I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 1 month 3 weeks ago • 476 views • 10:15

Join Eric Idle as he teaches how to play “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” on the guitar.

posted by simonm 3 months ago • 93 views • 4:03

From Youtube, "I played italian songs that you've heard and don't know the name. Learn their name on this video!"

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 5:28

Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirus You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 378 views • 3:45

"Let's rewind back not 1 year, not 2 years but 46 years, all the way to 1973 with some fun trivia about this Sesame Street classic, The Song of the Count! ..."

posted by ant 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 11 views • 2:37

In this episode of "What Makes This Song Great?" we explore the music of RUSH.

posted by BSR 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 14:01

YT: I look at songs that use a sudden bar of 3/4 to 'skip a beat', including '"Heart of Glass" by Blondie, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jet, "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles, "Say A Little Prayer"... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 years 2 months ago • 593 views • 9:26

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 2 years 3 months ago • 132 views • 14:23

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 587 views • 10:01

YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 426 views • 4:05

Eric Bazilian was explaining 4 track recording to a friend, and in the process wrote this song. YouTube description: The story behind the song One Of Us by Joan Osborne, written by Eric Bazilian.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 215 views • 6:37

In the animated short “Drawn & Recorded: Teen Spirit” by Drew Christie of Kalakala Animation, narrator T-Bone Burnett tells the story behind the famous 1991 Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 689 views • 2:55

Polyphonic explores the start of Metal rock, to several individual songs that could be considered the start, and one point where it couldn't be any later than.

posted by RFlagg 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 489 views • 11:39

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 495 views • 6:19

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 461 views • 2:01

H/T @eric3579

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 634 views • 10:30

Rick Beato breaks down the System of a Down song Chop Suey from the album Toxicity. (Thanks to spawnflagger for the heads up on my stoned self posting the wrong song name)

posted by w1ndex 2 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 97 views • 12:30

Interesting breakdown by Rick Beato of The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails .

posted by w1ndex 2 years 12 months ago • 170 views • 10:45

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 weeks ago • 592 views • 9:26

YouTube description: Recording music on 100-year-old wax cylinder recording equipment. Next week we put a metal band in front of it! Here are the full takes of Short Song: https://youtu.be/_sn7KyLHfr0 ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 294 views • 10:04