Monday, January 02, 2012

CANCON NOTES

MARK'S CANCON SONG NOTES: January 5 – January 11, 2012

ARTIST

TITLE

NOTES

Bellamy, Clayton

Everyone’s A Dreamer

I thought he sounded tougher than this. Average. (1/2)

Bamford, Gord (C)

Is It Friday Yet?

First release with Sony. (1/2)

Brandt, Paul (C)

Together Again

He does ballads and meaningful songs well. (10/10)

Canyon, George (w/ Richard Marx) (C)

When Love Is All You Got

Time to give it a shot. (11/28)

Dane, Marshall

About Last Night

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

Deere John

Soldier’s Prayer

The first line almost loses me but once past that the song does grab me. Another solider song in a long line of soldier songs. The simplicity of the melody and arrangement make it easy on the ears. (11/7)

Fisher, Genevieve

Light Up The Night

This sounds pretty big league to me. Nice performance and a quality song. (1/2)

Fillmore, Shania

Dreams

(10/3)

Friends of Jack

Found

Nice harmonies in the chorus. I wish those harmonies were established earlier. (9/19)

Gibson, Steve/Moskaluke, Jess

Amanda

(11/28)

Isabella, Kira

A Real Good Radio

(11/14)

Kennedy, Tonya

Fallin’ For You

(10/3)

Kole, Lori

Caught Up In You

Nice vocals. OK song. (10/3)

Kyllonen, Pauline

More Than a Kiss

(1/2)

Lewis, Aaron C

Wishing Well

Great hook! Catchy. This feels good. (10/24)

Lines, Aaron (C)

Sunday Afternoon

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

McCoy, Jason (C)

I’d Still Have Everything

(9/11)

Moritz, Craig

With You

Feel good melody and well written. (10/17)

Orchard, The

Stick To Your Guns

She sounds good. Nice debut. Nothing special though. (1/2)

Rankin, Jimmy

The Hurtin’ Part

Well done but I don’t hear this on country radio. (1/2)

Rayy, Nicole

She Don’t Know That Much

(10/17)

Semko, Jay

Big Feet Big Shoes

(1/2)

Shawanda, Crystal (C)

Closer

I like this. Her best in many years. Susan Ashton did this in 1999 and was her title track of her debut country CD on Capitol. (1/2)

Smith, Dallas (C)

Somebody’s Someone

I love his voice singing country. Very excited to see what he does in this format. Strong debut! (11/7)

Stellas, The (C)

In This House

This is excellent. Powerful. We have another strong song for November 11th and I hope well beyond that. (11/7)

Violet, Madison

If I Could Love You

Smooth female vocals. I like the melody and mood. (10/31)

C) = Recommended

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