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About her songs: “They’re all kind of pep talks. “Life, hit me with whatever… it’ll go through me, and it’ll come out as something nice.” -Fiona Apple Here’s something rare: an intelligent interview …
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photo by Hillary Tozier Sounds like a species of turtle, eh? Meet the circle-back ending. A circle-back ending is a conclusion that repeats lines of lyric from the very beginning of the song. As the …
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“I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly …
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Welcome to the second-ever Archive Revision Roundup! Several posts didn’t make it—may they rest in pieces on the cutting room floor. Here are some of the great articles that lived to tell the …
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One of the greatest pleasures of teaching music is seeing a student’s eyes light up when they suddenly turn a corner in their studies—suddenly understanding something that was confusing them. Being …
Picture the scene. I'm in Liverpool with my beautiful wife and 4 adorable kids.d for the past few years that "this will be the year we book one!" Well, this year actually was, thanks to some …
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