Showing posts with label Descending Minor Riffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Descending Minor Riffs. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2012

Break The Office Routine - Today!

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This is what we musical types (and media production types) call either "break music," an "intro," or an "outro," which last term sounds imbecilic, but they still use it. We should all sign a petition.

This instrumental is one of the most upbeat, adrenalin-pumping', get-up-and-get-to-it pieces of music which I've ever heard. It is aptly named "The Horse," and it has the distinction of containing one of my favorite guitar licks since the guitar evolved from the lute. If you ever have money to bet, I'll play it for you.

I'll offer you a challenge. Here's what you should do. If you work in a large office or factory, especially if you either punch the clock or work for an anal-retentive slavedriver, crank up your speakers and play this song at the beginning of the day, at breaktime, and at "quittin' time. People may roll their eyes at you, but they will be cheering inside. You may even catch a few stray, grins, and a suppressed laugh or two (you know, the kind where your target, puts his or her lips tightly together, looks down, and emits a sound either like a helium balloon being aired, or like they are stifling a sneeze). I dare you.

I also should remind you to follow RadioDAZZ on Twitter, where you can share, comment, and re-tweet. Here are your coordinates, Earthlings:

http://twitter.com/RadioDAZZ and http://twitter.com/DAZZRadio.


Click below and enjoy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHMrGx_jG0&feature=related\








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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home

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"Johnny Come Home," is one of my favorite songs from Fine Young Cannibals. Aside from the compelling desperation and intensity of the message, aside from Gift's empassioned tenor voice, aside from the cup-muted trumpet that cries throughout, aside from the guitar with choked strings, and aside from this frantic hybrid beat --- somewhere between a reggae on amphetamines and a military double-pace march --- the song is utterly memorable and uniquely written, arranged and performed.

It will haunt you.

The song uses a descending minor bassline (with corresponding chord changes) which has been used in various forms by other artists in numerous hits. A few examples of this descending minor riff, in its variations:

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Beatles
"24 or 6 to 4" - Chicago
"Roxanne" - Police
"Temptation Eyes" - Guess Who
" Walk Don't Run" - The Ventures (or was it the Surfaris?)
"I'll Be Back" - Beatles
"We Can Work It Out" [the bridge] - Beatles
"How Can I Be Sure?" - The Rascals

Enjoy this song, and let it impact you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBE850kay0





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