Tuesday

"Round and Round"- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Opinion- Personally, I enjoyed this song. Though it seemed a bit lengthy, it exhibited excellent musical transitions and the voices were strong, but smooth. I couldn't understand all of the lyrics, but the tune was very catchy.

Facts-
1) Multiple singers were featured in this song.
2) This song uses many crescendos and decrescendos as transitions between parts of the song.
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As a musician, I often find myself noticing the technicalities in songs. Instead of relying entirely on how catchy a song is to determine its worth, I listen for musical value. The ability to harmonize in a song is a talent that I envy quite a bit. Songs that utilize musical concepts I struggled with as a beginning musician show to me that the artist(s) also value the details in musical composition. Due to my involvement in the musical community, I do notice these details in music and this, therefore, leads to bias. The music I play is not always accompanied by lyrics, so this affects the importance of strong lyrics in my mind. While audible lyrics do influence my opinion of a song, a song lacking audible lyrics is perfectly acceptable by my standards as long as it still possesses some musical value.

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