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Name: Kenny Hart

Kenny Hart is an award-winning singing songwriter and freelance writer from the Greater Cincinnati area who currently writes music articles and reviews for Indie-music.com and his own "blogzine", The Singing Songwriter. With more than thirty years' experience as a writer, singer, and musician, Kenny has touched and been touched by nearly every musical genre; his passion for music is not fettered by boundaries.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Warning: If You're Not Listening to Pandora's Podcasts, You're Missing Something Incredible.

Back in February I posted 'Pandora Podcasts are a "Must Listen" for Songwriters' and wrote this:

Pandora plans to continue this series delving deeper and deeper into what makes music tick. I guarantee you'll learn something with every one of them. I did. And I've been at this music stuff for more than 40 years.

Here's the link: http://blog.pandora.com/podcast/

Since that post, Pandora has produced nine more Podcasts bringing the total to 15. I'll say this again: these podcasts are a "must listen," not only for songwriters, but for musicians, too. Hell, even producers should pay attention to this stuff. Want to know what makes a particular style sound the way it does? Then listen to these podcasts. The folks at Pandora know what they're talking about.

This should pique your curiosity:

Much of the music we love exists in four-beat measures. Why is this? Why is 4/4 so natural? What happens when you don't have four beats in each bar?

'Nuff said. The time signatures podcast will amaze and inspire you.

Write on!

Kenny