Neel plays with a polymeter for his songwriting challenge answer

For Neel’s answer to the 2025 songwriting challenge, he wrote a baroque-esqe song using multiple time signatures and polymeter sections. Download the lyrics to Vice and Rack to follow along. We talked about: The song Cup of Coffee by Garbage and how they used a polymeter (which Neel incorrectly labelled compound time) How Neel incorporated four different time signatures in his song, including a polymeter of “3 against 4” (3/4 and 4/4 simultaneously) Using a 7/4 time signature with alternating 3+4 and 4+3 emphases The appearance of odd time signatures in classical Indian music How Neel’s approach to the bridge resulted in a modulation for the final chorus How Neel used a metronome and selectively muting tracks to compose the polymeter section … Read the rest