Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1301445

By Barry Manilow. By Bruce Johnston. Arranged by Unimusic Academy. Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Score. 4 pages. Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) #891073. Published by Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) (A0.1301445).

I Write the Songs is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and released on his album Going Public in 1977. Barry Manilow's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1976[2] after spending two weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1975.[3] It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977.[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1976.[4]

The original version was recorded by Captain & Tennille, who worked with Johnston in the early 1970s with the Beach Boys. It appears on their 1975 album Love Will Keep Us Together. The first release of I Write the Songs as a single was by teen idol David Cassidy from his 1975 solo album The Higher They Climb, which was also produced by Johnston. Cassidy's version reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year.[5]

Johnston has stated that, for him, the I in the song is God,[2] and that songs come from the spirit of creativity in everyone. He has said that the song is not about his Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson.[6]

Manilow was initially reluctant to record the song, stating in his autobiography Sweet Life: The problem with the song was that if you didn't listen carefully to the lyric, you would think that the singer was singing about himself. It could be misinterpreted as a monumental ego trip.[3] After persuasion by Clive Davis, then president of Arista Records, Manilow recorded the song, and his version of I Write the Songs was the first single taken from the album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. It first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 15, 1975, reaching the top of the chart nine weeks later, on January 17, 1976. Cash Box said of Manilow's version Good work Barry describing the song as melodic, ballad-like beginning grows into an operatic crescendo, all done in clear production that all age groups will appreciate.[7] Record World called it an uplifting production number and perhaps [Manilow's] strongest offering since 'Mandy.' [8].

Piano/Vocal/Chords - Digital Download

SKU: AX.00-PS-0015593

By Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole. By Willy Dann. Pop/Rock. 4 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PS-0015593. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PS-0015593).

ISBN 9780739094228. UPC: 038081455204.

Create a tropical soundscape by playing everybody's favorite Hawaiian traditional songs, island-themed standards, popular hits, and retro exotica novelties This practical songbook focuses on the songs and styles that today's audiences associate with Hawai'i, so they're guaranteed to entertain! The arrangements are for piano and voice, with basic chord fingering grids included for optional guitar accompaniment. Titles: 'Ama 'Ama (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * 'Ulili E (Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole) * Aloha 'Oe (Farewell to Thee) (Elvis Presley) * Better Together (Jack Johnson) * Caravan (Arthur Lyman) * E Ku'u Morning Dew (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Hawai'i '78 (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * A Hawaiian Like Me (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Walt Disney's Lilo & Stitch) * Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) * The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) (Elvis Presley, Andy Williams) * Henehene Kou 'Aka (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Ka Huila Wai (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Live a Little (Hawaiian Style) * Love Song of Kalua (The Brothers Cazimero) * Lovely Hula Hands (Don Ho) * Mele Kalikimaka (Bing Crosby) * Miserlou (Arthur Lyman) * My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawai'i (Annette Funicello) * Over The Rainbow (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Panini Puakea (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * Pearly Shells (Pupu A O 'Ewa) (Don Ho) * Pua Lane (Brother Noland) * Sweet Leilani (Bing Crosby) * Tiny Bubbles (Hua Li'i) (Don Ho) * What a Wonderful World (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole) * White Sandy Beach (Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole).

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1199669

By The Captain & Tennille. By Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Rock,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #798672. Published by John Fries (A0.1199669).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.   It was first recorded by Sedaka in 1973. American pop duo Captain & Tennille covered the song in 1975, with instrumental backing almost entirely by “Captain� Daryl Dragon. Sedaka admitted lifting the main chord progression from Do It Again by The Beach Boys and added a progression including augmented chords. Neil Sedaka rerecorded a spoof of his song, renaming it Lunch Will Keep Us Together for his first children's CD Waking Up Is Hard to Do.

By John Denver and The Muppets and The Beach Boys. Christmas. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital

By The Beach Boys. This edition: scorch. Pop. Score. 3 pages. Hal Leonard #823965. Published by Hal Leonard

Piano, voice and guitar (chords only) - Interactive Download

SKU: HX.6195

By The Beach Boys. This edition: Interactive Download,scorch. Oldies,Pop. Piano/Vocal/Guitar (chords only). 4 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #282380. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.6195).

Piano, voice and guitar (chords only) - Interactive Download

SKU: HX.6419

By The Beach Boys. This edition: Interactive Download. Oldies,Pop,Rock. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 9 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.6419).

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.976933

Composed by Sabrina Pena Young. Children,Film/TV,Holiday,Musical/Show,Opera. Score. 3 pages. Sabrina Peña Young #3430807. Published by Sabrina Peña Young (A0.976933).

Sweet moving lullaby from groundbreaking animated opera film Libertaria by award-winning composer arranged for Soprano, Cello, and Piano. An simple emotional waltz feel as the singer tells her child that she will never leave her. Simple, short, and quite beautiful. Intermediate/Advanced Student or Music Professional.

Award-winning Cuban-American Composer S. Peña Young

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LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA

https://virtualopera.wordpress.com/ 

ABOUT LIBERTARIA: In a post-USSA apocalyptic world, the young Libertaria escapes from evil geneticists and teams up with her addict father Simeon to defeat the Collective with a ragtag Underground army of cyborgs and misfits. The world’s first machinima opera, Libertaria has been called Groundbreaking by the Palm Beach Arts Paper. A truly dystopian novelization, the Libertaria Chronicles, is now available at Amazon.

One of my favorite things about this story is its odd apocalyptic tone and strong sci-fi/fantasy foundation. The dark quality that comes with it is the cherry on top. –FanboysAnonymous.com

WHAT FANS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LIBERTARIA CHRONICLES

Between the book, virtual opera, soundtrack, and all the extras, Young has created a convincing world…a dark dystopian future for you to get lost in. The characters are complex, flawed, and human, and you are never sure what they will do next. Looking forward to the next book in the series!

Award-winning Cuban-American composer S Peña Young has a rich history of creating groundbreaking classical music with cutting edge works like the multimedia oratorio Creation, winner of the IAWM New Genre Prize, World Order #5 for percussion and multimedia, and collaborations with artists in Vox Novus 60×60 and Lee Scott’s interactive web opera The Village. In 2014 Young gave a TED Talk on her animated science fiction opera Libertaria, the world’s first machinima opera. Young is the author of the science fiction series The Libertaria Chronicles and Composer Boot Camp 101: 50 Exercises for Educators, Students, and Music Professionals, (available at AMAZON) and is in production for the animated film Spiritus. Young is a sought-after lecturer and writer on music technology, audio engineering, film music, composition/songwriting, film, social media, online collaboration, marketing, and contemporary music and is an advocate for new music.