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Jordan Pak, Behind the Track

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Jordan got his start interviewing local bands for a fan-run Instagram account before anyone was paying him to do it — he just wanted to know how the songs actually came together. That curiosity followed him straight into a byline. Now he covers Behind the Track for On Beat News: the writing sessions, the structural choices, the "wait, why does that bridge work" questions most reviews skip past. He'd rather let a song's own choices do the talking than tell you what to think of it.

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