A YouTube video called This Dead Genre is Taking Over K-Pop came up in my feed the other day. It’s a nice and concise little plug for a throwback sound kit, that claims that the New Jack Swing genre is making a resurgence in Korea, and gives a short explanation as to why. In short, the video claims that while New Jack Swing can be traced back to groups like S.E.S. in the 90’s, it’s current resurgence is largely due…
Every once in a while I do a perfunctory survey of pop culture across the globe. Here’s a playlist from some of the more popular songs from different countries, along with a few personal favorites thrown in. Hope you like it, – WellTree
I recently had a video come up in my YouTube feed where a fairly respected university professor spent about 15 minutes talking about the “reptile brain” and I got a little irritated. The term “reptile brain” or “lizard brain” has been a part of pop-sci consciousness for decades, and is part of a theory that is largely wrong. Here’s a short explanation of where the term comes from, and why we shouldn’t use it. Where Does the “Lizard Brain” Concept…
Happy New Year!
Decided to make a not-so-easy listening playlist of songs featuring the 11/8 time signature. Fun stuff is up first, unnerving stuff in the back. Hope you like it 🙂
Bassists get a bad rap. Or more often, they don’t get any rap at all. Most people, if asked, would likely be able to list off a favorite singer/songwriter or two. Guitarists are similar, and some people might even have a few favorite producers they like. Drummers have the occasional Neil Peart or Dave Grohl, and even have their own unique brand of jokes about how goofy drummers are. But what recognition do bass players get? Often, not much. Despite…
“But as to how memory of home can direct innately the journeys of animals, we have no answer. It is a question with which science has struggled manfully. It is a question as profound as any which biology faces today, for within its unknown answer must lie qualities and properties and potentialities of which we have no least knowledge.” – Robert Ardrey – The Territorial Imperative (1966) Why Birds? After half a year of being too busy/uninspired to post anything…
After two months and around 6,000 miles, I’ve made my way back to Alaska. I’m all recharged and just about ready to get back on the grind, but I figured I’d take one last post to retrospect on the trip a bit. It really is crazy to me how quickly it all flew by, but I guess that’s how time off goes. While I was driving through Carcross, I hit a sort of lonely section with no cell/data/radio in the…
Ash Fork Vegas and Bruno Mars were amazing, but my plans of hitting the Grand Canyon afterwards were soundly put to sleep by a dead alternator right outside of the Sonoran Desert. I’ve honestly been broken down in worse places, but sitting around in 95 degree heat with a busted vehicle also wasn’t my ideal use of that particular day. Expectations aside, I ended up spending a day in the scenic town of Ash Fork, AZ while my car got…