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SusieCakes Bakes Up Love Story Like No Other with Taylor Swift Concert Ticket Giveaway and Limited-Edition Eras Themed Cupcakes

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Swifties: If you thought you missed out on your chance to attend Taylor Swift's legendary The Eras Tour, take any negativity you might have and Shake It Off because SusieCakes has a Blank Space waiting for one lucky Swiftie and their bestie to see the "Anti-Hero" singer in Los Angeles—the last stop of the hottest concert tour of the summer. The classic all-American bakery is hosting a contest for a chance to win two tickets to the SoFi Stadium show on Monday evening, August 7, in addition to baking up some sweet, Eras-themed treats.

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  • "We know All Too Well the process for getting tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has left fans with more Bad Blood than Happiness," said Susan Sarich, SusieCakes founder and CEO.
  • "As a devoted Swiftie since her debut album, my Wildest Dreams came true when I secured a last-minute ticket in Dallas.
  • And while there's only two tickets, SusieCakes is spreading the Swiftie Love Story even further by launching a limited-edition Eras Tour Cupcake Collection .
  • Each dozen includes 4 vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, 4 chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and 4 red velvet cupcakes.

Inspiration, influence and theft: what the Ed Sheeran case can tell us about 70 years of pop music

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Friday, May 5, 2023
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Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright.

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  • Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright.
  • The high-profile court case, brought by the estate of soul singer Marvin Gaye, claimed Sheeran’s song was too similar to Gaye’s song Let’s Get It On.
  • In this case against Sheeran, the song’s chord progression was at the heart of the claim.
  • This chord progression and many others are part of the songwriting toolkit of rock and pop and have been heard continuously over the past 70 years.

The 12 bar blues

    • One of the oldest chord progressions in pop is the 12-bar blues – a looping pattern of three chords that is very identifiable.
    • More recently, Lizzo’s Better in Colour uses the 12-bar blues in a way that makes an old formula fresh.

The ‘doo-wop’ progression

    • The “doo-wop” progression has appeared in pop music for close to 80 years, and is named because most doo-wop songs feature this chord progression – it was an essential part of its sound.
    • Comedy act Axis of Awesome use a similar progression in their video for 4 Chords, where they cleverly play almost 50 different songs with a variation on these four simple chords.

The I-IV-V (the ‘one, four, five’)

    • Perhaps the most common chord progressions in rock and pop are those that use the I, IV and V chords in various combinations.
    • They’re usually the first three chords you learn on an instrument and open up thousands of songs to play – from the rock and roll of Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran, the garage rock of Wild Thing by the Troggs, the bubblegum of Hanson’s Mmmbop and the indie rock of Coldplay’s Yellow, to the modern pop of bad guy by Billie Eilish and good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo.

Going forward

    • Rock, pop, blues, doo wop and other musical genres can often be defined by their use of repeated chord progressions.
    • These chord progressions are part of a songwriter’s toolkit in a similar way to how an artist may use different paint brushes.
    • It also acknowledges that influence and inspiration from previous works are part of the construction of the pop music we love.