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Thursday, June 10   >>

SANE (SORTA)

I don't like it when musicians think it's clever to put out the perception of a downbeat in the very beginning of a song, only for it to become an upbeat seconds later. It ranks as number 1 on Musical Devices That Bother Me and, lately, I've been hearing more and more and more and more of it.

"Aw, yeah, I'm feeling this. Yes. Ungh. Yee. I'm getting into thi--WAIT, WHAT."

Consider the following (the first 15 seconds of each clip is all that's necessary to show example:)












This will be part of a series. Your mind will be thoroughly blown away.