#musicanalysis — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLT5WPji2_s
Was Young criticising freedom per se in this song, or was he criticising capitalism?

#FolkMusic #music #MusicAnalysis

Love isn’t light—it anchors, drags, and drowns. From iron chains to sunken cities, romance reveals its true weight: the tension between losing yourself and needing meaning.
#HeavyInYourArms #Atlantis #FlorenceAndTheMachine #BridgitMendler #Pop #Music #Love #Philosophy #MusicAnalysis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-architecture-of-romantic-gravity-metaphysical-weight-cognitive-distortion-and-the-sisyphean-labor-of-connection/

Love isn’t light—it anchors, drags, and drowns. From iron chains to sunken cities, romance reveals its true weight: the tension between losing yourself and needing meaning.
#HeavyInYourArms #Atlantis #FlorenceAndTheMachine #BridgitMendler #Pop #Music #Love #Philosophy #MusicAnalysis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-architecture-of-romantic-gravity-metaphysical-weight-cognitive-distortion-and-the-sisyphean-labor-of-connection/

Love isn’t light—it anchors, drags, and drowns. From iron chains to sunken cities, romance reveals its true weight: the tension between losing yourself and needing meaning.
#HeavyInYourArms #Atlantis #FlorenceAndTheMachine #BridgitMendler #Pop #Music #Love #Philosophy #MusicAnalysis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-architecture-of-romantic-gravity-metaphysical-weight-cognitive-distortion-and-the-sisyphean-labor-of-connection/

Love isn’t light—it anchors, drags, and drowns. From iron chains to sunken cities, romance reveals its true weight: the tension between losing yourself and needing meaning.
#HeavyInYourArms #Atlantis #FlorenceAndTheMachine #BridgitMendler #Pop #Music #Love #Philosophy #MusicAnalysis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-architecture-of-romantic-gravity-metaphysical-weight-cognitive-distortion-and-the-sisyphean-labor-of-connection/

Love isn’t light—it anchors, drags, and drowns. From iron chains to sunken cities, romance reveals its true weight: the tension between losing yourself and needing meaning.
#HeavyInYourArms #Atlantis #FlorenceAndTheMachine #BridgitMendler #Pop #Music #Love #Philosophy #MusicAnalysis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-architecture-of-romantic-gravity-metaphysical-weight-cognitive-distortion-and-the-sisyphean-labor-of-connection/

What happens when medieval songs become raw sonic material? In Schnittke’s Minnesang, fragments of Minnesinger melodies appear, dissolve, and re-emerge inside a 52-voice choral texture. A listening guide + spectrogram analysis.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#blog #research #20thC #MusicAnalysis #Medievalism #Schnittke #ClassicalMusic #Minnesang

Pop songs love to promise emotional permanence. Reality keeps canceling the subscription. On Piece by Piece, wishful thinking poses as healing; on The Good Ones, perfection masquerades as depth. Romantic mythology rewrites our expectations until irony does the editing.
#KellyClarkson #Pop #Criticism #MusicAnalysis #Romance #WishfulThinking #EmotionalProjection #CulturalCommentary #DaddyIssues #LoveSongs #PopLyrics
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/the-architecture-of-attachment-transference-engineering-metaphors-and-the-deconstruction-of-the-romantic-savior-in-twenty-first-century-popular-music/

Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

https://www.madebywindmill.com/tempi/blog/hbfs-bpm/

#HackerNews #DaftPunk #EasterEgg #BPM #Tempo #MusicAnalysis #HarderBetterFasterStronger #ElectronicMusic

Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” never lands—it lives in the loop between story and song. A four-minute dogfight where tension replaces resolution, and history becomes adrenaline. ✈️⚡️
#IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Powerslave #HeavyMetalHistory #MusicAnalysis #Songwriting #RockHistory #BattleOfBritain #BruceDickinson #SteveHarris #ClassicMetal #MusicEssay #MetalCulture
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/the-loop-of-combat-form-and-function-in-iron-maidens-aerial-anthem/

If "Custard Pie" is what Page and Plant stole from American blues, they can keep it.
#LedZeppelin #PhysicalGraffiti #RockCriticism #MusicWriting #ClassicRock #RobertPlant #JimmyPage #RockHistory #MusicAnalysis #Essay
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/bakers-of-the-blues-how-custard-pie-spoils-physical-graffiti/

Exploring the gritty storytelling of KRS-One’s ‘Uh Oh’ and its connection to Sting’s ‘I Hung My Head.’ Guns, race, and narrative power collide in this analysis.
#HipHopHistory #KRSOne #Sting #Storytelling #SocialCritique #MusicAnalysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/uh-oh/

If Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day” is about survival and reward, Travis Tritt’s “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive” is about peace and simplicity. Two genres, two perfect days, one deep truth: the good life means choosing your own rhythm.
#MusicAnalysis #IceCube #TravisTritt #CountryVsRap #CulturalCriticism #GreatDay #GoodDay #SongEssay #MusicPhilosophy
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/its-a-great-day-to-be-alive/

Mira que la 1ª no está entre mis favoritas (no entra ni en mi top 5 de sinfonías de #Mahler) y aun así disfruté como un enano de este análisis del primer movimiento. 🔝
🍿 Bird Calls and Fanfares: Mahler Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjylI8_Sq_c

#classicalmusic #musicanalysis #análisismusical

Nevermind, an album on major chords

https://farina00.github.io/essays/nevermind/

#HackerNews #Nevermind #album #majorchords #musicanalysis #chordtheory #rockhistory

I Analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/i-analyzed-chord-progressions-in

#HackerNews #ChordProgressions #MusicAnalysis #SongData #MusicTrends #DataScience

I Analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/i-analyzed-chord-progressions-in

#HackerNews #ChordProgressions #MusicAnalysis #SongData #MusicTrends #DataScience

I Analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/i-analyzed-chord-progressions-in

#HackerNews #ChordProgressions #MusicAnalysis #SongData #MusicTrends #DataScience

I Analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/i-analyzed-chord-progressions-in

#HackerNews #ChordProgressions #MusicAnalysis #SongData #MusicTrends #DataScience

Gesaffelstein’s remix is a dark reinvention—he peels back the glossy pop exterior and replaces it with a suffocating, atmospheric intensity.
https://retroworldnews.com/lady-gaga-and-gesaffelstein-ignite-coachella-2025-with-fiery-live-debut/

#Gesaffelstein #Remix #DarkMusic #AtmosphericSound #ElectronicMusic #MusicReinvention #PopRemix #IntenseVibes #SoundDesign #MusicProduction #UndergroundMusic #InnovativeSound #ArtisticExpression #MusicAnalysis #DeepListening #ExperimentalMusic #ChillVibes #MusicCommunity #DJLife #Soundscape #music #EDM

Online Conference:
"Galant Schema Theory: Contemporary Approaches to Composition, Pedagogy, Performance" Friday, March 21 – Sunday 23, 2025 (Eastern Time, New York).

La conferencia tiene un programa superinteresante: https://www.galantschemastudies.com/draft-conference-plan

Inscripción: https://www.galantschemastudies.com/registration-proposals

#musicanalysis #schemata #musictheory

#AcademicJob

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Music Analysis

@ Aarhus University (#Denmark)

Join a leading programme combining cultural-sociological, anthropological, and historical research, focusing on European music of the 20th century.

Deadline: 06/01/2025

https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-of-music-analysis

CC @academicjobs
@musicology

#MusicAnalysis #Musicology #AarhusUniversity

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

Application to doc­toral stud­ies in music at the Sibelius Academy (#Helsinki)

Deadline: 22/01/2025

https://www.uniarts.fi/en/guides/apply-to-doctoral-studies-in-music/#applying-for-the-research-study-programme

CC @academicjobs @musicology @ethnomusicology

#Musicology #Ethnomusicology #MusicAnalysis #MusicResearch #MusicScience

#AcademicJob

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of #MusicAnalysis

@ University of #Aarhus (#Denmark)

Deadline: 06/01/2025

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR252/tenure-track-assistant-professor-of-music-analysis

CC @academicjobs @musicology

#Musicology #MusicScience

V Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise Musical "Teoria e Análise Musical: desafios na contemporaneidade globalizada". Del 17 al 19 de octubre de 2024
Sesiones retransmitidas por YT
+info https://tema.mus.br/eventos/index.php/congressos/vcongresso/schedConf/program?fbclid=IwY2xjawF4j_NleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYdlbbVil9wWOKdT-wavkDpOMiuEPON5lSgFJ6lvwgMLErRnfQB2G2DaPQ_aem_dJLFqGNzmno8XhYAOUwtQw

#musictheory #musicanalysis #analisismusical #teoriamusical

:blobcatbook: In Search of Carl Czerny’s #Schemata : Listening to Early Nineteenth-Century #Improvisation https://academic.oup.com/mts/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mts/mtac008/6591501?guestAccessKey=71d18c46-2dd8-4c10-9d09-8bba93876576

#musictheory #musicanalysis

onsetsync: An R Package for Onset Synchrony Analysis

Created by my fantastic #DurhamUniversity ex-colleagues @tuomaseerola & Martin Clayton

https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05395

#OpenScience #OpenSource #R #MusicScience #MusicStudies #Rythm #DataScience #DigitalHumanities #MusicAnalysis #Musicology #ComputationalMusicology #Ethnomusicology

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#louder
10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have
These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short

https://www.loudersound.com/features/amazing-metal-albums-should-have-charted-higher

#MetalAlbums
#RockHistory
#Charting
#BestHeavyMetal
#ClassicMetal
#MetalCamp
#DiscographyFacts
#MusicAnalysis
#BestSongs
#MetalAlbumsRanked
#MetalMusic

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#louder
10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have
These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short

https://www.loudersound.com/features/amazing-metal-albums-should-have-charted-higher

#MetalAlbums
#RockHistory
#Charting
#BestHeavyMetal
#ClassicMetal
#MetalCamp
#DiscographyFacts
#MusicAnalysis
#BestSongs
#MetalAlbumsRanked
#MetalMusic

Definitely a fan of the #musicanalysis of #CharlesCornell on YouTube, like https://youtu.be/lFIixuIdYhY?si=Tjv--XU5rHJRrBIT or https://youtu.be/TMtGImlEmu0?si=U0KYixeA-E7uEr3X

If all these #percussion instruments had been around in 1720, G.F. Handel might have reconsidered the instrumentation for his 8 Great Suites (written for #harpsichord).

This soundfile represents the result of simply swapping the instrument to #drumset in #musescore 3.

#musicAnalysis #musicHistory #baroque

Looking to connect with musicology, music theory, sound studies, folks (academics, students, anyone interested really!)

Wondering what hashtags to use?

#musicology #music #musicologist #soundstudies #musichistory #musictheory #musicanalysis #classicalmusic #classical