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Every once in a long while, a new genre of popular music emerges.

Then it evolves a little bit and then stays almost exactly the same with only the slightest of variations.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

A formula has been discovered. It seems to

work. Everybody seems to like it. So why change it? Old school 12 bar blues is an example. It features

one of the most common chord progressions in Western music. The style of the lyrics, the phrasing,

the structure, and duration have been pretty much standard since the days of gospel

and spirituals and African-based oral traditions. An Alabama musician named WC Handy was probably the

first to codify 12-bar blues playing around 1905. Scam might be another example. It has many different

flippers, but there are common components

under the hood, rooted in playing on the offbeat, the one and the three instead of the two and the

four. You might say the same thing about reggaeton and its foundations in the Dembo beat,

although you'll probably get a little pushback from fans. Let me throw this into the mix.

Garage rock, two or three chords played on guitar, bass,

and drums with a loose, rebellious vibe. Nothing too complicated. It's just got to feel good.

And here's one more that might not spring to mind right away. Surf music. It too can come in

different forms as a type of garage rock. It can be punky. It can be

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