BSA PODCAST EPISODE 6: Shownotes

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0:00 - Intro - 1969 Christmas Wishes From Paul

Christmas Links from Beatles 1969 Christmas Fan Club Record


2:02 - Who Wants To Be Carol? (1966 Lennon And McCartney Interview)

Interview background on Beatles Bible

A Hard Day's Night - Peggy Lee
All My Loving - Matt Monro
And I Love Him - Lena Horne
Wait - Frankie Laine


13:10 - Wishy Woo Merry Christmas (Yule Be Improvising)

From Beatles 1969 Christmas Fan Club Record


14:15 - Eleanor Rigby's Ghost (Aaron Krerowicz takes a Beatles Minute)

Beatles Minutes on Aaron Krerowicz
More on Madrigalism


17:14 - Five Ideas For More Interesting Intros (From Motown to school assemblies, Bon Jovi to the Beatles)

Put Your Song On A Diet! - Ticket 2
Building Up On The 5th - Ticket 65
Jazz Style Intro Verses - Ticket 53
AABA Structures - Ticket 26
Mutate Your Intros - Ticket 4
Combining Song Ideas: Two Become One - Ticket 55
Post by Shane Adams that includes the concept of a Swing Line
Wikipedia posts on Anacrusis, A Cappella, Recitative and Musical Development
More on the '7 seconds to skip' concept can be found in Jay Franks' book Futurehit.DNA download the first chapter here


53:17 – Tomorrow Never Jingles (Christmas Mash-Up)

Jingle Bells by California Beatles tribute band The Fab Four from their album Hark!


54:56 – Bob And The Band In The Basement With Hank And Lennon Too! (Troubadour Timing or The Lennon Edit)

Bob Dylan, The Band And The Basement Tapes documentary on IMDB and Youtube
The Lennon Edit - Ticket 37
The Lennon Extension - Ticket 52


58:40 – That Dirty No Good Robbin'... (Who Stole Stewball?)

More on Stewball and Merry Xmas (War Is Over)
More on the Beatles uncredited co-writers


1:01:27 – Trouble With These Glasses (George And Ringo On Songwriting)

Interviews with George (1965) and Ringo (1964) from On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2


1:04:53 – Getting Under My Fingernails (Deconstructing My Own Song For Beatles Clues)

Descending Line Starting From The b7th - Ticket 31
Recycle Your 'O's Ticket 4
The Lennon Edit - Ticket 37
More on 10 Ways The Beatles Have Radically Changed My Songwriting
Buy Fingernails on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Spotify, CD Baby, Soundcloud and Google Play.


1:18:12 - Outro (250 Good People)

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Closing theme - 'Piggies' performed by The Black Heartthrobs available here
Idents by Poddingham Paul courtesy of LeftLion

Many thanks to Poddingham Paul, The Black Heartthrobs and Aaron Krerowicz, Nancy Rost and Curtis Pea.

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The Black Heartthrobs Got A Ticket To Write

Have you used any of the Beatles approved songwriting tricks on this site to create your own songs? Send me an email and I'll feature your song here. David Benitez did.

Hello Matt.

This is David Benitez from The Black Heartthrobs from Los Angeles. We're big fans of the 4 dudes and your website.

We used a few 'tickets to write' in the bridge to our song Fool For You - ticket 44 - Use the minor 5 chord (v) & ticket 45 - Change key between sections.



We go into the bridge by minoring the 5 and we exit the bridge back to the verse by making the 5 major again.

Here's the chords (in the key of C#)

Bridge

G#m    A#7     D#m      F#7
G#m    A#7     B           F#
G#major

I also sing the minor third (a B) in the minor V chord so you really hear the shift. IMHO, minoring the V (G#m) wakes up the listener. I don't think it's used that often, or at least not nearly as the minor 4 (which in this key would be F#m). It refreshes the song and makes going back to the verse more satisfying cos it felt like the song actually went somewhere.

David uses the m5 to transpose into the new key of D#m (T45) but in true Beatles fashion they use the borrowed V7 (A#7) to get to D#m (i) and then throw in F#7 which also doesn't 'belong.' It's clever stuff and shows that the band have really absorbed the Beatles techniques and made em their own.

David Benitez is vocalist/guitarist with The Black Heartthrobs, a three-piece garage rock band from Culver City, California that craft catchy songs a la Pavement and The Nerves. Find them on Facebook and Bandcamp.


I'd highly recommend their album Saturn Mexico (featuring Fool For You)

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