Hay Ride for Two (guitar instrumental)

Hay Ride for Two (short guitar instrumental)
Song #2,099 (c) Tom Hendricks 2019
Hunkasuaurus and His Pet Dog guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzgY7TKHwG0

Big LIst Update 6/17

The BIG LIST.
Update 6/17

Here are the latest add-ons

Best Group Dylan, Assorted Artists, 30th Anniversary Concert, “My Back Pages.” (yt.)

Best Where Did THAT Come From Ringo, Ringo Starr, “Night and Day.” (yt.)

Best Single Bobby Vee Turned Down. Carol King, “Might As Well Rain Until September”. (yt.)

Best Song That Might Not Give The Answer That You Want It To. Fleetwood Mac, “Oh Well.” (yt.)

Proof Why Early Rock n Roll Was So Much Fun. Lillian Briggs, “I Want You To Be My Baby.” (yt.)

Joni Mitchell’s Favorite Tune from the 90s, New Radicals, “You Get What You Give.” (yt.)

Best Doowop That Wasn’t Released In ’58. The Avalons, “What’s Wrong?” (yt.)

Best Choreographed Music, K-Pop, all the South Korean Boy and Girl bands. (yt.)

Best “No”( to Using Their Music for Ads). John Densmore for the Doors. (yt.)

Willie Nelson and his Gershwin Standards CD

Willie Nelson has a new recording of Standards called Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin. Looks to be another hit for him.

Here are 3 of my songs that have a connection to this.

Summertime
My 1 voice 1 guitar take on the standard – I wanted to get the heat of a hot summer night in this one, with all the passion too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc4lo9sTIY

Ballad of Willie Nelson
Straightforward account of his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ekA2fRaOg

Play that Country Music.
My song celebrating some of the fun of Country Muisc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVTNVNqwTKc

The Music Problem, 3 Company Presidents Determine all Music?

Let’s look at the problem with the music industry this way.

There are 3 record companies that control 80% of the business, Warners, Universal, Sony. Each has a president. That’s 3 presidents controlling the music industry.

Do you think 3 people should determine the fate of 80% of the music business? No of course not, but they do now. The 3 have made it clear,

We only support a generic pop sound. We only promote that type of music, and only for a few. (Swift, Beyonce, Bieber, Adele, Gaga, Perry, and the media flavor of the week.)

What else are they saying?

You play folk music? We don’t do folk, so you are out of a career. You play heavy metal? We don’t do heavy metal, so you are out of a career.
You play religious music? We don’t do religious music, so you are out of a career. You play classic rock? We don’t do classic rock, so you are out of a career.
You play classical music? We don’t do classical music, so you are out of a career. You play roots music? We don’t do roots music, so you are out of a career. You play kid’s music? We don’t do kid’s music, so you are out of a career.
You play jazz or big band? We don’t do jazz or big band, so you are out of a career. You play instrumentals? We don’t do instrumentals, so you are out of a career.
You play old style soul, r & b, or rap? We don’t do old style, so you are out of a career. You play ???. We don’t do ???, so you are out of a career.

Here’s what they are saying loud and clear to musicians, and music lovers.

Musician: Doesn’t matter how good you are. Quality just gets in the way of how we make money on generic music from a tiny handful of over produced, and over promoted pop stars. AND
Music Lover: Doesn’t matter what music you like. You’ll have to search it out on the net, or some small club. You’ll never hear your favorites on the radio stations we control, or in our media we own.

3 Execs advice?

Try to find some small record company where you might make about minimum wage with no chance of real success and don’t bother us, you don’t fit the money making formula.

Then if someone happens to have a hit, we’ll buy the musician, or the record company, or distribute the record company – and you’ll sign a legal web that promises the musician all, and gives them nothing. We have a long track record to prove it.

My advice?

Rebel against this. When 3 people have that much control in music everything is wrong. Choose to do nothing, and you ruin just about everyone’s chance at a career in music.

Your Cheating Heart (Remembering Hank Williams on his Birthday)

Today, September 17 is Hank Williams Birthday.

Here is my version of his classic,  Your Cheating Heart.