My heart uses musical sounds like a hearing aid, I trust I hear the poetry of the lyrics amplified. A wonderful experience. I feel a glorious sadness. Why is it wonderful? How can it be wonderful yet sad?
My spotlight:
My heart resonates with the poetic grammar of alle Menschen, humanity. It hears the "What if's" and the "if only's" living in the marriage of poetry and melody. How was this done with such force? I suspect the ancient minor third intervals are bullying my heart into fits of tearful joy.
My floodlight:
In the big picture, art asks what if we humans sought and found an Eden in which care, love, and empathy smothered fear, anger, and hatred into a tiny iota compared to its current metasticized overgrowth? I hear a sad yet joyous what if, why not, if only. It creates a sight for sore eyes and a sound for sore ears and a resonance for sore hearts; what endeavor could be more important?
Shall we humans be merely sovereigns in the animal kingdom or shall we aim up, to be wise self-actualizing citizens in the Kingdom of Heaven?
I think we humans must learn that artistic creative mythology is not childish fantasy, but rather a path toward beauty, goodness, and truth.
Some people draw or paint, some compose poetry or lyric or tones or rhythm. Some speak spoken word poetry, some prodyce caligraphy. Some perform, act, or dance.
Some find new arts, like this man conducting and simultaneously composing music using an audience choir of thousands.
Thanks for the mention Tom, it's really rewarding seeing my art out there after investing so much time in it. The demo you wrote is excellent and I can see how your poetry experience complements the lyrics. Definitely excited to hear more music from you!
Good going, Tom! The combination of lyrics AND music is not my Forte, lacking any musical ability, though passionate about many music genres. Written poetry and occasional lyrics for songs (mainly Christian, spiritual) is more my sphere; and in past and now more recently I've gotten my brother-in-law to compose music for some of the lyrics I've written. We sang a few of our songs in a gospel group we formed in the late 1970s in various church communities back then (both of us are now 67!:-)One song has been sung at the funeral service of both my Father-in law and Mom in-law, and remains special. More recently, after moving away from this practice, I wrote the lyrics for another song and my brother-in-law has just completed the music. We hope to get it sung soon enough.
I'm reminded of the Walter Pater quote: "All great art aspires to the condition of music". The combination of emotion and personality that goes into someone creating a song, combining it with melodic and rhythmic elements, and then having the ability to be sung and performed anew by artists for generations to come - each adding their own emotion into its delivery and structure - is phenomenal. The sharing of music is equally as powerful as its original creation, and I can imagine that the pieces you have written for your family have done the same. Thank you for sharing this!
As an artist who has done loads of paintings your lyrics and song resonate strongly with me, I've certainly been to shows and then had to rush home to paint, captured by this lyric:
"And thus I came back to my easel and my brush,
wondering the wonder in my mind that just wont shush."
"I see a vital need for art that reminds us of the beauty of human flourishing"
- yep, agree so much. It can be a difficult thing to achieve I've found - especially with the emphasis on doom and gloom. Most times destruction, derision comes much easier than building something gentle and subtle with a positive message, but it is a task we must bear.
It's great to hear you sing, I love the song format. I often find us artists can cling to rigid definitions like 'painter', 'sculptor' or 'poet' but I feel its an artifice of modernity to pigeonhole ourselves. We are multidimensional really, so why not become a bard? That's what I'm doing... playing lots of guitar myself and writing songs, so that may give me a slight bias ;) Will give your tune a bash at some point!
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A homestead farmer's song:
https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro?si=EbQ_4ACMZAGsUyN9
Meet
Oliver Anthony
https://x.com/OliverAnthony_0?t=JYx4V245_QwI90kt6HQk3Q&s=09
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My floodlight:
My heart uses musical sounds like a hearing aid, I trust I hear the poetry of the lyrics amplified. A wonderful experience. I feel a glorious sadness. Why is it wonderful? How can it be wonderful yet sad?
My spotlight:
My heart resonates with the poetic grammar of alle Menschen, humanity. It hears the "What if's" and the "if only's" living in the marriage of poetry and melody. How was this done with such force? I suspect the ancient minor third intervals are bullying my heart into fits of tearful joy.
My floodlight:
In the big picture, art asks what if we humans sought and found an Eden in which care, love, and empathy smothered fear, anger, and hatred into a tiny iota compared to its current metasticized overgrowth? I hear a sad yet joyous what if, why not, if only. It creates a sight for sore eyes and a sound for sore ears and a resonance for sore hearts; what endeavor could be more important?
Shall we humans be merely sovereigns in the animal kingdom or shall we aim up, to be wise self-actualizing citizens in the Kingdom of Heaven?
I think we humans must learn that artistic creative mythology is not childish fantasy, but rather a path toward beauty, goodness, and truth.
Once again, and many times, a joyous thank you.
More please.
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Some people draw or paint, some compose poetry or lyric or tones or rhythm. Some speak spoken word poetry, some prodyce caligraphy. Some perform, act, or dance.
Some find new arts, like this man conducting and simultaneously composing music using an audience choir of thousands.
https://youtu.be/22XTudPdOP8?si=W2xCn1TqQ9WQs0Yk
https://youtu.be/RpCNaICb1FU?si=4v3KlWDcC0inQ6Sv
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Thanks for the mention Tom, it's really rewarding seeing my art out there after investing so much time in it. The demo you wrote is excellent and I can see how your poetry experience complements the lyrics. Definitely excited to hear more music from you!
Good going, Tom! The combination of lyrics AND music is not my Forte, lacking any musical ability, though passionate about many music genres. Written poetry and occasional lyrics for songs (mainly Christian, spiritual) is more my sphere; and in past and now more recently I've gotten my brother-in-law to compose music for some of the lyrics I've written. We sang a few of our songs in a gospel group we formed in the late 1970s in various church communities back then (both of us are now 67!:-)One song has been sung at the funeral service of both my Father-in law and Mom in-law, and remains special. More recently, after moving away from this practice, I wrote the lyrics for another song and my brother-in-law has just completed the music. We hope to get it sung soon enough.
May all go well with your writing.
I'm reminded of the Walter Pater quote: "All great art aspires to the condition of music". The combination of emotion and personality that goes into someone creating a song, combining it with melodic and rhythmic elements, and then having the ability to be sung and performed anew by artists for generations to come - each adding their own emotion into its delivery and structure - is phenomenal. The sharing of music is equally as powerful as its original creation, and I can imagine that the pieces you have written for your family have done the same. Thank you for sharing this!
As an artist who has done loads of paintings your lyrics and song resonate strongly with me, I've certainly been to shows and then had to rush home to paint, captured by this lyric:
"And thus I came back to my easel and my brush,
wondering the wonder in my mind that just wont shush."
"I see a vital need for art that reminds us of the beauty of human flourishing"
- yep, agree so much. It can be a difficult thing to achieve I've found - especially with the emphasis on doom and gloom. Most times destruction, derision comes much easier than building something gentle and subtle with a positive message, but it is a task we must bear.
It's great to hear you sing, I love the song format. I often find us artists can cling to rigid definitions like 'painter', 'sculptor' or 'poet' but I feel its an artifice of modernity to pigeonhole ourselves. We are multidimensional really, so why not become a bard? That's what I'm doing... playing lots of guitar myself and writing songs, so that may give me a slight bias ;) Will give your tune a bash at some point!
Thank you Tom, inspiring.