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TURNING A POEM INTO A SONG
I recently had the privilege to be commissioned by the gifted poet, lovely lady and WordPress blogger, Vivian Zems, to turn one of her poems she’d written called ‘Older and Wiser’ into a song. Vivian decided on the genre for the composition and that was all I required. I got to work on this collaboration project and not long after I sent Vivian her completed song. I was well and truly chuffed to bits when she told me just how much she loved the final product. Since then Vivian has produced a brilliant music video to accompany her song (see/hear above vid). Vivian’s blog can be found at https://smellthecoffeeweb.blog/ and I strongly recommend a visit. Thank you for the commission, Vivian.
It was back in August 2017 I posted ‘When a Poem Becomes a Song’. The object of the post was to introduce my new, seriously affordable product. I’d thought for some time that there are some great poets and writers out there on WP who may not be musicians, who would like to see their creations produced as songs. Better still, the songs would become the royalty free property of the writer. I explained in that earlier post (https://zoolonhub.com/2017/08/16/when-a-poem-becomes-a-song/) how the whole process works.
The reason I can produce my material at a cost massively less than others in the market is simply because I handle the whole process myself. I keep my overheads low. There’s no individual fees for a composer, musicians or vocalist hire, studio hire, production, mixing and mastering or other third-party charges involved as I do all the work myself. It is because of this my charges are a tiny fraction of what otherwise would be the case. To back up my credentials I can advise that I have a 1st Class Degree in Creative Music Technology plus a number of albums (including one of sound art) to my name, plus I play a number of different instruments and work from my own studio – low overheads! The writer gets to approve the final product before parting with any money.
If anyone out there is interested and wants more information, then simply email me at zoolonaudio@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you.
As another example of how words written by another can become a song, one that ended up on my Dream Rescuer album called ‘Sunlight and the Dust’;
If any of you are tempted to see your work become a song you know where I am.
Happy New Year, Vivian; Happy New Year to everyone.
Zoolon aka George
You brought my words to life! Thank you 🙂 🙂
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I could only do that because they were such great words. Thank you.
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Namaste!
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मेरे भीतर की आत्मा आपको आत्मा को नमस्कार करती है – I hope I got that right!
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Wow! 🙂 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Deb. I enjoy these projects turning a poets words into song. Vivian is a talented client.
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Wow. I finally get to listen to your music and I was blown away!! Spectacularly good. I don’t know what to say about music, as I spend my life with my head in a book or in the garden, but this made me want to hold my head up and start listening again.
Many thanks!
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I normally write the words for my songs, yet my new project whereby I put the words of poets to song is working out well. Vivian is a wonderful poet and I enjoyed this one working with her when she commissioned the project. Thank you. A Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year Zoolon and continued success. Chris.
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Thank Chris and a Happy New Year to you.
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An exciting venture, congratulations on the results, awesome George! Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year to you as well. It is exciting when I get to working on just the musical side of a song creation. It means I don’t have to think you the words for once. Vivian writes really well.
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I think it would be fun collaborating . Turned out great!
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I’m loving this colaboration. Happy New Year Z (and Vivian)
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Thank you.
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Thank you! And a happy new year!
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I love the dramatic timing you have with the rise and fall of vocal intensity here. A lovely collaboration to celebrate, indeed! xxxxxxxxxxx
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Thank you. I enjoy projects where I can concentrate on just the musical element. Vivian’s poem was perfect for both intro and build.
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‘Twas.
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Awesome! 👍👏
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Thank you, Imelda
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Hey your wordpress plan is self hosted or business plan?
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It’s the business plan, Roshani
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OK thank you.
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I love it, you did an amazing job ☺️
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Thank you, Carolyn. I was a great project to work on.
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That’s very cool about the process of poem to song! Vivian has great taste in musical artists 🙂 I’ll check out her blog too. Happy New Year, my friend
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Thank you. Vivian is a great writer and a really nice person.
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Congrats on the commission. It must be exciting to put music to lyrics!
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Thank you. It certainly makes a change. It one of those things that keeps my music honest as I have to give it my best shot.
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Wow! Wow! So lovely! I’m so impressed with your whole idea and offering! Be very well!
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Thank you. If you ever want a poem to song you know where I can be found. Zoolon aka George
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Hey zoo. This was me, Ka. My web browser made me a new account, and it was weird. So much stuff to suss out for me over here. I hope lots of people take up on your cool offering. That’s all I got for now, my best wishes.
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Nice one, Ka. I did wonder why your site wasn’t accessible!
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I tell you, Zoo…. I’m quite a mess! Lovely to be able to appreciate *your* polished and lovely music. So nice to see how you shared forth the work of your client’s lovely words, and I hope to make it There to visit her. I loved the combo!! But today and yonder I need to attend to many things. Sure I will prob peep by anyway. Wish I had another adjective but lovely so I could show off, but nah- I was just impressed! Good day to you!
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‘Mess’ is my middle name. Good day to you – enjoy.
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When my writing here in WP starts to bring me money, then you can sure bet I will ask you to turn one of my poems into a song lol — interesting thing
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Thanks for that. One day whenever I would love the opportunity.
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