Love it. Who gives a F if nobody else agrees. It's brilliant. Not perfect. Far from it. Whatthefuckever. Keep at it. I'd vote for you if you could smile authentically and didn't wear boots on the campaign trail.
Since you're interested in music theory, I figured I'd let you (or anyone else) know a fascinating bit of info about this chord progression:
The I-V-vi-IV chord progression is actually an evolution of the Doo-Wop Loop from the 50s, whose chord progression was I-vi-IV-V. Some famous songs that have that progression are Stand by Me (Ben E. King), Octopus's Garden (The Beatles) and Blank Space (Taylor Swift).
Anyway, if you rearrange the chords of the Doo-Wop Loop, you get the I-V-vi-IV progression. You see, the reason it got so popular over the Doo-Wop Loop is that it's got two cadences -- one where it goes from I (tonic) to the V (dominant), and another where it goes from vi (a relative minor of the tonic) to IV (a weaker dominant).
Contrast this with the Doo-Wop loop which is just one big build up to the V (dominant) before going back to I (tonic), and it becomes clear why it became more popular over time (not hating on any of these chord progressions though, I like both of them).
Some musicians are really not fond of it though (mainly because it's overused), and while it may be a bit of a cliche to use it, I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing because cliches, especially in music, are how you connect to an audience immediately. For instance, you play the opening of Toccata and Fugue and everyone instantly thinks vampire. In a similar way, the I-V-vi-IV chord progression is a rather familiar tune that all of us have heard a lot. It's just something everyone instinctively knows, and pop artists like Taylor Swift use that to instantly build a rapport with their audience.
Also, +1 for the David Bennet plug in, that guy's helped me understand so much.
I for one really liked your short video. If you hadn't told me why Ron's voice sounded like it did I would have thought it to be intentional. The slow tempo also seemed intentional.
The you tube on TS's chord progression choices was pretty interesting too. But can we fault her? How many Grammies did the two of us win this year?
How would other pop singer/songwriters do under a similar analysis? I mean, we aren't expecting jazz, are we? Just something nice to listen too. And TS's music is "nice." 40-50 years from now her songs will be the background music in grocery stores with all the retired folks humming along. JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW with the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Ain't life grand?
Assuming there are still grocery stores then. A lot could change.
Love it. Who gives a F if nobody else agrees. It's brilliant. Not perfect. Far from it. Whatthefuckever. Keep at it. I'd vote for you if you could smile authentically and didn't wear boots on the campaign trail.
Love your explorations here, Carlos!!
Since you're interested in music theory, I figured I'd let you (or anyone else) know a fascinating bit of info about this chord progression:
The I-V-vi-IV chord progression is actually an evolution of the Doo-Wop Loop from the 50s, whose chord progression was I-vi-IV-V. Some famous songs that have that progression are Stand by Me (Ben E. King), Octopus's Garden (The Beatles) and Blank Space (Taylor Swift).
Anyway, if you rearrange the chords of the Doo-Wop Loop, you get the I-V-vi-IV progression. You see, the reason it got so popular over the Doo-Wop Loop is that it's got two cadences -- one where it goes from I (tonic) to the V (dominant), and another where it goes from vi (a relative minor of the tonic) to IV (a weaker dominant).
Contrast this with the Doo-Wop loop which is just one big build up to the V (dominant) before going back to I (tonic), and it becomes clear why it became more popular over time (not hating on any of these chord progressions though, I like both of them).
Some musicians are really not fond of it though (mainly because it's overused), and while it may be a bit of a cliche to use it, I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing because cliches, especially in music, are how you connect to an audience immediately. For instance, you play the opening of Toccata and Fugue and everyone instantly thinks vampire. In a similar way, the I-V-vi-IV chord progression is a rather familiar tune that all of us have heard a lot. It's just something everyone instinctively knows, and pop artists like Taylor Swift use that to instantly build a rapport with their audience.
Also, +1 for the David Bennet plug in, that guy's helped me understand so much.
I for one really liked your short video. If you hadn't told me why Ron's voice sounded like it did I would have thought it to be intentional. The slow tempo also seemed intentional.
The you tube on TS's chord progression choices was pretty interesting too. But can we fault her? How many Grammies did the two of us win this year?
How would other pop singer/songwriters do under a similar analysis? I mean, we aren't expecting jazz, are we? Just something nice to listen too. And TS's music is "nice." 40-50 years from now her songs will be the background music in grocery stores with all the retired folks humming along. JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW with the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Ain't life grand?
Assuming there are still grocery stores then. A lot could change.
Carlos, I just got onto your channel and I'm loving it. I'm going to Recommend you on mine, if that's OK?
(I periodically un-recommend people who don't recommend me back, this being Big Time Commerce and all that.)