Analysis of Hit Songs

ekedstrom · Post by **ekedstrom** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:18 am

Your analysis of the Foo Fighters song is spot on. Grohl is an incredible singer and infuses incredible emotion into his songs.

I also liked your analysis of contrast using Katy Perry's Firework as an example. BTW, you don't need to find any excuse to like that song, it's great, with a positive sentiment. I'd like to see you do a post using an example where vocal range is NOT used to create contrast between verse and chorus.

I host a podcast dedicated to analyzing hit songs. I'm going to link to your blog as a resource. Keep up the great work.

charlie2 · Post by **charlie2** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:38 am

My life long quest is to find out what makes music sound good....aesthetic.

I don't deal with lyrics....just the music.

One theory is melodic contour.....which is the shape of the melody.

Instead of having a melody go straight up or down; this theory suggests that a zig zag shape is more aesthetic.

majorshadow21 · Post by **majorshadow21** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:23 am

Thanks for sharing this

AnthonyCeseri wrote:I've been writing a blog extensively analyzing hit songs and why they work. If you're a writer, or just interested in the topic, you'll be interested in this...

http://www.anthonyceseri.tumblr.com

AnthonyCeseri · Post by **AnthonyCeseri** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:39 am

Hey guys - thanks for the comments and for enjoying the blog... I even liked reading the views of those of you who have opposing sources of information! great stuff : )

AnthonyCeseri · Post by **AnthonyCeseri** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:40 am

ekedstrom wrote:Your analysis of the Foo Fighters song is spot on. Grohl is an incredible singer and infuses incredible emotion into his songs.

I also liked your analysis of contrast using Katy Perry's Firework as an example. BTW, you don't need to find any excuse to like that song, it's great, with a positive sentiment. I'd like to see you do a post using an example where vocal range is NOT used to create contrast between verse and chorus.

I host a podcast dedicated to analyzing hit songs. I'm going to link to your blog as a resource. Keep up the great work.

Eric - thank you!! much appreciated! : )

AnthonyCeseri · Post by **AnthonyCeseri** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:41 am

gongchime wrote:Please feature me and my music on your blog. I've been participating on more than 100 blogs trying to be featured. I initially just asked directly but then I found out that almost never works. Blog owners usually want to know you first and learn to trust you. Then if you say you've got something their readers will enjoy, they'll believe you. Maybe your readers will enjoy that post. Feel free to use plop the whole thing right in your blog if you'll site my web addresses.

Thanks,

email me: anthony@anthonyceseri.com

NeilEbanks · Post by **NeilEbanks** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:01 am

Hey, What's up Anthony?
Cool blog. Good stuff. You may want to consider analyzing the production of a song as well. Being in the production business, I'm constantly on YouTube, analyzing the hit songs currently on the charts, and figuring what they're doing in the production to grab the listeners attention and to make the song interesting. In the Pop / R&B hits, you really have to pay attention to catch all the little intricacies the big money producers are putting into it. You also get a grasp on how things are spaced out, what effects are being used on vocals, and what sound patches are current (versus the sound patches they were using in the 80s & 90s that many of us are still trying to use in our songs. lol).

GMDmusic · Post by **GMDmusic** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:00 pm

Anthony and Neil,

Thank you everyone. Some good stuff for me to chew on...

Esther · Post by **Esther** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:07 am

I've started doing something similar on my site a couple of months ago

http://www.hitjerker-songwriting.com/hi ... crets.html

AnthonyCeseri · Post by **AnthonyCeseri** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:34 am

NeilEbanks wrote:Hey, What's up Anthony?
Cool blog. Good stuff. You may want to consider analyzing the production of a song as well. Being in the production business, I'm constantly on YouTube, analyzing the hit songs currently on the charts, and figuring what they're doing in the production to grab the listeners attention and to make the song interesting. In the Pop / R&B hits, you really have to pay attention to catch all the little intricacies the big money producers are putting into it. You also get a grasp on how things are spaced out, what effects are being used on vocals, and what sound patches are current (versus the sound patches they were using in the 80s & 90s that many of us are still trying to use in our songs. lol).

Hey Neil - great point. That sentiment was definitley hammered into me this weekend at the classes I took at the Rally... I'll look into that!

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