Comments on: It’s Blues – Even When You Don’t Realize It

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:32:39 +0000

In reply to poop face.

Thanks for trying, poop face!
Best wishes,
Tony

By: poop face

poop face — Wed, 02 May 2018 17:06:22 +0000

meeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh i didnt understand this

By: Scott Hiner

Scott Hiner — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:31:20 +0000

Apparently, U2 did this a lot, because “Grace” follows the 12 bar blues chord pattern perfectly, too. Listen, count, and you’ll hear it, too!

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:07:41 +0000

In reply to Connie.

Connie,
Very unscientifically… I think if you look at almost every artist’s list of songs, there are sad, downbeat ones as well as up songs.
Thanks for reading and writing,
Tony
ps For the record… just because a song is a blues or has a blues progression doesn’t mean it’s not uplifting (see ‘Kiss’, above).

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:30:00 +0000

I love the blues! Good blog! The only thing is that though it is true that the blues is a basis for many other genres, publishers say people want uplifting, happy songs. I was told that if you wrote a particular song about a break- up, for example, only someone going through divorce or separation would sing it! Do you find that to be true? Everybody gets the blues or has had the blues some time in their lives, right?