What Happened to Tuesday?

I forgot to enter anything for yesterday and it wasn't so much that there wasn't anything going on.

As a matter of fact, I did catch a very cool PBS show on talking.

Scientist were studying the wiring in the brains of people and birds as well and the genes associated with speech.

One of the coolest things they touched on was the possible source of inspriation for Beethoven's 5th. It may have very well came from the song of a European Wood Wren.

Dun dun dun dunnn

Which led to a interesting discussion between Mj and I.

For quite some time I have maintained
the believe that there are these universal song themes that come to us all. And what happens is some song writers and composers catch them and when they recreate them, the song resonates with people and become popular because these tunes represent something much bigger than we understand.

I sort of think the same thing about lyrics.

I don't know how many time people have explained my lyrics to me and made perfect sense doing it.

There has been many times when I have heard very similar melodies coming from very different places. It was almost like humanity was "ripe" to hear that particular musical phrase or there was something that just needed to be manifested and different people caught it and put it out there in their interpretation.

I did a musical presentation for a group of scientists a few years ago and the number one thing that they all wanted me to talk about was where my songs come from. Were they bolts of inspriation or were they assembled piece meal.

I have had some songs come in the morning and before I could walk across the room and write down the lyrics it was all completely in my head, others have taken years to ripen.

For me they come many different ways, and sometimes they come and I can't catch them. Too many distractions, just a fleeting tune or a lyrical passage that I can't stop and respond to.

It is a little sad when that happens, but I think someone else will hear it and catch it, and let it develop into a song.

The thing I found fascinating about the wood wren was the notion "Does this happen to animals too?"

Over the ages have the songs of birds and wolves, and whales been influenced by some greater force?

I wonder what other musical pieces have been inspired by the songs of animals?