Dear "Tano Music"...

Concerning your latest, "Head Game", would you believe I'm at a loss for words??? To prove that to you, I'm gonna leave the next line after this paragraph blank:

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Whew! Took me so long to format that all stuff that it gave me time to think about what I want to say to about "Head Game": it's simply one of the most original, creative and unexpected Band-in-a-Box productions I've ever listened to on this User's Forum. 9/8 time? The last, and only time I heard a musical composition set to that compound meter was Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo a la Turk from his "Time Out" album recorded wa-a-ay back in 1959.

"Tano Music", last week I used the word "brilliant" in reference to another Users' Forum song post for the first time in nine years of participating in the forum, but I must use it again regarding "Head Game". For the "typical" composer of music in the Western mode, the 9/8 time signature is difficult enough already to conceive and compose songs to, but to sing it...??? I've never heard anyone do that, ever. In. Life. So, "Head Game" has got to be some kind of a "first", within the forum and outside of it. I mean that. It should be noted, historically speaking. Think I'm kidding? I am not. I repeat: "Head Game" is a first, as a song with music composed by an American songwriter who sang his own lyrics in 9/8 time. It would make an excellent theme song for a Hollywood production that would parody the "Mission Impossible" franchise in the manner of Columbia Picture's 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale".

Your lyrics are simply i-n-g-e-n-i-o-u-s, got it? Good, 'cause they are. I've read them over and over, again, looking for something that I could single-out and quote to demonstrate what I mean by using the word, "ingenious", but I couldn't isolate anything that stood-out any better than the rest. The lyrics throughout the entire song are dazzlingly inventive (yes, dazzlingly. Ah-huh. I said it.)

Okay, okay, if I had to mention just one line, only, it would be:

"We launch by the dark of midnight skies..." Gorgeous. So visual that it sets the scene for the rest of the lyrics.

I've been a listener (not a collector) of film music since my pre-teens. Lalo Schfrin's "Mission Impossible" theme did indeed make me sit up and pay attention. Truth be told, it was the strongest reason for me to watch the T.V. show. I don't remember much about the plots of any of the episodes. The theme was riveting, explosively orchestrated and arranged, seemingly using all of the orchestra's instrumental resources to grand-slam the show's exciting premise straight into our ears and hearts.

If I were you, I'd be damned proud of what you've done with "Head Game". I have already e-mailed the link to your post in SoundClick to family members, so they can listen to, and marvel about "Head Game" over the holidays.

Utterly knocked-out and entertained by your musical creativity and imagination,

LOREN
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Last edited by bluage; 12/23/18 04:17 PM.
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