How Pink Floyd’s Frustration With the Music Industry Was Reflected in ‘Have a Cigar’September 26, 2024
How Dissonance and Anticipation Add Complexity to Led Zeppelin’s Viking Anthem ‘The Immigrant Song’March 4, 2019
How Modal Interchange and Deceptive Cadence Keep Up the Momentum in Elton John’s ‘Bennie and the Jets’April 8, 2019
How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So PowerfulJanuary 4, 2019
Why Cover Songs That Don’t Stray Too Far From the Original Version Inevitably Invite Critical ComparisonMay 13, 2019
How Pink Floyd Used Odd Metering, Organic Loops and Travelling Bass Line to Create the Iconic Song ‘Money’February 4, 2019
Gently Debunking the Old Longfellow Adage That Says ‘Music Is the Universal Language of All Mankind’January 16, 2019
How the Term ‘Heavy Metal’ Came to Quite Accurately Describe a Particular Genre of Rock MusicOctober 15, 2018
How the Spooky Sound of Distortion Is Created by Putting Artificial Caps on Emitted Sound WavesOctober 26, 2018
Creating a Unique Random Note Scale With Dyads That Propel Harmonic Motion Without a Perfect FifthOctober 3, 2018