by Gary Powell

The musical landscape has been flattened, the crooked has been made straight and“Trick or treat?” is now only“Treat?”.

“The more we move toward issues of the heart, the further we move away from the tools which would benefit us most in expressing that heart.”- Gary Powell

If dropped into any shopping mall in America there would be no way to discern in what city you were spending your money. There are libraries full of smart and dusty books which explore the homogenization of our culture. Below is what that looks like in musical terms.

Song Prologues…………………………..out!
   Repetitive Choruses…………………….in!

Mode Changes…………………………….out!
   Upward Key Changes………………….in!

Dynamic Melody Lines………………..out!
   Step-Wise Melody Lines………………in!

Chord Substitutions…………………….out!
   Chord Predictability……………………in!

Dynamics…………………………………..out!
   Compression……………………………..in!

Four Bar Phrases……………………….out!
   Two Bar Phrases……………………….in!

Harmonic Vocabulary…………………out!
   Vulgar Vocabulary……………………..in!

Ring Cycles…………………………………out!
                  Navel Rings……………………………….in!

Most do not see any of this as an obstacle to our higher selves. However, our minds are smarter than we are and they are a bit disenchanted with the current administration. It seems our brains reach their pinnacle when we are involved in a unified campaign WITH them. Right now they are feeling the fatigue of working solo.

Lecture Level and Requirements
Songwriting as an art, a skill-set and a trade. Learn to connect musical terms wtih the language of the heart.
Students may either perform or offer recordings for evaluation. Can be adapted for any level of songwriter secondary and above.

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License

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by Gary Powell<\/p>\n

The musical landscape has been flattened, the crooked has been made straight and\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Trick or treat?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is now only\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Treat?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The more we move toward issues of the heart, the further we move away from the tools which would benefit us most in expressing that heart.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d- Gary Powell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If dropped into any shopping mall in America there would be no way to discern in what city you were spending your money. There are libraries full of smart and dusty books which explore the homogenization of our culture. Below is what that looks like in musical terms.

The chain is mediocrity. GET OFF IT!<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n

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Song Prologues…………………………..out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Repetitive Choruses…………………….in!<\/p>\n

Mode Changes…………………………….out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Upward Key Changes………………….in!<\/p>\n

Dynamic Melody Lines………………..out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Step-Wise Melody Lines………………in!<\/p>\n

Chord Substitutions…………………….out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Chord Predictability……………………in!<\/p>\n

Dynamics…………………………………..out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Compression……………………………..in!<\/p>\n

Four Bar Phrases……………………….out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Two Bar Phrases……………………….in!<\/p>\n

Harmonic Vocabulary…………………out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Vulgar Vocabulary……………………..in!<\/p>\n

Ring Cycles…………………………………out!
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Navel Rings……………………………….in!<\/p>\n

Most do not see any of this as an obstacle to our higher selves. However, our minds are smarter than we are and they are a bit disenchanted with the current administration. It seems our brains reach their pinnacle when we are involved in a unified campaign WITH them. Right now they are feeling the fatigue of working solo.<\/p>\n

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(Copyright 2005 Jesmax Music, BMI)<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Lecture Level and Requirements<\/span>
\n Songwriting as an art, a skill-set and a trade. Learn to connect musical terms wtih the language of the heart.
Students may either perform or offer recordings for evaluation. Can be adapted for any level of songwriter secondary and above.<\/span><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License
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