SONG REVIEW: The Billionaire’s Song
Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes have been busy cookin’ up toe-tapping tunes, and just recently released their first full-length album “Love and…”. This particular song entitled “The Billionaire’s Song” is a down-home rockin’ groove, a piano based number complete with vocals, a B-3 organ, bouncy drums and bass, with accompanying acoustic guitar to round out the rhythm section. A political ditty that sneaks up on you, and doesn’t really have the feel of a typical ‘protest’ song like one of Dylan’s political songs, but more like Dylan’s rockin’ Bootleg Live in ’68 or Johnny Rivers Whiskey A Go-Go. “The Billionaire’s Song” is the kind of tune that gets your feet tapping and your hips shaking from side to side! “The Billionaire’s Song” is a well written song that develops smoothly, and has a great momentum. The arrangement, musical performance and production are all of professional quality as well. A truly catchy tune that’s hard to deny it’s groovy nature, you just have to get up and dance! Light-hearted and somewhat comical, but Kenny does bring up several good points, similar in concept to Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing. This is a great tune bud, really enjoying your other work as well! Honestly this song is well written/produced.. the mix is balanced (although I wouldn’t mind hearing even more compression on the vocal track, just to keep it in place a little better in the mix) and the musicianship is spot on. One thought I had was that delay may work better on the vocals than the heavy reverb at a few of those sections, but really just an idea, ending reverb is great.. awesome tune man! Funny side note: my bass teacher at Berklee would always say “See everybody next week, same place, same 12 notes” haha took me a bit to figure that one out! Fans of upbeat rockin’ blues numbers should definitely check out “The Billionaire’s Song” by Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes. If you enjoy this song and want to hear more, you can listen to the full album “Love and…” a wonderful collection of Kenny Bunco’s material.
About The Reviewer:
Erik Anderson is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Production and Engineering and has been managing his own recording studio for almost 20 years. Erik has had a true passion for music since an early age when he took piano lessons, he then started playing bass guitar in his early teens and shortly after started making hip hop beats, just before heading off to Berklee. After graduating, Erik worked at several recording studios in New York and New Jersey, before starting his own studio which spawned his 4-piece experimental indie rock band. Erik is currently writing and submitting his original compositions for sync placements in TV and Film.
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