Big List Add Ons 7 and 8 2023

Big List Update 7 2023 And 8 2023

Most unexpected song: Bobbie Gentry dance number and song, "You’re Number One Fan!"

Most unexpected jazz Piano Talent – NatKing Cole (any. Of his songs with his jazz trio.

Best Guitar and Voice Demo: Paul McCarney and Cilia Black, "Step Inside Love."

Best Thumb Strumming, Wes Montgomery, "Impressions", by John Coltrane.

Best "Chelsea Morning’, song by Joni Mitchell.

Always Makes Me Happy, song, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, "Pretty World!"

The Perfect Doo Wop single, Tymes, "So much in Love" / "Wonderful Wonderful!"

Best Elton John Cover, "Love Song", composed by Lesley
Duncan.

Best First Take Vocal, Frank Sinatra, "Im A Fool To Want You."

Best Vocal Come On, or, How can a harpsichord be so sexy? Come On-a My House, by Rosemary Clooney.

Halloween Dance Classic, "Monster Mash", Bobby Boris Pickett.

Iconic Fun with Spelling Hands, "YMCA". The Village People.

The Saddest Song, Peggy Lee, sings Lieber / Stoller’s song, "Is That All There is?"

Why Didn’t Someone Tell Me About … Paul Humphrey, And His Cool Aid Chemists, "Cool Aid" or "sack Full of Dreams"

How Did We Miss This Classic Hit, "Romeo is Bleeding." Hall and Oates.

American Blues Psychedelic Sixties Classic That Nobody Remembers, "7:30 Guided Tour."

Best Sitcom Theme Song, Rock Update, Joan Jett, "Love is All Around."

Best Rock n Roll song from the Year I was Born, 1949, Jimmy Preston and His Presonaires, "Rock This Joint"

Best Buzz Buzz, Astrid Gilberto, "The Telephone. Song."

Best Version of Little Latin Lupe Lu, Lisa Beat E l Bugardi.

Best Collins Kids 1957 Rockabilly, "Hop, Skip, and Jump!"

Three Songs that Every 60’s combo Learned, "Louie Louie", The Kingsmen, "House of the Rising Sun", The Animals, "Gloria," Them.Big List Update 7 20023 And 8 2023

Most unexpected song: Bobbie Gentry dance number and song, "You’re Number One Fan!"

Most unexpected jazz Piano Talent – NatKing Cole (any. Of his songs with his jazz trio.

Best Guitar and Voice Demo: Paul McCarney and Cilia Black, "Step Inside Love."

Best Thumb Strumming, Wes Montgomery, "Impressions", by John Coltrane.

Best "Chelsea Morning’, song by Joni Mitchell.

Always Makes Me Happy, song, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, "Pretty World!"

The Perfect Doo Wop single, Tymes, "So much in Love" / "Wonderful Wonderful!"

Best Elton John Cover, "Love Song", composed by Lesley
Duncan.

Best First Take Vocal, Frank Sinatra, "Im A Fool To Want You."

Best Vocal Come On, or, How can a harpsichord be so sexy? Come On-a My House, by Rosemary Clooney.

Halloween Dance Classic, "Monster Mash", Bobby Boris Pickett.

Iconic Fun with Spelling Hands, "YMCA". The Village People.

The Saddest Song, Peggy Lee, sings Lieber / Stoller’s song, "Is That All There is?"

Why Didn’t Someone Tell Me About … Paul Humphrey, And His Cool Aid Chemists, "Cool Aid" or "sack Full of Dreams"

How Did We Miss This Classic Hit, "Romeo is Bleeding." Hall and Oates.

American Blues Psychedelic Sixties Classic That Nobody Remembers, "7:30 Guided Tour."

Best Sitcom Theme Song, Rock Update, Joan Jett, "Love is All Around."

Best Rock n Roll song from the Year I was Born, 1949, Jimmy Preston and His Presonaires, "Rock This Joint"

Best Buzz Buzz, Astrid Gilberto, "The Telephone. Song."

Best Version of Little Latin Lupe Lu, Lisa Beat E l Bugardi.

Best Collins Kids 1957 Rockabilly, "Hop, Skip, and Jump!"

Three Songs that Every 60’s combo Learned, "Louie Louie", The Kingsmen, "House of the Rising Sun", The Animals, "Gloria," Them.

Jim Quinn sets my Poem to Music

Jim Quinn has taken my poem , Full Moon, my version of a poem by Walter de la Mare, and turned it into a fine song. Very impressive! https://www.facebook.com/groups/483326849098435/permalink/898220040942445/

Jim writes, i had a guitar piece that i had.but didnt have lyrics too,and i saw tom hendricks had posted a poem ,so i asked if i could put music and vocals too it,he kindly said yes, so this is a collaboration of sorts.very short

Tom, Why Don’t You Play Your Guitar Right?

HEY TOM, WHY DON’T. YOUR SONGS SOUND LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SOUND?
Here are some differences that are on purpose!
For me songs should be at 2 minutes, 3 minutes for Ballads, that forces the song to have just the essentials and no excess repeats. Motto: stop playing before they stop listening!
The other thing is my guitar playing. This is what I call combo guitar style, not a singer songwriter, not a band something in between something new, where I play bass, rhythm, and lead, at the same time on one guitar. This single guitar leads to a more direct, passionate, and personal song. Though I will add that in my studio recordings I expand this to background vocals, and sometimes a 2nd standard guitar for a fuller sound.
Besides playing a lot of maj7, diminish, and suspended chords, I often play these with ringing open notes, such as an open A on a Bflat chord. I also often make up chords to enhance the melody.
So I encourage you to take these things as new ideas.
Those that like the older style are certainly welcome to do covers of my songs, some have already.

Music That Challenges

MUSIC THAT CHALLENGES:

Part of what I’m doing has challenged the thinking of many:

1. Get back to basics – don’t over produce your music – let the song through, don’t muddy it with technical clutter.
2. D-Pop where the song is what counts. What doesn’t count is the promotional budget or the fame. Then all are on a level playing field with every new recording.
3. Don’t do videos – Videos are a trick that only about 9 ever promoted pop stars can afford with minimum budgets of $100,000 to make (at least) That is a trick to let money count, not quality, and block out all indie musicians that can’t afford it.
4. Support pennies for play – where everywhere you post your song, you get a penny per play. Customers pay to hear music, like a jukebox online. Works for all content.
5. Fair, no ad revue sites – open to all. Where EVERYONE gets a professional review for a fair processing fee per song.
6. The Music Revolution – that would change every aspect of music and get you a chance at a career by ending the monopoly of the Big 3 Labels that block out new music and prop up the same 9 pop stars you see promoted year after year.
7. Take a break from bands for awhile ( the usual electric guitars, bass, drums). This will force musicians to be innovative instead of fit a 60 year old formula done so well by thousands of others from last century.
8. No corporate radio station will play a protest song. Take away their licenses.
9. New type of Combo guitar playing where I try to play bass, rhythm, and lead all on one guitar. Style that is half way between band and singer songwriter.

You may agree or disagree with a point or two – but they are new ideas, progressive ideas, challenging ideas that will help make music exciting, fun, and out side of corporate hands!

Tom

Ray Cochrane does His Version of My Song YDHTC!

Dear Reader,

Ray Cochrane has done a version of my recent song, “You Don’t Have To Cry.” that I posted here on the FaceBook music group, “Reinventing the Wheel”, ”

He’s changed it up and made more of a lounge tune instrumental to it with a great stand up bass and muted horn. Great work Ray! He’s done a couple of versions. My favorite is this one #2. See my youtube channel TomHendricksMusea

Now it’s time for others to listen and comment. BTW I am proud to add that this is the 4th song of mine redone here on the wheel!
Here is what Ray wrote:

Tom Hendricks I couldn’t catch the chords accurately but dragged this together in the computer… https://soundcloud.com/rayc/ydhtcry2