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The final frontier!
Ok i won't say the whole thing, but you know what I mean! It's been half a year since I posted, and let me tell you, my life has been good! I got a beautiful new job that I love with all my heart, and I just wrapped up a weekend of paying singing gigs that was exhausting but magical, for all that I had to sit through one of the most ridiculous sermons i can remember.
...My jaw DROPPED when I saw the words to "Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda." In no uncertain terms, these songs directly invoke Hindu deities from a Hindu scripture and implore them for help.
Four years ago, when I first started my Pagan Music Project, I got asked "What's the difference between Witchcraft and Paganism?" That was difficult for me to answer. I struggled with it for a while, and then forgot about it. Now, I think I've got it.
Witchcraft is about energies and powers that be. Witchcraft spells and Witch magick are about working with the energetic machine that the world and universe are part of. It's almost more of a job than it is a religion. Witches around the world are people that "do." Whether good or bad, Witches "do" things.
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What would happen if all the BNP's (big name pagans) got together and did magic? Would they agree on method, goal, and execution, or would they fight to the death?
Peter Ringo asked if I would write an article on Gender Roles in Opera. I can't. There are already so many good ones out there and I'd just be stealing their work. I would much rather create a list of good articles so we can get a good discussion going about how these things came about and continue today, and see what may possibly apply to modern day GLBTQ-types of Pagans and our music at large.
So, here are some articles and my own little paraphrases of what they are about:
...So, a friend let me borrow a book to review. It’s called ‘Rhythmajick’ and on the front it says: Practical Uses of Number, Rhythm, and Sound. by Z’EV. I sat down with my drum one day and opened the book, looking for inspiration.
If I had a picture of myself scratching my head, I’d attach it to this post. You see, I’m a musician and I know how to read music. I’m also an educator and I know how to teach music. A lot of people learn music by rote instead of reading it, so it can be hard to write about music if you don’t have the notation.
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This isn't my usual post about music, but music kind of drew me in a weird direction, because I joined a band with people in it I didn't know, and then this happened.
Sometimes, it doesn't work. The relationship. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to respect someone, and no matter how hard they try to respect you, your respective respect for each other just...isn't. Here's a story.
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