Notes_Norton

I'm happy your guitar survived undamaged. I had a friend who put his SG against his amp to go to the kitchen for a snack during practice. When he got back, it fell, and the headstock broke and was folded against the neck.

The Wind The Scream (First Theme) — Ennio Morricone

The beatniks called it “Beat Poetry”. The Charlie Parker part was music, and they added poetry on top. The result was a hybrid. I'm not posting a criticism to Rap, it's an art form all by itself, but it's poetry, often over some music. Is a woman doing a strip tease to music, doing what you would call making music? No, she is dancing to the music. Is that mockingbird outside my window making music? No, it's beautiful but melody without rhythm or harmony. African Tribal Percussion is not music if it lacks all 3 elements. That doesn't mean it's bad, it can be delightful, and I get lost in the rhythms, but it isn't music unless it has melody, harmony, and rhythm. That's like saying "I woke up this morning, ate breakfast, and caught the bus to work" poetry. It's just prose. It's all good IMO as long as it has someone who likes it, but we have to be careful with watering down our definitions, or they eventually become meaningless. Rap is poetry that can be recited over music. Like the beatniks did, only more modern. Music: 1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. That's what I was taught in school. Rap may be great, I might love it, but it fails the definition. This is not a criticism, just an observation. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Quite entertaining, I enjoyed it, and it's definitely an art form, but other than the guitar solos, it's not music. Poetry? Theatrics? Whatever. But until you can notate that on a staff and play it with piano, saxophone, guitar, trumpet, or whatever, IMO it isn't music. It would be like saying a Shakespeare play is music if you gave it a guitar intro. Or the Beat Poets of the 1950s reciting poetry over Charlie Parker recordings. Music needs all three, melody, harmony and rhythm. What I'm not saying is that Rap is bad. Some is good, some isn't. What I am saying is that it isn't music. It's an art form but not a song. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Diamonds & Rust — Joan Baez

Leave those trees alone. ^ ^ ^

It got me the year Amadeus won. Being in the school band we played Mozart, never one of my favorites, but I watched it anyway. Basically it was a flop. Stayed in the theaters a week, and left. Then it won the Oscar for best picture (it was OK, but not best picture), ran through the theaters again, and became a smash hit. That's when I realized, the Oscars are nothing but either a pat on the back, or an advertisement. Sorry to touch on this as some will disagree. Rap doesn't belong to be called as music. Music needs all three, melody, harmony, and rhythm. Can you get out some music paper, put a staff, time signature, and key signature and notate the rap? Then get your piano, guitar, saxophone, or voice and play it? No. Because there is no melody. I can open a music book and play the melody and chords from songs by Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Burt Bacharach, Leiber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Rogers & Hammerstein, Stan Kenton, Hank Snow, Zac Brown, and millions of others, but not Kanye West or any other rapper. Rap is a valid art form, it's poetry to a beat, but without a melody, it's no really music, and therefore doesn't belong in a music hall of fame. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Holly Holy — Neil Diamond

Hey! Showing off is what I do for a living.

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend — Stan Jones (and plenty of covers)

I agree with that. When an industry creates awards for itself, much more than what they say the award is about gets involved. Politics and money get involved in the award nominations and winners. I don't care if my favorite artist is in there or snubbed, and if something like this doesn't present itself to me, I don't even know who is in or who is out. But that's just me, others care very much about it, and that's OK, too.

It's an orange youtan

I read an article about it (didn't watch the video) and personally, I think she is making a wrong decision. And I disagree with her sensitivity about the studio musicians being called The Wrecking Crew. If you are making a mint, doing what you love to do, it doesn't matter what they call you. But it's her choice. Sadly, it doesn't look likely that I'll ever get nominated. But she is still a great bassist, and fine guitarist.

Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo A meh song IMO but the songs just have to associate, they don't need to be a favorite. But it's much better than the one I didn't post a video on a while back.

I toured in the 60s and 70s, and I'm doing one-nighters now. I'm singing better than I ever did. Why? I keep at it, and know how to do it to protect my voice. Most pop singers just sing improperly. Why? You don't need lessons to sing. It's easy to sing wrong and still sound good. My high range is better, my low range is fuller, and with the experience I've gained, I'm more expressive. I'm playing sax, wind synth and guitar better than ever, too. Though I haven't improved much on drums, flute, bass, or keyboards. But at today's ticket prices, for a concert, it had better be one of my favorite symphonies. I'll go to a nightclub to hear jazz. And I don't think I'd ever pay to hear a tribute band.

I still have my full range, and I sing to the top, but not all song, every song. If you sing properly, you can sing at the top all night. Opera singers do it all the time. But opera singers are taught proper breath support and how to sing with a relaxed larynx.

Running Bear — Johnny Preston (I don't like the song, so you don't get a video. If curious, search at your own risk).

Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson