"Melodic math" describes an extremely analytical approach to songwriting. Martin shares how he developed his own method of melodic math and incorporated it into his melody-writing process, to varying degrees of success.  .....  The two books discussed in this episode are "The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory" by John Seabrook and "The Sense of Music" by Victor Zuckerkandl. ..... Everyone's Special and No One Is is a podcast about obscure, misunderstood, and/or controversial topics related to music.