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Why Hellfire is the Best Disney Villain Song

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(I'm a little out of practice here so if something goes wrong PLEASE lemme know)

IIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMMMM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Sorta

It's been a hot minute since I've dealt with the YouTube copyright bot so the whole video is currently...

Channel Update

Hello Everyone!

I know it's been a while, but I figured that it'd be best if I threw you guys a channel update.

While yes, its true that 2021 sucked tremendously (death in the family, apartment flooded, supermarket that we normally go to made the news because a crazy guy shot a bunch of people in it (which, along with the flooding, was a big reason as to why we moved)) 2022 has been...not similar, but equally as insidiou...

Update

Tl;dr the video I’ve been working on for 4 months is going into suspended animation so I can move on

Hi everyone, kind of a crappy update, sorry, but it is what it is.  For the last 4 months I’ve been working on a video about High School Musical.  I never saw it when it first came out, and after getting a bunch of requests for it and checking it out I felt like I had to make a video about it.

After starting th...

July 2021 Q&A

It's finally here!

Sorry it took so long, there were a lot of questions and I didn't want to let anyone down

Hope you enjoy!

And as always, thank you all for your continued support

I literally could not do this without you

June Q&A Video

Hello everyone, wanted to give you an update on what's going on and announce that I'm going to be doing a Patreon-exclusive Q&A Video just for you!

So as I mentioned before, I've been working on a really big video.
I promise that originally I intended for it to be one of my default 30-ish minute videos, but after doing the research and really diving into what I wanted to say in this script, well, let me put it this way.

I ...

May Update

So I have some good news and some bad news.


The bad news is that it looks like there isn't going to be a new video for May.

The good news is that this is less of a "the roof of my apartment is hemorrhaging water" kinda situation and more of a "it seems like my Cats video was a success and I also have a lot of opinions on this thing I wanna talk about" kinda situation.

So sit tight for what is hopefully a longer and bett...

May Request Post

You know what this is!

Tell me what you wanna see me talk about in a video

GO!

The Musical Moral of Into The Woods

I'M BACK

And very happy to come back with an old favorite.

I LOVE Into The Woods and was just waiting for the right time to talk about it on the channel.
I figured that after all the chaos that was the last few months it'd be nice to ease back in with a show I was really familiar with, so here we are!

Funny story:
So in "Sondheim on Music" by Mark Horowitz, Sondheim actually mentions that there's no "Intellectual" re...

Into The Woods is Really, Really Good

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I'M BACK!


But apparently my ability to title videos are still a little rough.

Either way, I wanted to ease back into the swing of things with a show I was intimately familiar with.
So obviously, I'm going to be adding more music examples over ...

February and March Update Request Post

Hi all, sorry for the delayed response.
Since I've been kind of out of commission for the last few weeks I wanted to give you all an opportunity to let me know if there are any new topics you'd want to see me talk about in an upcoming video.

Just to be clear, I've been working on videos this whole time and I'm pretty sure I know what this month's video's gonna be, I just wanted to be sure that you all had the opportunity to have your...

March Update

ok I'm just gonna rant here

As most of you know, last month during a freak cold front our apartment flooded.  A pipe burst in our upstairs neighbor's ceiling while he was away on vacation.  The flood was so bad that we had to vacate our apartment for 2 nights and had industrial fans running 24/7 in the meantime and for roughly 11 days after that.

Because I didn't have access to my computer, or my books, or abou...

February Update

I am very sorry to announce that there won't be a video for February.
Now I know that I just took November off to make the Cats video, but unfortunately I can't say the same is happening now.

About a week ago (actually, closer to Valentine's Day) a cold front swept through Colorado and burst a pipe in my upstairs neighbor's ceiling.
If that wasn't bad enough, he'd been away for several days, which meant that a bunch of people had t...

February Request Post

This is the February Request Post, if you've ever wanted to see me talk about something specific in my videos, now's your chance to let me know!

Why Mulan (2020) Didn't Work

As some of the more eagle-eyed (eared?) of you noticed, here's all the opera stuff that I cut from the Cats video!

I had a ton of fun going through this vid, even though opera can be a bit much at times.

There was honestly a lot to this video that I had to cut out.
I was almost tempted to pull another Cats kinda situation and postpone the January video and have this be another hour long video and have it be for February.
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Why Mulan (2020) was such a Magnificent Failure

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So here's one of the stranger videos I've made.

Who would've thought that explaining why I thought Mulan didn't do so well would involve Opera, The Producers, and once again, Howard Ashman.

Also, fun fact, the youtube bot so far has been RE...

Original Cats Video

Hi everyone, little bit of an update for you:

This video is an unlisted version of the original Cats video that I uploaded to YouTube.

At 9am on the Monday after the holidays, 5 days after it went live (and was cleared by the Content ID bot) the video got slammed by manual claims from Universal Music Group (UMG).

Initially I thought it was just 3 claims, but after going through them it looks like YouTube isn't showing me exa...

January Request Post

Happy New Year Everyone!

I cannot possibly describe how happy I am that people have been enjoying the Cats video
I was absolutely terrified that I'd just wasted 2 months on a video that was going to be kinda mediocre, so thank you everyone for watching it and sharing it around!

With that in mind, let me have it
What are some things you wanna hear me talk about in my video for this month?

Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you Thought

It's finally here!

And like Cinderella, I barely got this out before the end of the year (the YouTube content ID system had some opinions about this video)

And my god I could make another video just as long with everything I cut out of this one.

Like if you guys read the articles by the audio heads (link in the description) they talk about how for Cats they had TWO (2!) pianists, each in their own PORTABLE STUDIO that they...

Why the Music in Cats (2019) was Worse than you Thought

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Well, it's finally here, my longest video ever.

I'm not sure this is actually my longest video ever technically speaking, but it is my longest video essay, so there's that.

It's already been claimed a few times, but I think I'll be ...

November Update

Hello everyone!

I hope the magma-belching, famine-inducing, sky-scorching hellscape that we all currently live in is treating you well.

As I'm sure you've no doubt noticed, I don't have a video out this month.

After spending a lot of time on it, when it came time to publish it there was still a lot that I feel needed to be said.

So instead of publishing a video this month, I'm going to delay it's release for Decembe...

November Request Post

This is the November Request Post

If you've ever wanted a question answered, or just wanted to see me talk about something specific, now's your chance to let me know what you want me to talk about in my next video!

Comment below to let me know!

Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary

Happy Halloween!

If I'm being completely honest I never expected this video to be such a rabbit hole!

Just trying to figure out when the Toccata and Fugue in d minor first appeared in silent film was a rollercoaster of a ride.
Who would've thought that the first synchronized instance of one of the most famous pieces of organ music, was in an orchestral arrangement!?
I lost count of how many times I went back and forth o...

Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary

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So this video was a whole buncha fun to make.  Normally when I see a request like this I feel like I normally make a pretty good assumption about how and why something is the way it is with concern to music history, at least to use as a jumping off point fo...

October Request Post

If you've ever wanted to hear me talk about a certain topic in one of my videos, now's your chance to let me know!

But since it's Halloween Season, remember to keep it Spooky!

The Problem With Auto-Tune

I'm sorry to say that I have some unfortunate and awkward news.

After posting the early access version of this video, I realized that there is a substantial portion of it that could be misleading.
I pride myself on being as accurate as I can possibly be in my videos.  I always reserve the right to be wrong, to pretend otherwise would be to deny my humanity.
But I take pride in my work, and I simply cannot release a video that ...

The Problem with Autotune

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I have to say this is one of those cathartic videos that I'm just really happy to get off my chest.

I feel like autotune and pitch correction get misrepresented a lot nowadays, and I don't think it's as evil as people try to make it out to be.

To be complete...

September Request Post

This is the September Request Post

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about something specific in one of my videos, here's your opportunity to let me know!

You all have been doing an amazing job with some absolutely fantastic suggestions, keep it up!

Why A Goofy Movie is Better Than You Remember

I really wasn't expecting to ever make this video.

I remember watching this movie as a kid and really loving it without really putting much thought into it.  But after scrolling through Disney+ and seeing it again, I decided to give it a revisit and wow is this film a hidden gem.

Honestly, I kinda regret cutting some of the stuff I had to cut for time.

Like everyone behind the composition team and who was writing which...

Why A Goofy Movie is Better than you Thought

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Well, like always, it seems like the copyright boy has gone through a slight change (again).

It looks like this version isn't blocked, but if you can't see it for whatever reason let me know and I'll get a new cut out ASAP.

Also, you might...

August Request Post

This is the request post for August

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a certain topic in a video, or see me make a video on something specific, then now's your chance to let me know!