Poetry is music, and nothing but music. Words with musical emphasis.
Pink Floyd, the most successful progressive rock band of all time, have stood the test of time because the emphasis was always on melody and atmosphere.
Music is first, lyrics are secondary.
If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music.
Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore.
The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.
It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.
I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.
In my films, I either want the music to be very subtle and very buried or just put it right out in front and be super blunt with it.
