#lyric emphasis

[gagliandi]

Melodic Rhythm

Melodic Rhythm: Bringing Your Lyrics to Life(Inspired by Jack Perricone’s Great Songwriting Techniques)Melodic rhythm is a crucial yet often underestimated component of songwriting. It works hand in hand with the lyrics, shaping how words are delivered and influencing the listener’s emotional response.Why Melodic Rhythm MattersEmphasis on Key Words: Holding a note or placing it on a strong beat…

[hotrodmccoolgal]

Can you feel the light shine? You know this song's yours and mine Ain't it good to know you got a place to go Where the melody's fine

[thewhizzyhead]

warriors 2024 and the art of giving meaning to struggle

alrighty ramble time: let's talk about luther and how he managed to fuck up NYC for good. if luther were like i dunno lex luthor, i'd say his move to destabilize gang relations in nyc is a very fucking calculated move because i really do have to give credit to him in actually achieving the goal he set out for himself because his decision to kill cyrus,,,,aka the one that organized the "Please No Gang Fighting" summit that aimed to unite everyone against the bigger baddies of NYC,,,essentially fucking killed any and all chance of such a peace summit and unity initiative from ever happening again. because, like, after seeing a beloved and seemingly untouchable leader be murdered in front of all of you despite explicit instructions to Not Bring Weapons, would you even risk witnessing that chaos again in another summit? would you trust that forming a united force work after such a tragedy? is there even a possibility of finding trust among other NYC gangs if someone among their number killed your very hope? so yea knowing how the movie ends with just the gramercy riffs saying that the warriors (with two dead people and one arrestee in tow) are off the hook because someone else witnessed luther killing cyrus,,,the original ending is actually quite hopeless when you think about it in their shoes. in the words of movie swan himself in the movie, is what they end up with all their night of sleepless fighting and struggle is worth? hence, i now really see why warriors (2024) decided to make what I consider to be the 2nd biggest diversion outside of the genderswap: making cleon live - because otherwise, the warriors' struggles surviving the night can be said to be struggle for solely struggle's sake.

in the musical, cleon is an astute believer in cyrus and the future cyrus envisions for all of NYC - thus, she becomes the harbinger of cyrus' hope in the form of still breathin' and somewhere in the city. her being alive doesn't detract from the widespread tragedy faced by the NYC gangs - i still really believe that no matter what, luther effectively killed their one shot at true unity and trust - but in cleon's own words: "What do you do when they kill everything you believe in? Give it meanin." the decision to keep cleon alive is warriors (2024) counteractive measure at the absolute shithole luther placed NYC in because in her message of keeping the dream alive despite situations that are, realistically speaking, impossible to wholly recover from, gives their struggle meaning, purpose, and direction - the end goal being hope. that theme of hope despite and in spite of adversity now becomes evident on as to why we are made to be invested in the warriors' journey home and their subsequent growth. in mercy's decision to leave the orphans for a place of belonging and pride that can make her finally hold her head up high. in ajax's and fox's decisions to retaliate against their pursuants among sleazy old men in blue. in swan's persistence in getting the rest of her crew home alive despite still reeling from the loss of her leader and her fellow warriors. all attribute their own reasons to why they resist and rebel because they ultimately hope for something fucking better. ultimately, warriors (2024) exists because of the want to give more meaning to struggle in the form of hope amidst hopelessness. in the movie, the warriors find their meaning in the sweet simple bliss of survival - in making to coney island's sunrise. but in the album, another meaning is emphasized among not just the warriors, but the marginalized communities of NYC in general: their meaning of struggle goes beyond surviving the night - because they carry on and carry forth the dream of one day having a city where they all come home alive. because after all, isn't the formation of grassroots rooted in resistance - and isn't resistance born out of the want and hope for something better?

[papermonkeyism]

Sometimes I see those character ask memes, like "reblog with your OC!" things, and think how much fun they would be to do, but they often have things like voiceclaims or playlists, and my hearing damaged arse with borked audio processing is just here like "you guys' thoughts have audio??"

Like

"What do you imagine your OC to sound like?"

Me: "....I... don't?"

[aeolianblues]

Right?

Right??

[patroclusdefencesquad]

blossoms is THEE most satisfying song to sing along to. the way it just trips off the tongue is so pleasing to me

[iwanthermidnightz]

these lyrics are so…fitting for describing an intense secretive relationship. also like the use of babylon again— the religious and metaphorical implications of the hanging gardens of babylon being one of the seven wonders, but proof of existence/location cannot be found in ancient texts, but the lore of it all is like a well known secret.

[pasta-pardner]

spotify | art | He's back from the grave! Undead Nightmare playlist featuring mostly surf and garage rock.

[werewolfoffeverswamp]

there’s something so alluring about the idea of living in a perpetual horror movie to me. like a time loop. specifically a paranormal one where you could never make it out alive. in the same sense of “heaven is a place where nothing really happens” (from the talking heads song Heaven), being trapped in a story where there’s only one ending and you suffer through whatever horrors are laid out for you (but they are laid out exactly as they are and always will be, and they are laid out for YOU) sounds like. morbidly peaceful. no need to worry what happens next, you already know. and you’ve done it a hundred times. of course you’re in pain but it’s intimately familiar and maybe you don’t even register your suffering anymore. and you’re not preoccupied by your performance in this dance anymore either— it feels like whatever you do, the same events occur, but you’re an actor in a story and you never had free will to begin with. anyways. it just sounds kind of nice 👍

[sleepless-crows]

I PROMISE ????????? NO MATTER WHAT ???????? SURELY. ALWAYS. I WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE ?????????? AND WHAT IF I CRY ??????????

[randomfusilier]

- June Carter & Merle Kilgore :: Ring of Fire

[gagliandi]

Melodic Rhythm

Melodic Rhythm: Bringing Your Lyrics to Life(Inspired by Jack Perricone’s Great Songwriting Techniques)Melodic rhythm is a crucial yet often underestimated component of songwriting. It works hand in hand with the lyrics, shaping how words are delivered and influencing the listener’s emotional response.Why Melodic Rhythm MattersEmphasis on Key Words: Holding a note or placing it on a strong beat…

[weedle-testaburger]

i would say i can't believe i saw someone saying 'if you don't like rap you're racist' on tumblr yesterday but i absolutely can bc it's exactly the kind of brain dead take you get on here from time to time

[an-organized-confusion]

Gdi, having another of those "I wish i had music production chops" moments.

But Look. Imagine a completely obnoxious phonk-remix of "Forbidden Fruit". All the distorted cowbells and noisy, loud-ass mixing.

Imagine.

(Also would be fun to try to imagine a psytrance remix... but I'm always here for covers and remixes in very different genres from originals. And funny thinking about how Every Noise At Once puts psytrance as one of the genre inverses to musical theater.)

[yappabackup]

painis, my superpower

[cult-rangoons]

blast man somehow gives me the same vibes as some idkhow songs. specifically stuff like do it all the time and razzmatazz. do it all the time is my go to “thinking about the silly guy” song for him. do you see the vision