Don’t let the days go by…No time to search the world around…

In the vastness of the musical world, there are inevitably times where two seemingly different songs are actually nearly identical.

Whether it happens by coincidence or design is not usually clear.

It’s not always obvious, especially to the casual listener, but to the avid musical enthusiast many of these similarities are quickly recognized.

Two songs from the grunge era of music that demonstrate this are Glycerine by Bush and When I Come Around by Green Day.

I’d like to start with When I Come Around.

As soon as…

Hello hello hello hello how low…

It was inevitable that I would eventually write an analysis on the quintessential grunge song.

Smells Like Teen Spirit is one of the primary songs that Nirvana is known for, all around the world.

And rightfully so. The song broadcasts edginess and angst through the music and vocal genius of Cobain.

Smells Like Teen Spirit is in the key of F natural minor. Natural minor means that instead of a C Major chord as the dominant, it will rely heavily on the Eb Major chord.

Except that this song doesn’t.

That’s one of the…

With a little love and some tenderness…

Is anyone else ready to see this?

When I consider the lyrics to Hold My Hand by Hootie and the Blowfish, it seems to me that the songwriter had a vision. I almost wonder if that songwriter was a time traveler. Maybe he traveled back to the 90s from the 2020s.

I disabled my personal social media accounts for an entire month and I can’t begin to tell you how liberating it was.

Of course, I still continued to use my writer accounts to promote articles, but I didn’t even glance at the…

It’s okay. If you want my man card, I’ll give it willingly.

So it’s now been years since one of the most popular Disney movies of recent years was released. For the majority of the last decade, the world has been ablaze with the melodic tones of children singing Let It Go. In all fairness, it is a great song.

I hadn’t even heard of Frozen until I heard my then three-year-old son singing the songs from it. …

I’ve seen dark before, but not like this…

Over the years I have certainly seen my share of hopelessness.

There were times when I felt used, abused, and confused.

I have faced abandonment, neglect, betrayal, and unspeakable cruelty.

To top it off I’ve found that in the moments where I found myself floating in a sea of despair bleeding to death, I was either alone or fending off hungry sharks that I mistakenly trusted to be some sort of support system.

Despite these obstacles, I’ve always been able to fight to keep my head above water out of sheer stubbornness…

With the twelve tones of the chromatic scale, all of the notes that comprise music as we know it, the combinations and the potential for unique creations are endless.

Despite this, it is common for certain patterns to emerge within the genres of modern music.

For instance, blues will traditionally contain a twelve-bar progression and its own altered scale of notes. The quintessential garden variety pop song primarily consists of major chords that are built upon the first, fourth, and fifth scale degree.

For instance, in the key of C, that would mean C, F, and G chords. …

With tropical palm trees, golden sand, and glistening waves, California sounds amazing right about now.

California here we come, right back where we started from.

I heard a band called Phantom Planet sing these lyrics many times at the introduction of one of my favorite shows.

The O.C. is an older series, yet there are rumors of a reboot. Several members of the cast have expressed publicly that they would be interested in such a project.

O.C. actresses Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke, who play the roles of Summer Roberts and Julie Cooper Nicholl Roberts, respectively, currently have a podcast…