Latest about Music Theory And Songwriting
“It’s too pop, y’know?": Róisín Murphy on why she couldn’t get onboard with Charli XCX’s Brat summer
It seems that the hyperpop sound isn't to her taste
Dolly Parton explains that Sabrina Carpenter lyric change on Please Please Please
Fortunately, embarrassment was saved for all concerned
Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute
“Ivan Reitman, he came to us and said, ‘Hey, we want to use I Want a New Drug for our movie, Ghostbusters’”
Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words
The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox
George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words
The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft
How Adele's songwriting cleverly grabs our emotions
You might think the perfect pop song is built on vibrant production choices and bouncy positivity, but an analysis of the output of one of the biggest selling artists of all time would suggest otherwise
“It’s literally just that - that’s the whole song”: How Lola Young wrote Messy
Listen out for the guitar part that sounds like The Backstreet Boys, too…
“He noticed that the studio had a marimba sitting in the corner, and the rest is history”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind ABBA's Mamma Mia
On Mamma Mia's 50th birthday, our resident music prof puts ABBA's infectiously catchy karaoke staple under the musical microscope
