I was doing some song study and found these three hooks featuring regularly... melodic leaps, stepwise harmonic motion, and vocalizations. I'll be looking out for them in our indie songs this week. My featured artist is Jeff Jacobs out of New York City.
In Hits and Hooks Vignettes, we play some great tunes and lift the hood to see what makes them tick. HHV is a music podcast about how songs keep listeners engaged through hooks, structure, and subtle musical decisions.
Follow Hits and Hooks Vignettes, and join me, TuneMoose Matt Bates, for a weekly short walk through musicland! Hits and Hooks Vignettes is produced by Everyone's A Star Records, and hosted by TuneMoose Matt Bates.
SONG SUBMISSIONS: For consideration to include your song(s) on the show please send links to mattb@every1zastar.ca We listen to everything that we receive. Keep in mind that we play finished, radio-ready records. You can get a sense of where the bar is set from the other songs we play on the show.
Songs In This Episode:
Tim Koerber - Bright Side (Jamendo Licensing)
Jeff Jacobs - Cinnamon Buns (Jamendo Licensing)
Jeff Jacobs - Play With Fire (Jamendo Licensing)
Jeff Jacobs - Unfaithful (Jamendo Licensing)
Saint Anyway - Another Song Misericordiae (Jamendo Licensing)
flo - feel dirty (Jamendo Licensing)
Music Inserts:
BGM Studio - Cooking with a Smile (Jamendo Licensing)
TuneMoose Matt Bates, \"Everything 'Bout Love\" (Everyone's A Star Records)
TuneMoose Matt Bates, \"Etude #7\" (Everyone's A Star Records)
TuneMoose Matt Bates, \"The Arrival\" (Everyone's A Star Records)
Keywords:
music, song analysis, hooks, melody, harmony, rhythm, genre, songwriting, engagement, recording, mixing, production, instruments, performance
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