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Check out this blog post featuring the "10 Best Iron Maiden Songs of All Time." Iron Maiden is renowned for their electrifying performances and iconic anthems that have resonated with fans. Click the link to explore the top tracks: [Best Iron Maiden Songs of All Time](https://ift.tt/NMfYmPy).

#3: “And just because we say the word, "Amen,” it doesn't mean this conversation needs to end. Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way. Every moment of the day, it is the right time. Let us pray without end and when we finish start again. Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray.” – Let Us Pray sung by Steven Curtis Chapman Song lyrics make for memorable quotes. At least they do on this list of my top 20 most popular email signature line quotes. Nine different songs are featured on the quote countdown, three of them Christian tunes, including the one above from contemporary Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman. In these trying times, people look to music to inspire and uplift them. People responded to this song lyric because it was a positive reminder that there was something they could be doing throughout their day to encourage and improve their day. And if you know the song, it is a very catchy tune to hum or sing all day long as a reminder to pray as well. In a sense, the power of prayer took this quote all the way to #3 on the countodwn of the most popular quotes.

This is my son's album review written up by the NY Times! If you love Jazz, please go follow him on Socials and his website https://lnkd.in/

Dmitri Shostakovich, the Soviet composer, was a master of subterfuge. Living under Stalin's iron fist, Shostakovich abhorred the dictatorship and the rise of anti-semitism in Communist Russia. He fell in and out of favour with the Kremlin, bravely walking the fine line between artistic freedom and state censorship his entire working life. In 1953, while composing Symphony No. 10 in E minor, he carefully and lovingly weaved traditional Ukrainian, Russian and Jewish folk melodies into the music. These songs, well-known and revered by his audience, subtly, and often humorously critiqued the regime (and Stalin in particular) while always remaining within acceptable forms. This use of familiar melodies allowed him to connect directly with those in the know, and more importantly, to build a sense of resilience and solidarity with them. To tell his story, to the people of Russia, and to the world. Perhaps, as creatives, we can on occasion take a leaf out of his book. We often face briefs that can feel like a straitjacket. Yet these constraints can be the spark for creativity and innovation, to interpret the brief so that it both exceeds client expectations and enables us to flex our creative muscles. It's not easy. It requires commitment. And bravery too. It doesn't mean ignoring the brief, or rewriting it to impose our own ideals. That's just putting the shoe on the other foot, which serves little or no purpose to either party, or the relationship. Instead, I believe it's our capacity to challenge ourselves that really matters; to first explore then transcend our own creative limits. To reach out with purpose to our chosen audience, challenge perceptions, and win hearts and minds. Striking this balance helps keep both music and design lively, impactful and fun. And it keeps our feet on the ground too. #creative #shostakovich #design

"To engage in dialogue with someone starts with dialogue between the own heart and mind. It is an art to listen, react and build it together; not one trying to control the other or steer the conversation into a desired direction. It doesn't always need to be so serious, but without it, we're seriously lost." Just a thought to go with my symphonic-electronic album 'Dialogues'. #Dialogues #Symphonic #Electronic https://lnkd.in/eWBXDupP

7 minutes and 11 seconds. This is the duration of 'Hey Jude' from The Beatles. In addition to being one of the best songs in history, did you know this song is very unusual for two reasons? 1. At the time 'Hey Jude' was released, the average duration of a song was around 2 minutes and a half. George Martin, the famous producer of The Beatles, expressed his concern about releasing a +7 minutes song. John Lennon said at the time: 'It is a song from The Beatles. The length is not going to be a problem. Radio stations will play it anyway'. 2. At 2:58, you can hear Paul McCartney swearing out loud after making a mistake on the piano. Even when it is easy to hear it once you know the story, they decided to go ahead with that take. So, what are the 2 main takeaways from this story? 1. Always be confident in what you do and why you do it. 2. Even geniuses make mistakes sometimes. Give yourself a break if something did not go as expected and focused on the bigger picture -in this case, a masterpiece of the music history over the years.

📢 Excited to share an insightful new blog post on The Vinyl District! "Graded on a Curve: Yusef Lateef Eastern Sounds" delves into the timeless classic jazz album, Eastern Sounds, by Yusef Lateef. Explore the transcendent qualities of this album and its impact on the genre. Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/JKkASFu

🎵 Discover the origins of the Rolling Stone magazine and the iconic band's name! From blues to rock, explore the influence of "rolling stone" in music history. Link in Bio! 🎸 #RollingStones #MusicHistory #BobDylan #Motown #TuneView

At the heart of this book lies attempts to read: reading here being understood as the openness to the possibility of another; a relation that occurs prior to any semantic or formal identification, and, therefore, prior to any attempt at assimilating, or appropriating, what is being read to the one who reads. Thus, an event. It opens with Lim Lee Ching's reading of this book; a reading before your reading, as it were. And is followed by Jeremy Fernando's attempts to respond to the many Roland Barthes — all whilst foregrounding the risk that, even as one attempts to read as openness to the possibility of another, all reading potentially re-writes the other; that his reading may well be an inscribing of his R.B.; that whilst reading it, you may well be making your very own R.B.. In the midst of which, you will find a piano score composed by Jachin Pousson: which is both a nod to the fact that Barthes was a pianist, and also a note to the musicality of the thought of Roland Barthes. The hope is that these readings bring, open the possibility of, pleasure: not just for the one who reads, but perhaps even for — if one allows oneself to imagine — the text. For the one we call, name — can do nothing but name — Roland Barthes https://lnkd.in/gTPC969j

Check out our latest blog post where we recount the best in-jokes from Beatles songs and have a laugh with the Fab Four! Plus, more Beatles content. Read it here: https://ift.tt/7VJAQqC