Monday, June 13, 2005
Music and Change
Hi!
Well, everyone is getting on the blogger bandwagon so I thought I would, too.
This year I've added some new tunes to my concerts. I like them because they say something about things I believe in.
I wrote the tune Throwing Stones to lament the way human beings divide and deride each other and to claim the promise of "grinding the stones" to dust.
I'm singing two tunes in the style of Eva Cassidy. I got turned onto her by a friend and I think she had such a soulful interpretation of songs. She died young of cancer. Anyway, People Get Ready has great lyrics about leaving your baggage behind and getting on the train. Everyone is welcome -- all the loved and lost, except those who are hard on mankind just to save their own. And then I'm including What a Wonderful World which is such a beautiful celebration of creation and the essential good in all of us.
Can music make a difference in the world? I feel spiritually connected to God through music. Singing the blues helps shake them. Lifting up hope makes me hopeful. What do you think?
Keep the faith!
Eileen
Well, everyone is getting on the blogger bandwagon so I thought I would, too.
This year I've added some new tunes to my concerts. I like them because they say something about things I believe in.
I wrote the tune Throwing Stones to lament the way human beings divide and deride each other and to claim the promise of "grinding the stones" to dust.
I'm singing two tunes in the style of Eva Cassidy. I got turned onto her by a friend and I think she had such a soulful interpretation of songs. She died young of cancer. Anyway, People Get Ready has great lyrics about leaving your baggage behind and getting on the train. Everyone is welcome -- all the loved and lost, except those who are hard on mankind just to save their own. And then I'm including What a Wonderful World which is such a beautiful celebration of creation and the essential good in all of us.
Can music make a difference in the world? I feel spiritually connected to God through music. Singing the blues helps shake them. Lifting up hope makes me hopeful. What do you think?
Keep the faith!
Eileen
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