HeyJaredWhat? Music? Weekly
An original piece of music weekly with a brief history. And maybe a video. samknu.substack.com
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What? Music? 48 (opens the original)
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I was writing on purpose when I wrote the Ragdoll Rag. I don’t know what made me think I could, or that I was good at it. I have never been one to take a compliment, much less believe one. I felt like I was pulling it off. I did believe I was good at it and that it was important to do. There is all kinds of s**t about my life at the time I wrote this song that would not survive any scrutiny. I was living an unexamined existence and taking days as they came. It sounds romantic and to me it was, b
What? Music? 41 (opens the original)
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I have a tendency to say limited, contained things like they are whole and big and already accepted as true. It helps me sometimes. Other times not so much and what’s maybe just as likely is that I'll tune out the part that doesn’t go along nicely with the rest. I don’t think I am alone in that. We all steer the narrative a little. There is no way to include everything so we omit. Sometimes there are lies of omission. Sometimes even unintended consequences of omissions not meant to deceive. It i
What? Music? 26.1 (opens the original)
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Everybody quits eventually, is a statement that is true. You can argue it’s not, but eventually you will lose. Metaphores are fun, huh? They are the verbal punctuation reality needs to be properly understood sometimes. They ask a reader or a listener to look at what they are seeing from a different angle. A broader understandong can stem from a metaphore. A secret you might need only some people to understand can live in a metaphore. It disengages the language from specificity without losing the
What? Music? 25.1 (opens the original)
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My girlfriend has a horse. It’s amazing for people to get what they always wanted. It is complex to succeed. Most of the examples that come readily to mind of people getting what they always wanted fall into a regretable midlife crisis variety or a make a wish foundation variety. Rarely do we get regaled with tales of the ordinary I-saved-up-for-a-bike or I-have-paid-my-debt-completely variety. I talk like I know you. I’m talking about myself I guess. I take the stuff I see sometimes and I dress
What? Music? 24.1 (opens the original)
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I hope you make art. I think everyone does. Some people put effort into conforming. It's a natural inclination to be in the pack you're in. But you can't do it exactly the same; if it's not flattery, it’s copying. That difference, that flare that makes the group member an individual- that's art. Everyone does art. All the things you try are art. When you look back at old pictures or videos from years ago often there's some appalling, tried nature to the thing or an aspect that's over now that wa
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