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Music Composition
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Ethics and Songwriting (The Sonnet)
I wish I could write music,
For one song is worth ten sonnets.
One sonnet is worth ten essays,
One essay is worth ten speeches.
That's why I have respect for those,
Singers who do their own writing.
While I pity the empty entertainers,
Who do nothing but counterfeiting.
It's okay if you sing someone's song,
At least make way for equal recognition.
Exploiting talent 'cause they're struggling,
Is fundamentally a human rights violation.
Every industry lacks eth
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― Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
― Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
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Once music is
detached from function, once it becomes a repertory art, it
explicitly strives to define itself, out of itself, to become "mathemat-
ical"—that is to say,
to begin from premises and proceed to
conclusions by interpreting its own universe, finding
its own
laws. Systems of harmony and counterpoint become tools for
elaborate musical explorations. A great deal of Western music
is as much a manifestation of idealism as is mathematics.
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― Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics
― Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics
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