Monthly Archives: August 2016

Each style includes a playlist of at least 9 example songs from 9 completely different artists, facilitating music exploration. Over the course of time these lists can both be prolonged or even changed by group-generated playlists. Jazz and classical listeners, … Continue reading →

Pop music had become an electrical melting pot of subgenres and sounds that every one shared the common tropes of a pop song. In the ’50s, the music of the earlier decades—including swing music and crooning vocals—was being changed. Rock … Continue reading →

No one has a crystal ball, but I suspect that the 2020s will see a shift in focus in pop music. Because the same sample libraries and sounds have been overused, I predict that artists will shift in direction of … Continue reading →

The concept that gender is performative—that it occurs in the interplay between the eye of the beholder and the outside of the performer’s body—is pretty well explored, however it didn’t embody my full understanding of my own gender or my … Continue reading →