I think I stumbled upon Jason Falkner through Pandora, and it was a truly serendipitous event. The man is a musical genius. He uses complex and interesting chord progressions in his songs, and they are all unique (no doubt a result of his classical music upbringing). Probably his best one is I Go Astray, embedded at the right. Just look at these chord progressions from the song:
Verse:
OK, maybe a bit meaningless to some of you, but trust me, if you look at most other pop songs out there, they have a lot fewer letters involved.
The AllMusic Guide got it right for him: start with his debut album Presents Author Unknown, then it's a toss-up between his second album Can You Still Feel? and his latest I'm OK, You're OK. Unfortunately the latter is a Japanese import, so it's pretty damn expensive. But I think it's worth it.
Verse:
C G/B Am Dm E7 AmChorus:
A7 Dm D7 G7 Am F#dim...
C F G Ddim7 A D7
Dm7 G7 Am (G-A-B)
OK, maybe a bit meaningless to some of you, but trust me, if you look at most other pop songs out there, they have a lot fewer letters involved.
The AllMusic Guide got it right for him: start with his debut album Presents Author Unknown, then it's a toss-up between his second album Can You Still Feel? and his latest I'm OK, You're OK. Unfortunately the latter is a Japanese import, so it's pretty damn expensive. But I think it's worth it.
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