Musings From The Middle (Scott Bradlee)

Musings From The Middle (Scott Bradlee)

Home
Notes
Chat
Archive
About

June 2025

MusicX Lecture #9 - The Mockingbird Of Musical Instruments: A Piano Lesson For Non-Pianists
Making my (admittedly biased) case for why the piano is the most complete musical instrument
 • 
Scott Bradlee
1:13:35
MusicX Lecture #8 w/ Scott Bradlee: “God Only Knows” How These Remarkably Complex Songs Became Pop Hits
From Brian Wilson to Boston: songs that that managed to sneak complexity onto the Billboard charts, ranked by "Brancusi Score."
 • 
Scott Bradlee
2
1:16:09
MusicX returns on Sunday at Noon CT! Here's a new Postmodern Jukebox video, too
Lecture #8 will be dedicated to the late Brian Wilson
 • 
Scott Bradlee

May 2025

MusicX Lectures on Music #7: Rhythm Is A Dancer! From Syncopation to Swing
How the two biggest rhythmic developments of the 20th Century came to be and continue to influence pop music, to this day
 • 
Scott Bradlee
1
1:04:34
MusicX #6 w/ Scott Bradlee: “The Most Interesting Doo-Wop Record Of All Time”
I don't always listen to doo-wop, but when I do...
 • 
Scott Bradlee
57:35
MusicX #5: “How To Write A Classic Disney Ballad”
What makes a melody "Disney"-esque?
 • 
Scott Bradlee
1:19:26
MusicX goes Disney! "How To Write A Classic Disney Ballad" is live at noon CT tomorrow (no paywall to watch)
The 5th lecture in my informal MusicX series
 • 
Scott Bradlee
1
MusicX #4: "MusicX At The Movies: The Musical Toolkit of John Williams
Heroic melodies, foreboding underscore, and classic love themes: How John Williams used music to tell a story.
 • 
Scott Bradlee
7
1:09:11
MusicX returns today - no paywall to watch! Lecture #4: "The Musical Toolkit of John Williams" is live at 12 noon Central Time
May the Fourth be with us all today
 • 
Scott Bradlee

April 2025

© 2025 Scott Bradlee
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture