- music is too fast or too slow
- wrong genre (don't play your country song to someone who only loves opera)
- reminds them of their ex
- the person listening to it may have just had a bad day
Mark shared his beautiful song Mountain Sunset with us in class that night. One of the things that was so good about Mountain Sunset is that it did a nice job differentiating between the verse and chorus. That's why songs aren't poems exactly, although you could put a poem to music if you wanted to. Songs have more freedom to differ from the verse and the chorus, or from the bridge.
Next week we will have other folks share their tunes if they wish, and we will begin to talk about setting words to music. This week (and always, really) listen to music that you enjoy, and to songwriters you admire. Listen, borrow, and take inspiration. Songs don't just appear in a vacuum, and we take what we need from everyone. So listen, relax, and have a notebook, pen, or a recording device handy when the mood strikes you.
Here is one source of inspiration: Kate Bush and her Hounds of Love album. It's hard to overestimate how important this album was to a weird little kid growing up in rural Virginia.
For a bonus, here is the song Rich mentioned at the end of class. It's Flora Purim singing Everyday Everynight, produced by Michael Columbier. (Warning: may contain jazz)
See you next Wednesday! We're having a room change February 3rd-- we'll let you know as soon as we can where we'll be next week.
ha ha ha may contain jazz eh ???
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