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Dressing up is always a fun – be it a child or an adult. Costumes take people into an imaginary world where they can be anyone they please – be it the princes who slay dragons or furry little bunny rabbits. Fancy dress costumes never go out of vogue. Whatever may be the occasion – a fancy dress party, Halloween and competition – they always stay exciting.

Halloween Costumes

Halloween is the festival of carved pumpkins and dressing up as ghosts, ghouls, pirates, and even Darth Raider! Halloween costumes are something that both adults and kids enjoy equally. For trick-or-treating, the kids wear their costumes and visit neighbors. When it is Halloween, the adults dress up as much as the kids. The Halloween balls and parties are usually an opportunity to wear the most creative and even scary costumes. There are many stores that sell these costumes as well as Halloween masks. The masks are mostly made of latex and give a very genuine look. Some of them are online, and the costumes can be ordered after logging in. These stores also cater to adults and have a great range of both men and women fancy dress costumes. Many of the costumes come with accessories including colored contact lenses. The dress-up look can be made more original with the masks, accessories, hair wigs, and body paints.

Whatever may be the occasion – Halloween, Christmas, fancy dress ball, party, or competition, fancy dress costumes are essential. They can be rented or bought; this spares the individual the trouble of making an entire costume from scratch. The costumes accompanied with the masks and the accessories make the look the adult or the child is seeking very satisfactory, fun, and authentic.

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Can song lyrics be poetry?

Without a doubt lyrics contain poetic elements, but whether they would have the same effect and power as pure poetry written down on paper without musical accompaniment and vocal performance, is another matter. The answer is probably not, however, as we know poetry began as an oral tradition, and in the medieval era there would have been no distinction between the lyrics of a ballad and the composition of a poem. In fact a ‘ballad’ is now both a recognized poetic form (quatrains of abab rhyme scheme in alternating iambic trimetre and tetrameter) and the term used to describe a slow, often romantic, song.

Recently a band, “The Waterboys”, released an album called “An Appointment with Mr Yeats”, in which fourteen of Yeats’s poems are set to music. The result is utter brilliance. The natural cadences and rhythms of the poems are used to create musical melodies: especially in such poems as “The Hosting of the Shee” in which the driving dactylic fits perfectly to a pulsing drum-beat. In this instance it is literally the case that the lyrics of the songs are established poetry, sung and accompanied instrumentally, showing that it is entirely possible for lyrics to have poetical devices and forms as well as strong melody and rhythm.

Certainly not all lyrics will have equal formal distinction as the poetry of Yeats, but many song lyrics are composed to create onomatopoeic effects. In the song “Invincible” by Muse, from their album “Black Holes and Revelations” the lyrics are largely composed in perfect trochaic, i.e. a stress followed by a un-stress making up one ‘foot’ of metre:

Follow through
Make your dreams come true
Don’t give up the fíght
Yóu will bé al-ríght

The trochaic creates a tumbling rhythm that momentously moves on, just like the subject in this song is being told to keep going and not “give up”. This is aided by the simple aabb rhyme scheme.

Good lyrics have a similar effect to poetry in their formal techniques: however, another essential component of poetry is the image and the metaphor. But many songs also employ metaphor and imagery: Led Zeppelin’s famous (and infamous) song “Stairway to Heaven” describes a woman who is “…buying a stairway to heaven.” a line that simply has to be metaphorical, given its symbolic surrealism. The brilliance of the song is realized when the line: “You know sometimes words have two meanings” is sung, inviting us to think twice at the words we are hearing.

Ultimately I think there can be no absolute decision. Some lyrics are constructed well enough to rise to the level of poeticism, whereas others are only given power through their performance and their accompaniment.

Joe Sale is a writer and student at the University of Birmingham. He has written and published two books so far: ‘Dark Age Heroes’ and ‘Z.A.’

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Music matters to people. It reaches the bits that nothing else can. It stirs the emotions, helps us to connect with who we are. In war it can strengthen the resolve of tired and flagging soldiers. In a film it can turn a pleasant landscape into a threatening jungle or make an everyday encounter appear romantic. Music is deeply personal. It triggers memories, kindles half forgotten pangs of desire and even gives joy to a weary soul. For those who have rejected conventional religion, it can be the means by which they connect with their deeper selves.

Music is especially important to me as a filmmaker. Whilst it is true that some of the most memorable compositions have come from great film scores, it is equally true that much excellent film music is not noticed. Take a series like The Killing, the highly acclaimed Danish police drama. Can you remember the music? Probably not. Most of the time there is no music – silence is used to excellent effect – but what music there is points up the action in a subtle way that helps to build the overall effect.

The same approach should be employed in the humble corporate video. Music is there to establish a mood or to help the sequence along. A fairly dull set of images can be transformed if cut imaginatively to a good music track with a strong beat. Often it is the onset of music which has the greatest effect, encouraging us to make an emotional response to the images. That’s why music-free sections are so important, wall-to-wall music can become bland. With care it is usually possible to find the right tracks from music libraries but if you can afford to commission a composer the task is made so much easier. A good composer will work with a director to tease out exactly what effect he/she wants to achieve at each point in the film. Sometimes what evolves is so memorable that it goes on to become an acclaimed piece of music in its own right.

The personal musical tastes of the producer should never be considered. I tend to listen mainly to classical music, especially Bach and Mozart; and I’m very partial to jazz but I know I’m being indulgent if I try to apply my musical tastes when choosing music for a programme. The same should apply to the client. Just because they are paying for the video it doesn’t mean they have the right to choose the music! A corporate video isn’t Desert Island Discs or Inheritance Tracks. It doesn’t matter how attached to a piece of music the client may be. The music in the video should be selected purely on the basis of how it “works” with the rest of the material and the mood it is there to create.

Once you have your music, specially composed or just downloaded from a music library, you will have to mix it with the rest of the sound track. Levels are very important and you need to know how it will be played. Will most people view the video on a laptop or is its primary use at a presentation to a room full of people? If the music is too quiet it will all but disappear on a laptop but if it’s too loud over speech the audience will struggle to hear the dialogue. Carefully dubbing and editing can greatly enhance the overall effect, providing pace, signposting action and giving punctuation to the whole piece.

When you release the video you will probably get mixed reactions to the music. Some will like it, some will not – many people won’t have noticed it at all. And that’s a very good sign that it will have done its job.

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For decades, the importance of live music was downplayed over the more conventional sale of records. The music industry itself has been synonymously referred to as the recording industry. With many artistes climbing through the ranks, diversifying genres they made the industry a multi-billion dollar franchise the world over. Since the late 20th century, live concerts have gradually gained momentum, while record sales continued to lose their underlying popularity.

Nothing was scarier than the 25% drop of record sale revenue in the 21st century, which caused a massive rift in the music industry, and ultimately necessitated the need for diversification. Many people loved the music, and copyright law wasn’t quite as strict, so bootleggers shaved most of the money from the market, by proverbially skimming off the top. Many people opted for the cheaper knock-off music as opposed to buying the real thing. This decline was the stimulation for the rise of live music concerts, road shows and the popularization of live music listings, as all means of recovering the lost revenue were sought.

Successful artistes today are essentially brand names. Many consumer product companies are paying top-dollar just to have famous artistes showcase their merchandise on their road shows and live concerts. What the artistes lost in record sales is now being supplemented by increased popularity of live music. It is essentially the next logical step in music evolution, with many artistes traveling all over the world and making millions while at it. A rather interesting survey saw that the bulk of music lovers would rather pay to physically see their music icon, as opposed to spending 10 times less to buy the musician’s album!

The World Wide Web has its benefits, no doubt, but it is single handedly collapsing the recording industry. It hasn’t actually happened, not definitively, but the influx of free online music sites has led to a serious decline in overall revenue. Luckily for the artistes and their promoters, the live music scene has grown just as rapidly. The live music scene notably saved the music industry based on it’s rare ability to link industries. These linkages, that traverse borders, allow musicians to merge expertise with other professionals and hence create mutually beneficial relationships. The web has also helped to increase the exposure of groups to an international audience they may never have reached otherwise.

Gone are the days of lip singing in live performances. The entertainment value of live concerts far supersedes that of the conventional record, and allows you to be up close and personal with your favorite artiste. This fact alone has increased the live music popularity half a dozen times over the past decade alone. It sees millions of people traveling all over the globe just to see musicians they view as gods!! Record, Promotion and even product companies are putting more and more investments on road shows, setting up more comprehensive websites with detailed live music listings. Finally, many musicians are still limiting their potential by downplaying the value of having live concerts. Take it from a fan, nothing boosts your ratings like a successful live performance.
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