In a minor chord environment setting, there is only one Blue Note, the flatted 5th of the root chord. In a Dominant 7th (pure Blues) environment, there are two Blue Notes: the flatted 3rd and the flatted 5th. In a Major 7 chord environment, there are 3 Blue Notes: the flatted 3rd, the flatted 5th and the flatted 7th. Hopefully this wasn't too nerdy for you and you got what I meant!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1bLpBOGnY
?????? ?????? ????? is my own concoction consisting of merging the song "Jingle Bells" with the song "Silver Bells" and set to a Western Swing feel. I've always loved Western Swing because the 50's style featured some of the hottest southern guitarists around. These boys were jazz-informed while playing country style and always with a wink and a smile. Western Swing isn't Western Swing unless it has a big sense of humor. It's playful music.
?????? ????? is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder; this recording, believed to be the first Christmas record, is lost, but an 1898 recording also from Edison Records survives.
On the other hand, ?????? ????? is a much more contemporary tune composed circa 1950 by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The first recorded version was sung by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers. The recording was released by Decca Records in October 1950. After the Crosby/Richards recording became popular, Hope and Maxwell were called back in late 1950 to reshoot a more elaborate production of the song.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgZn7dw19u0
Daniel Liszt (aka 'Dark Journalist') clearly and concisely lays out the difference between the mainstream narrative (the news), the counter-story, and 'junk conspiracy theory.'
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjIWUuF8Pc
For some reason, moments like this make all the struggle of being a full time musician worthwhile. When I finished my Facebook Live Stream, this guy started calling up to me from the alley asking me to come to the window. Moments like this just warm my heart!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKp1VB8rmM
John Phillips, one of the main songwriters for the Mamas & the Papas wrote some songs that easily rivaled the writing of the Lennon-McCartney team. Songs I would refer to as being great compositions would be this one, Monday Monday and I Saw Her Again. Granted, the last two are strictly Beatles influenced but nonetheless not so much a copy cat situation as striving toward the greatness of Paul & John's composing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_Oj0e__Sg