All These Things That I Have Done Lyrics Analysis Since you are here! I invite you to sample my own music – In my last post I discussed approaching song lyrics from a poetical perspective, referencing my takeaways from a book called The Poem as Process. The theme was meaning,…
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The Essayist with a Plectrum
The Essayist with a Plectrum When it comes to writing songs, the lyrics that have always held me back. They really don’t come easily for me. I’ve know a lot of musicians who can just start making stuff up to sing while they are playing guitar. I am not one…
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Voice Lessons
Voice Lessons I’ve been playing guitar, singing, and writing songs for decades. Apart from some guitar lessons at the beginning it’s all been self-taught through observation and ear playing. I’ve had some wonderful times performing in various formats. (I even toured the Czech Republic as the bass player for a…
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Dissolving Delusions
Dissolving Delusions Fearless Poison Drinker and delusion destroyer Caitlin Johnstone nails it again, unsurprisingly. So, for all those who smugly self-congratulate for their sacrifices on the Imperial altar of “Democracy” while sneering at those of us trying to point out the obvious, go ahead and keep playing with your toy…
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Thinking About Feeling
Thinking About Feeling Human motivation is the product of feeling, not reasoning. In this way we are like all other animals. David Hume summed it up – Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions Hume, David (1739). A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon Desire…