• TIGLJK
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Topic: Waiting on the Breeze

I read an article by Wright Thompson featured by a ESPN story on Muhammad Ali. (the link : www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story…on&redirected=true ) Jimmy Robinson was the first fighter Ali fought...... there was a search to get his autograph....... leading the searcher into the lives of the homeless in Overton (near Miami) As I read it - my focus shifted (as I believe Wright's did as well) from the story of Jimmy Robinson to the lives of the people that surrounded him . It was fascinating and so sad. I took some of the descriptions that Wright used and turned them into this song. I used the genre of Rap/hip hop to get the message across.   It really makes you think about how fortunate we are


here is the song on soundcloud    https://on.soundcloud.com/CURj0bG53nlrSjKZFw 

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
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Re: Waiting on the Breeze

Jim, how people end up at rock bottom and also those who have a more public profile that disappear into obscurity fascinates me. Your song shows that people at rock bottom have a story and sometimes the world can fall down around people and start a downward spiral that some can't escape.     

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Re: Waiting on the Breeze

Peter

once again your words are spot on.
I wish I had thought of your last line in this post..... " the world can fall down around people and start a downward spiral that some can't escape.     "   I would have put it in the lyrics.
If I re -do the song someday - I may add them ! smile
Cheers
Jim     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke