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"Podcast episode on swing", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/podcast-episode-on-swing/", "published_at": "2025-04-26T20:37:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc14a0ad8", "title": "Podcast episode on blue notes", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/podcast-episode-on-blue-notes/", "published_at": "2025-04-22T21:52:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc1d32b01", "title": "Modulations in “Man in the Mirror”", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/modulations-in-man-in-the-mirror/", "published_at": "2025-04-20T00:08:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc2996153", "title": "Ray Charles on the podcast", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/ray-charles-on-the-podcast/", "published_at": "2025-04-19T00:14:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc33b3b19", "title": "The circle of fifths is a lie", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/the-circle-of-fifths-is-a-lie/", "published_at": "2025-04-13T15:42:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc3cde0c0", "title": "New podcast episode on McCoy Tyner and the fourths chord", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/new-podcast-episode-on-mccoy-tyner-and-the-fourths-chord/", "published_at": "2025-04-09T18:31:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc490300c", "title": "I started a podcast", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/i-started-a-podcast/", "published_at": "2025-04-06T17:21:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-8bf5-70d8-abcf-18cbc4adfb5c", "title": "Thelonious Monk plays the blues", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/thelonious-monk-plays-the-blues/", "published_at": "2025-04-03T15:31:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c28787a8bca2", "title": "Aretha Franklin sings “Bridge Over Troubled Water”", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/aretha-franklin-sings-bridge-over-troubled-water/", "published_at": "2025-03-28T14:53:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c28788a600fe", "title": "I wrote a song about chromatic embellishments", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/i-wrote-a-song-about-chromatic-embellishments/", "published_at": "2025-03-25T18:13:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c28788bb3258", "title": "End-accented phrases make melodies sound cool", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/end-oriented-phrases-make-melodies-sound-cool/", "published_at": "2025-03-23T13:55:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c28788e860e3", "title": "Explaining suspensions", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/explaining-suspensions/", "published_at": "2025-03-20T20:53:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c287893b3ec6", "title": "Explaining embellishing tones", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/explaining-embellishing-tones/", "published_at": "2025-03-18T14:27:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c2878943e419", "title": "New online songwriting class with Synthase", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/new-online-songwriting-class-with-synthase/", "published_at": "2025-03-17T18:36:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c2878a15ddd2", "title": "Is ABBA, like, good?", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/is-abba-like-good/", "published_at": "2025-03-14T00:34:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c2878ab5f610", "title": "Everybody Loves The Sunshine", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/everybody-loves-the-sunshine/", "published_at": "2025-03-10T19:34:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c2878ae32c18", "title": "What key is “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac actually in?", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/what-key-is-dreams-by-fleetwood-mac-actually-in/", "published_at": "2025-03-07T14:43:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-125f-7143-b345-c2878b274eb0", "title": "Bring It On Down To My House", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/bring-it-on-down-to-my-house/", "published_at": "2025-03-02T19:49:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-43d5-703f-bbea-5a7e57ec38a1", "title": "Visualizing secondary dominants", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/visualizing-secondary-dominants/", "published_at": "2025-02-28T20:36:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-43d5-703f-bbea-5a7e5810a6cb", "title": "A year of writing for MusicRadar", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/a-year-of-writing-for-musicradar/", "published_at": "2025-02-27T15:05:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-43d5-703f-bbea-5a7e586a86c9", "title": "RIP Roberta Flack", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/rip-roberta-flack/", "published_at": "2025-02-26T14:54:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-43d5-703f-bbea-5a7e5886e2d5", "title": "Is music getting dumber?", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/is-music-getting-dumber/", "published_at": "2025-02-20T14:43:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-43d5-703f-bbea-5a7e58eab7cd", "title": "Terrapin Station", "url": "https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/terrapin-station/", "published_at": "2025-02-15T17:39:26+00:00" }, 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2026

The meanings of Louis Armstrongoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
RIP Dolly Partonoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
Podcast episode about AI and musical creativityoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
AI is harmful for learning which is why I’m banning it in my classesoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
My 20th Century American Pop History syllabusoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2026
I decided what song I’m going to start my History of 20th Century American Popular Music class withoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2026
My Favorite Things updateoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2026
Seven and Nineoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
Take Fiveoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
Teaching Pop Music Analysis for Non-Majorsoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2026
The Night Has a Thousand Eyesoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2026
Teaching the history of 20th century American popular musicoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
How to learn to jamoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
More people should be listening to Tim Eriksen and Peter Irvineoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2026
Podcast episode on songs vs groovesoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
That one weird chord in “Sir Duke”original ↗
19 May 2026
Radiolab used my Mozart remixoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Blackbird singing in the dead of nightoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
Introducing Tuniversityoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
The Gospel According To Arethaoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
Angine de Poitrine on MusicRadaroriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
Check out these grooves that I have my aural skills students improvise overoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
A unified theory of rock harmony in one sentenceoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2026
The Weightoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2026
What I learned from remixing “Dreams” over and overoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
Twelve remixes of “Dreams” by Fleetwood Macoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2026
Happy In A Silent Way Day to all who celebrateoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
Free improvisationoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026
Low end theoryoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
I’m in this Adam Neely video about AIoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2026
Two-chord shuttles on the podoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
I love when my songwriting students drop albumsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
Satisfactionoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
It Takes Twooriginal ↗
21 Jan 2026
Bob Weir tribute on MusicRadaroriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026
The plan for Pop Theory II and Pop Aural Skills II this semesteroriginal ↗
12 Jan 2026
RIP Bob Weiroriginal ↗
11 Jan 2026
Season two of the podcastoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2026

2025

Things I wrote in 2025original ↗
31 Dec 2025
Mr Tambourine Manoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2025
All of Meoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2025
Dancing in the Streetoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2025
Is there a way to teach counterpoint that is less of a drag?original ↗
20 Dec 2025
Advanced Pop Transcription wrap-uporiginal ↗
14 Dec 2025
AI slop predates AIoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
AI transcription on MusicRadaroriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Portrait of Portrait of Tracyoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2025
Fretless bassoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
Electric and electronic instruments of 20th century poporiginal ↗
25 Nov 2025
Amen break listening guideoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2025
Uncharted Territory, The Number Ones, 500 Songs, and a different 500 songsoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2025
Five songs that show the evolution of rap from 2000 to 2025original ↗
4 Nov 2025
Five songs that show the evolution of rap from 1986 to 2000original ↗
3 Nov 2025
We should be counting most pop music in 8/4original ↗
26 Oct 2025
D’Angelo tribute on MusicRadaroriginal ↗
20 Oct 2025
Advanced Pop Transcription at mid-semesteroriginal ↗
19 Oct 2025
Introducing my first podcast guest, my daughteroriginal ↗
12 Oct 2025
AI slop and musical creativityoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2025
A couple of media hitsoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2025
Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd on MusicRaderoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2025
Yet another podcast updateoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
Podcast update, and I guess blog updateoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2025
Aretha Franklin and Art Garfunkel on the podoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2025
An homage to Otis Redding on the podoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
Rockit on the podcastoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2025
One week left to register for Songwriters Laboriginal ↗
30 May 2025
Circle of Fifths sequences on the pod (also me singing)original ↗
23 May 2025
F-sharp, G-flat, and the mysteries of just intonationoriginal ↗
19 May 2025
Listening to the Well-Tempered Clavier in actual well temperamentoriginal ↗
15 May 2025
William Orbit’s polymetric groove in an All Saints songoriginal ↗
13 May 2025
Watermelon Man on the podcastoriginal ↗
10 May 2025
The name of this tune is The Funky Drummeroriginal ↗
8 May 2025
Check out this beautiful EP by one of my former songwriting studentsoriginal ↗
4 May 2025
Podcast episode on swingoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2025
Podcast episode on blue notesoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2025
Modulations in “Man in the Mirror”original ↗
20 Apr 2025
Ray Charles on the podcastoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2025
The circle of fifths is a lieoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2025
New podcast episode on McCoy Tyner and the fourths chordoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2025
I started a podcastoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2025
Thelonious Monk plays the bluesoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2025
Aretha Franklin sings “Bridge Over Troubled Water”original ↗
28 Mar 2025
I wrote a song about chromatic embellishmentsoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
End-accented phrases make melodies sound cooloriginal ↗
23 Mar 2025
Explaining suspensionsoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2025
Explaining embellishing tonesoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2025
New online songwriting class with Synthaseoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
Is ABBA, like, good?original ↗
14 Mar 2025
Everybody Loves The Sunshineoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2025
What key is “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac actually in?original ↗
7 Mar 2025
Bring It On Down To My Houseoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2025
Visualizing secondary dominantsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2025
A year of writing for MusicRadaroriginal ↗
27 Feb 2025
RIP Roberta Flackoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
Is music getting dumber?original ↗
20 Feb 2025
Terrapin Stationoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2025
Doechii on Colbertoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2025
Fahren fahren fahren auf der Autobahnoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2025
Ray Charles sings “You Are My Sunshine”original ↗
3 Feb 2025
Harmonic rhythm in two-chord shuttlesoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2025
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