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the AMP— POSTED Issue 49

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PAUL SAUNDERS
September 21, 2024

"The softer you sing, the louder you're heard."
– Donovan

Here's the list of posts in your New Music Lives™ Facebook .ComUnity this week.

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• The State of the Hot 100 Top 10: 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report from HitSongsDeconstructed .com— A First Look at HSD’s 2024 Mid-Year ReportHit Songs Deconstructed releases an annual mid-year report that features detailed analysis of Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 hits. This report looks at trends relating to genres, influences, tempo…

• The 15 Funniest Misunderstood Song Lyrics from InspiringQuotes .com— Nonsensical misheard lyrics such as "Alex the seal" and "Starbucks lovers" are known as "mondegreens."

• Songwriting with Jason Blume Tap to receive Jason’s free weekly newsletter with creative tips, contests, song pitch opportunities, and really bad jokes. 

and more to come, down below...

in partnership with the Jim Parker Songwriter Series

Jim Parker is a Singer Songwriting legend. More than four decades in the biz playing and co-creating with an astonishing array of who's-whose-and-who's would be reason enough, but his Jim Parker's Songwriters Series, where he showcases the talents and creation stories of songwriters and their songs from Los Angeles; Canada; Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Muscle Shoals, Alabama; and, and, and... is what makes Jim a National Treasure. 

Jim's Songwriter Series is showcase featuring the world's greatest songwriters and musicians. Hosted at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It's a rare opportunity to see these artists perform in the round, in a dinner-theater atmosphere, up close and personal! 

Tap here to Subscribe: jimparkermusic.com. You'll get announcements and invites and news of upcoming events (eight this year and nine in 2024). AND, Jim's YouTube chanel features more than 376 videos, from setlist clips to complete shows. And he's on Facebook as well: the Jim Parker Songwriter Series. 

Want a taste: Here's one of our favorites: Pat Alger - Thunder Rolls. Co-written with Garth Brooks. The backstory is amazing.

... and here's the more...

• from NML .comUnity Member Alan Garmonsway Following John's post on cds, I always have a few produced with a new album. Online is ok but it's much more satisfying having something to hold (as the Blues Brothers sang)!

• harmonica— I’ve never heard better. Amazing Indiara Star on YouTube. As John Fogg said, "I HAD TO post this… Wow!"

• One Dumb Thing Ruins Concerts Now. Luckily, There’s a Solution from slate .com— It’s been a summer of not being able to hear your favorite artists onstage because audience members are scream–singing at the top of their lungs.

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