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Timbre and '80s Pop with Megan Lavengood
FromSound Expertise
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
What makes some songs, from Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" to Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It," sound so distinctively "1980s"? What is timbre, why does it matter, and how do music theorists study it? And did Michael Jackson write the music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3?! A conversation with Megan Lavengood, Assistant Professor and Director of Music Theory at George Mason University, about timbre and the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer.Show notes and more over at soundexpertise.org
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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