Queen City Tapes released a new compilation of Hudson Valley artists with yours truly. It features our recent song “Homebody” that didn’t have a home until now. The cover has an Illuminati eye because we know who really funds all the DIY tapes. We’ll be shaking that Ass of Horus on April Fool’s at Darkside […]
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HBO Chord
Do you know this sound? The sound of a swelling C power chord? Click on the score below. This is the chord of the wolfmother network. This is the chord born of noise. That’s actually an HBO chord. The H stands for “home” and nothing spells home like a C chord. From a flood of […]
Jupiter Melody
I often think about this melody from Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity by Holst. Drag over the black stemmed noteheads below. This is the G Suspended Seventh chord in melodic form. It goes up in fourths because that’s what Suspended 7th chords do. It’s what I do too. Jupiter, the Jolly One is part of […]
The Vanilla Version
As you grow old and weary of this world, you begin to realize certain people in your life, like your father or Vanilla Ice, were right about everything. In this classic ’90s clip, five-time platinum rapper Robert Van Winkle explains to you about the birds and the bass lines. Mr. Van Winkle has a valid […]
Women’s Melodies
A very musical weekend was had by all in our nation’s capital. Since America[1] doesn’t have herself a proper opera house, she goes in for those large outdoor musical festivals like Woodstock ‘99, Occupy 0’11, and the three-day Toby Keith concert rocking the past weekend in D.C. And as a drummer, I couldn’t help but […]
Melodic Meme Laughs
In Training Day, Denzel Washington laughs melodically in the same key as the Florida Seminoles War Chant. I can see why they gave him the Oscar for his role. Was he provided the root like Tom Cruise in Top Gun in order to have a pitch-perfect production? Or does Uncle Denzel always laugh in such […]
Cuckoo
The cuckoo has long been a symbol of cuckoldry from Shakespeare to the Disney channel, but did you know this musical bird also inspired the door bell and the bell itself? The common cuckoo calls in major thirds, and almost exclusively in C major. Click on the score below to listen. Common Cuckoo Call “Go-koo,” […]
