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Songs That Do More by Leaving Space between the Notes

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Soul Songs That Use Restraint to Break Your Heart
Soul Songs That Use Restraint to Break Your Heart
by record_digger  • 
In common: Simply Beautiful
A great soul performance does not need the singer to belt at the top of their lungs. The songs that linger longest are often the ones where something is held back: a quiet tremble in the lower...
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Songs About Cities That Make the Place Feel Specific
Songs About Cities That Make the Place Feel Specific
by record_digger  • 
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Stand on a São Paulo corner, watch a Friday night begin at Waterloo Station, or wait for a house inspection in suburban Melbourne. Each of these recordings gives you a detail that could only come...
Music
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Songs with Two Released Versions Worth Keeping Side by Side
Songs with Two Released Versions Worth Keeping Side by Side
by record_digger  • 
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A new vocal can change the meaning of a line. An acoustic performance can take a familiar song at a pace you didn’t expect. These pairs give you two released recordings to compare and one detail...
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Songs Where an Unexpected Instrument Makes Perfect Sense
Songs Where an Unexpected Instrument Makes Perfect Sense
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A jaw harp can make a line bounce and a harpsichord can hit like a drum. Follow Paul Tanner’s sliding notes in “Good Vibrations” for an instrument that helps a chorus take off, then try the...
Music
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Music Games for Building and Changing a Groove
Music Games for Building and Changing a Groove
by game_tinkerer  • 
On a similar theme
For the bedroom producer who wants to leave the timeline for an evening but keep making musical decisions. These ten games and musical playgrounds let you build phrases, swap layers or reshape a...
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Albums with Closing Tracks That Change How You Hear the Record
Albums with Closing Tracks That Change How You Hear the Record
by record_digger  • 
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Some album endings send you straight back to the first song. A melody returns with a different weight, the loudest record in the room falls quiet, or a voice you weren’t expecting gets the last...
Music
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Quiet Albums That Reward Close Listening
Quiet Albums That Reward Close Listening
by record_digger  • 
On a similar theme
Low volume can make a record feel bigger. These albums leave room around the playing, whether that means a voice close to the microphone, a few spare guitar notes, or a whole band holding back...
Music
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Pop Ballads That Earn Their Big Finish
Pop Ballads That Earn Their Big Finish
by record_digger  • 
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A great pop ballad does not start at full volume. These songs let a quiet piano, a conversational vocal or a sparse guitar lay the groundwork, so when the climax breaks it feels earned by the...
Music
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Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
by record_digger  • 
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These songs keep a voice close without asking it to fill the room. Some have only a guitar behind them. Others have a steady bass line, a small jazz group, or layers that blur around the singer...
Music
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Live Albums That Offer More Than a Set of Greatest Hits
Live Albums That Offer More Than a Set of Greatest Hits
by record_digger  • 
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A room can change the way a singer phrases a chorus. A touring band can pull familiar songs apart or play them together. These records give you something you can hear only in this performance...
Music
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Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
by record_digger  • 
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For the person who wants the microphone but not the high note. Every song here wins the room through character, timing and a tale worth following: half-spoken verses, comic twists, duets with a...
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Songs Where Strings Add Tension as Well as Beauty
Songs Where Strings Add Tension as Well as Beauty
by record_digger  • 
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A string section can make a song feel unsettled before you can say why. Listen for the clipped strokes in “Eleanor Rigby,” the close, hanging notes in “It's Raining Today,” and the way the bows...
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