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Artist: Joanna Newsom Album: Milk-Eyed Mender What I See in This Song Captain Newsom spins a tale of high nautical adventure that happened in her own mind. Through colorful and idiosyncratic use of …
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Feeling adventurous? Try writing a song that's turned inside out--by moving the rhyme from tail to head. Head Rhyme As the name suggests, this is rhyme that occurs at the beginning of each line …
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If the marketers did their job well, you already know what a Moleskine is: a fancypants notebook, available in hardcover and in different sizes, with a spectrum of lined pages, blank pages, grid …
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This article is third in a series: feel free to read it on its own, or to go back and begin with "Sensory Songwriting Part 1: How to Write Lyrics that Capture Your Audience's Imagination." “Nothing …
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You can’t deny the power of raw talent in music, but it is possible there is an even greater strength in the human capacity for self-transformation, growth, and genius. Some people have enormous …
Painting, or art generally... with all its technicalities, difficulties, and particular ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself …