Blog Post GrinninBarrettBand “Beach Boys 50^th, anniversary”

No one else Kicks Ass like these guys when it comes to Killer Vocals and harmonies, they absolutely rule, as compared to a find running locomotive they know how shine and take it full speed ahead. Age is of the mind limited, when it comes to the Beach Boys it’s in what think and how you carry out.

That’s Why God Made the Radio is a breath of fresh air in my opinion.

Very laid back and yet it sort grabs you and pulls back in to a time of past where troubles were far and few, and yeah everybody had a job!!!, I’ll leave that alone for now, no pun intended. Getting back to the song, loads of HOOKS! and those harmonies just blow me away. I have been singing with my brothers for a long time, and I will tell you, it is challenging for me to figure them out.

Enough said so kick back, relax get your headset on, Now! And Take a Listen!!

Thank you for stopping by, My Opinion Matters, what’s yours?

Oh and Keep it Rock’n!!

Bill Barrett GrinninBarrettBand.info

My Thoughts on writing New Music

Writing music is like anything else you do on a regular basis, the more you write the better you become, as an artist it’s like riding a bicycle, you may fall down the first few times, but you pick yourself up and say oh yes I can do this, because the music is already in my blood and I now need to become good at writing lyrics then I will incorporate the two together and come up with some interesting ideas. I love to write songs on my acoustic guitar, why because it is always within arm’s reach of my computer. I may have this great idea for a real good rocker tune, but I always start it out on the acoustic it gives me the ability to write down my thoughts quickly to get through the first rough draft. I start out with some basic chord changes and then start thinking about the lyrics I would like to incorporate with the music. Sometimes they all come ounce and there are those times I will spend days or weeks coming up with the right lyrics to complete the song. Where do I get my ideas from?

My best inspiration comes from what’s going on in my life at the time I am writing this song. If I’m having a good day, I could end up writing a great ballad song, if on the other hand I’m having a bad day, this is where I get my fuel to write my best rock tunes. I firmly believe music is channeled through pure emotion. There is an alternative here, why not try write to a song based on fantasy, creativity is what it is all about, my brother Tom is great at this he just let go of the emotions and has fun with it and writes a great tunes.

Don’t be afraid to express yourself, you are the Captain of your Destiny and it’s your ship and you are in Control.

Have fun and Keep it Rockin!

Bill Barrett GrinninBarrettBand

If’s hard to believe another year has come and gone, okay I guess its’ time for all of us to come up with our New Year’s resolution, mine is to eliminate any bad habits I may have had in the past and move forward into the New Year(2012) with fresh thoughts and new ideas and keep in a positive frame of mind. One of my goals is to continue to write new music. Oh yes it can be challenging at times but all it takes is to come up with that perfect riff or hook that ties it all together then bingo, your off to writing your next hit. I have found in the art of writing good music is, don’t put any time limits on how long it will take you to achieve your goal. Many good writers go through (writers block), basically you have a great idea in you head for your next song and all of a sudden you find yourself at a crossroad, your gas tank has run empty and your unable to get to the finish line. Should you find this happens to you, just chill out and take a break, it’s time to refuel and give your head a break, save your Ideas in word document, get a good night’s sleep, wake up the next morning feeling refreshed and energized, have your favorite beverage whether it be (coffee, tea) it’s your choice and set out to accomplish your mission and cross the finish line. I believe we are all winners, it’s all mind set, If we believe in who we are, there is nothing we can’t tackle and accomplish, everybody’s comes out a winner, just believe in yourself, you are the master of your destiny!

Good luck to all of you and your New Years Resolution ( 2012)

From the band wishing you a very Happy New Year !                  

Bill Barrett  rockingman30 GrinninBarrettBand

Hello everyone, hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!!!

Bill Barrett  rockingman30  GrinninBarrettBand

How did we get our name hmm, considering our last name is Barrett it was through the suggestion of Dave Harper/ Garrett Barrett our lead guitar player to call ourselves GrinninBarrett and my brother Michael Barrett ( who is our producer, and who also plays keyboards on many of our recordings) went one step further and said lets just call it GrinninBarrettBand ™ so here we are ten years later, and the brothers continue to rock on.

So how did we get in to our own original music, well it just so happen that myself and brother Tom had a few tunes of our own tucked away and in 2004 we decided to record and release our first EP of six songs.

Titled It’s About Time,

Please be sure check our music on  CD Baby    GrinninBarrettBand.net

The ‘GrinninBarrettBand’ is based out of Southern New Hampshire, USA. Our recently released Album: “IT’S ABOUT TIME” has been getting a lot of attention and great reviews along with our newer material now available for digital download. The current line up of musicians in the band is as follows: John Barrett on drums and percussion, Tom Barrett on guitar and keys, Garrett Barrett on guitar, Bill Barrett on bass, and Michael D Barrett of 3MiMusic.com, who is also our producer. Since the release of this CD, we continue to write and record new material.

Do we still do cover tunes, the answer is absolutely yes, why because there is so much great music out there to cover and it’s the reaction you get from the fans is very rewarding when you play their favorite cover tune. The philosophy here is to write songs your fans can relate to whether it’s about love, frustration , a recent break up with a love one or a job loss, the economy, what ever your feeling at this time, that is who we represent in our music, it’s all about feeling what your fans are feeling today. The point to remember here we are just all ordinary people.

Bill Barrett ( rockingman30) GrinninBarrettBand

Band Biography – GrinninBarrettBand ™

Hmm, where do I start and how did we all get together. I would say like most other bands, getting to together for an initial jam session. Having already played with brothers Tom and John and other projects and bands we knew we could pull it off pretty well together, the key was to find the perfect guitar who would fit in with 3 very opinionated brothers, you know the scenario each brother is always right and the others stand to be corrected, but at the same time, having a mutual respect for each other and his talents.

So who would be the perfect candidate to fill in the lead guitar slot?

Rather then putting in an add in the local newspaper, it was through the suggestion of my brother John to try out a coworker of his employer, name (Dave Harper) who he knew played guitar and was interested in getting together for a jam and possibly starting a band together, so we all to a vote and agreed to try him out.

So what was it like the first time we all jammed together, INTERESTING!!!!! Yet positive. And what I mean by that we now have the opportunity feel each others strengths and weaknesses. Keep in mind at the time we were strictly a cover band at the time and tying to agree which kind of songs would be the best to play out as a band and what songs were good and what songs were weak.

Dave’s input was, sounds good, but we need to get more current with the cover songs we do, and we all agreed to step it up a notch and add a little more edge to our sound and now we find, we are now progressing as a band.

Stay tuned to for Part 11, how we got our name, and how we were able to make the transition from cover band to all original bands.

Thanks for attention

Bill Barrett ( rockingman 30 ) GrinninBarrettBand