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On Michael Jackson’s Vocal Artistry
A real audio gem recently appeared via a blog devoted to Michael Jackson. The gem I’m referring to is a clip of Jackson singing one of his biggest hits, “Beat It.” But it’s not the finished song we all...
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On Unconventional Measures: That “Selfie” Song
By conventional measures, “Selfie” by the DJ duo The Chainsmokers is a clichéd, threadbare, and annoying piece of music. But if you can endure it, it’s also a fascinating bit of meta-commentary on the...
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The woman at the grocery checkout is the superstar of the place running on charm from Spanish to English inflected —How are you my dear?— moving accents offbeat, making thyme a sensible purchase that...
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Searches That Brought You Here
• What is the frequency spectrum of a hip hop kick. This search brought you to my 2012 post on bass frequency-heavy Beats By Dre headphones. What I wrote still seems to apply to why people wear them:...
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Anton Bruckner’s “Os justi” (1879/2020)
(Based on a Gregorian chant, Bruckner’s motet is 69 measures long and in the Lydian mode. Below are the first 24 measures.)
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