music is a
journey
Site last updated (10/03/2024)
In some ways, music is a lot like literature.
It can be pleasing, enlightening, even
life-changing. A great song, like a great book,
affects the listener in unanticipated ways and
resonates long after the music has ceased. And, if
done well, both music and literature have a rhythm
and tone unique to their authors; you wouldn't
confuse a passage from a Charles Dickens novel with
one from a Harry Potter book, nor would you mistake
a verse from "A Hard Day's Night" or one from a Lady
Gaga song.
But how do you describe your favorite song? How do
you put its melody into words or explain the beauty
of its chords? How do you begin to describe the
emotions that it provokes in you? As the maxim goes,
"Writing about music is like dancing about
architecture." In other words, despite the
similarities between literature and music, conveying
sound through notes and text is a challenge, even
for the most talented of writers and performers.
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SR 16
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Willie Nelson |
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Alesis QS 8.2 |
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Craig
Armstrong
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Don
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Multimix 8
FX
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Creedence
Clearwater Revive
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Stagepass 300 |
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Billy Joel |