Chord progressions: what you need to know

This is one of those foundational, need-to-know music concepts that you cannot avoid if you want to learn to make music. Chord progressions: they are the abstract backbone behind all music, and they are the #1 thing that determine the emotional impact of your music.

How does it work, you ask? Let's time travel back in time and let 2021 Oscar explain...

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Torc:   / torcaudio  
Face the Sun:   / face-the-sun-be  

Song in the outro:   / simple-pleasures  

Contents:
0:00 The most important concept in music
1:11 Past Oscar explains the theory
2:52 An example in Ableton Live
7:09 So what's the strategy?