Songs of the Free

sadness in these slave songs. Writes Douglass, “I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness. It is impossible to conceive of a greater mistake.” As suggested

transcends to the masses. His connection is with the common folk, hard workers and regular people. His most recent album Something More Than Free does the same thing. It goes in between stripped back sounds and a natural feel of “If it Takes a Lifetime” and the big electrifying sound of “Palmetto Rose”. In his first song of the record it’s a slowed down song that looks into a story of a blue collar worker who is working hard towards a reward that may not appear before his life is over. Jason talked

“Kaczmarski, first of all, is just a free man.” said Andrew Celiński about him . Loved by the public because of his unique musical style, richness of content, amazing vocal talent and poetic lyrics, or maybe just because of the fact that he had just a certain something that is hard to define a few sentences. He was one of the

In Rush’s song, “Freewill,” released in 1980 on the album Permanent Waves, the songwriter (and drummer) Neil Peart discusses freedom and how people on this earth choose to perceive it. Throughout the entire song, he makes references to how some people choose to follow things blindly and faithfully with no questions asked, as well as people who do not know where things fall when it comes to free will. In the end, Peart chooses how he feels about the subject: “I will choose freewill”. At the beginning

mention in the song which is an actually place that you would cross. Jordan is the Ohio River or could be heaven. The song could help them feel like they are closer to freedom, even if that mean going to heaven or Canada. “Going Down, Moses” 1. This songs emotions coveys to me the feeling of hope because they are relating their struggle back to moses and how they were soon let free so they are hoping they will be let saved and let free.

symbolizes technology and creates a high-energy feeling. Artists feel a new “moral responsibility” to distribute free or cheap music. Many popular EDM DJ’s such as Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, and Paul Oakenfield operate free podcast where they stream their new music for free. The music sharing platform SoundCloud often pays DJ’s to submit their own work, and YouTube is also a main player for free new music releases.

of music should not exist. If music is censored, so many things would be taken away from the song. Artists write their explicit lyrics for a reason. They want their feelings to be heard. They deserve their freedom of speech. When musicians need to express their feelings they let it out through their songs, they are letting out their emotions. When the lyrics are censored the true theme or message of the song is taken away. How are artists supposed to express themselves if their thoughts are being censored

Calypso is very similar, yet very different. The song, “Calypso,” is a about Calypso letting Odysseus go. It seems she believes that she kept him all that time and she needs to let him leave. Calypso says, “I will stand upon the shore with a clean heart,” when she says “with a clean heart”, she refers to her decision that she is going to let Odysseus go and be free. Repeating the phrase “I let him go” at the end of every stanza can be noticed by one in the song. The repetitiveness shows that Calypso may

The song was called “Funk Indeed Free”. The texture to this song was very soft. Not all the instruments were competing with each other like the last song. The song had some form to it aside from the trumpet. The trumpet was very wild and had many different ranges. The melody was the same throughout the song aside from the trumpet as well. There was a steady flow throughout the whole song. The dynamic of the song was very calm and quiet aside from the trumpet

A song that had created its sound before its song, Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd was officially produced in 1973, and much to the record label’s surprise, Freebird, was a hit, along with the bands’ first album ‘Leh-nerd Skin-nerd’ a title chosen because the band members knew the public would struggle to pronounce the name of the band. Lynyrd Skynyrd has a ritual of using this song as a closing for each and every show they do, this is thought to be a dedication to the original singer of the band and