Tag: song

Country & Western, Live recordings, Other original music and arrangements, Pop & Rock

Pop Song Trilogy

Steven Kent Sanford

I took three pop songs I wrote and arranged them as a suite for unspecified instruments, although the key is brass-friendly: “1. Drop Dead Blues”, “2. Don’t Give Up On Me”, “3. I Wanna Be a Rock Star”.

I provided a group of friends/musicians with chords, melody, tempo, and they took it (improvised) from there.

On this live recording are Eli Thomas (violin), Alex Hill (baritone sax), Andy Herring (euphonium), and TJ Maher (guitar). This is a live 2014 concert recording.

By the way, I also posted a live-stream recording of me singing #2. Don’t Give Up on Me.

Country & Western, Other original music and arrangements, songs, Vocal

Don’t Give Up On Me

Steven Kent Sanford

And now for something completely different… this is an original country & western tune (with original lyrics), and me singing the vocals in my best “Johnny Cash”.