Larsen’s 5 Hour Opus
In a further example of my nobly futile quest to prove I can do crappy pop music better than the people currently doing it, another opus I wrote in 5 […]
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Why Does Music Suck Nowadays? The Video
A while back I did an article asking why music nowadays is the aural equivalent of ball cancer—here’s a video going more in depth into the subject! If you want […]
Music Lesson: Pentatonic Scales
The pentatonic scale. For when you want to get your Orientalism on (see also the Asian riff): All of the scales we have gone over thus far have been diatonic […]
Music Lesson: The Streets of Cairo
Yet another one of those songs that everybody knows but nobody knows the name of…and yet another song that was not invented in its purported place of origin. The Streets […]
Music Lesson: The Melodic Major Scale
All the way from the exotic Orient…the melodic major scale! Often associated with the music of India! The melodic major scale, also known as the Aeolian Dominant Scale, is Ionian […]
Music Lesson: The Harmonic Major Scale
A pleasant and mellow scale, the harmonic major scale has been used in many popular songs, including the jazz standard Dream a Little Dream Of Me…which I first learned how to play 30 minutes before […]
White Music Influencing Black Music
Hello children, it looks like it’s time to destroy another SJW narrative. In this week’s edition of “Larsen debunks modern mythology”, I’m going to look at American music—more specifically, the […]
The Muse: A Short Story
The Muse is my newest short story. Read it here or read it on Terror House — The Muse by Larsen Halleck Music: that’s what this was all about. That’s […]
Kagero and Soft Music
In this article today, I wish to introduce you to a band that you have undoubtedly never heard of: Kagero. Hailing from my home state of New Jersey, the “Japanese […]