I Know What I Like And It's "Firth of Fifth": A Musical Analysis and Ethnographical Ex
February 20, 2017 Steve Hackett's electric guitar solo in "Firth of Fifth" from the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound (SEBTP),...
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ACADEMIC ARTICLES
- Jun 7, 2016
- 23 min
Here Comes The Sun...On A Klaatu Album! An Iconographical Analysis of Klaatu's 3:47 EST Using Pa
June 6, 2016 Introduction: Klaatu is a Canadian progressive rock/pop trio group from Toronto that formed in 1973. The band featured John...
- Apr 14, 2016
- 12 min
All Good Things Must End: A Brief Summary of the Klaatu Story
April 14, 2016 "As much as the story of Klaatu revolves around utopian opportunity and musical integrity, it is also a tale of victor and...
- Nov 9, 2015
- 30 min
Would You Like A Knife With That? Keith Emerson: The Leather-Donned Daredevil
How Emerson Changed The Role Of The Keyboardist Through Explicit Stage Presence and Performance September 10, 2015 In the infancy of Rock...
- Aug 12, 2015
- 22 min
Is Progression Allowed In Progressive Rock?
How Rush's "Subdivisions" Divided More Than Just Time August 11, 2015 Updated May 17, 2016 In the fall of 2014, I came across the article...
- May 5, 2015
- 15 min
The Smile Is Only There To Hide: Musical Analysis and Personal Interpretation of ELP's "Trilogy"
May 4, 2015 Introduction: Form & Section Structure Form At first hearing, this piece of music came off as a symphonic poem, as it had the...
- Apr 7, 2014
- 13 min
A Cry For Deities: How Popular Music Concerts Have Become Rituals For The Modern World
April 7, 2014 As the media continues its uprising and spectacle is outshining performance, it is coming quite apparent that the music...
- Mar 21, 2014
- 12 min
Wall-E: The Soundtrack - A Musical Analysis
March 21, 2014 The movie Wall-E was produced in 2008 by Walt Disney Pixar Animation Studios. The story essentially takes place in the...
- Jan 29, 2014
- 7 min
The Buffet Of Life: An Essay on the Possible Sexuality of Franz Schubert
January 29, 2014 Maynard Soloman's article "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini" discusses the possibility of Schubert...
- Jan 22, 2014
- 4 min
The Baroque Era: A Historical Context Paper
January 22, 2014 The Baroque era is often referred to as “The Long 17th Century” as it musically spans from 1600-1750. The word Baroque...
- Dec 5, 2013
- 13 min
The Ballet Of Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet - A Historical Context Paper
December 5, 2013 William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been the inspiration for works by a number of composers throughout the years....
- Nov 19, 2013
- 9 min
Brahms At The Roy Thompson Hall: A Review
November 19, 2013 On October 23rd 2013 around 6:36pm, the walls of the Roy Thomson Hall were quivering under the ominous tones of one of...
- Mar 25, 2013
- 6 min
Mozart At The Roy Thompson Hall: A Review
March 25, 2013 On January 16th 2013 around 8:36pm, the walls of the Roy Thompson Hall were bustling under the sweet vibrations of one of...
- Mar 5, 2013
- 5 min
The Battle Of The Opera: A Comparative Essay on Verdi and Wagner's Operatic Styles
March 5, 2013 Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are both excellent examples of Italian and German opera composers. Together, their operas...
- Jan 29, 2013
- 3 min
Mozart's Jupiter Masterpiece: A Musical Analysis of the Sonata-Allegro Form
January 29, 2013 The finale to Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major (a.k.a. “Jupiter”) is an excellent representation of a sonata-allegro...
- Apr 1, 2012
- 8 min
Musical Chameleons: My Take On Tribute Bands & A Concert Review
April 1, 2012 Recently I had the privilege of attending a classic rock tribute band known as Comfortably Numb: Canada’s Pink Floyd Show....
- Dec 1, 2011
- 6 min
Cymatics: The World's Most Infamous Connection
December 1, 2011 Cymatics: Everybody feels the effects of it, but very few understand the source. One of the interesting things about...
- Mar 23, 2011
- 9 min
Sensual Synaesthesia: When Colour And Music Collide
It has often been found that colour compliments music and vice versa. There is evidence of this ideology stemming from the 15th century...
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