by Joe Bennett | Mar 31, 2026 | 5live, Articles, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
This week Jonny and I Jonny and I Jonny and I Jonny and I…explored delay and echo effects! Delay and echo effects were pioneered in recording studios from around the 1950s onwards, and continue to form an important part of any musician and producer’s... 
by Joe Bennett | Mar 30, 2026 | 5live, Articles, fm, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
This week Tony and I got a bit rude… Misheard lyrics, double entendres, coded wordplay, and plain-old profanity have caused controversy and public outrage throughout the history of recorded music. So-called ‘Radio Edits’ have supposedly removed any... by Joe Bennett | Mar 30, 2026 | 5live, Articles, berklee, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
This week Tony and I hit the slopes, carved the ice, and did some curling… in honour of the Winter Olympics, which kicked off on February 6th. First staged in 1924 in Chamonix, France, the Games feature sports contested on snow and ice, including skiing, figure... 
by Joe Bennett | Nov 4, 2025 | 5live, Articles, fm, Forensic Musicology, music education, musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
This week Tony and I discussed the Rhodes! The Rhodes piano was invented by Harold Rhodes during World War II as a therapeutic instrument for recovering airmen. Following its commercial partnership with Fender in the 1950s, the first production model – the... 
by Joe Bennett | Apr 19, 2019 | Articles, music production, Popular Music, Songwriting, tidal
As a music theory geek, I love to get inside songs and figure out why we like them. There’s something beautiful about the ability of a mainstream hit to bring people together. And when the songwriter and singer is as extraordinary a talent as Ariana Grande, we can be...
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