This week I have a 2 chord song, yes just 2 chords. I look at the pentatonic scale, spin a lovely Jazz tune from a favourite Paris band, we'll see a couple of versions of the half - time beat, and deep dive into the characteristics of Country.

In Hits and Hooks Vignettes, we play some great tunes and lift the hood to see what makes them tick. HHV is a short-form music podcast about how songs keep listeners engaged through hooks, structure, and the subtle musical decisions that quietly do their work.

Follow Hits and Hooks Vignettes, and join me, TuneMoose Matt Bates, for a weekly short walk through musicland! Hits and Hooks Vignettes is produced by Everyone's A Star Records, and hosted by TuneMoose Matt Bates.

Songs:

Beldon Burch - Beyond This Town (Jamendo Licensing)

Jeff Jacobs - Romantic Night (Jamendo Licensing)

Dazie Mae - Sofa (Jamendo Licensing)

E.D. Kennaway - On The Road to Somewhere (Jamendo Licensing)

Gulf Stream Riders - End Of The Line (Jamendo Licensing)

Confushian - Down south (Jamendo Licensing)

Ed Napoli - Azul Dos Seus Olhos (Jamendo Licensing)

Luna Keller - I Don't Know Where I'm Going (Jamendo Licensing)

Music Inserts:

Musica in Armonia - mozart 2 Kyrie in F KV33 (Jamendo Licensing)

VibeCroft - Electronic News (Jamendo Licensing)

Circus Marcus - Beethoven - Bagatelle Op. 119 No 9 (Jamendo Licensing)

Art Music - Road to Paris (Jamendo Licensing)

Bulbasound - Blue Horizon (Jamendo Licensing)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "The Arrival" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Under God's Wing" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Land Of Homemade Wine" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Paris" (Everyone's A Star Records)

Keywords:

music, song analysis, hooks, melody, harmony, rhythm, genre, songwriting, engagement, recording, mixing, production, instruments, performance

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This week I look at rhyming, imagery and the refrain, in song lyrics. We'll see the hooks that come from staggered instrument entrance. What's a sampler? we'll take a look. Also groove and an unusual Blues song.

In Hits and Hooks Vignettes, we play some great tunes and lift the hood to see what makes them tick. HHV is a short-form music podcast about how songs keep listeners engaged through hooks, structure, and the subtle musical decisions that quietly do their work.

Follow Hits and Hooks Vignettes, and join me, TuneMoose Matt Bates, for a weekly short walk through musicland! Hits and Hooks Vignettes is produced by Everyone's A Star Records, and hosted by TuneMoose Matt Bates.

Songs:

FJGI - Peazo gilipollas (Jamendo Licensing)

Radio Nowhere - Caroline (Jamendo Licensing)

Ava Della Petra - Power of you (Jamendo Licensing)

Ingvi Kormaksson - Summer Love (Jamendo Licensing)

Confushian - Dog on a string (Jamendo Licensing)

Forget the Whale - I Know Where You've Been (Jamendo Licensing)

LUCID LIP - Stone Street Serenade (Jamendo Licensing)

Saint Anyway - White Light (And A Bottle Of Wine) (Jamendo Licensing)

Music Inserts:

Various artists - Handel. Suite in D Minor HWV 428 - I. Prelude. Allegro - Yong-Yun Lee (Jamendo Licensing)

moodmode - Outlaws Reckoning (Jamendo Licensing)

OnClassical - Sibelius Jean Kuolema Op. 44 - I. Valse triste (Jamendo Licensing)

Osipov Vladimir - Smooth Jazz (Jamendo Licensing)

pinegroove - Cocktail Mambo (Jamendo Licensing)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "The Arrival" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, " Hasta Que Te Veo De Nuevo" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "My Mom She Told Me" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Ferry Me Away" (Everyone's A Star Records)

Keywords:

music, song analysis, hooks, melody, harmony, rhythm, genre, songwriting, engagement, recording, mixing, production, instruments, performance

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This week we'll see some vocal virtuosity, I dive into folky ballads, and for contrast a rockin' drivin' riffin' song. Ostinato, what's that? What makes a rhyme and how can we use them. And we'll have a laugh or two.

In Hits and Hooks Vignettes, we play some great tunes and lift the hood to see what makes them tick. HHV is a short-form music podcast about how songs keep listeners engaged through hooks, structure, and the subtle musical decisions that quietly do their work.

Follow Hits and Hooks Vignettes, and join me, TuneMoose Matt Bates, for a weekly short walk through musicland! Hits and Hooks Vignettes is produced by Everyone's A Star Records, and hosted by TuneMoose Matt Bates.

Songs:

Jeff Jacobs - Let's Live Like Animals (Jamendo Licensing)

Dustin Chapman - Slow Dance (Jamendo Licensing)

ASHWYN - Waiting For Someone (Jamendo Licensing)

Clark Ford - Throwin' Our Love Away (Jamendo Licensing)

The Sean Moon Band - Out Here (Jamendo Licensing)

FinnFixx - All Your Love (Jamendo Licensing)

Luke Davids - Lonesome Road (Jamendo Licensing)

Katilyn - Follow the Flow (Jamendo Licensing)

Music Inserts:

Various artists - Haydn. Sonata in B Minor Hob XVI 32 - I. Allegro - Ji Eun Park (Jamendo Licensing)

Robert80z - Paradise (Jamendo Licensing)

piccadillyCircus - New Orleans Dixieland (Jamendo Licensing)

filigree4 - Latin Guitars (Jamendo Licensing)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "The Arrival" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Shifting Winds" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "First Snow Of Winter" (Everyone's A Star Records)

TuneMoose Matt Bates, "Witness" (Everyone's A Star Records)

Keywords:

music, song analysis, hooks, melody, harmony, rhythm, genre, songwriting, engagement, recording, mixing, production, instruments, performance

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.