Music theorist Rob Schultz explains Elliott Smith’s fixation on paradox and how it manifested in his life, lyrics, and tonal language. We go in-depth with analyses of “Speed Trials,” “Baby Britain,” “Waltz No. 2,” “Everything Means Nothing to Me,” and “Sweet Adeline.”
Read Rob Schultz’ “Tonal Pairing and the Relative-Key Paradox in the Music of Elliott Smith”
Further listening: QtL.12 – Talking Tortured Artists with William Todd Schultz
