The month of May was another good one for Human Project Music, ie the music of Loyd Vandergriff. 30 different countries downloaded the music, and over 60 different Human Project songs were downloaded as well.  These are the top downloads.

Top Downloads for May:
Highway 58                                               Humanized 2017
Right Wing Billy                                       Last Train Out 2011
Requiem For Washington                       Last Train Out 2011
Juke Joint Showdown                              Human's Last Stand 2014
Vicodin Blues 2019                                  Fadin to Gray 2019
Standing in the Shadows                        The Real Stuff 2006
Running From the Shotgun                    Last Train Out 2011

Top Countries that downloaded:
Russian Federation
USA
Canada
France
Brazil
Great Britain
Ukraine
Ireland

Top download sites:
Spotify
United Media Agency
Deezer
Yandex
You Tube Music
iTunes-Apple Music-USA
Pandora Plus

Thank you all for your support of Human Project Music. Going strong since 2006.

​These are the top downloads for the month of April for the music of Loyd Vandergriff, better known as The Human, of The Human Project.  His CD's range from 2006, (The Real Stuff), to 2020, (The Intersection)  Six of the releases are physical CD's available at most all music sites, and two are download only releases, also available at the same music sites.
For the month of April, 50 different songs were downloaded by people from 20 different countries.  46 of these songs were written by Loyd Vandergriff.
Top Downloads:
Highway 58                                    Vandergriff                 Humanize 2017                                                                             
Right Wing Billy                              Vandergriff                 Last Train Out 2011
57 Channels                                   Springsteen               Fadin to Gray 2019
Life                                                  Vandergriff                Fadin to Gray 2019
Juke Joint Showdown                     Vandergriff                Human's Last Stand 2014
America. Where are You Now?       Vandergriff               Single release 2018
My V8 Ford                                      Vandergriff               Human Project II, Humanized 2008
King Cotton                                      Vandergriff               Human's Last Stand 2014
Gin That Cotton                                Vandergriff               The Intersection 2020
Top Countries that downloaded:
USA. Canada. Australia. Argentina. South Africa. Norway. France. Germany. Ireland.
The Human finances all his projects and promotes them himself. He has no label and no management.  He lives by the adage, "If it is good music, people will find it."  Thanks to all of you that do just that.


05/04/2021

Downloads for Human Project Music continue to be pretty strong even though The Human has not released anything new in awhile. He does have 2 or 3 unreleased songs he might release in the near future.  It is nice to see many fans are discovering music from his older CD's now and downloading them.  

Top Downloads For March

Highway 58                                                    Humanized 2017
57 Channels                                                    Fadin to Gray 2019
America, Where Are You Now?                   Single release 2017
My V8 Ford                                                     Human Project II Humanized 2008
Ridin This Train                                             The Real Stuff 2006
Red Vette Roll                                                 The Real Stuff 2006
Requiem For Washington                             Last Train Out 2011
Hared Work Blues                                          Best of the Human Project 2010

Top Downloading Countries

USA
Canada
Germany
Japan
South Africa
Brazil

Top Music sites for Download

Spotify
Apple Music Europe
Deezer
Apple Itunes Canada
Apple Music USA

All songs in above list were written by Loyd (The Human) Vandergriff, except 57 Channels which was sritten by Bruce Springsteen.

​

The Human and the late Jerry Leal. Pyramid Studio. Fresno, CA 2017.

These are the top downloads of Human Project Music for the month of February 2021.

Highway 58                                                 Humanized 2017
Requiem For Washington                         Last Train Out 2011
Juke Joint Showdown                                Last Train Out 2011
57 Channels                                                Fadin To Gray 2019
Life                                                               Fadin to Gray 2019
Friday Thang                                              Last Train Out 2011
Running From the Shotgun                     Last Train Out 2011
High Anxiety                                              Human Project II, Humanized 2008
Vicodin Blues 2019                                    Fadin to Gray 2019
The Intersection                                       Intersection 2020

Top Countries that downloaded:
USA
Spain
Mexico
Germany
France
Poland
Canada
Finland
Brazil
UK

Thanks for your support of Human Project Music.
I hope to release 2 or 3 new songs by April of 2021.

​

The Human
Make sure to check out his podcast, Human's show on Podomatic.

Workin Too Hard is the first song I wrote when I started back playing after a 35 year lay-off.  It is on 2006. "The Real Stuff."  I found this version I did in my home studio and I made a YouTube Video of it 5 years ago. I thought I would share it. This version was done on my BossBR1600 digital recorder. I added the vocal to go with the video. I play all the instruments and do all the vocals. Enjoy one for ole time sake. Click the link below.
​
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2RRcTdXiQ&t=2s

In approximately 2018, The Human decided he would try to cover the Jagger-Richards song, "Connection."  It was not the Stones version of it, but rather an obscure version done by Montrose in 1974. It was on their Paper Money album.  The Human really liked their version with Sammy Hager laying down a great vocal. So he sent this version to Jerry Leal at Pyramid Studio in Fresno, CA and asked him what he thought.  He said, " I know a guy who can help you with this." His name was Rick Willmitch and yes, he could most certainly do that. He sketched out the track with guitar, bass and drums and we met at Pyramid. He played what he had and I really liked it.  I started to work on laying the vocal which was more difficult than I though it would be, but I finally nailed it. I brought it Sharon Jordan Leal of Fresno to add some background harmonies I arranged.  I had Rick lay a harmonica solo down in a couple of places.  And, we pretty much had it. I sent the track to Jeff Sanders of Merced, CA to master it. He did a killer job so "Connection," was born.  It is not a top seller, but really it is one of The Human's favorite tracks.  So, that is the story of Connection, It is on 2019, "Fadin to Gray," a download only release.  

​