How to Build Pop Songs
The Golden Dawn
134 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
Auckland
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Ever heard a tune on the radio and found yourself humming it a few hours later? Although countless genres and sub-genres of music have emerged, there is something about pop music which has endured throughout the years. How do composers manipulate listeners and keep them engaged through the length of a song?
Seasoned performer and music expert Godfrey de Grut will discuss the underlying structural similarities in modern popular music. Learn how composers successfully manipulate repetition, development, tension and release genre and how these methods have evolved over the last 80 years to make pop music such a mainstay in our culture.