Monday, October 03, 2011

CANCON NOTES

MARK'S CANCON SONG NOTES: October 7 – October 13, 2011

ARTIST

TITLE

NOTES

62 North

‘Til The Next Day

(8/22)

Anderson, Matt

Fired Up

(8/29)

Barrett, Kristal

Girl In A Car

Pleasantly surprised. Kristal has never sounded this good. Decent song. (9/5)

Bechamp, Debbie

You Could Have Done Better

(10/3)

Bixby, JayDee

Always Love My Country

(8/22)

Blaine, Jason (C)

They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore

Jason sounds great. Strong song. Similar them to the new High Valley. (8/29)

Blake, Kenny

Reach The Top

(9/19)

Canyon, George (w/ Richard Marx)

When Love Is All You Got

Strong. (10/3)

Cuddy, Jim

Everyone Watched The Wedding

Kinda cool…I like this…but hesitant. Jim Cuddy has had very little country radio airplay but the lyric of this could change that if heard. (8/15)

Cummings, Chris

Looking for a Sign

Talented writer. Nice hook and melody. (8/22)

Dane, Marshall

About Last Night

Very strong song lyrically and melodically in the chorus. Great hook! (9/19)

DeAnna

Scorned

Solid vocal performance. (8/15)

Doc Walker (C)

Do It Right

Might be the best on the CD. (9/19)

Ehman, Tommy John

Turn On The Radio

Not bad…nice energy. Rockin’. (8/7)

Emerson Drive (C)

Sleep It Off

I like them more and more when they do energy songs. Here’s another! (8/11)

Ferra, Donna

Little Red Dress

(8/15)

Fillmore, Shania

Dreams

(10/3)

Fisher, Genevieve

Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind

(9/11)

Fontaine, Ali

Runaway

(8/7)

Friends of Jack

Found

Nice harmonies in the chorus. (9/19)

Haley, Erin

That Just Don’t Seem Right

(8/29)

Halla, Val

(Stay) I Wanna Be With You

(8/29)

Hart, Levi

Borderline Crazy

(8/15)

Heartbroken

The Truth

Too cool! But, might be too cool for the mainstream country listener. Excellent musically…contagious hook…great enegy…beautiful harmonies. I really like this. Hopeful. (8/22)

Hogan, Sean

Better Angels Prevail

Nice hook and message! (10/3)

Hourd, Kal

When Pink Is Just a Color Again

Hopeful song about breast cancer. Nicely written and performed. (8/22)

Jetty Road

I’m A Dreamer

I liked their last single better… (9/19)

Kennedy, Phil

She’s Not Fooling Around

Not bad but I’m not sure it’s good enough to cut through. (9/5)

Kennedy, Tonya

Fallin’ For You

I like the hook and melody. (10/3)

Kole, Lori

Caught Up In You

Nice vocals. OK song. (10/3)

Laird, Ryan

She Was The One

(8/22)

Lines, Aaron

Sunday Afternoon

Feels good like a Sunday afternoon! (9/26)

Lowe, Danielle

Daddy’s Little Girl

(8/22)

Madison, Rylee

Be Yourself

(8/15)

Major, Charlie

Keep On Livin

(9/5)

Matthews, Jake

Might Take All Night

Not a great song unfortunately. He sounds good though. (8/15)

McCoy, Jason (C)

I’d Still Have Everything

It could be compelling…(9/11)

McKitrick, Stacy

Friends For Life

(9/26)

Morgan, Melanie

This Time of Year

(9/26)

Norman, James Keith

Take Time

(10/3)

Oram, Tara

Kiss Me When I Fall

(8/22)

Pallister, Bryce

Down Dusty Roads

(8/29)

Pritchett, Aaron

Coming Clean

Strong hook, melody and lyric. (8/22)

Rastin, Shelly feat. Bachman, Randy

High Class Trailer Trash

(7/18)

Reid, Bob

Soldier, Welcome Home

‘Soldier’ songs from a complete unknown to the format don’t work. (6/27)

River Junction Band

Faith

Too much vibrato. (8/15)

Rose, Amy

I Just Want You To Know

Pretty strong voice. Too bad the song is only average. (9/19)

Scott, Marlee (C)

Beautiful Maybe

I’ve been a fan of this song for awhile now. She has such a beautiful voice and the message, melody and hook work for me. (8/29)

Semko, Jay

Party In The Parking Lot

(9/19)

Spence, Stephanie

Love Without You

Too young sounding. Average song. (8/15)

Stever, Jamie

Here and Now

(9/19)

Thibideau, Cheryl

Take My Hand

(9/19)

Warren, Jamie

I Believe In You

Nice positive message…strong melody. (10/3)

White, Billy J

Rebel Without A Cause

(8/29)

Whyatt, Sabrina

Whiskey Woman

Decent performance. Not sure about the song. (10/3)

(C) = Recommended

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