Songs about peace! Can they make a difference?
Posted on April 21, 2011 with 0 comments
Imagine peace.com is a place where I feel the work of John Lennon, inspired and created by Yoko Ono, lives on! But......, can we really get peace by just imagining it? If you believe in the "Law Of Attraction" then, yes, it is possible. Not to get off on any tangent about quantum physics and the power of thought, but chants, singing, thoughts and prayer, do, universally, pin point, and sometimes resolve, intense (but rich and passionate!) emotions.
By metaphysical and spiritual means, we project powerful feelings, and these feelings, become, brain waves. Imagine brain waves of emotions and thoughts, filling the air like radio waves, and so, the more people filling the air with positive and peaceful brain waves; the more we ignite the world in peace and the realization that, as a world, we are one and need to take care of our life blood: the world. Imagine the world's population expressing their feelings as one. If we all thought, the thought of peace, this world would be peaceful. This is the reason I wrote my book; Change The World; Write A song - Fundamentals For The Singer/Songwriter And Beyond.
I want the world to live in peace. We can find common ground through the Arts! Music, especially, songwriting and writing are my venues for change. When I say we are all one, I don't mean for us to be cookie cutter versions of ourselves, because it's the differences that make us interesting. I want a world, where we can have differences and still be able to live with one another in peace. That is my vision. I imagine peace in this world through song. What's your art? Whatever you feel your reason for being is, take a moment and think of peace. There is power when people are able to express themselves truthfully, but sometimes people have to find themselves, first.
It's hard to pin point an emotion when you're being flooded by a hundred (well ok maybe 5) of them! That is why I write songs! Songwriting is about finding the voice within and writing about it. When you find your voice though songwriting, you find inner peace or calm because you have pin pointed what was on your mind. When I finish writing a song, I feel that I am able to complete a thought and I feel a completeness and I feel inner peace. With inner peace there is no need for fighting, unless you want to.
My childhood was dominated by the English Culture, partly to do with The Beatles, partly to do with my family heritage. When it came to battling out differences we didn't. We ignor, hide and sometimes snub, people in our own family, instead of confront them. I don't know what's worse; fighting it out or getting the silent treatment. I would rather; Imagine Peace.
We don't have to have the same visions of peace; we just have to believe and visulized what peace looks like. Starting by being grateful for what we already have. Everything can be resolved by communication and respect, but there is no over night solution. It takes everyone talking about it. I feel my job is to enlighten people to become their inner singer/songwriter.
It all seems so incredibly simple, but it's not. Humans are complicated creatures. We have egos! And there is good ego and there is bad ego. Right now the bad ego is singing too loud. We need to balance the playing field with songs igniting peace, love and thanks to this beautiful world we live in. As humans, we need to evolve a bit more, but we can make a difference by imagining peace. Let's write that song that expresses peace, love and graditude. What does peace look like? Write a song about being grateful for what you have or a song about what peace looks like! Here are some exercises from my book, Change The World; Write A Song.
Exercise 4. Notebook: When I start a song from scratch, meaning; I didn’t come up with a melody in my head, I sometimes take a thesaurus and/or dictionary and find all the words I want to use. I can fill up a whole page with words. Then, I will see if I can find a story in the words. I won’t use all of the words of course, but they will be there as a reference when I need direction.
In thinking about the voice, words with a softer ending sound. a softer “shh” and “tion” are prettier sounding than a hard sounding “ee”. Of course, you don’t have too and variety is always good. Whatever voice you have is unique and you’ll have to figure out what style of voice you want, but these are for songwriter’s who want to write for money.
Exercise 5. Notebook: For reference, find a song you like and see what kind of words they use. Does your favorite songwriter use a lot of soft shh sounding endings or hard ee endings? See if you can identify any metaphors, simile, alliterations, oxymorons, allusions, or personas in the song.
Write them down in your notebook.
Exercise 6. Notebook: Write about a painting! Go where ever you need to go to find that picture, that is telling you a story and write a song about it. You may have a picture at home that catches your eye all the time. It’s just begging for attention! So, write about it. “Every picture, tells a story, don’t it” - Rod Stewart.
By metaphysical and spiritual means, we project powerful feelings, and these feelings, become, brain waves. Imagine brain waves of emotions and thoughts, filling the air like radio waves, and so, the more people filling the air with positive and peaceful brain waves; the more we ignite the world in peace and the realization that, as a world, we are one and need to take care of our life blood: the world. Imagine the world's population expressing their feelings as one. If we all thought, the thought of peace, this world would be peaceful. This is the reason I wrote my book; Change The World; Write A song - Fundamentals For The Singer/Songwriter And Beyond.
I want the world to live in peace. We can find common ground through the Arts! Music, especially, songwriting and writing are my venues for change. When I say we are all one, I don't mean for us to be cookie cutter versions of ourselves, because it's the differences that make us interesting. I want a world, where we can have differences and still be able to live with one another in peace. That is my vision. I imagine peace in this world through song. What's your art? Whatever you feel your reason for being is, take a moment and think of peace. There is power when people are able to express themselves truthfully, but sometimes people have to find themselves, first.
It's hard to pin point an emotion when you're being flooded by a hundred (well ok maybe 5) of them! That is why I write songs! Songwriting is about finding the voice within and writing about it. When you find your voice though songwriting, you find inner peace or calm because you have pin pointed what was on your mind. When I finish writing a song, I feel that I am able to complete a thought and I feel a completeness and I feel inner peace. With inner peace there is no need for fighting, unless you want to.
My childhood was dominated by the English Culture, partly to do with The Beatles, partly to do with my family heritage. When it came to battling out differences we didn't. We ignor, hide and sometimes snub, people in our own family, instead of confront them. I don't know what's worse; fighting it out or getting the silent treatment. I would rather; Imagine Peace.
We don't have to have the same visions of peace; we just have to believe and visulized what peace looks like. Starting by being grateful for what we already have. Everything can be resolved by communication and respect, but there is no over night solution. It takes everyone talking about it. I feel my job is to enlighten people to become their inner singer/songwriter.
It all seems so incredibly simple, but it's not. Humans are complicated creatures. We have egos! And there is good ego and there is bad ego. Right now the bad ego is singing too loud. We need to balance the playing field with songs igniting peace, love and thanks to this beautiful world we live in. As humans, we need to evolve a bit more, but we can make a difference by imagining peace. Let's write that song that expresses peace, love and graditude. What does peace look like? Write a song about being grateful for what you have or a song about what peace looks like! Here are some exercises from my book, Change The World; Write A Song.
Exercise 4. Notebook: When I start a song from scratch, meaning; I didn’t come up with a melody in my head, I sometimes take a thesaurus and/or dictionary and find all the words I want to use. I can fill up a whole page with words. Then, I will see if I can find a story in the words. I won’t use all of the words of course, but they will be there as a reference when I need direction.
In thinking about the voice, words with a softer ending sound. a softer “shh” and “tion” are prettier sounding than a hard sounding “ee”. Of course, you don’t have too and variety is always good. Whatever voice you have is unique and you’ll have to figure out what style of voice you want, but these are for songwriter’s who want to write for money.
Exercise 5. Notebook: For reference, find a song you like and see what kind of words they use. Does your favorite songwriter use a lot of soft shh sounding endings or hard ee endings? See if you can identify any metaphors, simile, alliterations, oxymorons, allusions, or personas in the song.
Write them down in your notebook.
Exercise 6. Notebook: Write about a painting! Go where ever you need to go to find that picture, that is telling you a story and write a song about it. You may have a picture at home that catches your eye all the time. It’s just begging for attention! So, write about it. “Every picture, tells a story, don’t it” - Rod Stewart.