Archive for May, 2009
Symphonetta Nbr. 6
——– I’ve lost count of how these Symphonetta’s are numbered. It’s in a folder on harddisk somewhere. Anyway when time is right I will sort them out. This is Nbr. 6 that I know ——–
What are Symphonetta’s?
At times it is just fun to play with the melodies and not having to think about the vocals, the lyric, the concept. The way the classical composers works. But I’m not musically trained, got my roots in pop, only play basic piano, so I can’t go really deep with this style of music. But I can still think up a melody. And they should be no longer than say 3 minutes – short classical style recordings, with only the instruments that an orchestra would use.
It means that these recordings can also be musical “scores” – for the musicians to play their parts. So they are demos yes, it only needs the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra to perform it…
Music by Johnny Hoeve
She Told Me
Posted by Johnny in Ballad, Pop, Pop Ballad, Pop Contemporary, R&B on May 22nd, 2009
Sad songs say so much, Elton John sang. They do, yes. Here’s another one. Shirley (lyrics) didn’t want to do the song at first because she thought it was too sad. I could only convince her sayin it can also be looked at as a warning to every guy to be more careful with the one you love. She might not be there anymore one day. But, so sad, that’s too late now for the guy in this song. Buy him a beer and cheer him up…
Song by Shirley E. Matthews & Johnny Hoeve
STYLE: Pop ballad, R&B Ballad