Another interesting technique is a sort of anti-prosody, where the music contradicts the words. For example, "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked. The lyrics are resigned and seem to say that she has accepted the situation, but all the chords as broken and unfinished, and the song doesn't end on the home note. So, no matter what she says in the lyrics, this is *not* over.
Can you explain to me the probable metaphor depicted through the very last line of the bridge in Gravity? She's singing "keeping me down," but 'down' is the highest note in the song. I guess I'm just missing it.
I couldn't find the word for what he says, but it's not always the same thing. What he's describing is how the melody matches the theme of the song. In the song Breathe, it doesn't sound like she breathes until the melody where there is lots of room to breathe. For the song Gravity, the melody for the chorus has a downward shape to it. Watch the video again and listen to exactly what he says and then exactly to the music.
I LOVE U AND UR MUSIC SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE COME TO TORONTO!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):) UR THE ONE OF THE REASONS I KEEP CONTINUING MY DREAM OF BECOMING A MUSICIAN ON THE PIANO!!!! (well not as my whole career just as i am still in school):) anywho i loved the inception part lol this whole video is awesome PLZ COME TO TORONTO! once again i demanded u and sent it to over 100 ppl on eventful....:)
Also worth saying about Sara Bareilles' Gravity is that the highest note in the song is on the word "down," and it's one of the best uses of... what shall we call it? Inverse prosity? Why not! One of the best uses of inverse prosity, ever.
WOAH! Haha I watched this video the other day and thought it was really cool, and then just yesterday I was watching this dance routine and it was to this really beautiful piece of music and I was like "man, I want to learn that." So now I'm sitting here with my uke, learning the song, and I'm like "This is some sweet prosity... Wait a minute, this is starting to sound really familiar." Turns out the song is Sara Bareilles' Gravity, and I just didn't make the connection. Yay for serendipity!
:O Oh my gosh, thank you, Mike!! I've been wanting to learn more about music writing, and just music in general. I was going to take a class in college but it filled up too fast to take this semester and I was really bummed about it... thank you so much for doing this!!!
i just saw this video now because i've been out of the loop. and i'm so excited that Playlist LIVE finally replied to you and that you're going! Gonna be great meeting you there.
I jolted a little when you said that, because my name is Melody. You'd think that after having this name for 17 years, and being surrounded by musical people for just as long, I would stop making that mistake. xD
I love Gravity. Whenever I get a new CD I play it on shuffle first and Gravity was the first song from Little Voice that I listened to. It's my favourite of all her songs because it really is so brilliant.
I'm teaching my friend to play guitar, and as she has zero knowledge of musical theory, I recommended MusicTheoryChannel to her for if she's ever unclear about something. It looks really useful.
Great example, "hallelujah." when it says "The minor fall the major lift." the music sounds lower on minor fall, then gets higher on major lift. Great lesson.
These videos are really interesting! I love how you explain deeper into the note structures (even though i still need to learn to actually read sheet music) I'll be subbing to your musictheory channel for sure :)
I'm IN a music theory class, and i find these videos very refreshing. It helps me put all the stuff I'm learning in a context that I can apply easily, in songwriting, rather than keeping it locked in classical music, which, although enjoyable to listen to and play, is much more difficult and less rewarding for me to compose. So, thanks! :)
@hannahjoyhopes The traditional analysis that you're learning is incapable of describing our contemporary music accurately, but it's really important to understand how we got to where we are now.
The song writing series is so cool! I never realised writing music was this hard, I now have great admiration to you and everyone else who does well, amazing :)
@DaniandJeff11 Yeah but her label's pretty aggressive about fingerprinting audio. Even though its use here is covered under Fair Use, the robot overlords don't know that.
These videos are so interesting, I had no idea there was so much involved in writing songs. Is this the sort of thing you're thinking about whenever you write, or does it ever just happen? It's kind of like all the linguistic analysis in English, you always wonder whether or not it is always thought through is in depth as it appears when analysed.
@iliveinmyhead To some degree. A truly masterful writer doesn't realize he's doing it. Throw a basketball at Michael Jordan. He'll catch it as a reflex. Maybe he didn't MEAN to catch it, but it's no accident.
I love that you used "Breathe" as an example, and oo Tom Petty. I'm commenting as I go, lol. It's cool how you're doing this series. Teaching us novices what's what. :P
I like how in the last video, someone suggested you turn the lava lamp on and bam! Especially cool in a video in which you say, "I read all the comments..." :)
BRUMMMM. (yay inception) oh and i can't wait to see you in Hamden. and you're a dork with all your amazing intros. and tom petty is beautiful, you boob.
I love the things I learn here. Prosody is awesome. Is there ever a case in which you would deliberately use... the opposite of prosody? As in, lyrics about gravity with a climbing melody? Would this detract from the song?
no akron show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE AN ACTION SHOW
So I'm very excited for your new channel. I'm a college student, a music major, and about to take Theory for the first time...and I'm scared to death. Hopefully your new channel will calm those nerves!
I've "demanded" that you come to Birmingham, AL on Eventful, but I, alas, am the only one that has done so. Do you think you'll be coming to the south at all (besides to Orlando for Playlist Live)?
Very, very cool. I know nothing about music (other than that I like certain song, bands, etc) so I will definitely be subscribing to your other channel.
Oh yeah and remember when you recommended michael greenberg? (your ending song made me think of it) I actually bought it on an impulse buy and it's one of my favourite albums! I listen to it all the time.
Interesting abou the melody, i had no idea about the gravity thing and the notes actually falling! Makes me think.
This stuff is really interesting! Wait, now I have to go through my songs not just to mess with internal rhyme, but also to check out melody? GODDAMNIT! lol, thanks mike.
Sadly the dates that you're around NY and PA are weekdays and I have school. I think this has happened a couple of times already. Which makes me excited that you're in the area, but I still can't get there. Oh well one day.
"If your life had a face, I would kick it in the balls." Not actually being mean to you, just wanted to throw a Scott Pilgrim quote into your comment section.
@kelBellPirateFan Locked Out. Since he's just sitting on his front porch, the melody is stagnant and tonic-centric. The bridge goes to a new place as his mind wanders, and it sounds like comes back via modulation but it's actually exactly where it was before- it's supposed to sound like a key change to reflect his new attitude, but it's actually the original key, because he hasn't physically moved, either.
I'm excited for the music theory channel! I've played the violin for 4 years in school, but I wasn't very focused when we were doing the basics. I think it will be helpful to just relearn a little from the beginning, because I've been wanting to learn to play a few other instruments...
I'm so excited for you guys to come to New York! My brain might explode from the awesome. And it's not even on a Friday night so I can actually come! (I'm Jewish.) THIS IS SO EXCITING.
Also, I know some music theory because I take piano and voice lessons, but I'm really excited about your music theory channel because I've always wanted to really write songs but I've never felt that I could, so hopefully you can help me xD God knows if I want anyone to teach me how to write songs, it's you :)
So this has just once again convinced me that Mike Lombardo is a wonderful human being. Clearly, you really care about what you do, which was never doubted of course, but it's still nice to be reminded :).
By the way, LOVE the new channel idea :). As an oboe player, its always nice to have a refresher of those kinds of things. Gotta love those oboes. Ducks, they are.
So I really like these videos. I know a little bit about music, but not that much. These make it more interesting to me. For example, my choir class is finally actually doing theory. I can look at sheet music and tell what each note is, but when I had to draw key signatures, I had issues. Yeah, that's about where I'm at. ...I have to resort to drawing out a piano and going wwhwwwh. ...yeah. It's time consuming.
This is called Form Follows Function as well, at least that's what my English teacher drilled into my head. I know there is a true word for it. Anyone know? It's driving me nuts and Google is no help.
@MikeLombardoMusic Oh, you did. I know there's another word for it, at least that's what a teacher told me. Prosody is related to the rhythm, intonation, etc. I might be making the whole thing up in my head, but I thought there was a word that also included structure of the prose and other techniques specific to literature.
You turned on the lava lamp!!! Yes that's all I took from this video.
No I jest, brilliant as always :) also yay Anna nalick mention! I will definitely sub to music theory, I can read v basic treble clef (does that even make sense) from learning violin for a year but that will be fun methinks :)
i cannot tell you how excited i am that your coming back to my town with WHEEZYWAITER!!! that is like a 568 pound block of awesome. made from chocolate. with candy canes.
the first 30 seconds of that video were just so good. you know how in a movie something happens and you're like OH I WISH THEY WOULD MAKE THAT JOKE! and then they do, and it's awesome? that happened 3 times in 30 seconds.
Urgh y don't u come to uk! Also the song hallelujah is filled with those. "it goes like this the fourth the fith, the minor fall and the major lift" quite litteraly in the chord sequence
I do most of my music by ear and feel, I haven't used sheet music in a very long time. Hopefully this'll help me get back into it! Hope the TSA sort their stuff out so you can come to England sometime.
OH MY GODRIC. So, we're singing solo songs in my musical theatre class and my song is "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" from The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd and I just realized that every single line in the song has notes staying even and then proceeding upward at a rapid rate.
Awesome. come write w/ me. 18below.com.
surfz247 1 month ago
sdjhfjshfjfh your eyes ae amazigggg<3 and um I love this it helped me a lot. (:
RecklessRisa 5 months ago
I watched this twice, both to absorb more information, and because the first time, I was watching the lava lamp in the background.
OffensivePi 6 months ago
please keep doing these they are really interesting
spykedenterprises 7 months ago
Another interesting technique is a sort of anti-prosody, where the music contradicts the words. For example, "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked. The lyrics are resigned and seem to say that she has accepted the situation, but all the chords as broken and unfinished, and the song doesn't end on the home note. So, no matter what she says in the lyrics, this is *not* over.
Cogskate 8 months ago
Can you explain to me the probable metaphor depicted through the very last line of the bridge in Gravity? She's singing "keeping me down," but 'down' is the highest note in the song. I guess I'm just missing it.
fearleeshay 9 months ago
I couldn't find the word for what he says, but it's not always the same thing. What he's describing is how the melody matches the theme of the song. In the song Breathe, it doesn't sound like she breathes until the melody where there is lots of room to breathe. For the song Gravity, the melody for the chorus has a downward shape to it. Watch the video again and listen to exactly what he says and then exactly to the music.
byronclam 8 months ago
Skip-the-BS button 1:14
piroteknix 9 months ago 6
KEEP THIS GOING MEN ITS NICE !
RebelCliqueEntertain 9 months ago
The lava lamp distracts me during every jump cut. haha
Otherwise, this was an incredibly interesting video.
musicgeek09 10 months ago
Really interesting video.
thatniftykid 10 months ago
I noticed this in the second verse of Fireflies by Owl City. "Above my head" goes from up to down, and "beneath my bed" goes from down to up...
toweljedi42 11 months ago
I LOVE U AND UR MUSIC SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE COME TO TORONTO!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):) UR THE ONE OF THE REASONS I KEEP CONTINUING MY DREAM OF BECOMING A MUSICIAN ON THE PIANO!!!! (well not as my whole career just as i am still in school):) anywho i loved the inception part lol this whole video is awesome PLZ COME TO TORONTO! once again i demanded u and sent it to over 100 ppl on eventful....:)
TheNargleWatcher 1 year ago
youre really talented and cute :)
highschoolboy15 1 year ago
this is cool. you're cool.
ubercarrots 1 year ago
Your lava lamp kept distracting me...but good video! <3
TabbyOfWeird 1 year ago
How much is the Philadelphia show cost to attend?
yevy37 1 year ago
Both this and your previous video on rhymes are fantastic and educational, thank you so much for sharing!
crazydavidsmith 1 year ago
Also worth saying about Sara Bareilles' Gravity is that the highest note in the song is on the word "down," and it's one of the best uses of... what shall we call it? Inverse prosity? Why not! One of the best uses of inverse prosity, ever.
nogoldfish 1 year ago
WOAH! Haha I watched this video the other day and thought it was really cool, and then just yesterday I was watching this dance routine and it was to this really beautiful piece of music and I was like "man, I want to learn that." So now I'm sitting here with my uke, learning the song, and I'm like "This is some sweet prosity... Wait a minute, this is starting to sound really familiar." Turns out the song is Sara Bareilles' Gravity, and I just didn't make the connection. Yay for serendipity!
nogoldfish 1 year ago
:O Oh my gosh, thank you, Mike!! I've been wanting to learn more about music writing, and just music in general. I was going to take a class in college but it filled up too fast to take this semester and I was really bummed about it... thank you so much for doing this!!!
KaberianRoyalty 1 year ago
LAVA LAMP
BriIsTheFinestCheese 1 year ago
I really really would like if you came to Boston. :( Please come to Boston?
xomiythox 1 year ago
i just saw this video now because i've been out of the loop. and i'm so excited that Playlist LIVE finally replied to you and that you're going! Gonna be great meeting you there.
-julian
ItTakesII 1 year ago
"So today, we're going to talk about melody."
I jolted a little when you said that, because my name is Melody. You'd think that after having this name for 17 years, and being surrounded by musical people for just as long, I would stop making that mistake. xD
whitefluffyhat 1 year ago
I love Gravity. Whenever I get a new CD I play it on shuffle first and Gravity was the first song from Little Voice that I listened to. It's my favourite of all her songs because it really is so brilliant.
battykari 1 year ago
Ahh I always think of this video and the first one whenever I listen to music now. Really helpful and interesting.
smilinhottie 1 year ago
I was distracted by your lava lamp....
But I really enjoyed this video! Definitely subscribed to your second...no wait third channel.
GreenyRoxSox 1 year ago
I saw a quick flash of Craig's face!
ckXcore 1 year ago
I'm teaching my friend to play guitar, and as she has zero knowledge of musical theory, I recommended MusicTheoryChannel to her for if she's ever unclear about something. It looks really useful.
DanThePropMan 1 year ago
I love these little vids, I feel like I learn so much :)
Minireb123 1 year ago
I am loving the song writing series. Very awesome and informative.
alittlejstillz 1 year ago
Ohh, I love Sarah Bareilles and this makes me love her even more. Thanks for sharing these tips and fun facts. :)
abcdefghijkati3 1 year ago
Love the last screen. Snazzy ;)
knarisa 1 year ago
My teacher explaining theory = next to useless....
MiLO explaining theory = SUPA WIN
BippiL 1 year ago
If my best friend isn't having a baby, I will totally try to be there in the CT show!! :D
DoodycockProductions 1 year ago
I like Nickelback... But, otherwise, great video...
omfed74 1 year ago
Great example, "hallelujah." when it says "The minor fall the major lift." the music sounds lower on minor fall, then gets higher on major lift. Great lesson.
Guitar8Jay 1 year ago
Also in Gravity when Sarah Bareilles sings "bring me down," "down" is the highest note. Would this be ironic prosody? Does that exist?
thewormiest 1 year ago
These videos are really interesting! I love how you explain deeper into the note structures (even though i still need to learn to actually read sheet music) I'll be subbing to your musictheory channel for sure :)
lilymiststar 1 year ago
do you know where you're playing in philly? I might actually be able to come finally :)
SarahBatya 1 year ago
@SarahBatya milkboy coffee. it's on the website
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
thanks so much for the songwriting vids (: make more please!
therealmelissajordan 1 year ago
This was a really awesome and I hope you make more!
Love the double intro and the lava lamp :)
ktgreeeno 1 year ago
Music Theory Channel!! Woot! :)
davidleduc85 1 year ago
My latest song does this. in my first verse, the highest note is on the word "up" and the slowest part is when the song says "going way too slow"
MatthewGaydos 1 year ago
Somebody's learning to use graphics... nice job.
BoffoYuxDudes 1 year ago
I'm IN a music theory class, and i find these videos very refreshing. It helps me put all the stuff I'm learning in a context that I can apply easily, in songwriting, rather than keeping it locked in classical music, which, although enjoyable to listen to and play, is much more difficult and less rewarding for me to compose. So, thanks! :)
hannahjoyhopes 1 year ago 10
@hannahjoyhopes The traditional analysis that you're learning is incapable of describing our contemporary music accurately, but it's really important to understand how we got to where we are now.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 5
I am literally a 15 minute drive from Playlist Live, but naturally my laptop decided to break just when I saved up enough money to go. *frustration*
HallowsNotHorcruxes7 1 year ago
@HallowsNotHorcruxes7 tickets are like $50. Just skimp out on the shitty antivirus software pack and come hang out with me instead
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 7
Mike, thank you for starting MTC, I am subscribing. :)
DavidWoodFX 1 year ago
The song writing series is so cool! I never realised writing music was this hard, I now have great admiration to you and everyone else who does well, amazing :)
SweetAsAStrawberry 1 year ago
Now I know this, I respect song-writing a whole more than I did. I didn't know it was so complicated. Loved. It. Taaasss
kieranrichard16 1 year ago
...And the lava lamp request was made a reality :D
clairechiisan 1 year ago
Wheezy Waiter <3
JobannaxD 1 year ago
No tour dates in england.
*sigh*
TheGravityCaitlin94 1 year ago
i'm new to this channel, but i found you because of the song you sang for hayleyghoover the other day :) i really like your videos! love from germany
Minnegermangirl 1 year ago
Big ass lava lamp.
imnotuniqueimmonique 1 year ago
I'm kind of sad that you didn't put in Sara Barielles video, it was so amazing. I love her.
Also, I see that you had a lot of fun editing this video :-)
DaniandJeff11 1 year ago
@DaniandJeff11 Yeah but her label's pretty aggressive about fingerprinting audio. Even though its use here is covered under Fair Use, the robot overlords don't know that.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 3
It's really great you have 3 different channels, doing three different things, and still be one guy. It's like, magic!
SaraStarkid 1 year ago
These videos are so interesting, I had no idea there was so much involved in writing songs. Is this the sort of thing you're thinking about whenever you write, or does it ever just happen? It's kind of like all the linguistic analysis in English, you always wonder whether or not it is always thought through is in depth as it appears when analysed.
iliveinmyhead 1 year ago
@iliveinmyhead To some degree. A truly masterful writer doesn't realize he's doing it. Throw a basketball at Michael Jordan. He'll catch it as a reflex. Maybe he didn't MEAN to catch it, but it's no accident.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 11
I love that you used "Breathe" as an example, and oo Tom Petty. I'm commenting as I go, lol. It's cool how you're doing this series. Teaching us novices what's what. :P
mariafoo 1 year ago
The music theory channel is a great idea! Thank you so much for attempting it. Really looking forward to watching and learning. :D
clenttrifton 1 year ago
I really like these music theory videos!
lunafan1209 1 year ago
No shows are around me. Sadface. I want to go to playlist live so bad!
I loved this video! Very educational!
Also I want an entire video of you saying the word "tour".
NoWehDude 1 year ago
You sir make excellent videos.
Edwardodude 1 year ago
I like how in the last video, someone suggested you turn the lava lamp on and bam! Especially cool in a video in which you say, "I read all the comments..." :)
122172639 1 year ago
gravity is actually one of the most sincere, expressive relatable songs. very interesting to see the theory behind it. thanks!
HP7letitbe 1 year ago
Can we be best friends?
HoboJam007 1 year ago 3
@HoboJam007 ok
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 2
I kept getting distracted by the lava lamp XD gosh I hate ADD...lmao
MrsJasperHale08 1 year ago
Really diggin' this songwriting series.
Spintown7 1 year ago
also! very classy outro/logo.
nerdgrlsquared 1 year ago
Let's play a game: see how many external clips Mike can use within one video.
Round Two: see how many comments people have already made about the the clips
Round Three: actually watch the video
nerdgrlsquared 1 year ago
BRUMMMM. (yay inception) oh and i can't wait to see you in Hamden. and you're a dork with all your amazing intros. and tom petty is beautiful, you boob.
mayameansmayhem 1 year ago
so, was the mike and molly show canceled?
rosieg925 1 year ago
@rosieg925 yes
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
I think you should eventually do more videos on melody, because prosody sounded really interesting.
feitocomfruta 1 year ago
Honestly, you would come to Florida when I'm busy.
/still bothered by that.
Goddamn busy schedule.
cardboardninjarawr 1 year ago
So much goes into a song that I never thought of before. I so love learning.
jsredrose 1 year ago
I love the things I learn here. Prosody is awesome. Is there ever a case in which you would deliberately use... the opposite of prosody? As in, lyrics about gravity with a climbing melody? Would this detract from the song?
quvious 1 year ago
@quvious it can be used ironically, sure. Like accenting the *I* in I love you when the character is self-centered. I've seen that done.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
distracting lava lamp is distracting…
NinjasOfMalacology 1 year ago
The music learning channel is such a brilliant Idea.
I play a range of instruments, however I never learnt to read the music, so you will be such a help.
For that I thank you. This is very inspiring.
Oh, and one day, please come to England.
ShmoNerd 1 year ago
I'm not sure why, but I couldn't stop watching the lava lamp for the whole video...
Mrpapayaheadrulesall 1 year ago
Hi!!!
(only because you asked so nicely)
properliz 1 year ago
Will I get a high five if i drive down to hamden from montreal, because im seriously considering it!
alliesong77 1 year ago
@alliesong77 yeah!
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
no akron show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE AN ACTION SHOW
ojman369 1 year ago
@ojman369 sometimes cancellations happen. it's part of the business.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
Also, isn't the name for this terrace dynamics?
Alcnor 1 year ago
Only you would make a Double Rainbow reference and an Inception reference in the same video.
Alcnor 1 year ago
So I'm very excited for your new channel. I'm a college student, a music major, and about to take Theory for the first time...and I'm scared to death. Hopefully your new channel will calm those nerves!
OriginalSkepo 1 year ago
This was an excellent video.
I've "demanded" that you come to Birmingham, AL on Eventful, but I, alas, am the only one that has done so. Do you think you'll be coming to the south at all (besides to Orlando for Playlist Live)?
ArtisticalCurls 1 year ago
You're really great you know that? I would love to be your friend.
ilovetcpjg 1 year ago
@ilovetcpjg ok
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
I really hope I can get the time off work to go to Playlist Live!
theoryoferin 1 year ago
I'm sorry, I didn't hear anything you just said. I was busy being in awe of the lava lamp in the background. *.*
naginitheawesome 1 year ago
Philly! Time to go make some rad t-shirts!
sothisismaggieright 1 year ago
Thank you for turning on the lava lamp :D
pinintree 1 year ago
Very, very cool. I know nothing about music (other than that I like certain song, bands, etc) so I will definitely be subscribing to your other channel.
HopefullyShrinking 1 year ago
this video is so youtubey
fournya 1 year ago
Oh yeah and remember when you recommended michael greenberg? (your ending song made me think of it) I actually bought it on an impulse buy and it's one of my favourite albums! I listen to it all the time.
Interesting abou the melody, i had no idea about the gravity thing and the notes actually falling! Makes me think.
mirandaluvsyou 1 year ago
This stuff is really interesting! Wait, now I have to go through my songs not just to mess with internal rhyme, but also to check out melody? GODDAMNIT! lol, thanks mike.
wordsofjed 1 year ago
Totally subscribing to your music theory channel. Sounds great!
fierydrake 1 year ago
Mike, I have always been terrible at music, and I am really looking forward to your music theory videos on your other channel. :)
Also, prosody. Cool. Once again, I love it when words and music work together.
thelastgoodkiss21 1 year ago
Oh, nevermind then. The website said they were all 18+.
youflipmypancakes 1 year ago
@youflipmypancakes I asked DPC and they tell me it's all ages, so if it's not, yell at Craig.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 2
@MikeLombardoMusic the sidebar does all-ages shows, it's one of the only places in the area that does. if the bands request all-ages, it's all-ages.
fecklessman 1 year ago
Mike you are so freaking cool :D!
singleigh 1 year ago
Sadly the dates that you're around NY and PA are weekdays and I have school. I think this has happened a couple of times already. Which makes me excited that you're in the area, but I still can't get there. Oh well one day.
The lava lamp was very distracting.
transfergirl1122 1 year ago
:( booo your show in baltimore is 18+ only.
do you want to postpone it to may 17th?
youflipmypancakes 1 year ago
@youflipmypancakes It is all ages.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
"If your life had a face, I would kick it in the balls." Not actually being mean to you, just wanted to throw a Scott Pilgrim quote into your comment section.
cordellraybrown 1 year ago
I've been a musician for years, but I've still subscribed to your music theory channel cause I love your videos hahahahaha. :D
millystack 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH.
danadanewithfame 1 year ago
This music theory channel sounds AWESOME, I'm excited! Thank you!
ntcssj 1 year ago
Yay! I am finally going to meet you Mike!
RockstarRaquel 1 year ago
Are there any clear examples of prosody in any of your songs?
kelBellPirateFan 1 year ago
@kelBellPirateFan Locked Out. Since he's just sitting on his front porch, the melody is stagnant and tonic-centric. The bridge goes to a new place as his mind wanders, and it sounds like comes back via modulation but it's actually exactly where it was before- it's supposed to sound like a key change to reflect his new attitude, but it's actually the original key, because he hasn't physically moved, either.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
This is a really cool concept.
standardmusicfan 1 year ago
Your intro within an intro was stupid. It was too complicated for me and I didn't understand it. The acting was bland, and it just dragged on.
JKellett2 1 year ago
@JKellett2 I can't tell if you're being mean to me or making fun of Inception
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 3
GASP you have no idea how happy I am that you used Gravity by Sara Bareilles as an example of good songwriting
karenlikesyou 1 year ago
This was a really interesting video, Mike. Thank you!
bloodyxxfairy 1 year ago
The one in Hamden is during my Spring break so if I am not doing anything during spring break i shall be there!!!!!
singerrock1213 1 year ago
I don't know music (and I was in band for 4 years...) but I like your music theory videos. Yay for learning stuff!
blessedbyacurse 1 year ago
so mike... theres a good chance youve answered this already, but do you usually write the lyrics first or write the music first?
shortstufk13 1 year ago
@shortstufk13 depends on the song
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
anyone else to able to take their eyes of the lava lamp? :)
ErinRae212 1 year ago
love the double intro. and i really like this songwriting series.
AlexanderCarpenter 1 year ago 15
@AlexanderCarpenter i really like you too alex.
cooliokats 1 year ago
This is so cool. Continually floored by my interest in these videos, considering I don't read music. Thanks, Mike!
abbs866 1 year ago
I'm excited for the music theory channel! I've played the violin for 4 years in school, but I wasn't very focused when we were doing the basics. I think it will be helpful to just relearn a little from the beginning, because I've been wanting to learn to play a few other instruments...
gkriebz 1 year ago
The song "I've got friends in low places" is written about a bar called "The Oasis" in my town. Fun fact.
raachelelizabethh 1 year ago
Also, can't decide if I should look at your face of the lava lamp.
Greenified007 1 year ago
That whole intro just BLEW MY MIND.
Greenified007 1 year ago
This is so funny! great video :D
ActuallyAlexa 1 year ago
I'm so excited for you guys to come to New York! My brain might explode from the awesome. And it's not even on a Friday night so I can actually come! (I'm Jewish.) THIS IS SO EXCITING.
Also, I know some music theory because I take piano and voice lessons, but I'm really excited about your music theory channel because I've always wanted to really write songs but I've never felt that I could, so hopefully you can help me xD God knows if I want anyone to teach me how to write songs, it's you :)
tammytamnov 1 year ago
I'm actually in a music theory class at my high school, and have started song writing, so i'm Super Pumped that you started this channel, thank you.
Jake321BlastOff 1 year ago
Lava laaaaamp. Also: We have the same floor lamp! I am fascinated by random things. :D Awesome video, btw.
Anathema182 1 year ago
You're coming to Baltimore on a Tuesday? Oh how I love the weekends (*incepting idea of coming to DC/Baltimore/Northern Virginia area on a weekend*)
... I'll try my hardest to come. Yes, that's what he said.
luvsthespotlight 1 year ago
awkward laugh @ 1:00. best part
SHINJITSUnoRAVEN 1 year ago
So this has just once again convinced me that Mike Lombardo is a wonderful human being. Clearly, you really care about what you do, which was never doubted of course, but it's still nice to be reminded :).
By the way, LOVE the new channel idea :). As an oboe player, its always nice to have a refresher of those kinds of things. Gotta love those oboes. Ducks, they are.
redhairedgirl35 1 year ago
You're coming to Baltimore yesssss
crayonlightning 1 year ago
So I really like these videos. I know a little bit about music, but not that much. These make it more interesting to me. For example, my choir class is finally actually doing theory. I can look at sheet music and tell what each note is, but when I had to draw key signatures, I had issues. Yeah, that's about where I'm at. ...I have to resort to drawing out a piano and going wwhwwwh. ...yeah. It's time consuming.
otakubabe555 1 year ago
I'll now have 2 AM stuck in my head for days...
This is called Form Follows Function as well, at least that's what my English teacher drilled into my head. I know there is a true word for it. Anyone know? It's driving me nuts and Google is no help.
hpobsessed21 1 year ago
@hpobsessed21 prosody. (I said that in the video, right? I hope so...)
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago
@MikeLombardoMusic Oh, you did. I know there's another word for it, at least that's what a teacher told me. Prosody is related to the rhythm, intonation, etc. I might be making the whole thing up in my head, but I thought there was a word that also included structure of the prose and other techniques specific to literature.
hpobsessed21 1 year ago
Woah that is so awesome. Thanks for sharing that insight with us, Mike! I'm definitely gonna check out that new channel.
hptwilighter 1 year ago
You turned on the lava lamp!!! Yes that's all I took from this video.
No I jest, brilliant as always :) also yay Anna nalick mention! I will definitely sub to music theory, I can read v basic treble clef (does that even make sense) from learning violin for a year but that will be fun methinks :)
becca2398 1 year ago
Music theory channel? That's a really cool idea. Gonna check this out. :D
GaleCross 1 year ago
You're brilliant!!
You know, if you ever wanna come to Iowa... :)
swimmersgirl 1 year ago
i cannot tell you how excited i am that your coming back to my town with WHEEZYWAITER!!! that is like a 568 pound block of awesome. made from chocolate. with candy canes.
10thAveNluvr 1 year ago
the first 30 seconds of that video were just so good. you know how in a movie something happens and you're like OH I WISH THEY WOULD MAKE THAT JOKE! and then they do, and it's awesome? that happened 3 times in 30 seconds.
hshartman 1 year ago 4
@hshartman I wished you would make this comment, then you did.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 6
Urgh y don't u come to uk! Also the song hallelujah is filled with those. "it goes like this the fourth the fith, the minor fall and the major lift" quite litteraly in the chord sequence
willsjackoful 1 year ago
i think you should come somewhere near NC!!!!!!!!!!
annasullivan55 1 year ago
I will do my absolute best to be there. So close to home :)
iamtheveggiemonster 1 year ago
Baltimore. So close to D.C. but not close enoughhhh.
Risorially 1 year ago
Thanks for sparing us the Nickleback. I like that you use examples from all different genres.
bowiebookgirl 1 year ago
Nice double intro/within an intro?
bookrazy 1 year ago
I do most of my music by ear and feel, I haven't used sheet music in a very long time. Hopefully this'll help me get back into it! Hope the TSA sort their stuff out so you can come to England sometime.
JessopBlues 1 year ago
OH MY GODRIC. So, we're singing solo songs in my musical theatre class and my song is "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" from The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd and I just realized that every single line in the song has notes staying even and then proceeding upward at a rapid rate.
hellohorcrux 1 year ago
Baltimore. I will be there. And I will bring (I should probably say "drag them along," but...) people with me. :D
insertnamehereftw 1 year ago 3
@insertnamehereftw I've taught you well.
MikeLombardoMusic 1 year ago 3
omg. this video was hilarious AND educational!
AbbyNicoleMusic 1 year ago
These songwriting videos are really interesting! I hope you make more. :)
bsf95 1 year ago
I wanna learn music!
shecantdance 1 year ago
this is like the minor chord at the end of the progression in "i'll be watching you" right?
henry12350 1 year ago