“Hello, Hello New” Copyright ©2020, 2022, 2024 Alphasongs LLC (ASCAP), all rights reserved, Music and Lyrics by Matthew L. Kearns (ASCAP) Chorus Hello, Hello new mentality Hello, Hello new trajectory Hello, Hello new vitality Change on the horizon, Getting ready now!   (Repeat)   Verse Now’s the time to think a bit, think about change, Things never stay the same as we move along, Finding ways to solve the pain from our past, As we move on to find our life’s love, as we evolve some more.   Chorus Hello, Hello new mentality Hello, Hello new trajectory Hello, Hello new vitality Change on the horizon, Getting ready now!   Bridge Now a brand new chapter, it’s time to turn a page, Yesterday’s distractor is not the current rage, Look around and see how connecting these new changes are. People finding ways to reach the stars.   Hello, Hello, New Hello, Hello, New Hello, Hello, New Hello, Hello, New   Verse Now’s the time to think a bit, think about change, Things never stay the same as we move along, Finding ways to solve the pain from our past, As we move on to find our life’s love, as we evolve some more.   Chorus Hello, Hello new mentality Hello, Hello new trajectory Hello, Hello new vitality Change on the horizon, Getting ready now!   (Repeat) ​ Notes: Hello, Hello New conveys a simple message, a personal inspiration to have a positive attitude toward change, especially those changes of a positive nature within ourselves. This song came from aspirations I have about the transition from a long career as a data engineer into what I've always dreamed about: pursuing musical composition as a form of self-expression. Musical ideas are often present in my self-dialog in the form of what I call “sing-thinking.” Hello, Hello New acknowledges getting more engaged with sing-thinking as I get into the final months of my engineering career.   The song's primary chorus opens the work in 3-part men's harmony and immediately repeats in 5-part mixed harmony. The chorus is an aspirational message to myself to embrace change in my life. There are two verses between the choruses, reflecting the observations about the nature of change all around us. So, after the chorus introduces the song, the first observation about change follows. Then back to the chorus. Another observation about change comes in the second verse, followed by a repeat of the first verse. Finally, back to the 5-part version of the chorus and then repeating one last time with the 3-part men's chorus version, finishing the song as it started. echoing the opening phrase. The harmonies are meant to be straight forward and happy, with strong chords in the chorus and more intricate rhythmic content in the verses. I gave the hand rhythms more attention with their interactions with the musical content. I love how this song makes me happy Performance Notes: This piece is scored for small to medium mixed vocal ensemble. It's a happy song to be performed with smiles. There are parts written for hand claps. These parts are intended to be a starting point for adding rhythmic emphasis. The percussive parts are intended to emphasize rhythms and enhance timing. These are optional and could be left out. On the other hand, I would encourage adding these parts. For more creativity, improvisational beat-boxing can enhance rhythms even more. Have fun with it. ​Audio tracks generated with Cantamus software