Music
I used to be genuinely interested in making music before I realised I'm much better at arguing about music theory for no reason.
Some of my favourite albums, in no particular order.
- This Heat - Deceit [bandcamp]
- Black Midi - Hellfire [YT]
- Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning [YT]
- Cardiacs - On Land and In the Sea [bandcamp]
- King Crimson - Discipline [YT]
- Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) [YT]
- Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom [YT]
- Gorguts - Obscura [bandcamp]
- Thinking Plague - In Extremis [bandcamp]
- Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory [YT]
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana [bandcamp]
- a.P.A.t.T. - Fun With Music [bandcamp]
I intend to be the kind of annoying person who writes album reviews on their math website, but I just started this. In the meantime, here are
some chords I think people should use more in popular music, especially if you like to think about chords functionally (this is not always a good choice).
- Four stacked perfect fourths, resolving to the major chord one half-step below the "root".
- A minor chord resolving to a major chord a minor third above it (e.g. B♭m->D). Most famously used in the dreadfully loud opening bars of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Sea Symphony".
- Minor ninths do not necessarily hurt people and can actually sound quite good.
- Stacked perfect fifths give you a vast choice of resolutions.
- A minor chord moving to a major chord a half step below (e.g. E♭m->D).