What's in a Song

Forensic musicologist Joe Bennett breaks down "If I were a fish" and talks about what constitutes copyright infringement


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In this episode, I talk with Dr. Joe Bennett

First, we talk about what constitutes copyright infringement from the point of view of a forensic musicologist.

Then, Joe dives into the analysis of "If I were a Fish" (pun intended) leaving everyone with some great new ideas to spark their songwriting.

Dr. Bennett has been analysing and transcribing popular music for international publication since 1994. He has written 30 books, including transcription, teaching and reference works (published worldwide by Music Sales Group), and more than 300 academic and media articles, relating to song analysis, guitar techniques, music similarity, music copyright law, and songwriting. He is currently a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston USA, and the resident musicologist for TIDAL magazine.

 

As an academic Joe’s primary area of research expertise is the psychology of songwriting

https://joebennett.net/

Podcast engineer Peter Sykes music:
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https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peter-j-sykes/1599264277

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The show's theme song "What's in a Song" was co-written with Otto Gross
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