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hooyoosay is not your average rock 'n' roll band: no faces, no names, no credits, no touring… just a handful of great songs on iTunes and Amazon.
Or to put it in a different way: this is music with no ego.
The founding artists, all of them busy with other musical projects, once got together by way of a casual jam, celebrating their common fondness for rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, retro pop and the cultures of the past decades. There was no advance plan at all, but however the outcome of the session was an online distribution and the shaping of an accidental concept into a formula-based project. Since then many more have contributed, all firmly respecting the initial anonymity principle.
Their latest single presents a remake of Chuck Berry 's " Come on ", and gives another twist to sixties rock 'n' roll and yesteryear's pop melodies. It is modern retro, creating a sonic pastiche that connects the band's trademark British Invasion sound with elements as diverse as new wave, post-punk, euro pop, garage and Japanese techno. It has thumping bass and staccato drumming, phoney keyboards and snotty vocals, and of course that indispensable "let's rock 'n' roll" fuzzy electric guitar solo.
The lyrics evoke a peculiar feeling of nostalgia. Not that sort of tacky souvenir-store nostalgia, but that feeling that might arise when staring at a yellowed polaroid or when playing a record you relished throughout the years: you may have seen or heard it a million times before, and it may be suffering from a few cracks by now, but somehow it has kept its appeal.
At the same time " Come on " is a vivid illustration of the lyrical merriness that characterised 60's pop, as it makes a break-up themed song into something rather light-hearted and entertaining.
The EP release of " Come on " can be seen as a digital 45, B-sided by " The under assistant West Coast promotion man ", a hilarious parody of the figure of the emphatic but thwarted music promoter.
Once on the B-side of The Rolling Stones ' smash hit " Satisfaction ", this song is all about British Invasion blues bands coming to tour America during the sixties, where they found themselves escorted by some Mr know-it-all type of local tour promoter. Clearly these young bands, having discovered American music only just shortly, did not render those country, boogie and blues standards in the established American ways, instead creating their own interpretations.
Find both EP titles combined into one video, to be viewed on YouTube:
hooyoosay - Come on & The under assistant West Coast promotion man
Or visit hooyoosay 's official website
Just wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone on Mixposure.com! Thank you for being a part of this site and keeping the music Indie! Many of you have been with us for several years so a special thank you to you guys for being around for the long haul. It has been a pleasure listening to your music and being your friend.
Todd
I'd like to wish everyone the happiest of New Years! May we all accomplish all that we set out to do, and learn to appreciate how truly blessed we are.
For your New Years enjoyment I have a new song up called "Out Of The Blue". It's some old school T.O.P. type funk, I hope you dance your ass off!
http://www.mixposure.com/rs-cain/audio/16648/out-of-the-blue
Here's wishing all my wonderfully talented and creative friends at Mixposure a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! If it's true things improve with age (and, admittedly, I have my doubts... hehe) we can all expect some wonderful new tunes in the upcoming year! We hope Santa brings you that new guitar, keyboard, drum kit or kazoo. Make music and make someone happy this holiday season! That's what we plan to do!
Bill Thompson and Jacki Grapentine,
The TrueVulgarians
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Happy (insert what you celebrate here)!
It has been a fantastic year at Mixposure and thank you for being a part of it. I hope everyone takes some time to enjoy their families this season and my the Music Gods bring you lot's of gear!
We lost some wonderful people in 2013 and they will be sadly missed. We also gained many, many, many new members and I for one look forward to hearing your music for as long as you stay on this site!
A personal shoutout to all of the DJ's and Admin for their tireless efforts in everything they do!
Todd
A Blues influenced Southern Rocker that was inspired by my new guitar, a Fender Jaguar Modern Player.
The lyric is about the old concept that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
DrC - all keyboards, drums prgm, mix and co-engineering/production.
Farrell - Songwriter, all guitars, bass, vocals, and co-engineering/production
I finally had a free minute to install some updates to the site this morning. A few things you will see is all of your Followers will now be displayed on your page as well as an online status and a list of any other artist pages you are associated with. The other thing you will see is the song download link a little more visbile across the site.
Please make sure you have updated your songs since the default is to allow the download if the song is not for sale.
Thanks,
Todd
I have to say I'm fairly disappointed (I know....big surprise, right?). About a week ago I posted that I had completely re-recorded my song Trail Of Tears and used my newly acquired Tascam 8 track to do it. I believe the quality is so much better than any of my previous recordings. I also requested any feedback and/or advice for improvement, how it sounds, how is the mix, and what I might do different to make it better.
Since then, I have recieved one comment....only one. I'm trying to do all I can to improve the quality of my recordings and, in my opinion, I'm making good progress. But I need feedback and advice to continue improving. Mixposure is supposed to be all about feedback. I'm disappointed because I feel like I'm making every effort to improve the quality of my recordings and then get absolutely no responses back, except one. It's very disheartening.
So please, if you get a chance, please give Trail Of Tears a listen and comment. Please let me know what you think of the recording, the mix, and the overall sound of the song. I'm doing everything I can to improve on my recordings. But I need honest feedback in order to continue to improve. Please be honest and let me know what you truly think about the song, the mix, the sound, the quality, etc. I greatly appreciate it.