Entries tagged music
Music is my motivation
Dec 9th, 2009 by Funkster | read more
After several weeks of not carrying out my short little workouts due to stresses at home, writers block, and pretty much feeling out of sorts with myself, I today finally set off to the gym with a mission in mind…to get sweaty in less than thirty minutes.
This workout took a little over 30 minutes including [...]
Topics: body weight training, boxing, ipod, Medicine ball, Motivation, music, music motivation, press-ups, shadow boxing, skipping rope, the prodigy
Musicals Proposed and In-Progress
Sep 14th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I am now working on my rough draft of my musical number, Meltdown, which tells the story of a mother of an autistic who is confused about quelling her son’s meltdown in the grocery store. The music has to wait until I’m richer, but I am in the exposition and rising action phrases. The cast [...]
Topics: autism, libretto, lyrics, music, musical theater, Musicals
Hank Williams III
Aug 26th, 2009 by maeday | read more
Ive recently found that I am a huge fan of the music created by Hank Williams III, and his band members. The diversity of the projects he has compiled,with Assjack, SuperJoint Revival and, his solo named album(s) he has released really show the talent this man has. He has a very southern feel with Straight [...]
Music is “Not on the Test”
Jul 30th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
Ahhh, back to school – and sales relating to this annual ritual of shopping for necessary supplies for school is in full swing in most states. Also, back to school is a willies-invoker, especially for music and art teachers: the No Child Left Behind Act.
Tom Chapin’s song, “Not on the Test,” laments how the arts [...]
Topics: music, music education, standardized test, Tom Chapin
Muzak Accompaniment II: Ballet Hero?
Jul 14th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
As I mentioned in the last post, last Christmas’s production of the 1989 musical, The Wizard of Oz, irked cellist Adrian Bradbury because canned music accompanied it. Alongside his clarinetist brother and expert witness, the composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle, they testified to the court in a lawsuit against its venue, the Lowry Theatre, that the [...]
Topics: ballet, canned music, music, muzak, piped music
Surely – Jackson Was our “Ben”
Jul 5th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
Like Ben..
I have to admit that I’m not really a Michael Jackson fanatic, but if I can name a favorite song performed by him, it would not be his famous “Thriller” or his “Billie Jean,” but my favorite Jackson song has to be the titular theme song of the 1972 horror film Ben. It is [...]
Topics: Ben, funeral, Michael Jackson, music
Free Music Downloads? Do They Exist?
Jul 4th, 2009 by missvirtualreality | read more
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Since last month, my top post was about downloading music illegally and the ethics behind it-I figure I would look into free music downloads for my readers and vistors.
Well let me start by saying it isn’t easy. Many claim to be free or legal, but are neither. So my goal to get a list [...]
Happy Independence Day!
Jul 4th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
Independence Day is here, but my DirecTV service is down, meaning that I cant watch “A Capitol Fourth” on TV – and analog television had been extinct for over three weeks! So what should an American do without the annual outdoor concert that featrues the likes of Barry Maniolw and Elmo?
Perhaps you viral video fans [...]
Topics: 4th of July, Battle Hymn, God Bless America, Independence Day, music
Welcome to my Keyboard!
Jul 4th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
and this shall be for music…
What comes to mind when I say the word “music?” The loud reggaeton blasting from cars at a Walmart parking lot? The Barry Manilow that deters teens from loitering in the stores? Circle-time? Crud from the elevator speakers?
To me, music is the heart-blood of my life – I myself am [...]
Links
Jun 28th, 2009 by justinkrebsible | read more
I’m not sure how the links work here but I did post some in the links section.
These don’t really relate to writing but they are interesting, and one of them somewhat showcases my songwriting ability to a degree.
The song – “Crackling Phones and Pixelated Screens”, an original -
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