Song of Songs

There are two songs that describe my life at the moment. These two are “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi and “The Heart Wants What it Wants” by Selena Gomez. These two songs are both my favorite and have an inspiring message behind the lyrics. The first song, Pursuit of Happiness, is a good inspirational song to listen to for confidence, happiness, and pleasure. This song is about finding happiness. The artist (Kid Cudi) is on the search for ultimate happiness and will do whatever it takes to…

What is it about music that draws us in? Is it the beat, the lyrics, the artist or is it the type of genre the music is in? Could it even just be what we happen to be going through at the time we hear a specific song? For me most of these questions apply to specific times in my life where music helped me out of pain, stress, loss and even despair. There are a few of these times that stand out more than other because they have had a harder impact on me. For instance January of 2007 when my…

Up till now I have focused on the lyrics of the songs, but the music is as important in telling the story. As we travel through Pink’s life we imagine hearing the chapters’ flip as the intensity of the lyrics change, as well as, the pattern of music. The album starts with a flashback of Pink performing at a concert. You can feel the sense of a musician he is: a rock star. The guitar is loud; one might say the guitar solo has a similar sound as a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo. Digressing from the…

While driving about I listened to Kanye West and soon I began to consume the lyrics. As I listened, "Runaway" came on. Due to this being one of my favorite songs, it really speaks to me. Over the summer, it, along with the rest of Kanye's music, changed me. Runaway describes his realization of what he's become, and telling his love to run away from him. I realized that if I didn't change my ways, the people closest to me would also runaway from me. I remember stopping at a red light and…

September 9th, I attended the Musical “Songs for the New Word" at the Trinity Street Theater in Austin Texas. The musical used songs to describe differing events in one's life leading up to that one moment in one's life when you hit the wall and have to make a choice to press on, or to run away like coward (http://www.mtishows.com/songs-for-a-new-world). The actors would sing of trials, tribulations and poor choices then use the repetition of the uplifting song of hope, a "New Word". This showed…

fairytale but another lesson to wake up it isn’t real. What helped me out listening to Kesha new song called “Praying” and what I consider my theme song. Kesha was very popular singer when I was younger. She was mainly pop, hip hop mix artist. But her new release album after 4 years of being absent from the music industry is showing Kesha as a changed woman. The first song from her new album was the song “Praying” and I stumbled…

3. Rhythm is a regular pattern of recurring or repeating beats. It creates the momentum, the mood, the pace and the texture of a song. It is the part of the song that makes you ‘bop’ your head or makes you want to get up and dance. Melody Writing The Melody To Your Verse We have written our lyric and have established its lyric pace. Now, let’s add a melody to it. Let’s start with our verse. Using the lyric pace that you decided upon, start singing any melody you can think of that fits the…

The song I did was ¨Carry On¨ by Fun. ¨Carry On¨ is a song about no matter what happens to keep going. I have times when my life is hard and I feel like thereś a lot on my shoulders, but this song reminds me to move on and look at the bright side of things. There are a couple quotes that could relate to me from this piece and one I chose was, “If youŕe lost and alone, or youŕe sinking like a stone, carry on.” This quote relates to me because I’ve felt alone or left out before, but I got through…

A song that speaks to me is “Warrior” by Demi Lovato. This is a song I listen to when I need a reminder that I am strong. I’ve had an ongoing battle with mental health issues and so has Demi Lovato. When I listen to this song I relate to her because she knows the struggle of mental illness and she writes from her heart. In her song she writes, “ I am a survivor in more ways than you know”, this reminds me that even though I have had a rough path I can still be more than a victim. She also…

The song “100 years” is very inspiring. In the song he tells you, “Half time goes by, suddenly you’re wise. Another blink of an eye 67 is gone,” so he is basically saying that life goes by quick and someone shouldn’t waste their time on something stupid. As the song goes on, he keeps repeating “I’m _ _ for a moment.” During the song, he seems as if he’s fine with getting older, he’s wishing for another moment once he gets to 99. Most of his emotions are joyful, but towards the end the music…