Tag Archives: Music

Dream Big Ghazal

Posted on February 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #4 is to be of the Ghazal poetry form. Ghazals were originally popularized and written by such notables as Rumi and Hafiz of Persia. Through the influence of Goethe (1749–1832), the ghazal became very popular in Germany … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Babe Ruth, Courage, Daughters, Discourage, Distance, Dream Big, Dreams, Edison, Encourage, Father, Focus, Ghazal, Goethe, Home Run King, Little Girls, Locus, Love, Music, Nighttime, North Star, Nurture, Poem A Day, Poetry, Promise, Right Thing, Rumi, Science, Sing, Sleep, Star | Leave a comment

The Dreams We Need

Posted on December 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

As a society, we spend too much time trying to stifle the dreams of both children and the inner most child in all of us. We misplace our values, thinking that dreams are merely wants. We dream to dream. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agreed, Awake, Ballet Slippers, Bliss, Care, Child, Child's Heart, Children, Dance, Dreams, Edge, Fabric, Find, Give, Glow, Happy, Kiss, Laugh, Light, Light Show, Love, Memory, Mind, Money, Moonbeam, Music, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Razzle Dazzle, Safe, Serenade, Share, Sleep, Smile, Society, Style, Surprise, Take, Universe, Verse, Vision, Waking Moment, Wish | Leave a comment

The Greatest of All Time

Posted on December 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Often in discussing sports and things, people talk in terms of who is the greatest of all time. That’s never made much sense to me. We can never know who is up and coming for example as to why… The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argument, Art, Braggadocio, Century, Collective, Cultural touchstone, Eloquent, Excellent, False Choice, False Claims, Front Cover, Greatest of All Time, History, Invective, Legacy, Music, Objective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Reflective, Rhyme, Sports, Truth Unseen, Warrior, Word | Leave a comment

Top Violinists In Popular Music

Posted on November 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The following is a compilation I put together of 100 of the top and most popular violinists in popular music through the 20th and 21st Centuries. This compilation represents a broad cross section of talent that has presented itself in … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blues, Classical Cross Over, Country, Education, Fiddle, Folk, Jazz, Music, Popular Music, Rock, Violin | Leave a comment

Rezz Day Poem For SliverLight GypsyHeart

Posted on October 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Her guy was out of town so I didn’t feel right taking photos of her to put up in my blog. Still, this lady has a wonderful music venue that is in SecondLife and she is about the nicest person … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Dance, Gifts, Gratitude, Happiness, Laughter, Music, Pearl Beach, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Rezz Day, Second Life, SilverLight GypsyHeart, Song, Spirit of the Outback, Treasure, Tunes | Leave a comment

One Hundred Top Rock Vocal Performances

Posted on October 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A little something for the listening pleasure and future lessons of two little girls as they grow up:

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Example, History, Lessons, Music, Rock, Sing For Your Supper, Vocals | Leave a comment

Children of the Night

Posted on October 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Once on a full moon’s howling… Children of the Night by Michael Romani Shackled in darkness and chains Life batters at us while we refrain Toys of love have rules of their own With all the goodbyes that leave us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Batter, Blood, Chains, Children of the Night, Consume, Darkness, Deadly, Doom, Drip, Full Moon, Goodbye, Howl, Hunted, Light, Man, Moon, Music, Offense, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rules, Savage Beast, Shackle, Shadow, Skin, Snarl, Toys of Love, Walking Wounded, Wolf | Leave a comment

A Dark Waltz

Posted on October 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Returning to the Halloween theme once again: A Dark Waltz by Michael Romani It seems that humans have always craved The horror and taste of the darkly depraved Massacre and slaughter in emboldened red Play on the hunger that riots … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient, Bloodlust, Crave, Dance, Death, Depravity, Echoes of the Past, Guilt, Hunger, Insane, Last Breath, Light, Master, Music, Pain, Photogrph, Poem, Poetry, Respectable, Spectacle, Sublime, Travesty, Truth, Tuth, Waltz | Leave a comment

More Cowbell!

Posted on October 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

So.. the challenge was create her a play list with the best cowbell songs on it… you know I had to rise to this, right? The first very short song is technically hot musicianship but.. play on through to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Music, Uncategorized | Tagged Challenge, Cowbell, Funk It Up, Music, Play List, Rock N Roll | Leave a comment

The Bass Line

Posted on September 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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 | Leave a comment