Have you heard this song come a-knock on your door? It’s like sonar, baby. Even without the melody, everybody knows this song from the rhythm alone. How many songs are identifiable as such, that you can play it on a door without pitch or timbre or nothing? Probably just this, William Tell Overture, “Immigrant Song”, […]
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So Happy
Today is a waltz, baby! A Happy Birthday Waltz. 3/4 for three over the four on the floor. So Happy Birthday to you, and Happy Birthday to me. There is no greater gift than group-singing a song to a loved one on the day of their birth. It’s too bad the only known Happy Birthday […]
New Song
“Forescream” is a dance rock song highlighting men’s issues. Go over to bandcamp to download. Forescream by Los Doggies
Giffy Pop
Gifs like this always excite my auditory cortex; I hear a pulsing rhythm in time with the image switch. I’m not crazy; this is a common enough phenomenon. Do you hear it? The gif below plays at 60 beats per minute like a heartbeat or timeclock. Live at Snug’s 2/6/15 Breakfast in Fur CD Release […]
Phantasm Beats
Most everyone can find the beat, but can the beat find you? Does the beat sneak up on you and trip you as you’re walking down the stairs? Has the beat ever slide-tackled you off the stage? Or perhaps thrown a cymbal at your head to try and decapitate you? Everyone can follow the beat […]
Abracadabra
Abracadabra is a magic word used to cure diseases for centuries, traditionally written in an inverted triangle and worn as an amulet. But what if we wanted to make a musical amulet out of the word? I have always been impressed with words that can be played as music, called musical cryptograms. Composers in the […]
Ewok melodies
The Ewoks get a lot of shit for being toy bait teddy bears that sold out Star Wars™ to the baser taste of children, but I never had a problem with them. Unblinking bastards that only served to disnify the original trilogy—but those guys are ok with me. Maybe that’s because I was just a […]
