by Joe Bennett | Aug 20, 2019 | musicology, Popular Music, Songwriting, tidal
[JB note: This article was originally commissioned by TIDAL, and is part of a series – see links below. Parental advisory: adult themes in the lyrics.] Ariana Grande – 7 rings Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up Billie Eilish – Bad Guy Taylor Swift... by Joe Bennett | May 11, 2018 | Eurovision, musicology, Popular Music, Songwriting
It’s Eurovision eve! [For any Americans who are unfamiliar with the ESC, here’s the background] Back in 2010 I live-tweeted some song commentary as the show was going out. Since 2011 I’ve been live-blogging the show, with real-time music analysis and... 
by Joe Bennett | Jan 9, 2018 | Copyright, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting
This week, Lana Del Rey stated that she is being sued for copying Radiohead’s 1992 song Creep in her 2017 release, Get Free. It’s true about the lawsuit. Although I know my song wasn’t inspired by Creep, Radiohead feel it was and want 100% of the publishing... by Joe Bennett | Dec 5, 2017 | musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
There’s a news story right now about the ‘Happiest Christmas song’, a commerical research project I was asked to undertake recently to provide statistics about the characteristics of the UK’s favourite Christmas songs (Spotify streams,... by Joe Bennett | Dec 2, 2017 | arp, music production, musicology, Popular Music, Research
Tor Halmrast: Sam Phillips: Slap Back Echo, Luckily in Mono Abstract: “Slap back echo” was created by Sam Phillips for Elvis Presley´s early Memphis recordings. Using cepstrum and autocorrelation, we find that the tape delay used in Sun Studios was 134-137 ms, which... by Joe Bennett | Dec 1, 2017 | arp, musicology, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting
Differences and Similarities in the Creative Agency of Producers of Pop, Rock and Classical Music Tuomas Auvinen, University of Turku Abstract: In my presentation, I will explore differences and similarities in the creative agency of the producer in the production... 
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