My newest side hustle is a writing gig for MusicRadar, in which I will be analyzing well-known songs in terms of music theory, production and larger cultural context. The first one went live today, a study of “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish from the Barbie movie. The next one is going to be about the Beatles. Check it out!
a very good first article in music radar – I am interested in the social and psychological shifts associated with no mic in vaudeville theatres to mics far away and to close mic crooners -and beyond. The advent of radio in 1920 and invention of the electric condenser mic in 1923 . really must have created an intimacy in peoples homes.- as if the singer was talking to the listener. The Bessie smith 1925 recording of st Louis blues – is really upfront and powerful.