Understanding Somebody That I Used To Know

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see my next video right now! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Gotye. To my generation, that name causes an almost pavlovian reaction, conjuring up a simple guitar loop that all of us heard thousands of times and could recognize from multiple rooms away. But what made Somebody…

Linkin Park’s Most Confusing Song

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see my next video as soon as it’s done! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Recently, I got called out. Or, ok, not called out exactly. More like tagged in. Another music youtuber, Michael Jesse, made a whole video about this bizarre mystery surrounding Linkin Park’s Breaking The…

Understanding 99 Luftballons

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see my Linkin Park video right now! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos The New Wave movement is a fascinating cultural moment to me, with new technologies merging with older practices to create some truly weird and wonderful music. But within that scene is the Neue Deutsche Welle,…

The Lost Genius of Randy Rhoads

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see my next video right now! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos The history of metal music can be broken up into a couple distinct periods, and the early ’80s saw the beginning of one of its most important phases. The Neoclassical movement would become one of the…

How Crazy Train Works

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Check out my next video on Randy Rhoads solos: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos It’s hard to pick just one song to pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness: With a career spanning over 50 years, Ozzy Osbourne has touched so many lives and made so much incredible music. But to me,…

Is Meter The Same As Rhythm?

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos When I first started studying music, there were a lot of things that confused me. It felt like there were whole languages of practice that musicians all knew, and I had no idea how to speak any of…

Understanding Alanis Morisette’s “Ironic”

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Few songs are as misunderstood as Ironic. Or maybe few songs are understood as correctly while still missing the point. It’s a straightforward song, but one fateful choice has made it the subject of decades of pedantic debate…

Why Your Chorus Doesn’t Work

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos A great song is about more than just having interesting parts. That’s enough to make it good, but to become truly great, you need cohesion: Each part should flow seamlessly into the next, properly managing listener expectations and…

Understanding Testify

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Rage Against The Machine are musical arsonists. They’re loud, angry, and always ready to break stuff. But in all the noise, it’s easy to loose track of the deeper messages that run through their work. So I want…

Why Don’t Songs Have Sequels?

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Does this matter? Probably not. But it matters to me. Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Sequels. They’re everywhere, from TV, to movies, to books. But not music. It’s not that it never happens, but it’s really rare compared to most other mainstream art…

Understanding Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) FIXED VERSION: Sorry about the audio issues, this one should be all good! Support 12tone on Patreon to see new videos early! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos The early ’80s were an exciting and scary time in the world of music. The first wave of truly affordable electronic instruments were just hitting…

I Listened To One Song On Repeat For A Month

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) I live in an endless void of my own creation. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-i-listened-to-one-song-on-repeat-for-a-month This was a… surprising experience. I’m always looking for ways to become a more engaged music listener, and one of…

Understanding Sympathy For The Devil

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-understanding-sympathy-for-the-devil Check out Noah’s video: https://youtu.be/–nH88lTzuY Listen to Ghost Notes: https://nebula.tv/ghost-notes?ref=12tone Who is the Devil? As a longtime rock and metalhead, I’ve heard hundreds of songs trying to answer that question,…

Understanding Highway To Hell

From “12tone”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Never change, AC/DC Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-understanding-highway-to-hell Do you ever just stop and think about AC/DC? I do. They fascinate me as a band because they simply figured out what they wanted to sound…