David Bruce Composer | Pop music’s problem with silence @DBruce | Uploaded May 2018 | Updated October 2024, 27 minutes ago.
What are the uses of silence in music and why is popular music so afraid of them? In this video I look at the various ways composers use silence, and why so many of them are considered out of bounds to today's chart toppers.

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Sources:
slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2009/08/silence_is_golden.html
slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2014/09/the_fade_out_in_pop_music_why_don_t_modern_pop_songs_end_by_slowly_reducing.html?via=gdpr-consent
amazon.co.uk/Silence-Music-Silent-Jenny-Doctor/dp/0754655598