acapella mini cover of "One" by Swedish Mafia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkQ5rEJaTmk

Your Name

Composition Assignment rendered in Reason

Oscilloscopes

This is the sound of an empty Petron bottle, pitch shifted over 3 octaves in Reason.

Petron

making music on muni

second try making a song only with the arcade pocket operator (accidentally deleted the first try, heh)

The February Commute

Minilogue Test #1

Cover of "Down" by Marian Hill 
https://play.google.com/music/m/Tqwfxchruvu547vwfqvm6vw6gse?t=Down_-_Marian_Hill

Marian Hill's Arcade

Demo LSDJ clip. Original Gameboy audio recording.

Perfectly Orange Boss

Charlie Puth's Arcade

A rework of one of my favorite songs from the Snowboard Kids videogame

Big Snowman

Experiment based off of the Zelda Forest Temple theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXn88mY50XM). Used SoundMagic spectral (http://www.michaelnorris.info/software/soundmagic-spectral.html) for stretched vocals, OP-1 for the drumkit. Vocal stutters via Izotope's Stutter Edit (http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/stutteredit/)

Temple Backspin

Radio Lab had a remix competition a month ago. I never hit deadlines but I did at least take a stab at the stems after the fact.  Check out the contest winners here: http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/jul/02/radiolab-remixed/

One Minute (Radio Lab Remix)

Goron Music Box

This inaugural episode of Pop Hook Theory takes a good look at Maroon 5's chart-topping single: One More Night.

One More Night on Rdio: http://www.rdio.com/artist/Maroon_5/album/One_More_Night/
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/0W1qOdPQCP5MCogLNm8cuo
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/overexposed-deluxe/id542468867
Washington Post Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/quick-spin-overexposed-by-maroon-5/2012/06/25/gJQAcr7a2V_story.html
HookTheory.com analysis part 2: http://www.hooktheory.com/blog/music-theory-analysis-1300-songs-for-songwriting-part2/
Country Club Martini Crew Extended Mix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_dpP6ZQNw
Electro-Dance Remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfyFEPS89rs
Sticky K Remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RquGpEBR7o8

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Pop Hook Theory is a show about reverse-engineering the musicality of the US's most popular music.  We'll dive into what makes pop sound like pop from various technical and musical perspectives, and then use that to understand different DJs' approaches to remixing source material.

Pop Hook Theory - One More Night

This is a tag-along episode about One More Night that I couldn't find a good place for in the initial show. When a song's chord structure is this monotonous, there's only one thing left to do...

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Pop Hook Theory Shorts is a mini series where I chop a song into a bunch of pieces and try to come up with interesting things to say about it.

Pop Hook Theory Shorts - One More Night

This episode of Pop Hook Theory looks at one of Taylor Swift's single releases: I Knew You Were Trouble

Rdio: http://www.rdio.com/artist/Maroon_5/album/One_More_Night/
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/0W1qOdPQCP5MCogLNm8cuo
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/i-knew-you-were-trouble/id587298015

As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending: http://www.rdio.com/artist/Thomas_Weelkes/album/All_the_Queen%27s_Men_Music_for_Elizabeth_I/track/As_Vesta_was%2C_from_Latmos_hill_descending/
La fille aux cheveux de lin: http://www.rdio.com/artist/Pascal_Rog%C3%A9/album/Debussy_Preludes_I__II/track/Preludes_-_Livre_I_La_fille_aux_cheveux_de_lin/

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Pop Hook Theory is a show about reverse-engineering the musicality of the US's most popular music.  We'll dive into what makes pop sound like pop from various technical and musical perspectives, and then use that to understand different DJs' approaches to remixing source material.

Pop Hook Theory - I Knew You Were Trouble

Byrd

Remix By PRFFTT! https://soundcloud.com/prfftt/i-knew-bootleg

This is a tag-along episode about I Knew You Were Trouble that I couldn't find a good place for in the initial show. Today we learn about stems and what to do if you don't have any.

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Pop Hook Theory Shorts is a mini series that compliments the main Pop Hook Theory episodes

Pop Hook Theory Shorts - I Knew You Were Trouble

my mashup of Earthquake and Otherside. Earthquake stems generously provided by Little Boots (http://www.littlebootsmusic.co.uk/remix-competition)

Each song is copyright of its respective owner (Little Boots and Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Thanks for listening!

Earthquake vs. Otherside Remix

I was humming this in the kitchen the other day

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