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I Made This Newsletter, I'm Never Going to Hell
Self-reference is one of the most powerful devices an artist can use in a song. But it can also go horribly wrong.
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The Medium is the Message: Changes in Popular Music Since the 1950s
Stat Significant takes over Can't Get Much Higher to show us how radically popular music has changed over the last few decades.
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From The Replacements to Maroon 5: A Conversation with Matt Wallace
Whether you're into the scuzzy sounds of Faith No More or the clean tones of O.A.R., Matt Wallace has probably made some of your favorite rock records…
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Writing Hits for Madonna, Celine Dion, and Demi Lovato: A Conversation with Billy Steinberg
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tHiS is a p0$t ABOUT Song t!tl3s
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Why Songwriters Stink at Organizing
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Music's Past & Future: A Conversation with Michael Pelczynski
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Writing Music for the Movies: A Conversation with Carol Connors
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Should a Song Created with A.I. be Eligible for a Grammy?
With the help of A.I., "Heart on My Sleeve" took the internet by storm a few months ago. Ghostwriter, the man behind the track, thinks it should be able…
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tHiS is a p0$t ABOUT Song t!tl3s
Nobody would let me write a history of song titles. So, I wrote it here.
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Your Followers are not Your Fans
Using data provided by Vivid Seats and Instagram, I learned that social media clout isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Music's Past & Future: A Conversation with Michael Pelczynski
During his time at SoundCloud, Michael Pelczynski helped conceive of a new way to pay artists. Now, he is looking for more ways to improve the music…
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How "Country" are Country Artists?
With controversy swirling around Jason Aldean's "Try That In a Small Town", I wanted to figure out how many country artists are really from small towns.
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Men Almost Never Perform Songs Written by Women
With The Pudding, I catalogued the history of gender representation among songwriters. The results are depressing.
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The Day The Genre Died
Song titles are an unexpected way to uncover when certain styles lose culture hegemony.
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