The Making of a Muse
Music has always be a source of inspiration for me. ��Those of you who have read my first��book, Trust, and those of you who know me are well aware of my affinity for dancing and addiction to music. ��My range is expansive as my own father was a DJ at one time in his life. ��Numerous albums lined the walls in my parents bedroom as the loud thumps and tones could be heard across the house even thru the closed door of my room. ��Whether it was reggae, primarily by the transcendent Bob Marley but also from the talented Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, and Gregory Isaacs, to the hard-hitting punk rock of the Dead Kennedy’s and new wave Roxy Music; I’ve been raised on it all. ��My family and friends continue to share music everyday, Facebook, Pandora and You Tube being popular ways to find��and watch new videos and listen to songs .
For me it isn’t always all about that bass, though I do love the deep, pulsing tone of it, but the treble is just as important. ��However, the lyrics truly have the ability to transport you into a song, bringing your existence into being that person with the sizzling, desirable vocal cords,��or who is being sang about.
Last week I was needing an inspiration, as I do off and on with the business of life, I hadn’t hit my goal for Book Two and was floundering in Chapter 3 even though I have it fully outlined. Knowing where the book is going to go may be easy but filling that pathway with feelings, emotions, humor, intensity and passion is another story. ��Anyhow, Ed Sheeran has had great success with his latest album X, and after my friend ��from Colorado posted the��video for “Don’t”,��I knew I needed to check out his album. ��I downloaded it for my daughter and I am in one of those rare times I am able to head out solo to do a little shopping and visit a friend I was allotted time to really listen to the entire album. ��The 30 minute drive allowed me ample time to listen to most of it and I knew I was instantly inspired and the chapter��started to lay itself out in my mind.
While listening to “Afire Love”, “Photograph”, “Nina”, “Bloodstream”, “Don’t”, and “The Man”��from Ed’s album are all amazing songs that had my mind drifting into scenes of my characters, had me reliving moments in my own life as his words played a movie in my head. ��Such a great album and as I listened to Ed wondering if so many people use music as a muse. Artists of all types of media from theatre to ceramics, from writers to graphic designers, we all use music to help us shape our visions, to create our masterpieces, so what are the muses for musicians? ��Other musicians are a must as they shape and influence each band, solo artist, song writer and producer, but their own lives may be the biggest muse of all. Their relationships, the love, pain, happiness, sadness and moments of darkness and weakness in themselves and those around them make intense lyrics, realism to their performances and in many cases freedom of the experiences. ��Art truly is life, pieces of it, things we’ve heard, experiences, watched from a foot away to afar, it’s all about how we react, perceive and move thru it all.
From Rihanna’s “Diamond”, Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain”, Pearl Jam’s “Just��Breathe”��and “Sweet Nothing”��by Calvin Harris and Florence Welch, all amazing songs that move me into the musicians��life, allowing me to dance, cry, hope, and persevere. ��Music moves all of us.
What are some of your favorite songs and artists? ��I’d love to hear from all of you and maybe we can find a way to insert some of your favorite songs and lyrics into Alex’s second��book, Truth.
Enjoy the music of life and thank you for joining��me on the adventure!
Parker
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