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Chris Brody
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Music theorist and pianist at University of Louisville, he/him, the most wonderful woolly baa-lamb that ever stepped
One of the main comments I heard various people making about that song yesterday was along the lines of “I just assumed that song was about something that happened more than a century ago”
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Stan Rogers's "The Jeannie C." doesn't have a chorus either, to similar effect
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Here, have a playlist of the 5 best Stan Rogers songs about shipwrecks
Shipwrecks! (Stan Rogers) by Christopher Brody on Apple Music
Playlist · 5 Songs
music.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reposted by Chris Brody
Carolyn Abbate once said in a graduate seminar, “I love making diagrams but I would *never* publish one.”

Everyone’s a music theorist at heart 😂
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Surprisingly not that messy: music theorists
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Swirling clouds of discontent with AMS, is all I know
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
An 8–11 PM music theory or musicology panel is just a Whole Mood that I really do miss even if it does inevitably make you regret that you can’t be in two places at once
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's occurring to me that one of the MSP pianos might be my best opportunity to warm up before my session tomorrow. Do you think the airport patrons would enjoy atonal music
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There's definitely one down by baggage claim
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM