MUSI 3200N Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jim Croce, Electric Guitar, Aldon Music
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Personal point of view: the musical focus resided in the vocals and the lyrics instrumentation fell to the background of the texture, singer/songwriters wrote and sang songs about the emotional traumas of divorce, lost. Love and loneliness in a plaintive, confessional manner that finds its roots in the. Baby james in 1970: this album came to define the sounds of the soft rock singer/songwriter, his song fire and rain described taylor"s feelings about lost relationships and friends. Song: fire and rain: starts with acoustic guitar, electric piano and cello enter, mellow, melodic vocals enter, light drums enter at the chorus and stay through the next verse. Carole king: carole king began her career as a songwriter for aldon music with her writing. It is characterized by a piano/guitar riff that introduce the song and then provide the fills between vocal entrances. Song: mother and child reunion: starts with drums, hammond organ, electric guitar (uses tremolo style playing), bass.
