Joe Bennett

forensic musicologist and professor at Berklee College of Music

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With “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran is accused of copying the chord progression in Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” A forensic musicologist breaks down the trial.

Why the Sheeran-Gaye copyright case could change the future of pop music

With “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran is accused of copying the chord progression in Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” A forensic musicologist breaks down the trial.

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