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The true meaning and dense theory of one of Gary Numan’s most beloved tracks
The true meaning and dense theory of one of Gary Numan’s most beloved tracks
The music theory behind a Depeche Mode classic
Dissecting one of Depeche Mode’s most cherished and universally beloved songs reveals some compelling inner-workings
Is it OK to never complete your tracks?
Free yourself from the unrealistic expectation that you have to always be finishing songs and embrace all the different ways there are to be a musician and producer
“If the point of Radiohead songs isn’t to make you feel good, what is their music for?”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Radiohead's Let Down
Hitting the charts 28 years on from its release thanks to a TikTok resurgence, this gloomy cut from OK Computer is having a moment. We put the song under the musical microscope
“I never liked film music very much”: World famous film composer makes startling admission
He says it was “just a job”
“At certain points in music history it became fashionable to place accents on certain beats”: How to score a drum part
We explore the theory behind beats, and how we score kicks, snares, hats and percussion
“An erratic semantic output”: Trump’s speech patterns become avant-garde compositions
The former Sparks bassist claims to have taken inspiration from medieval alchemy
How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that’s now been picked up by Taylor Swift
“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said
