, there’s a lot of disagreement between camps over whether a song should be deliberately written from your hard-fought experiences in life or from stories made up in your head. The Argument for Imagination Some feel as though it isn’t fair for you to write about something about which…
