We wrote about some famous rock and roll classics songwriters like David Gates a while back, but you may not know about the three sonwriters so associated with Motown. Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland are the men. Songs they wrote are still being placed with artists today and that's the way to keep those royalties coming in for years!
HOLLANDDOZIERHOLLAND OFFICIAL link
and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ROCKHALL BIO OF HOLLAND DOZIER and HOLLAND
Showing posts with label singer songwriters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label singer songwriters. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
MARGARET LEE RUNBECK on Friendship
“Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.” - Margaret Lee Runbeck
Monday, May 27, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
"HARMONY" EXPLAINED BY ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANICCA
BRITANICCA HARMONY link
"Harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. In practice, this broad definition can also include some instances of notes sounded one after the other. If the consecutively sounded notes call to mind the notes of a familiar chord (a group of notes sounded together), the ear creates its own simultaneity in the same way that the eye perceives movement in a motion picture. In such cases the ear perceives the harmony that would result if the notes had sounded together. In a narrower sense, harmony refers to the extensively developed system of chords and the ... " (If you subscribe to the encyclopedia there are another 10,000 words or so to define the word!)
We're bringing this up because HARMONY was an important aspect to the music of the early to mid 1960's. Think BACKGROUND SINGERS. Think Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...
"Harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. In practice, this broad definition can also include some instances of notes sounded one after the other. If the consecutively sounded notes call to mind the notes of a familiar chord (a group of notes sounded together), the ear creates its own simultaneity in the same way that the eye perceives movement in a motion picture. In such cases the ear perceives the harmony that would result if the notes had sounded together. In a narrower sense, harmony refers to the extensively developed system of chords and the ... " (If you subscribe to the encyclopedia there are another 10,000 words or so to define the word!)
We're bringing this up because HARMONY was an important aspect to the music of the early to mid 1960's. Think BACKGROUND SINGERS. Think Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
WEEZERS TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY
"Buddy Holly" came out in 2004 on Weezer's Blue Album (Geffen Records) and was produced by Ric Ocasek. The band, which formed in Kinosha, Wisconsin has been touring in New Zealand and Australiasia.
Curious? Here's a link to their official site! WEEZERS 2013 TOUR
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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