The podcast that breaks down how popular music works hosted by musicologist @neatsloan and songwriter @charlieharding You’ll fall in love with songs you didn’t even know you liked. Switched on Pop reveals the secret formulas that make pop songs so infectious. Something we've never done before is pair two of the best songwriters in the business to explain how they create a successful collaboration. The book moves through close studies of sixteen modern pop classics by artists from Beyoncé to Zedd, each chapter bringing out key aspects of a particular song as well as introducing core concepts such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and timbre. Past Switched on Pop episodes have adapted Vulture articles and turned them into some of our favorite audio pieces on the show. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. The book covers pop music from a musicological perspective. On Switched on Pop we talk to songwriters and artists about how they make great songs. "Switched on Pop:How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters is an important text in the growing cosmos of pop-culture-oriented criticism." Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Switched On Pop: How Pop Music Works, and Why It Matters illuminates the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? -- Max McKenna, Pop Matters "Switched On Pop is an essential text for anyone who imagines the song to be a curious machine, burrowing its way into our hearts and minds." Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest The book gets its title from the podcast Switched on Pop which is co-hosted by Harding and Sloan and similarly analyzes pop music in a more academic style. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/switched-on-pop/id934552872 The podcast that breaks down how popular music works hosted by musicologist @neatsloan and songwriter @charlieharding Most songs are written with two or more people in the room. 11 talking about this. Every Tuesday, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work their magic. Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters is a 2019 nonfiction book written by Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan with illustrations provided by Iris Gottlieb. 18 talking about this.