Fri, Sep 1, 2017
Vox Earworm's Estelle Caswell looks at the fade out. With the help of Bill Weir she traces the popularity of the fade out in pop music from the first one created with a wooden door to the fade outs used by the Beatles. She then discusses why the fade out is important in music despite being rare in modern pop music.
Fri, Oct 13, 2017
Vox Earworm's Estelle Caswell looks at repetition in music. She talks to a computer scientist who has created a way to visualize repetition in song lyrics. He argues that repetition has increased in the last five decades. She also talks to a music researcher who looks at how the brain reacts to repetition.