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Music Notes

A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff

. I may also write about the 48-Hour Media Prompt Challenge if I don't feel like writing a story or poem inspired by the given song. Other bits of poetry or different topics of discussion might end up here as well.

This is the poem which earned my blog its first ribbon, courtesy Citizen Journalist

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Date Awarded: June 25, 2024

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♫~ Kenword~♫

Sep 12, 2025 at 11:33pm
In response to "Of Extraterrestrials"

I have no secular point of view on this subject. I love you used the reference from Ephesians. I am learning to enjoy other people's gardens or just what was left the way God planted it in the first place. What I do know is I love the way you write. I can read your words any time any where with smiles, tears, laughter and joy. You have a beautiful soul!

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 11, 2025 at 1:44am
In response to "Of Extraterrestrials"

I don't worry about ETs or UFOs. I wish them well.

I use to have a garden to tend.

I only have houseplants now.

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LightinMind

Sep 10, 2025 at 11:11pm
In response to "Of Extraterrestrials"

Personally speaking, I do not believe in the popular conception of alien life. Though angels, cherubim and seraphim seem like a different kind of alien.No one saw a flying saucer before the age of Sci Fi, before that it was all about angels, demons and ghosts... Scientifically speaking you mentioned a whole bunch of God incidences which make a possible context for life on this planet but then so also the Drake equation ( counting alien civilisations) assumes that the spontaneous emergence of life ( abiogenesis) occurs in nature and without Divine assistance. There is zero evidence for that making the discussion of alien life a theological one. But the bible is silent on this one and our travels so far into space have revealed only magnificent desolation.

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JACE

Sep 7, 2025 at 3:13pm
In response to "My WdC Experience in 25 Sentences"

A very impressive journey! These kind of prompts are the best way to learn about fellow members.

I love the way you set each bullet in a very visual way. I'm extremely impressed with your 10th bullet. I don't know anyone else with that level of commitment to those contests. Congrats on your successes.

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Spirit writing 💀🎃📜

Sep 7, 2025 at 10:00am
In response to "Wake Me Up, by Simply Three"

I love how you frame this whole experience 😻! I'm eager to listen to this,as one who has enjoyed most genres. You pulled me into your world and saw and heard through your eyes and ears. Very awesome Angel as usual 😉🦋💖💐🎹🎻🎶🎵.
Write ✍️ on!

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Kit

Sep 6, 2025 at 11:37pm
In response to "My Thoughts on AI Generated Writing"

This is a very good post. And I agree with you.

It is getting more difficult to know if what someone wrote was really theirs - like with so many things these days there is too often that question of 'true' or 'not true' and that is such a shame - and kind of unnerving. It does cause distrust. I have seen pieces on this site where I wondered, but it can be impossible to prove. I don't know why anyone would want to post AI items here or place them in contests because any success they'd have they'd know is fake, but people can be strange. I'll just stick to my own words, for better or worse.

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iKïyå§ama

Sep 6, 2025 at 5:20pm
In response to "Nonsense Words"

Excellent!
I can vouch for having a severe case of Wonderlanditis.

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Dawn Embers

Sep 4, 2025 at 9:28pm
In response to "Of Poetry and Cheese"

So many great discussions about cheese. Just a hint from personal experience: don't microwave the individual Mac and cheese cups without water and with the cheese packet still in the cup. It will light on fire. Yeah. Oops. hehe

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Marvelous Friend

Sep 4, 2025 at 9:04pm
In response to "Of Poetry and Cheese"

I wrote a cheesy poem in my response too. lol

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🌝 HuntersMoon

Sep 4, 2025 at 4:43pm
In response to "Friends I'd Like to Meet IRL"

Amethyst Autumn Angel and Kåre เลียม Enga - Packing's not an issue. Shorts/T-shirts/flip-flops.

Haven't had a day below 89 (102 wet-bulb) in two months. Sunscreen is highly recommended. I have a spare room with a private bath, 15 feet from the pool. Let me know well in advance (at least 24 hours

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November 6, 2025 at 5:40am

#1100968

Royals, by Lorde

This month's 48 Hour Media Prompt Challenge is Royals, the 2013 breakout hit single by New Zealand pop artist Lorde.

I've been familiar with Lorde and Royals for approximately as long as it's been around, though I hadn't realized it was now twelve years old. It came out before I had internet access, in that blurry period when I was beginning to be fascinated by the current soundtracks of the day, yet had no clue what any of them were. For context, it came out the same year as OneRepublic's Counting Stars, a year after Imagine Dragons broke out with Demons and It's Time. I look back at songs from this era with nostalgia, as they marked a coming of age at a time when pop music, generally speaking, had a degree of “gospel” styling that rendered it fairly decent (influenced in part by the hard work of songwriter and producer Ryan Tedder behind the scenes…)

I digress. At the time, Royals held a certain mystique for me. I didn't know what it was about and couldn't tell what she was saying. The words “royal” and “blood” made me think of a prizefight, and the overall tone and style seemed ominous and unnerving. I was relieved to finally look it up and discover she was only complaining about rich people showing off. I then looked her up, glanced over her Wikipedia bio, nodded in vague understanding, and haven't Googled or Shazamed her or the song in about ten years.

I hear it occasionally at Walmart or McDonald's, so I haven't exactly forgotten it. In fact, just a few months ago I marveled at how a song that had once sounded so rad and edgy now sounds quaint and old-fashioned, compared to the trashy hip-hop drivel that passes for pop music nowadays.

When this was announced for the challenge, I decided to download it for the first time and run my eye over its Wikipedia pages again. Though I haven't heard anything else from Lorde since this, I see she's been busy and has made a good name for herself over the years. I wasn't sure what type of content I would write for this, because Royals has always piqued my imagination, more from the sound and style than the actual words. I could have written a story, but I'm not really motivated to write yet another story this month, considering I'm all caught up at the Bradbury. I'm not in a poetry mood, because I just spun off a poem for Quihadi. A blog post is perfect, because I was just looking at my music blog and noticing how I haven't posted anything there since Party Week.

I've never before listened to Royals, only heard it. Here follows some loose analysis of what I think about it…

My first impression is that it's an extremely muted version of ID’s Thunder, instrumentally. The music is low-key, allowing the lyrical melody to carry the atmosphere without being overproduced. I remember when Taylor Swift's You Need to Calm Down came out, I compared her production there to that of Royals. Spare and simple, without any memorable flourishes.

Oh, whaddya know… My shuffle button was activated, and when Royals ended it moved on to Randy Travis's Forever and Ever, Amen. Now there's a song with charm, clarity and texture. Royals? Meh. I think it's more interesting when I leave it at arm's length. Listening close up didn't reveal anything I didn't already know. I probably will remove it from my playlist at some point.

Words: 590.
Written for "Note: 48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt Deadl..."

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