Many people write us with musical maladies and conspiracies. A recent one caught our attention. Daniel Armbruster, lead vocalist of indie band Joywave, has been hearing the same melody on songs all across the Alt-rock charts. He believes that this hook could be the secret to securing a place on the Billboard. Nate and Charlie investigate this issue, traveling from the contemporary charts, all the back to the archaic musical scale. The stakes are high: is it possible to hack your way into a hit alt-rock song?
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