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Drum Feels (With Toms and Kick)

May 07, 2008

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Jeff Anthony When it comes to arranging a song, the drum parts selected for verses, choruses and bridges are crucial. Session drummer and Pandora music analyst Jeff Anthony shows us ways that he uses his toms and kick drum to create these variations. Among the styles he gets into: a kick-heavy sixteenth note part; a spacious, rolling pattern meant to accompany a guitar drone; a syncopated and anticipated style suitable for a lively R&B track in the vein of Earth Wind & Fire; a track that accelerates to push the chorus. (10 mins.)







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Metric Modulation

April 23, 2008

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Chris Horgan Don't let the technical name throw you off -- metric modulation is something you will be able to hear very clearly. Pandora dance music captain Chris Horgan from Beatropolis comes by to show how tempos (tempi) can change on a dime, with the use of subdivided beats. Speeding up and slowing down are not the only ways to jump from BPM to BPM, as you will soon hear. (10 mins.)











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Building A Song From The Ground Up

April 08, 2008

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Scott Pinkmountain It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. If that is true, then let's look at the recording studio as if it's an architect's drafting table. Pandora music analyst Scott Pinkmountain pulls apart a song brick by brick, and we hear the thought processes that informed his decisions. From the drummer's British-style swing to the method they used to alter the piano's tone with a tissue box, we hear how "You Gave Me This" was constructed, layer by layer. (10 mins.)








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Strings

March 31, 2008

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strings_200x200.jpg Johnny, rosin up your bow. Guest host Samantha Grant welcomes Pandora music analysts Alan L. Lin and Yair Evnine. Alan, a violinist, and Yair, a cellist, give us a primer on string theory as it relates to legato and staccato, arco and pizzicato, and other aspects of bowing and plucking in both the classical and pop (singer-songwriter) realms. (9 mins.)

In addition to their work as performing musicians, Alan and Yair have both spent a lot of time analyzing music for the Music Genome Project. You can hear songs that both of them have analyzed on your Pandora stations.





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Singing


Ariah Firefly Recording Vocals with Ariah Firefly

Mixing Vocals with Ariah Firefly

The Basics of Vocal Harmony with Greg Giles and Kelly Atkins from 20 Minute Loop

Singing Intervals with Melody Parker

Song Lyrics with Michael Zapruder

Word Choice In Lyrics with Michael Zapruder














Rhythm


Jeff Anthony Drums and Drumming, Part I with Jeff Anthony

Drums and Drumming, Part II with Jeff Anthony

Percussion Without Borders with Sameer Gupta

Hip Hop Rhyme Schemes with Darian Gray

Meters and Time Signatures with Adam Blum

Metric Modulation with Chris Horgan

Drum Feels (With Toms and Kick) with Jeff Anthony













Styles


Salsa Elements of Salsa with Marina Garza and Orquesta D'Soul

Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady and Dub with Vic Wong, Ray Jacildo, and the Soul Captives

Electronic Dance Music, Part I with Chris Horgan, Christian Runge, and Beatropolis

Electronic Dance Music, Part II with Chris Horgan and Beatropolis

Holiday Music with Todd Haemmerle

Types of Metal
with Kurt Kotheimer, Ava Mendoza and Weasel Walter (soon)












Composition


Michelle Alexander Major & Minor with Scott Pinkmountain

Pedal Point with Michelle Alexander

Three Chords with Russell Johnson

Quiet & Loud with Matt Cannon

The Blues Scale with Bob Coons

Building A Song From The Ground Up with Scott Pinkmountain














Instruments


Patrick Greene Electric Guitar Effects with Patrick Greene

Upright Bass with Seth Ford-Young

The Guitar Riff with Will Redmond

Synthesis with Steve Hogan

The Brass Family with Gene V. Baker

Strings with Alan L. Lin and Yair Evnine