Tag: Ringo Starr

Unlocking the Mystery: How the Beatles’ “Come Together” Gets Under Your Skin

What made the Beatles such an enduring icon wasn’t their cute boy looks, vocal prowess, or catchy melodies.  It’s those combined with their adventurous, experimental and convergent (as in converging different genres) music.  Together with producer George Martin, they wrung every drip of potential out of each song, to create albums after albums …

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The Beatles “Nowhere Man”: Arranging a Lean, Mean Impact Machine

This is the second in a series examining a song from four different dimensions: songwriting, arrangement, performance, and production.  This post focuses on the oft-overlooked aspect of music: arrangement. In the previous post we examined how John Lennon wrote an efficient little pop gem using two well-matched chord progressions and repetitive …

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