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88 MPH: Jukebox The Ghost Resurrect The 'Alberti Bass'
posted: August 5, 2011
Anyone who has seen OurStage artist Jukebox The Ghost perform can attest that the band puts on one hell of a show. Pianist Ben Thornewill rocks back and forth so wildly that he almost falls off…
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Live Wired [Review]: Ellie Goulding
posted: August 2, 2011
Ellie Goulding has had a huge year, and it’s only August. A 24-year-old pop singer from England, she has been getting more attention in the US recently. She was selected by Prince William and Kate…
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GuacaMusic: Yo Tu El Y Ella
posted: July 30, 2011
Is it me? You? Him? Her? All of us? Yo, Tu, El y Ella (the Spanish translation for me, you, him and her) is precisely the name of an awesome band from Buenos Aires, Argentina…
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88 MPH: The Legacy of the "Be My Baby" Drum Beat
posted: July 29, 2011
The final minutes of Sofia Coppola’s indie tearjerker Lost in Translation contain a surefire formula for clearing out the Kleenex box. As Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson share their teary goodbye, a nostalgic, reverb-laden drum pattern…
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88 MPH: Throwback Suburbia Channels Costello
posted: July 22, 2011
Welcome to 88 MPH, musical time traveler! Before we hop in the DeLorean and activate the flux capacitor, remember that even though you’ve got Hypemachine, your favorite blogs and an RSS feed that ranges from…
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The Science Of A Pop Song
posted: July 20, 2011
We all know the general “rules” to producing a hit pop song: song structure (intro – verse – chorus – verse – chorus – solo/bridge – chorus – outro), catchy melody and lyrics, I – IV…
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