Song a Day 2020

Cory Wong by Vulfpeck

These guys have chops- funk masters who took on Spotify’s royalty system in a now famous silent album that made them nearly $20,000:

The Michigan funk outfit made headlines in March when they released Sleepify, 10 songs of silence that varied between 31 and 32 seconds. The result was a five-minute album of nothingness that the band asked fans to stream on repeat while they slept. The aim was to generate enough royalties for the band to go on tour – promising free shows in return.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/25/vulpeck-the-band-who-made-20000-from-their-silent-spotify-album

Voluntary-Walond by Eastman Brass Quintet

Dubbed from vinyl, a transcription for Brass Quintet from the original work for organ.

Waiting Room by Fugazi

When you are an elementary music teacher, you often don’t have students ask you if they can play a song like this at an assembly. And then it happens.

Whip It by DEVO

I know, I know…but I have a very strong memory of hearing this song for the first time at a half-time show in high school performed by the SHS Cheer Squad. And the famous MTV video scared me.

Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I–Hilary Hahn by Bach

Hilary Hahn is an amazing violinist with an active social media presence. Where else will you see a world-class prodigy do antics like this on YouTube:

The Bed’s Too Big Without You by The Police

A dissertation on The Music of Sting? Check out the citation below the quote:

With “The Bed’s Too Big Without You,” Sting begins to develop more independent bass lines. “Masoko Tanga,” “Canary in a Coalmine,” “Voices Inside My Head,” “One World (Not Three),” “O My God,” “Driven to Tears,” “Hole in My Life,” “Hungry for You,” “Demolition Man,” “Rehumanize Yourself,” “Reggatta de Blanc,” “Peanuts,” and “Walking on the Moon” all provide similar bass lines.

The Music of Sting

Tina Marie by Kenny Wayne shepherd featuring Bryan Lee

Bryan Lee was the self-proclaimed “Braille Blues Daddy” of Bourbon Street.For three decades, the blind guitarist and singer with the epic chin whiskers and omnipresent sunglasses and hat held court five nights a week, most famously at the Old Absinthe Bar. A Wisconsin native, he nonetheless became a standard-bearer for blues in the Big Easy.

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Watch Bryan play the hell out of his Flying V on this video.

That’s Right by The Baldwin Brothers

Well we have a piano of course…

Swansea Town by The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

Here is the Men’s Chorus sound of old.

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard

Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced /ˌlɛnərd ˈskɪnərd/ len-ərd-skin-ərd) is an American rock band best known for popularizing the Southern hard rock genre during the 1970s. Originally formed in 1964 as the “Noble Five” in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tunes “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Free Bird.” At the peak of their success, three members died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the band’s most popular incarnation.

Surviving members re-formed in 1987 for a reunion tour with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant’s younger brother Johnny as frontman. A version of the band continues to tour and record, with only Gary Rossington of its original members remaining as of 2012. Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/261760-Lynyrd-Skynyrd