2. Music Poem
Living day by day with no music to play is pure torture to the
soul.
Without music, the world serif from harmony and manuscript
read between the lines.
You need music to survive to keep the heart to keep it bumping
and up to date.
It smiles, hurts, and cries it sing down memory lane lullabies, it
brings a mixture of emotions it cleanses, releases, inspires,
compose, writes, admires, and appreciates the difference kind
of music.
A world without music is a world without your soul.
By: Manasseh Bailey.
3. Music short story
• Heroic Tragedy
M. Stanley Buben
I tapped the score sitting upon my friend's table. His newest symphony, one
which he had been poring over for several months. Notes caught my eye
and I tilted my head."A new direction for you, I see."
He smiled, and his hair flew back with his vigorous nod. Laying one hand upon
the score, he said, "Yes!" He turned it to read better, his grin becoming
childlike. "I confess, Ferdinand," he directed a mischievous eye toward me,
"I left this out hoping you would notice. It's so nearly complete, and I've
wanted to share it with someone."
"Let's have a look then." I stepped to his side and we both gazed upon his
creation. Melodies cascaded within my head as he flipped the pages. A
lengthy work, obviously conceived on a grand scale, it conjured to mind the
life and death of someone deserving immense fanfare.
"Done?" he asked, as he had countless pages before, and flopped the vellum to
expose the one below. However, instead of the score's continuation, there
sat, completely out of sequence, the title page. I first noticed at the bottom,
"Luigi Von Beethoven," and then, at the top, "Bonaparte."
"You've dedicated this work to Napoleon?" I asked.
His stood straight, as if at attention. "Absolutely. He has restored order to
France, making their wondrous nation the envy of all Europe once again.
The people rejoice, for he is a hero. Yes! A hero!"
4. Oldies but Goodies
• Oldies Music: The Early Days
The Classic Oldies music of the 50s and early 60′s signify music you can
to dance to, sing along to, and fall in love to. With their lyric-driven
intensity and their melodic sound, this era epitomizes the golden age of
pop music. When the 1960′s came into view, the music began to become
more complex and the groups became more diverse in their expression.
The singer/songwriter was born, with individuals and bands ranging
from folk to pop to rock continuing to break all the rules. Additionally
we had a phenomenon called the British Invasion, which changed the
face of rock n roll forever.
• The Oldies Music Evolution
The early 70′s brought a sound that mirrored what was going on in the
burgeoning hippie culture of the time. Expressions of world peace, free
love, civil rights, and women’s liberation took hold through rock, funk,
and reggae sounds that came from both sides of the ocean.
6. Pop your World
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an
abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music
which originated in its modern form in the 1950s,
deriving from rock and roll.[1] The terms popular music
and pop music are often used interchangeably, even
though the former is a description of music which is
popular (and can include any style), whilst the latter is
a specific genre containing qualities of mass appeal
