Tag Archives: Music

Thought For the Day: Jazz Is the Only Music In Which the Same Note Can Be Played Night After Night But Differently Each Time

Posted on October 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.” – Ornette Coleman

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Thought For the Day: To Stop the Flow of Music Would Be Like the Stopping of Time Itself, Incredible and Inconceivable

Posted on July 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” -Aaron Copland

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First Principles: Music Gives A Soul To the Universe, Wings To the Mind, Flight To the Imagination and Life To Everything

Posted on July 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato

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Thought For the Day: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks

Posted on July 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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To Touch Your Shadow

Posted on June 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Touch Your Shadowby Michael DoyleThrough physical, we find affirmationIn this, we have signaled confirmationWrapped in layers of living securityOur love makes our sense of libertyThese are the rules we agreeably play byFinding our truths by which we’ll stay byWe … Continue reading →

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With An Idea In View

Posted on May 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

With An Idea In Viewby Michael DoyleWith an idea in viewI wished for a dream come trueAnd hope replaced my heartacheThat came from my last mistakeTrying my best to figure it outTaking my best shot at what it’s aboutFinding it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Music. Good Music, and the Other Kind

Posted on April 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.” – Duke Ellington

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Second Life: The Vibes of Reggae, Loopman, and One Love

Posted on January 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

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Rewarming Miracles On the Street

Posted on December 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Rewarming Miracles On the Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t want to seem to be too contraryOr an old-fashioned grump who is orneryBut does it seem creativity is stuck on repeatIs anyone questioning the miracle of any streetHollywood’s latest contributions seem derivative … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Number of Wreaths, No Amount of Music and Memorializing Will Ever Do Them Justice, But It Is Good For Us That We Honor Them and Their Sacrifice

Posted on November 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No number of wreaths, no amount of music and memorializing will ever do them justice, but it is good for us that we honor them and their sacrifice.”- Ronald Reagan, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication (1982)

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