HBO Max is currently showing a documentary about Billy Joel. In the film, he talks about many of his songs including this one titled “And So It Goes.” Almost every chord in this song is a sus chord, which is short for suspended. For more on what a sus chord actually is, check out this page.

This song is the perfect example of contrary movement in music. When the melody goes up the bass line often goes down, and vice versa. But it doesn’t always happen. Isn’t Billy Joel just about the greatest singer/songwriter ever?

Click here for info on this song.

And then I went to my laptop and finished these songs – some remakes of early Beatles music. They can be found with the other songs here.

Two of these songs were posted one year ago today. However, I think these latest versions are much easier to listen to. They are from the Beatles albums Let it Be, Rubber Soul, and Abbey Road. But you already knew that, I bet.

They sound like something out of a Star Trek episode. But they are actually two different effects that were used on these songs. Like they say on The Masked Singer: “Check it out.”

And don’t forget, all of these classics can be found here.

And here they are without the effects:

These two songs go out to Ringo Starr on his birthday. Fun fact: Both of these songs start in the key of G. Also, there was no bass line written on the sheet music for the second song, so I wrote that part.

Here is music for your celebrations. These songs use a Moog synthesizer effect.
And don’t forget, these are all found on the Beatles page.

What would you call a Shrink who has retired? A Shrunk?

While you are pondering that question, have a listen to the latest songs.

Just hit play, relax and float downstream. The other songs can be found here (but you already knew that).

Here is my interpretation of a classic Neil Young song to get you through this last Monday of June. It uses an effect called a “phaser.” And I do remember when Neil Young was young. How about you? Where were you the first time you heard “After the Gold Rush?”

And this is a guitar tutorial for the same song. It is actually not that difficult to learn.

Instead of a 60’s Beatles tune, how about a 60’s Neil Young tune?