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Nov 09, 2025 Do "Guilty Pleasures" Really Exist? We all have a secret. Even the most serious, most intellectual music listener probably has a song they blast i...
Sep 01, 2025 The Funny Side of Music: The Art of Making People Laugh with Notes, from Parody to Stand-Up Music and laughter are two of humanity's most universal and contagious emotional languages. One moves the soul...
Aug 11, 2025 The Art of Album Covers: The Visual Identity of Music In today's world, where digital music reigns and songs are represented by small square icons, we have almost f...
Aug 01, 2025 The Science of the Earworm: Why Does a Song Get Stuck in Our Head? It has happened to everyone. Maybe it's a jingle from a commercial, or the chorus of a pop song... It slips in...
Jul 27, 2025 The MTV Revolution: The Moment Video Killed the Radio Star On August 1, 1981, a new cable TV channel launched in America. The first image to appear on the screen was foo...
Jul 17, 2025 Auto-Tune: A Creative Tool or a Musical Sin? In the world of music, few technologies have been as loved and hated as Auto-Tune. For some, it is a magic wan...
Jul 15, 2025 The Anatomy of a One-Hit Wonder: Songs of the Peak and Oblivion In music history, some songs defy time and space. They echo for years at weddings, parties, and on radio stati...
