“We all— and that’s we as in billions of people!— give thanks for the Music Artists who turn life into something we can feel, remember, and carry with us. Forever.”
Here are the posts that have appeared in the New Music Lives™ Group on Facebook this week...
• Ken Parker, Who Sought to Reinvent the Guitar, Dies at 73 from NYTimes— Mr. Parker leveraged his extensive experience in woodworking and guitar repair, along with his maverick streak, to build groundbreaking guitars that went on to be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
• A survival guide for musicians in the age of AI from TED .com— Artificial intelligence can write a song in seconds, but does that mean human songwriters will become obsolete? Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. doesn’t think so.
• Freddie Mercury Once Revealed That He Didn’t Even Understand the Meaning of “Bohemian Rhapsody” from americansongwriter .com— Queen‘s 1975 song “Bohemian Rhapsody” is undeniably the most well-known rock opera of all time. It’s a six-minute epic with booming crescendos, major key and tonal changes, as well as words that don’t quite coexist with each other in a defined way.
• Nobel Prize winning Song Poet Bob Dylan said, “I don’t know how I wrote those songs…” from 60 Minutes— Bob Dylan's haunting words on 60 Minutes about how he wrote his songs in the past.
• Another great— and loooonnngggg— Issue. A tad more than 30 minutes to read and... Really Good!
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“Because of you, the world has songs to Inform Involve and Inspire us. For that— we’re endlessly grateful.”
• How To Watch the Grand Ole Opry 100th Anniversary Celebration Event from americansongwriter .com— While most people prepare to gain a few pounds over Thanksgiving, the Grand Ole Opry had more to celebrate than friends and family.
• The alchemy of pop from TED .com— You can write a song and you can not tell the truth, but your song will suck," says pop star Kesha. So what's the secret to making a great pop song?
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