# Introducing "The Ongoing History of New Music": The Rock Explainer

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Podcast: [Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncharted-crime-and-mayhem-in-the-music-industry-6653568)
Published: 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This is the fifth edition of an occasional series called “The Rock Explainer.” The idea is to explore the strange, unexplained, and traditional aspects of rock culture that don’t get enough attention and analysis… In many cases, we just accept these things and don’t question them as much as we should…but if we stop for just a second and cock a quizzical eyebrow and actually ask the question, then it’s possible to review new things about music that you might never have imagined… Where do accents go when people sing?...why do artists sing the melody lines when they perform live?... How come we hear lyrics wrong?...let’s answer those questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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