tag:denisloiseau.com,2005:/blogs/newsBlog2023-08-27T17:55:31-07:00Denis Loiseaufalsetag:denisloiseau.com,2005:Post/72643542023-08-27T17:55:31-07:002023-10-16T07:55:12-07:00Make Hay When The Sun Shines - Song + The Story Behind It<p><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/391097/ff55abb6c4c9af6e2545bcc4cf9822b7f0cae14c/original/make-hay-when-the-sun-shines-single-cover.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p><p>When my Irish friend and co-writer, Finbar Magee, and I decided to write a song together, we talked about what kind of song we might like to write. We landed on one inspired by the American colloquialism, Make Hay When The Sun Shines, a saying Finbar had not heard before. </p><p>The title had special meaning to him because of a personal connection to his childhood, having been raised on a farm in Ireland. After Finbar's father suffered a disabling injury working the farm, his mother had to take on the monumental challenge of successfully managing and working the farm, and the song tells of how she stepped up and pulled the family through.</p><p>We first wrote the song in the style of an Irish folk song, then changed it into an American bluegrass song, which is ironic if not serendipitous since the roots of bluegrass music go back to music brought to America many years ago by people from Ireland, England, and Scotland. </p><p>We hope you like the song and welcome any feedback or comments you might have. Click here or copy and paste the link into your browser: https://soundcloud.com/djloiseau/make-hay-when-the-sun-shines-1?si=00c69affcf3a488cab30c9f447151587&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing</p><p>Thank you,</p><p>Denis</p>Denis Loiseautag:denisloiseau.com,2005:Post/72581412023-08-16T17:33:40-07:002023-08-27T17:23:00-07:00I Believe In Angels - Song + Story Behind It<p><span style="color:#000000;">I was introduced to this TV spot about an old man who had lost his wife of many years, grown severely depressed, and had a chance encounter with a little girl in a grocery store that changed their lives: </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d2vZV87YJM"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d2vZV87YJM</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">. I had to write a song about it, and was joined by co-writer Alex Walsh. I hope you like the song.</span></p>3:11Denis Loiseautag:denisloiseau.com,2005:Post/72450712023-07-22T15:48:25-07:002023-08-16T17:33:18-07:00Fake ID To AARP - Song Release and Story Behind It<p>Do you remember the first time you were called "sir” or “ma’am”?</p><p>I don't know about you, but it struck me as uh-oh, I didn’t realize I looked this old.</p><p>Then, not that long ago, I was driving our car solo during our move from San Francisco to our new Puerto Vallarta, Mexico home, and a young front desk girl who was checking me into a motel just out of Bakersfield, CA, said in all innocence as she requested my payment, “There's a 10% discount with AAA or AARP.” That familiar chilling feeling I had when I was first called Sir immediately flooded back into my veins.</p><p>Always on the lookout for a song title and story that might connect, I couldn’t resist writing a song based on my life experience to memorialize the incident, entitled <i>Fake ID To AARP (attached),</i> while driving the rest of the way down through the southwestern US and Mexico.</p><p>Based on their age, people who have heard it either immediately tend to tell me their own similar stories, or admit that they aren’t yet old enough to have them. If you're one of those, be forewarned!</p><p>I hope you like the song, and would love to hear anything you might be willing to share from your own experience.</p><p>All the best,</p><p>Denis</p><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:64bb24f8cef2d_d4e4bc136935ef@workers-low-prio-694475cd57-db4rj.mail"><div class="mail-wrap" style="background-color:rgb(245, 245, 245);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;text-align:left;" data-theme-editor-target="dataOptionsContainer" data-match-widths-target="source" align="left"><figure class="table"><table style="background-color:rgb(245, 245, 245);" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#F5F5F5"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><figure class="table" style="width:1087px;"><table style="border-color:rgb(221, 221, 221);border-width:1px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:1.5em;"><figure class="table"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table></figure></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div></blockquote></div></blockquote>1:56Denis Loiseau