Why this tune? I wrote this week’s tune last month during the annual February Album Writing Month at FAWM.org. The prompt for the song was “convenience,” which led to this musing on recent advances in large language model “AI.” Among the many tools out there are programs that will write songs for you based onContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Easy”
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Tunes on Tuesday: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Why this tune? I’m going back to the standards this week with this song by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson from 1943. Frank Sinatra sang it in the 1944 film “Higher and Higher.” Both Sinatra and the Ink Spots reached the pop hit charts with their recordings. McHugh contributed many standards to the American songbook,Continue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening”
Tunes on Tuesday: Void and Return
Why this tune? This week’s song is another one from the last day of this year’s February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). It’s another song inspired by a song “skirmish,” this time with the prompt “Looks like a void and return kind of day,” which the host heard at a local store. The story took aContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Void and Return”
Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony
Why this tune? I wrote this week’s song on the last day of this year’s February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). FAWM is an annual virtual gathering of songwriters (amateur and pro) from around the world, writing, sharing and collaborating for a month. The stated goal is to write an album (14 songs). It’s a veryContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony”
Tunes on Tuesday: The Closer I Get To You
Why this tune? This week’s song is in memory of the great American singer and pianist Roberta Flack, who passed on this week (February 24). She has a special place in the hearts of people from Washington, DC, where Flack started her musical career. She was already an accomplished singer, pianist and teacher when sheContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: The Closer I Get To You”
Tunes on Tuesday: Road Song
Why this tune? This week’s selection goes back to the standards with “Road Song,” a 1968 tune by Wes Montgomery. It was the title track of his album of that year, a “commercial” project that was also his last album. Montgomery died later that year of a heart attack. The track list includes covers ofContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Road Song”
Tunes on Tuesday: Parking Witch
Why this tune? This week’s song is another reminder that inspiration can come from anywhere. Our friend introduced us to the concept of the “parking witch,” to whom you appeal when looking for a space in a crowded place. We invoked the witch last weekend when looking for parking at Union Market in Washington, DCContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Parking Witch”
Tunes on Tuesday: Fly Away
Why this tune? Tunes On Tuesday revisits one of my January song-a-day songs “Fly Away” from Jan. 23, adding a second verse and bridge to this song for Parashat Metzora ( מְּצֹרָ֔ע ) inspired by a verse about setting a bird free to “make expiation for the house.” I think this is much closer to beingContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Fly Away”
Tunes on Tuesday: The 28th Day
Why this tune? It’s the 28th day of the the January Song-a-Day Challenge organized by Sarah and Kat at Songwriting for Music Educators. I was working on two songs with lyrics for today’s post but wasn’t happy with either. Instead I pulled out the melodica and wrote a short instrumental melody for my daily contribution,Continue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: The 28th Day”
Tunes on Tuesday: Bagel Day
Why this tune? January 15 is apparently National Bagel Day, so I couldn’t not mark the occasion with a new song. It’s also the midpoint of the January Song-a-Day Challenge organized by Sarah and Kat at Songwriting for Music Educators. They call this the “messy middle:” “The excitement of the initial challenge may have wornContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Bagel Day”
Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter 