People who are amazed that songs have the same chords

So, a few years back a friend showed me this video:



Hilarious right? I was so amazed that all those songs had the same chords and sounded alike. You don't really catch that in real life all that often. (unless you are around a music person) I once dated a clarinet player and my brother is a guitarist...if you tried to defend rap and/or pop with these two, they'd go apeshit. It was pretty ridiculous...oh god...and the conversations about what it means to "sell out"...Jesus! Be happy you weren't there.

Anyways, being around those two and playing piano for a few years taught me that lots of songs have the same chords. Lots of songs sound alike. Just like there are only like, what? 12 stories. We just invent variations...and that's okay!

I understand people's desire for new and unique music but I say you have to take the good with the "bad". Musicians just experiment to figure out what they love, what we love, and what we'll buy. We typically like songs to sound familiar with a little bit of difference. That's what we buy, so that's what they make.

This is the video that got me started on this rant:

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Yep, so I think that's it on that subject.

Few updates on me: I've moved back to Manhattan (yes, that'd be the one in the middle of the country...sad...not really) But it is kinda sad because my internship is housing me in a frat house that is pretty dirty with a very confusing industrial type kitchen. On the bright side, I chose the biggest room (tile, no carpet and no closet) and have it all to myself. I'm going to go finish unpacking and organizing everything now!

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