Contemporary Fusion Reviews (4.7.19) – Dick Metcalf, editor Amazing musical experiences Louis Anthony deLise – NATURAL LIGHT: There are certain performances that bring back most pleasant musical mem’ries for me… of my grandmother playing classical piano; my enjoyable experiences singing in youth chorales; and my parents teaching old and young folks how to “bring on the spirit” through music… Louis […]
At The Shop… I recently had the distinctly distasteful experience of shoe shopping. I dislike shopping for shoes. Most stores do not carry shoes in my size, and, if they do, their selection is very often a choice between ugly and bad looking. But while last week’s visit to the shoe shop did not yield a new pair of kicks, it […]
Heart and Soul (Carmichael and Loesser) Stand by Me (Ben E. King) Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart) Earth Angel (Williams, Belvin, and Hodge) Stand By Me (Ben E. King) Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler) Loveable (Sam Cooke) Jesus of Suburbia (Armstrong, Dirnt, and Cool) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel; Mangum) Eternal Flame (Hoffs, Kelly, and Steinberg) […]
These are not the… Ten Commandments of Songwriting They are, however, rather significant observations made, not by Moses‘ musical director, butby Dr. Louis Anthony deLise Many, many very successful songs in popular styles… Have a melody and lyric that are its principal focus, Have musical phrases that are balanced, Have musical phrases that are in even groups of measures—most often […]