By Hans Ebert It’s all become so formulaic, but how does one politely tell someone who believes they have written something original that it’s derivative? My singer friend Jennifer remarked the other day that she didn’t know whether it was just her, or was “Pop” music all sounding the same- meaning almost a nursery rhyme [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Paul Simon’
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SONG
Posted: 7th April 2017 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Entertainment Industry, Justin Bieber, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Bacharach and David, Brian Wilson, Drake, George and Ira Gershwin, Harry Nilsson, Henry Mancini, Irving Berlin, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Justin Bieber, LED ZEPPELIN, Leon Russell, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, Paul Williams, Pet Sounds, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Stones, The Beatles, Tin Pan Alley- Cole Porter
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THE DIM SUM DIARIES: JAMES TAYLOR
Posted: 16th January 2017 by We-Enhance in Hong Kong, MusicTags: Alison Krauss, Country Roads, Drake, DYLAN, Ian Matthews, J-Lo, Jackson Browne, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Webb, Kenny Rankin, Leon Russell, Loggins, McCartney, Paul Simon, Scarlet Johansson, Selena Gomez, Smokey Robinson, Steve Gadd, Stevie Wonder, The Weeknd, Todd Rundgren
By Hans Ebert Word is that James Taylor is performing in Hong Kong next month and that drummer Steve Gadd will be part of his backup band. Guess so. Musician friends are looking forward to the gig and have taken it for granted that I’ll be there. But I’m not too sure I will as [...]
THERE’S STILL RHYMIN’ SIMON
Posted: 7th January 2017 by We-Enhance in Music, Music Industry, Music MattersTags: Band On The Run in Lagos, Bookends, Carrie Fisher, Edie Brickell, Graceland, Hearts And Bones, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, Simon Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy In New York, township jive music
By Hans Ebert The track “Graceland” came floating out of a racing radio station in Perth today. Where it was coming from added to what is a pretty eclectic record from a musician with a very wry sense of humour, and who, way too often is passed over when discussing those who have changed the [...]
EMBRACING AND GIVING THANKS TO THE MIRACLE OF MUSIC
Posted: 26th May 2016 by We-Enhance in BOB DYLAN, Music, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: BLAKE SHELTON, Bowie, Cole Porter, Don Henley, DYLAN, Emmylou Harris, ERIC CLAPTON, GWEN STEFANI, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Page, Kanye West, Paul MCCARTNEY, Paul Simon, Perez Hilton, Prince, ROBERT PLANT
By Hans Ebert There’s no other way to put it: We’re all going to die, some before others. And as we face mortality, we start making changes and finalising plans- the obituary, the funeral, how and where you want to lay your weary head, who you want to be beside you, what you want to [...]
AND THEN CAME LUKAS GRAHAM
Posted: 2nd May 2016 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Marketing, Music, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: 7 Years, Andrew Gold, Beatles, Carly Simon, Carole King, Craig Doerge, Danny Korchmar, ERIC CLAPTON, GEORGE HARRISON, Jaco Pastorius, JAMES TAYLOR, joni mitchell, Leland Sklaar, Like Hozier, Lukas Graham, Paul Simon, Peter Principle, ROBERT PLANT, Steve Gadd, Take Me To The Church, Waddy Watchel
By Hans Ebert There’s a track out called “7 Years” by Danish band Lukas Graham that’s been on Repeat at home and in my head for the past few weeks. That’s scary because the track is almost a year old and makes me concerned that I’m letting too much clutter into my life and not [...]
THE MAGIC AND THE LOVE OF SHARING MUSIC
Posted: 14th April 2016 by We-Enhance in BOB DYLAN, Marketing, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: "THE VOICE", Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, Brian Wilson, Carole King, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Don Henley, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Webb, John Martyn, joni mitchell, Juarez, LES PAUL, Mitch Mitchell, Paul Simon, Prince, Richard Thompson, the Eagles, The Stones, Tom Thumb
By Hans Ebert If every industry used the power of music to attract consumers, there just might be more honesty in the world that will make this a happier place- or, at least, more of a thinking person’s world, and not the vapid moment in time it can often be when one sings, “What’s it [...]
STORYTELLERS AND WHY THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS A DAMN GOOD AD AGENCY
Posted: 7th April 2016 by We-Enhance in BOB DYLAN, Beatles, Jay-Z, Marketing, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: Adele, BERNIE TAUPIN, Bob Dylan, Bowie, Brian Wilson, Coldplay, Desolation Row, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, EMI, ERIC CLAPTON, Fiddy, Highway 61 Revisited, Jay-Z broke, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Kunta Kinte, Paul Simon, Puff Daddy, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift and OneDirection, Tom Thumb’s Blues
By Hans Ebert Maybe it was listening to Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited album after all these years, and hearing his stories put to music- “Like A Rolling Stone”, “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” and “Desolation Row”- that had us talking about music’s storytellers, and who’s there today writing songs that touch heart, head and soul. [...]
THE MISSING STEP IN MUSIC APPRECIATION’S TWELVE STEP PROGRAMME
Posted: 11th April 2015 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Music, Music Industry, Music MattersTags: Beatles, Billie Marten, Brian Wilson, Coldplay, Don Henley, Ed Sheeran, Fiona Bevan, George Martin, Gorillaz, Jimmy Webb, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Paul MCCARTNEY, Paul Simon, Phil Spector, Ray Davies, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, The Beach Boys, TIN PAN ALLEY, U2
It’s all about the song and thank gawd for a new generation of singer-songwriters- for some reason, mainly female- like the fantastic Fiona Bevan, 15-year-old Billie Marten, Kaya etc- who write intelligent lyrics with all the right hooks to draw you in and keep you happily imprisoned in their songs. These singer-songwriters also understand the [...]
A RETURN TO MUSIC’S STORYTELLERS
Posted: 18th June 2013 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Music, Music Industry, Music MattersTags: Adele, Alicia Keys, Brian Wilson, Carly Simon, Clapton, Don Henley, DYLAN, EMINEM, Harry Nilsson, JAMES TAYLOR, Jerry Jeff Walker’s Mr Bojangles, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Keisha, Lady Gaga, Laura Nyro, Lennon, MADONNA, Paul Simon, Ray Davies
When it comes to opening a club, bar or restaurant, it’s location, location, location. In music, its the song, song, song written by storytellers- and being a musical storyteller is something and someone who can never be replaced. Musical stories don’t exactly have to be Shakespeare, either. They can be quite primal, and to the [...]