Talk About...Pop Music

Episode 19 of the Music, Mindfulness, & Madness podcast, hosted by Dee Madden & Michael Hateley, titled "Talk About...Pop Music" was published on November 27, 2021 and runs 95 minutes.

November 27, 2021 ·95m · Music, Mindfulness, & Madness

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Summary

Dee and Anu talk about writing the perfect pop song. How do you balance and prevent both boring and confusing the listener? How do you make things - lyrics, melody, chords, instruments - interesting? Why are pop songs like THAT? Why do the bass notes matter so much? And more! Michael is on vacation this week! --- Links to check out related to us and our conversation... The Manual (How To Have a Number One The Easy Way!): https://www.amazon.com/Manual-How-Have-Number-Easy/dp/1899858652...

Episode Description

Dee and Anu talk about writing the perfect pop song. How do you balance and prevent both boring and confusing the listener? How do you make things - lyrics, melody, chords, instruments - interesting? Why are pop songs like THAT? Why do the bass notes matter so much? And more!

Michael is on vacation this week!
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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

The Manual (How To Have a Number One The Easy Way!): https://www.amazon.com/Manual-How-Have-Number-Easy/dp/1899858652

New York Times on new song structures: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/14/opinion/pop-music-songwriting.html

Albhy Galuten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albhy_Galuten

Dee, Michael & Anu:

Anu Kirk
https://www.anukirk.com

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hateley on YouTube:
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY