I go into a record shop, I’ll browse every genre, every crate, I’ll go home and play guitar or keyboards synths and modular systems not to complete a project, just to learn, I explore scales and rhythms and genres. I listen to my albums, yeah… vinyl. My friend will send me his music, and I’ll send them mine, this is the distribution network of us;- Normal under the radar musicians, DIY, doing it for ourselves and just because we can. I’ll browse bandcamp, I can stream all the music from there and will always buy what I like.
I hear some people of my age say, “there’s no good music anymore, its not like in our day…” And I yawn. There is good music just not relevant to anybody who spends there day slumped over at the TV screen watching soap operas wallowing in the misery of actors portraying their sorry existence.
Without music and the lyrics, the passions and emotions of living are stilled, without the rhythms and the song, what is there to dance to?
Get out of comfort zone, listen to new genres, hear the words of our next generation, our sons and daughters, grandchildren… hear their anger and their loves and fears.
And if you must sit passively in front of the TV screen being fed regurgitated propaganda, watch you tubes of vinyl record collectors recommendations, absorb and explore.
Daily Writing prompt 21st Sept (What Is Life Without Music)
Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.
Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.
They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing.
2/ Short Stories and Tales
Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles
Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry
A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges
Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
I do not accept donations or offers, bribes etc, and do not advertise or am paid to promote anything either. All donations should be sent to either of the following ;-
Zarach ~ Helping Children living in poverty
Street Talk ~ Helping women trapped in prostitution and trafficking
Email at the following ;-
caitanyam ātmā ;
jñānaṃ bandhaḥ;
yoniḥ vikalpaḥ;
ñāna adhiṣṭhānaṃ matṛkā:.
The Western Gate 
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