The #BlurredLines judgment erases all creativity.
American popular music is built on a very spare music theory. Virtually all of it can be reduced to just four very simple songs, with one – the 12 Bar Blues, originally attributed to WC Handy – easily accounting for 80% of everything.
This week at The Church of Splendor, why the #BlurredLines judgement is disastrous for pop composers – and for anyone who loves music.
Oh, yes, it’s music theory in church. Plus: Me culpa. I’m speaking without notes and I mangled the structure of Pachelebel’s Canon. Should be: I, V, vi, iii, IV, I, IV, V. Learn to listen for it and you’ll hear it everywhere.
