New Music Monday – Two Original Songs + 1st Round Results of ‘Choose Your Own Song’

Hell yeah…it’s New Music Monday! I’ve posted quite a few cover versions in recent weeks, so lest new blog followers or readers think that ALL I do, today I’m posting two of my original songs. This is ‘Do You Dream At All?’:

and ‘Janey’:

If you can’t play the songs or are on an iPhone or Android phone, click here and here.

(*These are sample tracks. The full versions are available on the album “Do You Dream At All?” which can be purchased here:)

1st Round Results of ‘Choose Your Own Song’

Last week I asked for some song suggestions for future recordings for New Music Monday. Between the comments on this blog and tweets, I got over fifty-five song suggestions, in a wide variety of styles. What I want to do is have the readers of this blog vote on their Top 3 but to do that I had to whittle the list down to a more manageable number. So I cut it down to 20 songs (and it was not easy, believe me!)

My criteria for choosing these twenty songs were two-fold. Firstly, I wanted songs that would be a challenge to perform. Some of the songs suggested were songs I’m already very familiar with and would perform in my solo gigs. So, because they wouldn’t be much of a challenge, I excluded those songs.

Secondly, I wanted the twenty songs to be widely diverse in style. So I picked an Irish traditional song, a country song, a 1930’s song, etc as well as the kind of music I would be more inclined to play.

What I want you to do is pick your Top 3 and list them in the comments below (you don’t need the song title, just the number). So, without further ado, here’s the list:

1. “Romeo” – Mr. Big
2. “Just Gonna Stand There” – Rihanna
3. “A Kiss To Build A Dream” – Louis Armstrong
4. “Band on the Run” – Wings
5. “Tower of Song” – Leonard Cohen
6. “Video Game” – Lana Del Rey
7. “Grapefruit Moon” – Tom Waits
8. “Wuthering Heights” – Kate Bush
9. “Michicant” – Bon Iver
10. “Nothing Rhymed” – Gilbert O’Sullivan
11. “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” – Jeff Buckley
12. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” – George Jones
13. “When the stars go blue” – Ryan Adams
14. “A Whole New World!” – From Disney’s Aladdin
15. “A Mothers love is a blessing” Irish Traditional song
16.  “Fall At Your Feet” – Crowded House
17. “I Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl” – Bessie Smith
18. “The Scientist” – Coldplay
19. “Days Like This” – Van Morrison
20. “A-team” – Ed Sheeran

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