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	<title>The Science of Songwriting &#187; Arrangement</title>
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		<title>The Effects of Repetition on Preferences</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you already know (since you were participants), I recently conducted a little pilot study to investigate some aspects of music cognition.  My main focus was how different levels of repetition factored into a listener&#8217;s preference for a song.  In other words, if a certain part of a song is repeated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combinatoriality in &#8220;Loser&#8221; by Beck</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When sitting down to write a song, I think harmony and melody are often at the forefront of one&#8217;s mind.  Musicians love to talk about harmony (the vertical component) and melody (the horizontal component) as two sides of the same coin.  That &#8220;coin,&#8221; of course, is the domain of pitch. 
But yet in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solos as Bridges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: this post will be discussing face-melting guitar solos, so please don&#8217;t read any further unless you are OK with the melting of your face.  Heed your potential future forecasted in the album cover below:

I have to admit that I was recently jamming along with Deep Purple&#8217;s &#8220;Smoke on the Water&#8221; (from their album [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Improvised Counterpoint of Freddie Green</title>
		<link>http://www.midside.com/2007/06/25/freddie_green_counterpoint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhythm guitar is an instrumental role that can found in almost every popular style of music.  As well, the approach to rhythm guitar playing is fairly similar across a variety of genres.  For example, in bluegrass, the rhythm guitarist mostly strums big open chords on an acoustic guitar; in rock, the rhythm guitar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flawed Form in &#8220;Rehab&#8221; by Amy Winehouse</title>
		<link>http://www.midside.com/2007/06/07/winehouse_rehab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trevordeclercq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Winehouse seems to be everywhere these days with her hit &#8220;Rehab&#8221; off her Back to Black album. I saw her play on the MTV movie awards and now she&#8217;s on the cover of Rolling Stone.  I admit I like the song; it&#8217;s catchy.  But does anyone agree with me that it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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