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From High To Low
From High To Lowby Michael DoyleToo many people believe in the nicheAnd from there won’t budge an inch.Truth? It pays to know about everythingBecause then, you can choose what to bringTo the party of life’s extremes.From this, you can learn … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ability, Absuidity, Accumulation, Beat, Believe, Born, Budge, Despite, Developed, Dreams, Extraordinary, Extremes, Fusion, High, History, Horn, Improvised, Inch, Jazz, Know, Legendary, Low, Miss, More, Music, Nation, Needed, Niche, Ordinary, Plain English, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Richness, Sensibility, Skill Set, Spread, Street Urchin, Syncopated, Truth, Wise, Writing
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Slow Like A Mule
Blues and fusion offers it’s own kick of long solos filled with hot licks. But in all of this, there is that groove and it punches slow like a mule. No one threw those punches better than Betty Davis. Slow … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Betty Davis, Blues, Boogie, Born, Celebration, Choice, Critics, Deep, Difference, Disappear, Disenchant, Enigma, Falling Light, Fear, Full Truth, Funk Queen, Fusion, Genteel, Get It On, Gift, Gone, Heart, Heavy, Inclusive, Keep, Keeping It Real, Legend, Liberation, Life, Long Legged, Loose Goose, Mojo, Mule, Music, Mystery, Night, Note, Offer, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polish, Queen, Raven, Raw, Reclusive, Reign, Reverence, Ring, Road, Show, Sirens, Slap Down, Slow, Soul Sacrifice, Space, Starlight, Steamy Night, Told, Tome, Tree, Walk, Watch, Whiskey Courage
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Sidewalk Communication
The city is a place of connection in its own way. Fusions of thought and experiences blend into that special something that helps the creative process. Sidewalk Communication by Michael Romani Hustled and bustled to the point of hassled The … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Beat, Better, Blend, Blur, Bounce, Busy, Cacophony, Change, City, Communication, Complex, Connection, Conversation, Creative, Deficit, Endless, Experience, Feet, Flow, Fusion, Graffitti, Heart, Hustle, Ideas, Ignore, Insinuation, Integrate, Interpretations, Lead, Life, More, Notice, Overheard, Photograph, Pinball, Pique, Poem, Poetry, Process, Recall, Sidewalk, Sights, Simple, Soul, Sound, Speak, Speed, Street, Sublime, Subway, Swim, Time, Touch, Trinket, Whisper, Window, Word, Wrestle
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Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town
The whole creative process behind the making of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies and the original tales has and have always fascinated me. How about you? Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town by Michael Romani Somewhere in Switzerland … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adventure, Alchemy, Artist, Beautiful, Believe, Bits, Blend, Blessing, Call, Close, Cold, Conceal, Concept, Created, Daydreams, Deep, Detail, Discover, Drawing, Dream, End, Endless, Exist, Fantasy, Fascinate, Feeling, Fragment, Freed, Fusion, Generation, God, Grip, Head, Heart, Hobbit, Hobbiton, Hom, Immersion, Inspire, Journey, Keep, Kept, Layers, Life, Little Garden, Look, Lord of the Rings, Magic, Memory, Mid-Earth, Mirth, Movie, Mystery, Nature, New Zealand, North, Pantheon, Pencil, Penetrate, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Read, Real, Regale, Reveal, Road, Ruins, Saga, Sketch, Smile, Soul, Steep, Switzerland, Tale, Tea, Tolkien, Trace, Veil, Veneration, Walk, Weep, Wilds, Wise, Wordless, Words, Worth, Woven
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The Bass Line
In a continuing look at music that has helped shape our modern world, it seems to me that breaking this down into relevant works might be a good way of getting a good feel for this. My youtube.com channel has … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day, Uncategorized
Tagged Bass, Fusion, Heart and Soul, Music, Popular Music, Rock, The Bass Line, Thought For the Day, Universal Language
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Sonic Gems: Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica
Born on January 15, 1941, Don Van Vliet fka Don Glen Vliet was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist known by his stage name Captain Beefheart before he passed away from multiple sclerosis on December 17, 2010. With his rotating … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
The American keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor, Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock was born on April 12, 1940. Shortly after starting his career with Donald Byrd, Hancock migrated into the Miles Davis Quintet and redefined the role of the jazz rhythm … Continue reading
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Tagged Chameleon, Crossover, Fusion, Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, National Recording Registy, Sonic Gems
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Sonic Gems: Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
The English progressive rock supergroup , Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson on keys, Greg Lake as singer and bassist and percussionist Carl Palmer. With 48 million records sold world wide, they were … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Miles Davis – Live Evil
Released on November 17, 1971, Live Evil is a mix of live and studio recordings by American Jazz musician Miles Davis. Part of this album consisted of edited, lengthy jams in a Fusion/ jazz-rock style from a concert at the Cellar … Continue reading
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Tagged Cellar Door, Fusion, Hermeto Parcoal, Jam, Jazz, John McLaughlin, Live Evil, Miles Davis, Sonic Gems
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
Second Life: The Vibes of Reggae, Loopman, and One Love
Raggae was first mentioned as a musical term in the 1968 tune by Toots and the Maytals called “Do the Reggay”. This song introduced the genre to the world. It is a popular music form originating in Jamaican popular music … Continue reading →