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Where Have All the V Chords Gone? The Decline of ‘Functional’ Harmony in Pop
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8 Ways to Perform with a Backing Track (and Still Engage Your Audience)
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Unsung: In Praise of Rap’s Studio Musicians
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These Four Classic Covers Can Tell Us Everything About What Makes Great Album Art
Four albums top my all-time favorite records list. They’re some of my favorite albums musically,…
How Jazz Is Secretly Rewriting Its Own Future in Camouflage
You may not have known this, but yesterday was International Jazz Day. Look around, and…
How Kendrick Lamar Achieves Mainstream Appeal with a Complex, Innovative Approach
One of Kendrick Lamar’s greatest benedictions as an artist is his ability to connect, which,…
President Obama’s Hit Playlist and Using Music to Cope with the Madness of Politics
For the last three months I’ve been doing something I rarely do: watching the news.…
5 Times Artists Have Changed the World
We often forget when we’re bobbing our head to a song we love or admiring…