Hey, I'm ¦Rick Beato¦'s Biggest Fan but here's one topic he hasn't covered, but I hope he will: **musicians' mental health issues and the epidemic of musician suicides**

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The plagal cadence chord progression

The plagal cadence is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

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28.02.2025

Guitar Solos and Lead Guitarists. Part 3: The 1970's

The 1970's was the decade when lead guitar and lead guitar solos became sophisticated

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28.02.2025

Music Annual Revenue Calculators

This page provides tools to calculate streaming revenue, gig revenue, and total annual earnings for musicians including a tool to estimate revenue from various music streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and more

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28.02.2025

Music Marketing Law #1 Be First

The first Law of Music Marketing, the importance of being first

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28.02.2025

Music Legends who are in the 27 Club

Want to know who the musicians are who achieve Legend staus by joining the 27 Club by dying tragically at age 27?

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28.02.2025

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression (I-V-IV-Vi) is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

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28.02.2025

Don't start a band in 2025 until you read this!

It's the best feeling in the World to be in a band

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28.02.2025

Steely Dan Guitar Solo Credits

Want to know who played that Steely Dan Guitar Solo? Find out here!

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28.02.2025

What does Gen Z think about music?

Rick Beato speculated video games occupy the place in teen culture music once did. Doesn't music have any value anymore?

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28.02.2025

Rick Beato exposes Spotify and Johan Röhr

If you’re a musician struggling to get heard these revelations will make your blood boil! The latest Rick Beato interview with Ted Gioia is so pertinent to any musician looking to get heard that I have taken the time to manually edit the transcript to make it more readable, and to save you having to watch the whole 1-hour video to get the salient points

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16.02.2025

Benny Sutton Music: your definitive guide to Blues, Country, EDM, hip-hop, Grunge, Metal, Pop, Reggae, R&B, Rock and more!

Carefully curated, independent music website built by a musician for musicians. Downloads, blogs, learn lead guitar, marketing advice and more.

Ben's Music Blog

11.01.2025

Statistical analysis of popular genres

Statistical analysis of the genres that visitors to my site have clicked the like button on The like button is top right on musician, band, and blog pages on this site

Ben's Music Blog

30.12.2024

Live Nation and Ticket Master are Killing Live Music

You won't believe how blatant a scandal price gouging still is for concert ticket sales in 2025 - and it's legal!

Ben's Music Blog

30.12.2024

Britpop

Enjoy an extended read with everything you need to know about The Britpop movement from the early 1990s onwards

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30.12.2024

Why are British Bands so Popular in the U.S.?

Enjoy an extended read with everything you need to know about why British Bands are so Popular in the U

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29.12.2024

The British Invasion of the US music charts in the 1960s

The British Invasion of the US music charts in the early 1960s was an upheaval in the world of pop music

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29.12.2024

Britpop Part 2: Key Influencers

Britpop wasn't just about the bands

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29.12.2024

What was the The Mersey Beat Boom and why did it happen?

The Mersey Beat Boom, often referred to as the Mersey Sound, was a musical era in the early 1960s centered around Liverpool

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29.12.2024

The Oasis Revival 2025

The much-anticipated Oasis reunion of 2024 has sent shockwaves through the music industry and fans alike

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29.12.2024

The Beatles: How they Conquered America

Enjoy an extended read and definitive version of how the Beatles became the biggest band in history, with new and unique insight into the greatest musical phenomenon that has ever taken place

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29.12.2024

Britpop Part 3: What Happened Next?

The Britpop era dominated the UK music scene in the mid-1990s but began to fade by the late 1990s as new musical trends emerged

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25.12.2024

Don't start a band in 2025 until you read this!

It's the best feeling in the World to be in a band

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18.12.2024

The top 10 most popular Ballads

Listen to the top ballads including great tracks by Benny Sutton, Joni Mitchell, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Wonder and more!

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Music Theory The Circle of Fifths

The Circle of Fifths explained simply

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12.12.2024

Who are the current top ten music educators?

One route to grow your audience is to become an educator on social media but there is a lot of established competition

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12.12.2024

Understanding Musical Scales, Modes, and Chords

Scales, Modes, and Chords can be a bit intimidating at first - you won't believe how easy it is to master them with this easy advice

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05.12.2024

What Makes a Great Christmas Song?

Christmas songs are often timeless and evoke emotions of warmth, joy, and nostalgia

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03.12.2024

Ben's top Christmas Songs

Listen to my favorite Christmas songs, original and covers, here on BennySutton.com. Happy Holidays!

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25.11.2024

Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire) Nat King Cole cover

This is a cover of the classic Christmas song *Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire* made famous by the legendary Nat King Cole way before most of us were born

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20.11.2024

Learn how to play songs without needing to read music

Check out this web application that allows pianists to learn how to play songs without needing to read music, by stepping through the song a beat at a time on a virtual keyboard

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25.10.2024

The 1975 Single and Album Releases

A complete timeline discography of The 1975 single and album releases in an interactive infographic.

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24.10.2024

The Andalusian cadence chord progression

The Andalusian cadence is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

Ben's Music Blog

24.10.2024

The 6-4-1-5 chord progression

The 6-4-1-5 chord progression (Vi-IV-I-V) is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

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24.10.2024

Sexyy Red discography

A complete timeline discography of Sexyy Red single and album releases in an interactive infographic

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24.10.2024

Taylor Swift discography

A complete timeline discography of Taylor Swift single and album releases in an interactive infographic

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24.10.2024

Sam Smith discography

A complete timeline discography of Sam Smith single and album releases in an interactive infographic

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23.10.2024

The plagal cadence chord progression

The plagal cadence is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

Ben's Music Blog

23.10.2024

The 1-b7-4-1 chord progression

The 1-b7-4-1 chord progression (I-bVii-IV-I) is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

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23.10.2024

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression (I-V-IV-Vi) is yet another of the most popular and enduring progressions in the pop, rock, and country genres

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What Rick Beato won't tell you about suicide rates for musicians

The plagal cadence chord progression

Guitar Solos and Lead Guitarists. Part 3: The 1970's

Music Annual Revenue Calculators

Music Marketing Law #1 Be First

Music Legends who are in the 27 Club

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression

Don't start a band in 2025 until you read this!

Steely Dan Guitar Solo Credits

What does Gen Z think about music?

Rick Beato exposes Spotify and Johan Röhr

Benny Sutton Music: your definitive guide to Blues, Country, EDM, hip-hop, Grunge, Metal, Pop, Reggae, R&B, Rock and more!

Statistical analysis of popular genres

Live Nation and Ticket Master are Killing Live Music

Britpop

Why are British Bands so Popular in the U.S.?

The British Invasion of the US music charts in the 1960s

Britpop Part 2: Key Influencers

What was the The Mersey Beat Boom and why did it happen?

The Oasis Revival 2025

The Beatles: How they Conquered America

Britpop Part 3: What Happened Next?

Don't start a band in 2025 until you read this!

The top 10 most popular Ballads

Music Theory The Circle of Fifths

Who are the current top ten music educators?

Understanding Musical Scales, Modes, and Chords

What Makes a Great Christmas Song?

Ben's top Christmas Songs

Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire) Nat King Cole cover

Learn how to play songs without needing to read music

The 1975 Single and Album Releases

The Andalusian cadence chord progression

The 6-4-1-5 chord progression

Sexyy Red discography

Taylor Swift discography

Sam Smith discography

The plagal cadence chord progression

The 1-b7-4-1 chord progression

The 1-5-4-6 chord progression

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