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These posts are my musings and cover many topics.  Some posts will be observations that I have made over my lifetime...some will be what I call, truisms.  Truisms that I have developed from having to deal with the tough situations life sometimes deals us.  I developed these little philosophies to help me avoid a situation in the future or  to allow me to have a better outcome the next time around.  All observations, truisms , and whatever other post this blog contains are  based on my own personal experiences and  opinions.  Hopefully, some post will be of some help to someone in a situation or  give someone another perspective...another way of looking/thinking about a situation that is helpful.  I love writing these posts and I appreciate you  reading them :-)

Please be aware there is a NEW  feature added to  some of the Musings.....AUDIO....There will be an audio bar on those Musings that offer this option.....You may not feel like reading at that moment....now you may listen:-)

Quote:

"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."- Gibran

PROMISE...A Beautiful..... ...Feeling....

12/26/2013

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Words are important to me and when I use them, there is always thought behind each one.  Lately, I have found myself using and thinking about one word in particular.....PROMISE.   I found myself, a month or so ago,  using  this word to describe a feeling I had when I listened to a piece of beautiful  music. I used this word in conjunction with the music every time I listened.  When that word came to mind...I wondered why.  Is promise a feeling?.... it was the first word that came to mind when I listened and reassuring was the second....or, is promise a verb like...I promise...or a noun....like I give you my promise ?  I think promise , for me, is all three.  I really liked the "feeling" of promise.

After thinking about the word promise for a while....I think it is a most beautiful word and can mean so much depending on the person's intent who  is using it.......

Promise, as a feeling, is most interesting to me and what brought writing this musing to mind.....that feeling of "promise" was a reassuring feeling...a  "you can count on it feeling" .... a don't worry..."it's going to  happen and be ok kind of feeling."  

Perhaps, you are thinking that what I'm talking about is  "hope"..but,to me, a hopeful outcome is nothing  I can count on ...no...the feeling of promise is more sure in my mind...something that can be expected to happen and there  are reasons that it would or could happen.

I am so intrigued by this feeling of "promise" that it is my hope...no....it is my promise that I will write a piece of music that describes this wonderful reassuring feeling.  I have been giving it a lot of thought.

I think the feeling of promise is also prevalent around this time of year...a New Year is about to begin.  It is my favorite time, because a New Year is always full of possibilities and promise.  I really do feel this reassuring feeling of promise as I think about the New Year and what I see laying ahead for me.

I hope , you, my reader or listener, as the case may be, see wonderful possibilities  and have this wonderful feeling of promise  as you think about your New Year.





Webster's Definition of Promise :


: a statement telling someone that you will definitely do something or that something will definitely happen in the future

: an indication of future success or improvement

: a reason to expect that something will happen in the future
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Writing Music is Like........Writing Musings .....

12/6/2013

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This is the first musing I have written that has no deep meaning.....no truisms....and no life's strategies for when people do you wrong.  This musing is  about something new I learned about myself the last few days. 

I love to write these musings.....they make me feel good. When there is something serious on my mind then I feel good writing about it...like the Loss of Trust one....musings resolve things in my mind for me....they  help clarify situations ..

During the past 3 months or so, I have been studying music theory and doing some beginning music writing.  This is in addition to my cello studies and work.  I  have been finding out....much to my surprise ....that I like to write little songs for my cello and even cello duets.  It is very exciting for me to be able to put 2 or even more notes together to create a lovely sound and then another 2 or more until a music piece is done .  I then play these pieces on my cello until I get them right for my ears and put them on Sound Cloud for my facebook friends and a few others.  Also, I write a story about each one...a description....I noticed lately that I really like to do that. A story or description  about what the music is portraying for me....usually a feeling  or  maybe about something....the first one ...a cello duet...was about my cello which I call Zadlo...so I called it Zadlo's Song....everyone was very supportive and it gave me a very good feeling....so I started doing another one and I see this continuing as it gives me pleasure to be able to do these  songs that mean something to me and to tell  their stories .

I was working hard last night on my new song and I realized....like a light bulb went off...that writing music was , to me, like writing my musings....except , I used notes instead of words...but then, I told their story with words.  It also came to mind that each song actually had an intent at its start...not just notes and then figuring out what to call it....no......an actual purpose for being.

During the day,  I was thinking about this....trying to get it straight exactly what was going on....and then, I realized....these songs that I love to create and that made me so happy  were musical musings....they had a story behind them.....a musical and written story.

Once I realized that, I knew , I was going to do musical musings.  Yes, that sounds strange , even to me, but, I am going to give it a try and see if I really like doing it.  I think it will be great fun and I will learn a lot.  What I am planning to do is  establish a new page on this site called....Musical Musings.  It will take me a bit to get it set up, as I am so clueless about these things.  But, I am excited just thinking about it......what I will have on this page...are musical blogs...like the blog you are reading now....there will be the music piece that I composed...a little story about it...and like my current musings...there will be audio for the text.  It can be a totally audio experience for someone ...or not. 

I hope when my Musical Musings page gets set up and running, that you will stop by....I think , it will be fun and unique:-)


Quotes:


“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” 
― Victor Hugo



“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.” 
― Modest Mouse



"Where words fail, music speaks".-
Hans Christian Andersen 




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    I am an adult female who is a cellist, composer, and a student of life experiences (by necessity).  I feel we are all students in life until the day we die.  I am, a realist and I try to stay grounded in what I feel is  the truth in any situation. I feel we have a responsibility to God, ourselves, and the people who love us to be the very best person we can be.

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