So what if… you saw sound? you could hear thought? you could smell the correct path? What if it were all about spirals… It’s quite […]
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Touching Stories, Moving Music Make This Book Impossible to Put Down
Stories of Music gives the reader (listener? viewer?) an emotionally satisfying journey through the world of music, as Holly E. Tripp weaves together the stories […]
Songwriting – How to Use the Length of Your Lyrics As a Tool to Write Better Songs
The length of your lyrical lines can be a great way to create a sense of accelerating, or decelerating, by changing the line length you’ve […]
A Great Sad Song – Understanding
The first time I heard ‘Understanding’, by Evanescence, I didn’t pay much attention to the lyrics but something about the song got real hold of […]
Neil Young’s “Old Man” – The Meaning (and Musicians) Behind the Song
The song “Old Man” first appeared on Neil Young’s 1972 Harvest album. With its thumping and raggedly-picked acoustic guitar, high-tenor lead vocals and over-all folk […]
Rockabilly Music Followed a Simple Formula to Create a Revolution – And Also Broke The Rules!
In some ways, different flavors of popular music have been all over the board stylistically. There are big differences between Sinatra and Hank Williams! But […]