WE'RE BACK! We know you missed us. We know you're excited to have us back. Do More music stuff you said!

And we agreed.

So MORE music stuff! What makes a catchy song, a cognitive itch, an EarWorm!?

Will Ian learn to write a Hit Song? Or just learn that if you have many, many things necessary for being a songwriter and/or musician as well as luck, then sure, you can write an earworm? Only one way to find out!

00:20- What do you Want to Learn About Today?

01:10- Patrick has a Complaint

    04:05- Origin of the song Last Christmas, by Wham

        06:10- So Simple it's Practically infringement

  08:55- Smooth Transition

09:25- Sources

09:40- Not Hard Science

11:10- 2017 Study

    11:35- Three Melodic Features

    14:35- Whole Lot of Lady Gaga

16:50- Ian's Child Should be in Bed

17:35- Similar, Simple Chord Progressions

18:familiarity

    19:40- Appealing Performance

20:30- No Blue Print

20:40- The Useful aspects of Earworms

23:10- The Claims of Plagiarism

25:55- Bye!

We hope you ALSO learned something,

or were at least Entertained!

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DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!

Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.

ENJOY!