Tik Tok and dissonance do not mix

Tik Tok and spicy harmony do not mix.
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Tik Tok has recently imploded over a young singer who sang harmony to Matt Maltese’s As the World Caves in. Why? Well, it’s the legacy of Palestrina, Fux and the long shadow of Western European aesthetics in the modern global musical ecosystem. Let’s dive into it.

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[AdamNeely]

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[leitnerpiper]

i miss choir because singing dissonant harmonies always felt so powerful. you could literally feel the sound in your whole body

[ferda]

imagine getting bullied all over tiktok but then Adam Neely makes a video about your harmony

[Axame]

Conclusion: girl so metal, she's singing in power chords

[ZeroEliteOfficial]

the "Atom bomb locks in" part was actually really beautiful, i think people just aren't used to how the "I Lie" part played out

[vermeer]

"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." - Thelonious Monk

[MichaeloStarzioni]

the lesson here is that you should not focus on sounding "correct" but putting such a memorable performance that Adam Neely makes a video because of you

[i_teleported_bread]

How does this man just keep saying fifty shades of swag with a completely straight face-

[huntermorgan]

Oh man, I really love the young woman doing Schonberg for us. The eyebrows, the *checks notes*, the little head tilt, it's flawless. I didn't know I needed more musical comedy in my life

[mjg]

That harmony is haunting, it really fits the tone of the song. She's honestly just 1 or 2 db too loud and otherwise that dissonance would sit really well

[liberty]

It cannot be stressed enough that she was harassed for this. That is the takeaway here, that people will relentlessly attack you for doing what you love and you will often be powerless to stop them.

[GabzitoHD]

now I actually kinda like the dissonance and I'm not even saying this is because of my grotesquely large brain and high IQ with an appreciation for advanced harmony

[misterguitargeek]

"Young people are all about conformity"

Ugh. This got me in the feels.

[buckdowns]

"young people demand conformity and music is a powerful cultural tool for enforcing it" WOW

[CraigGood]

The brilliant musician who taught me improv singing said that any note, confidently sung, is part of the chord. It may be an unexpected chord, but that doesn't matter.

[covereye]

Adam: "The lesson we can take from this..."
Me: "Don't harass people?"
Adam: "Western-European polyphonic aesthetics are being relentlessly upheld as what is good."
Me: "Ah..yes..of course."

[bellamysong]

Her dissonance is fantastic and when she releases it to the third it's just a perfect moment, capturing the subject of the song so well. The bliss within the destruction. And her mouth is more open because she is singing loudly in her chest register and carrying it up over the break. All in all, a smart musician and vocalist.

[nyoombaroomba]

i think that her harmonies, especially during "atom bomb locks in, " were fantastic
i agree with the point that her vowels are very wide and that she's overwhelming the main melody, but the harmonies themselves are not the problem

[laplantamichay]

"do you like this harmony?"
Adam you fucked up my musical taste i don't even know

[onenzednine]

when she gets to the "a-tom bomb locks in " 7:11 part it comes together so nicely {chef's kiss}, makes the dissonance well worth it. I dig it