humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.
You Never Know
Perhaps the strangest thing about a cigarette is the fact that nobody accidentally becomes a smoker. We all understand the ramifications of ingesting poisonous smoke and the first drag taste likes brimstone and a punishing buzz. Yet I took another and continued to bum them until I asked our senior friend to buy me my first pack. In retrospect I ask myself why? I love my idols and don’t want to explicitly blame the likes of Kurt Cobain an otherwise inspirational person for igniting the idea of a cig hung from my mouth, in fact Kurt was quite adamant about cigarettes not being cool. Still, I read through the lines of his Camel Light breath. My first Camel Crush was like a tar covered door handle to a room filled with other buzzes, highs, and chemical crimes my 7th grade self would have tattled on my parents to.
By Collin Salajka McCormick4 years ago in Beat
D-Rang3D
This young King is what he calls himself quote "I'm momma's son", raised in a single parent home he struggled but learned at an early age the importance of family. D-Rang3D HAILS from New Jersey, still to this day carrying his city on his back from anywhere his footsteps may lead him. In his heart Jersey is where his hustle was born, and comes from, Jersey is where his heart thrives most.
By The Blacksheepkid Collective by: El Pablo 1x4 years ago in Beat
Weary: How Black Women Reclaim Through Music
Solange sings: "I'm weary of the ways of the world." The world can be a relentless place. So big and full of people and places where trust is a luxury easily taken advantage of. Black girls and women, among the disadvantaged, endure through the longing for our needs to be met. Yet, there is always a point of weariness. We, ourselves, have always been cape(able) of naming our desires and feelings.
By Rejjia Camphor4 years ago in Beat
Premium Music Services - What’s The Future?
Do you happen to be someone who purchases music? If that’s the case, how do you envision the future of paid music? We've certainly gone a long way in terms of music purchasing: there was a period when people used to listen to audio cassettes, then CDs and downloads. As technology progresses, new ways for people to listen to and buy music become accessible, however, what does the future hold?
By Giorgi Mikhelidze4 years ago in Beat
"He he, this is music, yeah!"
OMG, I have found something incredible this week. As a poet, I love to play with words, the form of the poetry, plus the origin of the poetry. I love to put together the amount of syllables, the amount of words, all together with a theme, rhyme scheme etc...
By Agnes Laurens4 years ago in Beat
Tragedies Like AstroworldFest Is the Reason I Vowed to Never Club Again
It was an “us against the world” kind of Saturday night. My best friend and I made a quick weekend trip to Atlanta from Charlotte, only about 3.5 hours of driving. Anytime me or my girls headed towards 85 South, a good time was sure to be had. Unfortunately, this would be the night that I vowed never to club again.
By Tamika Morrison Okeleke4 years ago in Beat
Song To The Siren (The Song)
"Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and his writing partner Larry Beckett and was released by Buckley on his 1970 album Starsailor. I recently wrote a poem based on the concept of this song and then read the lyrics to the song and mine absolutely paled into complete insignificance against the original lyrics.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Piano Keys
It's kept in a room of high ceiling, gold, and rose walls, but not alone as through the day it is accompanied by a woman who finds the peace and at the same time the power in simply sitting down next to a piano, not just any piano, a piano which was around all her life. Since she never had the opportunity to explore a lot as a girl, music became her outlet when feeling the most alone, all the happiness and sadness became one of the most beautiful melodies every time she sat down on that little chair. Every morning and sometimes through the evening, while entering the room, with her dark blue dress, setting her hair free, let alone she begins to play the piano keys, as her eyes close shut, everything becomes a beautiful black and white, with the vision of herself dancing barefoot in the open air, every single touch of the piano gives her something nothing ever has before, the burst to feel alive and effortlessly powerful. This talent of hers has become a remedy, whenever the woman performs in front of an audience, anyone who comes across the sound of this music never fails to be impacted because whenever she plays, the crowd spontaneously starts swaying around, slow dancing, some just sit there with a glance of such enjoyment, it's as if regardless of anyone's situation, they suddenly come alive, take the initiative that the thought of her high keynotes can be taken as beautiful, wild, and boisterous. The surroundings and setting become present, this woman performed like no other, so remarkable that when the time comes to perform in towns, cities, or in a different country, the tickets sell out almost immediately.
By Jimena Favela4 years ago in Beat
The Broken Mind of a Harp
I have been waiting for this night for months now, my entire life really. I have been practicing and rehearsing relentlessly. My fingers are callused and tired. Nothing will stop me from giving my best. Giving my all. Not even the traces of blood that peak through the band-aid on my right middle finger. I will be known as one of the best harpists to have ever played, no matter the sacrifices.
By Tabatha Ann/ Tee Mee4 years ago in Beat
Glass of Red, Wrong Address . First Place in Graveyard Smash Challenge.
Darling creature, sweet human, I think you have found yourself at the wrong soirée. Do not panic, my love. You cannot disguise the beating of your heart from me. It has been the percussive soundtrack to every meal I have enjoyed since the Industrial Revolution. But you have nothing to worry about, I swear upon the earth of the grave. We are people of more... refined sensibilities.
By Nines Hearst 4 years ago in Beat
