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Music Notes

A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff is Gru in #2343485

. 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 Brian K Compton

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Date Awarded: June 25, 2024

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Kåre เลียม Enga

about 10 hours ago
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

about 13 hours ago
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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Spiritwriter 💟s HB!WDC 🥳

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-Happy 25th!

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 Angel h✟k ♡ 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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Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 4, 2025 at 3:55pm
In response to "Friends I'd Like to Meet IRL"

I reposted to your post... in the wrong place.

Norma Jean has visited me here but we could meet up in Cebu and visit Naomi and GERVIC.

Also, I went to England in 2011; but, I'd love to start in Scotland and go down to Wales. Lots of folks to visit in the UK... pack for two weeks or better — a month!

I have 4 friends I would like to visit in Australia. That's at least two weeks or more... long trip.

Mexico... hmm...

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September 7, 2025 at 8:03am

#1096852

Wake Me Up, by Simply Three

My final Barrel of Monkeys track is the Simply Three string cover of the famous Avicii song, Wake Me Up. I threw this in for variety, after checking and seeing that it has well over 25 million streams. It's possibly Simply Three's most well-known single.

What it Sounds Like

Simply Three use a cello, a bass, and a violin to weave an entrancing web of wordless music, tracing the path of the original EDM track while making their version truly unique. It soars at the bridge, captures the infectious hook, blends the chorus in, and draws one along on a breathtaking journey, similar to the imagery in the music video.

Personal Significance

This is the cover that introduced me to Simply Three. I remember scrolling through YouTube one evening on a scratchy WiFi signal while traveling the backwoods of Tennessee in 2018. I noticed the official music video with the thumbnail of three guys holding a cello, a giant cello and a violin on the edge of a mountain, and since I knew and liked the song I thought it would be interesting.

Boy, was it ever. It opened a whole new world of music up to me. I had never thought of myself as someone who liked classical music or violins, but show me string covers and I was enamored. I devoured S3’s covers of Counting Stars and Believer - naturally - and explored all manner of other covers of whatever pop songs I was familiar with. It taught me to look beyond the words of a song and consider the workability of the lyrical melody. Sometimes even songs I despise make great cello covers.

Wake Me Up is a song I love, of course, and it's a delight to have this version on my playlist. Which reminds me, Simply Three used to offer it as a free download on their website, I think if you signed up for their emails, so it was one of the first tracks I actually “owned” and could play offline. I've used it over the years as a bellwether for judging the capabilities of different sets of earbuds, because it features a prominent bass. I remember the first pair of Bluetooth earbuds I ever had was one I picked up off the ground in Tennessee. When I connected them for the first time, the first song I had access to was S3'S Wake Me Up. I almost fell over in amazement at how different the opening notes sounded with a proper bass. What an experience.

I hope you've enjoyed my leap into a "Invalid Item"

this month. Kudos to Jeff is Gru in #2343485

for hosting this each year. It's always fun for me to write about music.

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