Here's what will be happening on Sunday, August 7 at 2 p.m.
Carl will be Coaching.
Let’s Talk Country
Have you written a country song?( or religious). Bring your country songs you have written or you just love to play. Why? What?
“ In country music certain themes keep reoccurring. These themes must be treated unpretentiously and honestly. Your job as a country writer will be to dramatize blue-collar problems in a vividly down to earth way, rather than romanticize and falsify them.” Country music is simple. They are based in reality. Follows a Rhyme pattern.
Book: Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn,
If They Ask You, You Can Write a Song 1979.
Here are some classic country songs:
1.Coal Miners Daughter- Lorretta Lynn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8lchkhrxcE
2. Love Hurts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUr9X3mic_U
3. King of the Road- Roger Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUr9X3mic_U
4. Your Cheatin Heart - Hank Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tiGG45ge9g
5. I saw the Light- Hank Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtolv9kM1qk
Some Country Prompts:
a. The Daily Grind
b. The water is gone
c. Seven days a week
d. Every night alone
e. Dogs never lie
Here's how to get to the workshop:
Please note that we have changed our Zoom account. This is a new link. To avoid confusion, if you have our old link saved anywhere, be sure to delete it!
Click on this link or paste it into your browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82787694684?pwd=dmJWemxOckJET29mdCtJQjc3Ry8yZz09
Meeting ID: 827 8769 4684
Passcode: 939440
Bill Valenti will be Coaching next week!