Hi. Two weeks or more have passed and I've been working to finish and file my 2008 taxes. I have not had time to write about songwriting or make any new videos worth posting on YouTube. But I have one thing to say today, and I'll make it short.
I once used Blogit.com, and my Religion and Spirituality blog was always in the to fifty, usually in the top 20, week after week, and since there were about10,000 blogs on the subject, that seemed to be pretty good. I have not posted there for over a year, but I still have the fire in my heart to write about apiritual values and concepts.
I don't carry any particular religious flag here, because there is too much divisivenss, and it seems that if you life any particular banner, it sparks hostility and hurt feelings among many, many people. Soi all I have to offer on the subject is this: There's something about poets, songwriters, singers, actors, artists, dancers, people of every kind in the arts and humanities, that seems to be characteristic of most: We are all drawn to a higher plane, a higher Power, like sunflowers turning aa landscape, unanamously and all at once, toward the sun. They are classified as "heliotropes," or sun seekers. I've noticed that most really inspired, soulful, deep people are "Theo-tropic," that is they turn toward "Theos," the Greek word meaning god, or God, if you perfer. We generally live less well structured, less conformist lives than the general population, many of us marry several times, often turbulently, or drink or smoke or party too much, or do other things that may be more or less taboo for the general population, but one thing is sure, as faulty and "weak" as some of us are, as prone to human frailty and "bad behavior" as we may be, we are drawn, nonetheless, in the direction of the Higher Power, God, the Lord, and that seems to be true in 'way more than half the people I know in the arts and humanities. Songwriting is part of that scene, and I'm happy that so many of my friends and dearest ones in the arts and humanities are "Theotropic" people, like me. Without offending anyone by being selective of this or that way of expressing this "turning to God" type of trait, without saying this is "my way" of relating to or expressing my love for the Almighty, there is no doubt we are in general agreement that good is better than eveil, beauty is better than ugliness, and kindness is much, much superior to rudeness, and finally love is better than cruelty, affection is better than hate.
Now that's off my chest, I'll get back to my Income Tax Forms, and have them in on time (for the first time in years!)
James P. Louviere, AKA DrHanzonScience (Go to YouTube.com/user/DrHanzonScience for more.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Is Songwriting somehow connected to "blessings"?
There's a really nice custom we have, but as a commentator mentioned in an email today, saying God bless you" or "Gesundheit" or whatever is probably just a nice, polite thing we do that kind of binds us all in a nice warm network of humanity. But lately, in the exact same time period when Ive been incredibly creative, posting 17 musical videos on YouTube in 21 days, and having 12 of them rated "five stars" (the highest rating), and two at 4.5 stars, and three not yet rated (two are very dark, and probably discourage rating by being so dark), I have been giving blessing right and left, to whomever seems like they may be receptive. I'm old enough and harmless looking enough that I don't tend to frighten people, Check out my video I'll add at the end and you can see what I look like.
I'll tell you next time we meet how blessing is connected to wongwriting, but for now, just assume it is ("take it on faith")and let me bestow my no-fail blessing on you:
Bod bless you! Eery day of you life, from today on, will be marked by some unexpected, "undeserved," un asked-for blessing straight from the Divine source of all life and power. This I promise will happen!
It will, and you'll be amazed, but don't expect to get "free money" or any other much advertised "benefit." Look for more important, vital, relationship things that will work out for you in surprising ways. I'll let you in on my secret next time I blog with you. Meanwhile, if something happens, please let everyone who reads this know, by your comment. Happy Valentines day!
I have 3 songs without ratings. Here's the URL for one: the dumbest Man Taking Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7Uw6Q34bM.
I'll tell you next time we meet how blessing is connected to wongwriting, but for now, just assume it is ("take it on faith")and let me bestow my no-fail blessing on you:
Bod bless you! Eery day of you life, from today on, will be marked by some unexpected, "undeserved," un asked-for blessing straight from the Divine source of all life and power. This I promise will happen!
It will, and you'll be amazed, but don't expect to get "free money" or any other much advertised "benefit." Look for more important, vital, relationship things that will work out for you in surprising ways. I'll let you in on my secret next time I blog with you. Meanwhile, if something happens, please let everyone who reads this know, by your comment. Happy Valentines day!
I have 3 songs without ratings. Here's the URL for one: the dumbest Man Taking Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7Uw6Q34bM.
YouTube - zydeco obama
YouTube - zydeco obama
I'm telling you, Cher, this music is bringing everybody out on the floor. Zydeco is king, even in New Mexico - hey, what a line Do yo Zydeco In New Mexico
DrHanzonScience man, http://that-hands-on-music-guy.com for more.
I'm telling you, Cher, this music is bringing everybody out on the floor. Zydeco is king, even in New Mexico - hey, what a line Do yo Zydeco In New Mexico
DrHanzonScience man, http://that-hands-on-music-guy.com for more.
Notice to Reader: Someone you may know has 12 five-star songs on YouTube right now!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
FLASH ! Someone you may know has twelve new songs on YouTube with top ratings!
It's great to be doing something you love with all your hear 24/7 and see it expand by a factor of 1200% in just three weeks! The author of this post has had that success!
On January 24, 20009, I posted my first song on YouTube. Today is Valentine's day, just three weeks later, and I have 12 songs on YouTube with perfect 5-star ratings!
I have five others posted. Two have 4.5 (very good) ratings, and three are unrated so far. Now that's seventeen videos in 21 days. I could never have done with without the cooperation of my informal partner, Mao Sim. We work together a whole lot, in two totally different lines of work, and sometimes we don't even see each other for five or six days, but I contribute a lot of hours and some experience to her specialty silk ijmport business, having been in business for myself for over fouteen years, off and one, and having managed multi-million dollar edccational programs for about the same amount of time. In turn, she helps me with budgeting and helps manage the logistics and good order of our studio near Boston. Her contacts in the business community in both Boston and New York and over in Cambodia are terrific assets, and we enjoy each other's special qualities so much that it's often more like play than work.
Do you get any input from your readers or tho people who watch your videos on YouTube?
I really do, and I belong to Twitter, My Space, Star Search,MOG and Plaxo. Plaxo is very active, and is full of musicians, producers, record producers and label oweners, composers, performers, soloists and sidemen, with a huge number in New York, and in jazz and Christian music. It's lively, it's a pleasure to use, and the commradship almost leaves me breathless. The generosity, spiritual values and high energy level sort of tend to sweep me off my feet. Plaxo is so active that between actually writing my songs, rehearsing them with my guitar, doing the camera work, and corresponding with Plaxo folks, I hardly have any time for blogging or social networking.
I know this post is longer than most, and is maybe too long, but have you any suggestions for readers about how to write songs that get high ratings?
Yep, I have three suggestions, based on what I've done that seems to get me attention and make my work popular.
1. Learn, study, read, listen, play music, jam with people who are better than you, take lessons, learn the tavlature and keyboard of your instruments, try different instruments, and get involved with fun events, which your local music scene provides for you.
2. Travel,live in foreign lands, get to know families and individuals in those countries so well that you are considered a member of the family. So the same with families where you live. Music is an intensely human communication experience, an emotional thing, and unless you are involved with people emotionally, you just "ain't gonna cut it" as a musician.
3. Forget about instant fame. If you are an overnight child success, you'll probably be a noboy in ten years. If you're a nobody in music, like me, for sixty years, you may end up as a somebodyvery quickly when your chance comes, and you'll "knock 'em dead" with your talent and skills and savvy, because you're a seasoned veteral, after all, and for younger people you are a model, for those you own age, you will be a treasure, someone thay want to hug and hiss and cood for and spend time with,not just for the music, but because you such a fantastic human being.
So that's it, study,travel, and mingle?
Yeah, you can sum it up that way, but it's not just three quick words and you're done. Remember, I'll be 72 in a week or so, and I'm just beginning to blossom in music. It's been a lifelong development, and a whole lot of work.
Well, James, thanks for sharing. What can people reading do for you
I'm short on time, so i'll make it brief. Communicate with me. go to my "Contact Us" link on my website (just clink the link I just gave you), or post a comment on this log, or on Plaxo, and tell me A. one specific thing you like about my songs, and B. how you can help me develop into TV, radio, telephone interviews for radio, and appearances at events or other large gatherings where people might enjoy my singing.
Here's a list of my songs you can look at right now if you've at your computer:Click on the songs below
1. Dumbest Man Talking Blues on You Tube *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7Uw6Q34bM&feature=channel_page
2. The Dumbest Man in Town *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHjZ6mdfWY
3. Cajun Joe and Marie Laveau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EBCkbq_1yA&feature=channel_page
4. The Gooli-Goo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHHpNPRRbo
5. Faded Photographs *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3wTuqTtP4&feature=channel_page
6. The St. James Infirmary Blues Explained *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4oeNSaA70&feature=channel
7. The St. James Infirmary Blues *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CvrbtxN1E&feature=channel
8. Day Glow *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0ZmIMjKk0&feature=channel
9. Tell Me Why *****
\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVl3YxDtho&feature=channel
10. Cockelshells and Me *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTImss9fbU&feature=chann
11. Get it On! - Hey Little Woman, Put Yo' Red Dress On! *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkapSBroJX8&feature=channel
12. Leather, Silk and Lace] **** 4.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYpftChu928&feature=channel
13. The Sugar Palm Tree *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-0bwRnW1M&feature=channel
14. You Came! **** 4.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-qXgR0Pr8&feature=channel
15. The Ballad of Sam Bede *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_NJFv74ffI&feature=channel
16. The Sam Bede Blues (Two Takes) *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqgkn-l6fjo&feature=channel
17. Thank you to my supporters on YouTube *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni3E9Knvnh0&feature=channel_page
Posted by DrHanzonScience at 9:43 PM 0 comments
Labels: ValentineSongRatingYouTube2009
FLASH ! Someone you may know has twelve new songs on YouTube with top ratings!
It's great to be doing something you love with all your hear 24/7 and see it expand by a factor of 1200% in just three weeks! The author of this post has had that success!
On January 24, 20009, I posted my first song on YouTube. Today is Valentine's day, just three weeks later, and I have 12 songs on YouTube with perfect 5-star ratings!
I have five others posted. Two have 4.5 (very good) ratings, and three are unrated so far. Now that's seventeen videos in 21 days. I could never have done with without the cooperation of my informal partner, Mao Sim. We work together a whole lot, in two totally different lines of work, and sometimes we don't even see each other for five or six days, but I contribute a lot of hours and some experience to her specialty silk ijmport business, having been in business for myself for over fouteen years, off and one, and having managed multi-million dollar edccational programs for about the same amount of time. In turn, she helps me with budgeting and helps manage the logistics and good order of our studio near Boston. Her contacts in the business community in both Boston and New York and over in Cambodia are terrific assets, and we enjoy each other's special qualities so much that it's often more like play than work.
Do you get any input from your readers or tho people who watch your videos on YouTube?
I really do, and I belong to Twitter, My Space, Star Search,MOG and Plaxo. Plaxo is very active, and is full of musicians, producers, record producers and label oweners, composers, performers, soloists and sidemen, with a huge number in New York, and in jazz and Christian music. It's lively, it's a pleasure to use, and the commradship almost leaves me breathless. The generosity, spiritual values and high energy level sort of tend to sweep me off my feet. Plaxo is so active that between actually writing my songs, rehearsing them with my guitar, doing the camera work, and corresponding with Plaxo folks, I hardly have any time for blogging or social networking.
I know this post is longer than most, and is maybe too long, but have you any suggestions for readers about how to write songs that get high ratings?
Yep, I have three suggestions, based on what I've done that seems to get me attention and make my work popular.
1. Learn, study, read, listen, play music, jam with people who are better than you, take lessons, learn the tavlature and keyboard of your instruments, try different instruments, and get involved with fun events, which your local music scene provides for you.
2. Travel,live in foreign lands, get to know families and individuals in those countries so well that you are considered a member of the family. So the same with families where you live. Music is an intensely human communication experience, an emotional thing, and unless you are involved with people emotionally, you just "ain't gonna cut it" as a musician.
3. Forget about instant fame. If you are an overnight child success, you'll probably be a noboy in ten years. If you're a nobody in music, like me, for sixty years, you may end up as a somebodyvery quickly when your chance comes, and you'll "knock 'em dead" with your talent and skills and savvy, because you're a seasoned veteral, after all, and for younger people you are a model, for those you own age, you will be a treasure, someone thay want to hug and hiss and cood for and spend time with,not just for the music, but because you such a fantastic human being.
So that's it, study,travel, and mingle?
Yeah, you can sum it up that way, but it's not just three quick words and you're done. Remember, I'll be 72 in a week or so, and I'm just beginning to blossom in music. It's been a lifelong development, and a whole lot of work.
Well, James, thanks for sharing. What can people reading do for you
I'm short on time, so i'll make it brief. Communicate with me. go to my "Contact Us" link on my website (just clink the link I just gave you), or post a comment on this log, or on Plaxo, and tell me A. one specific thing you like about my songs, and B. how you can help me develop into TV, radio, telephone interviews for radio, and appearances at events or other large gatherings where people might enjoy my singing.
Here's a list of my songs you can look at right now if you've at your computer:Click on the songs below
1. Dumbest Man Talking Blues on You Tube *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7Uw6Q34bM&feature=channel_page
2. The Dumbest Man in Town *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHjZ6mdfWY
3. Cajun Joe and Marie Laveau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EBCkbq_1yA&feature=channel_page
4. The Gooli-Goo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHHpNPRRbo
5. Faded Photographs *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3wTuqTtP4&feature=channel_page
6. The St. James Infirmary Blues Explained *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4oeNSaA70&feature=channel
7. The St. James Infirmary Blues *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CvrbtxN1E&feature=channel
8. Day Glow *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0ZmIMjKk0&feature=channel
9. Tell Me Why *****
\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVl3YxDtho&feature=channel
10. Cockelshells and Me *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTImss9fbU&feature=chann
11. Get it On! - Hey Little Woman, Put Yo' Red Dress On! *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkapSBroJX8&feature=channel
12. Leather, Silk and Lace] **** 4.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYpftChu928&feature=channel
13. The Sugar Palm Tree *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-0bwRnW1M&feature=channel
14. You Came! **** 4.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-qXgR0Pr8&feature=channel
15. The Ballad of Sam Bede *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_NJFv74ffI&feature=channel
16. The Sam Bede Blues (Two Takes) *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqgkn-l6fjo&feature=channel
17. Thank you to my supporters on YouTube *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni3E9Knvnh0&feature=channel_page
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