There’s a tired refrain that surfaces whenever a musician speaks out on social issues: “Stick to music.” It’s dismissive rhetoric that treats artists as court jesters: valued for entertainment, but expected to remain silent on matters of consequence. This view fundamentally misunderstands both the role of art in society and the responsibilities of citizenship. Musicians […]
The Hero’s Journey is one of the essential literary forms of movies and stories. When we think about it, we think of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or any other great story! The Hero’s Journey has 12 steps, and was brilliantly laid out by Joseph Campbell. But instead of looking at a likely one, […]
One of the most popular poetry forms, because of its brevity, is the haiku. Consisting of three lines, this form is broken down into the number of syllables per line: By the ancient pond [5] When a frog leaps into it [7] The sound of water [5] This poem by Matsuo Basho focuses on the external. […]
Not often do old, classic bands redefine themselves. But Tears for Fears did just that with their new single, “I Love You But I’m Lost”. The new sound of this song is well beyond where they stood with classics like “Shout” or “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, songs which most modern musicians and bands […]
Hi guys! I wanted to explain one of poetry’s most common metered forms, ballad verse. It was very popular with music. Ballad verse is usually in in quatrains, meaning that each stanza is four line. The meter is a line of iambic tetrameter followed by a line of iambic trimeter (4 units, then 3). Let’s […]
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iTunes Google Play Amazon Music “BIG EYES” by Drew Mazur Why do I value my failures More than my successes? I see you at the bar stool In a ball cap, in your messes And you don’t have to dress However they tell you to The atmosphere When you’re in here Let a drunken […]
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The primary feet used in poetry are: (NOTE: v = unaccented, ^ = accented) Iambic: v^ Anapestic: vv^ Trochaic: ^v Dactylic: ^vv The substitutive feet are: Spondaic: ^^ Pyrrhic: vv The different line lengths are: One foot: Monometer Two feet: Dimeter Three feet: Trimeter Four feet: Tetrameter Five feet: Pentameter Six feet: Hexameter Seven feet: Heptameter Eight feet: Octameter For example: v ^ […]
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