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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: A Top Hit in the Making
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:31 -0500 (EST)
A Top Hit in the Making 0 is an attempt at forming a top hit. 1-5 are various versions of the top hit. 6 is a slow dreamy version of the top hit. These are fairly short mp3s around 1:45 to 2:11 in length. I wanted to make a top hit. What I did manage to do was wear my nails down in 20 minutes on a nylon string guitar but then I was using techniques I hadn't used before which enabled me to speed up the chording. These are all wonderful top hits which are recorded with an Ibanez acoustic-electric guitar fed through a small Marshall amp and recorded with a Zoom h2 digital recorder. This equipment is terrific for top hits. I keep saying to myself, I would use no other equipment for top hits. A top hit is made by a catchy tune. 0 has no catchy tune but a catchy tune is on the way at the end of 0. Maybe 4 or 5 has the best development of the catchy tune. A catchy tune makes you want to sing alone. It is what is called a 'haunting melody.' You can never forget a haunting melody. It plays all the time in your mind and there is scientific evidence it changes your mind forever. With a catchy tune you can have a top hit for everyone. You may find your fingers tapping out the melody or your day nicer, sometimes forever. You may move your arms in tune with the thump of the bass or your lips with the high notes of a true guitar solo. A true guitar solo can make a top hit a top hit. A true guitar solo is always nice, you can feel it in your mind. http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit0.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit2.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit3.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit4.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit5.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pophit6.mp3