In preparation for making a bunch of new YouTube videos, I have been thinking about Anne Danielsen's distinction between songs and grooves. It's a useful scheme for thinking about pop music, but it doesn't cover everything in Western music. We need a third category for linear through-composed music. So here's my proposal. All of the music in our culture falls into three big overlapping categories:
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Pieces vs Songs vs Grooves
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In preparation for making a bunch of new YouTube videos, I have been thinking about Anne Danielsen's distinction between songs and grooves. It's a useful scheme for thinking about pop music, but it doesn't cover everything in Western music. We need a third category for linear through-composed music. So here's my proposal. All of the music in our culture falls into three big overlapping categories: