Interesting article. I associate mixolydian with jerry garcia's guitar playing in the grateful dead -- I guess I need to investigate this a bit more.
Very interesting. Lorde is a great songwriter. This article perfectly explains why her copycats so often fall flat. Thanks for sharing!
Ah modal songwriting. Definitely worth playing with, if only to break out of overly familiar chord progressions. Here's some theory that I keep bookmarked.
Modal chord progressions