Melody: Essence of Music

Melody:
A pleasing series of musical notes that
form the main part of a song or piece of
music. A sweet or agreeable succession or
arrangement of sounds. Arhythmic succession of single tones organized as an aesthetic whole.

(Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa—Who knows most, knows least.)
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-

I often say that the backbone, the foundation of a good song starts with the Melody. Sometimes you can have a song, I like to call it a complete song. Where the Melody and the lyrics are synced together. Take any one of them out and that song still hold it's own, but then sometimes you have a song where the Melody is what's keeping the song poppin and the lyrics is garbage or vice versa the Melody is garbage but the lyrics is keeping the song gone, its giving it LIFE!!!

(The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.)
-Brian Eno-

GOOD:
The good thing about the Melody of a song is that it has a way of putting you in a mood, an instantaneous mood. Whether you like country, R&B, Jazz, Rock n Roll whatever your music type is, once you hear that melody, that first chord its going to do something to you. Remind you of happier times or whatever the case may be.

BAD:
The bad thing about the Melody of a song is that it has a way of putting you in a mood, an instantaneous mood. Whether you like country, R&B, Jazz, Rock n Roll whatever your music type is, once you hear that melody, that first chord its going to do something to you. Remind you of not so good times or whatever the case may be.

The melody of a song can have you doing back flips up and down the street put you in such a good mood and then it can also have you ready to fight somebody ready to cry and God forbid if it's a rainy gray cloudy day outside and you hear the wrong song....Boy Oh Boy... your whole day is jacked up just because of that melody!!!

Yeah....Its That Deep.

This blog came about after I was listening to Teena Marie-Ooo La La La. When that first Chord, when that melody hit, you could not have told me that I was not on the campus of Ferris State University in 1996. Memories just started flooding. I can't figure it out, but for some reason that melody took me back there. Odd...

When was the last time you heard a song/melody that took you some place...a happy place in your mind and then turn around and hear another melody and it took you to a sad/dark place in your mind?

It's almost like that Minnie Riperton-Back Down Memory Lane. She says she's stumbled on a photograph that made her laugh, but in this case it was a melody that made you remember the good times....the bad times...the why Times!!!

So Many WHY Times/Moments.......LMBO

So I guess Jem and the Holograms was right....Music Is Magic.

Yep I said it....Jem and the Holograms!!!

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

I think it's time we talked about RESPECT.

How to earn it?

When you give it?

And what its good for?

Seems to me a lot of folks these days don't care too much about RESPECTING other people. 

Everybody wants to get RESPECT,  but nobody seems to want to give it. 

Maybe in this day and age of technology, some of us has forgotten what it's like to be......HUMAN!!!

Sure its fun to be right and of course you want to win. But that doesn't mean you get to be a JERK ABOUT IT. 

You can't go around thinking the world owes you something or anything of that matter. 

You gotta get out there and earn that RESPECT.

And one good way to make sure you get RESPECT and get what you DESERVE, is to give a little RESPECT.

So THE NEXT TIME you want to get an ATTITUDE and start yelling at the world, don't nobody RESPECTS me, This, That and The Third. 

Take a little time to think about it, could it be you're not getting RESPECT from people because you're not giving RESPECT to people?

Food For Thought!!!

Have A Bless Day

My Birthday.....

From The Heart Of God, To My Mother's Womb. I Came Into This World On November 18, 19_ _   ROFLMBO

Like I Was Going To Say!!! Just Know I'm 30+ Years Old. +1, +2, +3, +4, +5.....Don't Worry About...LOL

Don't Judge Until You Know It All..

Once again I have to step to the plate and tell on myself. Tuesday September 3rd 2013.

I judged a situation without knowing all the facts, which cause me to have a knee jerk reaction, jumping the gun and doing something that I really really really regret doing now that I know all the facts.

Egg on my face?

Yes!!!

Feels like, Looks Like Boo Boo The Fool?

Yes!!!

The good thing is, it showed me..me. Show me my Immaturity and where I was Lacking at. Its always good to see yourself in any situation bad or good.

Can the Trust and Respect that was there be repaired?

Yes!!!

How?

Now Enters Healing........That's The Only Way It Can Be Repaired....Through HEALING!!!!

Till Next Time (~:

In The Dumpster I Go...

The Following Take Place November 3, 2012 

From 3:45am till about 4:15am.

I was up late cleaning the house. So I decided I'll take the garbage out while I was up. Had on some shorts and a t-shirt and some gym shoes, plus it was cold outside but I knew I wasn't going to be out there long. 

Had a box and garbage bag. Throw the box in Dumpster, next the garbage bag.

What Happens?

House Keys Snags On The Bag And In They Go Too...

REALLY!!!!

So in the Dumpster I go for my keys. Getting upset about it. I hear them but can't find them. 

Found the bag they was snagged on, 

BUT NO KEYS......OK!!! 

So now I'm thinking I'm going to have to wake up my neighbor and have her call the emergency number and have them come open the door for me.

It's cold outside, wasn't planning on being out here this long. 

I'm getting upset, 

I'M UPSET!!!

So Looking at the Dumpster I said 

NO.... 

I'm going to get my keys tonight. 

I said father in the name of Jesus, point me to the place where my keys are!

So I step back in the Dumpster and went over to where the bag was. 

Moved a bag and wires I throw away and heard...Cling Cling. 

So I moved that wires again and there my keys were. 

Thank You Jesus.

Next time I'll put them in my pocket 

LMBO...

Till The Next Adventure, 

Stay Bless.....

Maturity vs Immaturity, Real vs Fake

I see a lot of post and tweets about people being hurt. Someone that hurt you, someone that's hating on you, someone who is doing you wrong.

But when was the last time you posted what you did to someone? 
The last time you posted you hurt someone, you hated on someone, you did someone wrong.

When was the last time you told on yourself?

I doubt that's ever going to happen. Because we live in a society where its oh woe is me.

But if you're real like you say you're real, then you should have no problem telling on yourself. 

Yeah I was wrong for what I said. 
Yeah I was wrong for hating on them. 
Yeah I was wrong for what I did. 

But if you putting up a front for everyone to see, those words not coming out of your mouth let alone you typing them out for everyone to see either.

I've come to the understanding mature people, yes mature people have no problems telling on themselves when they are the ones who done wrong. 

Immature people, now that's a whole different story.

You'll be better off looking for Jimmy Hoffa before you can get them to admit that they done anything wrong. 

You can have DNA Evidence, 
Videotape Evidence, 
Forensic Evidence, 
The Whole Kit & Caboodle. 

And they will still swear up and down it's not their fault. Let them tell it, don't nobody like me, everybody hating on me, people is jealous & envy of what I got.

Not Everyone Is Hating On You, Somebody Is Telling The Truth.....Blink Blink!!

At the end of the day, you have to be real with you. 

"To Thine Own Self Be True", Shakespeare. 

You can't lie to yourself and then went to be real with everybody else. 

NO YOU FAKE ALL AROUND........

LMBO 

Till Next Time...

To God Be The Glory For The Things He Has Done

August 5, 2012. 11:11 p.m. at Henry Ford
Macomb Hospital. My life did a complete 360. Today is a Memorial & Sadness day. It's been a year now since the Lord called my mother, my best friend home to glory. I thank God, for he knew what was best for mama. Now...if it would have been up to me...my mother would still be here. I know its Very Selfish of me, knowing the pain & discomfort my mother was in medically & physically........BUT THAT'S MY MAMA!!!!

Now.....I knew this day was going to come. I wasn't ignorant to the fact that one day the Lord was going to call her home.......but not now!!! See....we just lost her sister in the beginning part of the year. Then we lost two cousins in between. So....now we’re getting ready to EXHALE from all of that....this hits.....REALLY!!!!

To God Be The Glory For The Things He HasDone.

The Lord knew better then me that mama was tired and was ready to go home. Yes that's what I said, she was ready to go home to glory. I didn't find this out until after everything was said and done. The Lord knew I most likely would have done my best to talk mama out of it. LOL…That could be why I didn't find out till later. She told a close friend of hers, but that was it.

My mother was a living testimony of God's keeping power. 66 years old, 15 of those years she was on dialysis. No amputations, was still in her right mind. Still had the actively of her limbs. Wasn't able to get around much, but was still able to feed her self and do her hygiene. In 1997 when they put her on a dialysis, they did a battery of test. They looked at my mother and said, Ms White you should have been dead 20 years ago.....

To God Be The Glory For The Things He Has Done.

Even though today is a sad day for me, I'm so glad the Lord knew what was best for mama. I love her but God loves her more.......Exhale!!!