thinking it was the only thing that made him happy — and the more desperate he became to write, the harder it was. Facing his demons head-on inspired this playful track, “do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.” ...

Solmization, the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the musical scale, originated in ancient India. Fast forward a few thousand years to 6th-century Spain, when ...