#analyzing music

[hazelhearts]

me and tiktok analyzing songs from different perspectives

so I saw someone on tiktok talking abt this and I was shocked I hadn't seen it before. imagining this song from fans perspective when they're talking about their love f9r their favorite artists. like "I let you use me from the day we met," they do, in a way, use us to promote their music but we all love them for it because their music is amazing and they're amazing. "you turned it on for everyone you met," they treat us all as well as they can and try to make the fan feel special in the moment even if they'll have forgotten that fan and their name (if it was even shared in the convo) within the next five minutes. yet, no matter what, we'd all let them do it again and again

[lofiesmeralda]

Lofi tends to go towards the far ends of the spectrum on noise: spare and spacious (drumbeat, a few piano notes here and there, nature sounds) or dense and textured (synth, piano, guitar, a variety of percussion, what has been called a “wall of noise”).

[burningspy]

Did The Devil Really Lose Down In Georgia?

As “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” played for the millionth time this week on the classic rock station that’s tuned in at work, I began to ask myself that exact question.

While the devil does concede and award Johnny his prize of a golden fiddle, I don’t think he actually lost. Johnny seems to have won the battle, but the devil is playing the long game and winning the war.

There are a few reasons why I feel this way.

The devil gave up way too easy. And he “competed” without seeming to cheat in any way. Since when does the devil play a truly honest and clean contest?

By even making the bet with Johnny, the devil easily convinces the boy to gamble and exposes willingness to openly and knowingly engage in sinful activity.

The devil also skillfully reveals Johnny’s true greedy and prideful nature.

Basically, it didn’t matter how the contest ended up, either way the devil knew that the boy’s soul would be joining him soon enough.

[sambastian-archive-blog]

i fucking love triplets

like they're so perfect

they're these little weird rhythms

they are like so perfect

perfect

[leavingtheshire]

"Gorilla"

So, I just listened to Bruno Mars' song "Gorilla" all the way through and these are my thoughts about it:

It is a very lovely, sexy song. While it isn't too hard to make a song that makes me want to dance, the same cannot be said about making a song that makes me want to drive the 3 hrs to my boyfriend's dorm and kick his roommate out for an hour or two (ahem). This song does that well. It's slow and toes the line on being explicit, but it's never "dirty" or "rough" like other songs about sex often are. I especially like the bridge bit; the rhythm of it is very (uh...) suggestive, and I thought it was very cleverly done. So, whoever arranged and mixed it, gold star for you.

Bruno Mars' vocals are superb on this track! I am very much reminded of Michael Jackson while listening to him sing this song, especially when he hits those falsetto notes (well, of course I am, who isn't?). That really high note made me grin like an idiot, because he just knocked it out of the park, and I always love when a guy can either a) sing really ridiculously high (a la Neil Patrick Harris in his Glee duet with Matthew Morrison) or b) sing super freaking deep (like Josh Turner in his song "Would You Go With Me"). Like da;lkfdjjhg;lakjf;alkdjfsdak men with great voices do things to me.

The lyrics are also well-written and very sexy, except for the words which give the song its name. Gorillas mating is... not really an image that I find in the least bit sexy??? idk. Everything else is really awesome (except I also don't condone the use of drugs) and I love the 'ooh's (mostly because, while they have a reputation of being abused by lazy lyricists, they are just so fun and so incredibly unifying to sing along with in a big crowd). But the gorilla bit kinda... kills the mood a bit for me. I'll probably still get the song, but I'll probably have to tune out the actual words at those parts, which is a shame.

Uh... I guess that's it. lol

[shortiedoowop]

i hear a sped-up cry me a river in mirrors

[drileyofficial]

Music Nerds

Professor: "We aren't going to analyze music yet, it's rather hard. Has anyone ever tried?"

Me: "Would analyzing music classify as figuring out the tempo, meter, and dividing the harmony and melody amongst friends whilst conducting the music? If yes, then I do it every time I listen to music with my friends."

Professor: "I didn't realize you guys were such music nerds."

[allansimoncosta-blog]

I usually analyze every piece of music I hear: Key, rhythm, and what that means emotionally for the composer. In the vast majority of the cases, sad songs are in minor keys.

However, as I'm listening to Reel Big Fish's "Drunk Again", its major key works just as well melancholically, which kind of pisses me off sometimes. And as I further analyze it, I think that if it were mostly minor keyed, it'd sound like the guy's a crying pussy. Here, it's like "yea I'm sad, but you're a fucking bitch anyway, so go fuck yourself."