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Ah, the drunken ramblings of an inbred twat. How nice.

Never mind FUNKbrs, he's quite slow.

The Journey
It rocks harder than any of your poems.

*******

Trapped in here
A rubber room
I hear voices and rumor of change
Tightly enclosed in the this little white jacket
The burning in my head is enough to drive you insane
Furiously fighting my way through
People stop and look at me
Fellow cell mates yelling, screaming, in anger and pain
The voices I hear, but cannot be found.
While the anger and frustration accumulates
More and more
Make it stop, make it stop
The birds and squirrels all laughing at me
Make them stop, make them stop.
So angry.
So frustrated.
Why can't they stop?
Why won't they stop?
FLASH
In a mist of darkness,
Then the light,
Calm.
Quiet.
Still..
Heaven is mine once more.

I think this Funkbrs is the closest thing you'll find to a troll. I have no idea why people call me that. I'm not a creature of Norse mythology. I post songs for the sake of humor for fucks sake. Like I'd post my real work on a site where it can be downloaded for free. However, the death threads Funkbrs is sending me are quite nice. Reported.

Meanwhle, back on topic...

The problem with free verse is three-fold:

1) When free verse is evangelized, it's never mentioned that the poets being lauded for shunning conventional form have, for the most part, already been educated in conventioal form. They have studied the intricate craft of poetry, its forms and its rules, and have brought that knowledge to bear when writing free verse. Free verse is not verse without rules, it is verse with new rules which are less obvious.

2) As a result, most who turn to free verse do so without ever learning the actual craft of poetry. It's not unlike an amateur pilot trying to fly through open barns, because if an expert is willing to do it, it must be safe. The poets who write good free verse have command of a huge toolbox of techniques, the effects of which in poem are profound, but the discussion of which would bore the hell out of most people. So most people don't bother to learn poetics, because their misunderstanding of `free verse' as meaning `anything goes' tells them they don't have to. As a result, a great deal of what gets extruded in the name of `free verse' is aesthetically bankrupt.

3) Free verse is becoming more and more dependent on The Voice. You know the voice I mean if you've ever been to a poetry reading where free verse is read.

Before free verse, you knew a poem when you heard one, because poetry was carefully arranged so that the words when spoken had a certain musical quality. But free verse often relies on line breaks to create effects that come across if someone is reading it off of paper because they can see the line breaks and the use of space. In this way it uses visual tricks, whereas more traditional poetry relies solely on the sounds and meanings of the words to create effects. Because free verse has come to rely more and more on visual effects, it becomes less and less readable. Take the visual away, you're left with mere prose. So, what such poets do when they read aloud is to force a sound on a poem by using a special `free verse voice.'

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Although I don't dismiss free verse altogether, I try to encourage starting poets to look beyond it to the deeper possibilities available to those who are willing to learn poetics.

In the beginning, there was no set rhythm or rhyme to poetic words. Read Egyptian or Israeli poetry from about 2000 to 4000 years ago. Strict rhythm didn't emerge until much later when poetry, stories and epics where told to dance and music, this was prevalent through the Greco-Roman era and even stronger in the medieval ages in Europe, but NOT in the Arab world, or Asia, or the Americas.

I have no idea what the broom up your ass is. If you're view of literature is really that close minded then you have no right to make comments. It's not shit. It's not lazy. You're half-assed excuses are getting tired, just admit you suck already. That shit you posted to the audio portal is proof enough. To say that Newgrounds has "standards" on writing and that only strict, archaic poetic forms are allowed on this site because of the "audience" (14 year olds who love Pico games and can't spell or write a sentence to save their lives) is a pathetic statement from a pathetic, uneducated asshat.

But then again, who am I to judge a "semi-professional" musician who has to slave for 40 hours a week at his day job. Must be so tiring flipping burgers and struggling to play shitty guitar music and all the while think that he's God's give to literature with hokey rhymes that make a kindergartner cringe. You just flat out suck and can't admit that there are thousands of people better than you who have a stronger grasp of writing and thinking critically. It takes a lot more to analyze a writing critically, but I admit your way IS easier, just take something you don't understand, can't understand and do not want to understand and throw some of your shit at it and say it's lazy shit. Shit flinging like that is reserved for chimps and ni**ers, but I'm sure you qualify as one of those two things.

I would argue that "free verse" is a contradiction in terms. Once the poet, if they truly are a poet, not a poetaster, has decided on the overall structure of the work, the poem has to fit those constraints. The unfair part is that most people overlook the technical considerations found in constructing truly poetic free verse, whereas if a contemporary poet were to write in a classical form, such as couplets, tercets, or sonnets, to name a few, all of a sudden technical matters become fair game.

I noticed this phenomenon at a poetry club meeting I had last Wednesday. A certain degree of technical criticism was occuring, the likes of which one doesn't find applied to most "confessional" free verse practitioners. (The sonnets we were looking at were those of Ross Leckie, a contemporary Canadian poet, editor of the Fiddlehead.)

Most people ignore the technical shortcomings of the work of poets such as Sylvia Plath because her confessional style supposedly made up for those weaknesses. Personally, I find Ted Hughes a much better read; at least he has the technique down.

Prose poetry exists for a reason. I dare you to submit to a literary journal, that garbage you're cranking out would never make it past the preliminary, critical analysis stages. I've been publishes numerous times in Flashpoint, Poetry Flash, Bellevue Literary Review and The Tampa Review. Where are you published? In some shitty songs from a shitty garage band when you're not working Micky D's? That sounds about right. Then you say you can't learn poetry or anything from other people. So music shouldn't be learned either? Well that explains your horrible, horrible songs and playing; you can't learn from anyone else, therefore either YOU can't be taught or you never had a lesson in your life. That explains a lot. At least I went to Juilliard and UCLA. I have a an education, I have a B.M in classical guitar and piano, and my master's in audio engineering. I'm a published writer and poet.

You are a half-assed hack living in a delusional world with no education, a shitty job, no ambition and then wonder why you aren't succeeding. You have no background, no understanding, no ability to think critically or take criticism and create your fanciful ivory tower by throwing shit like a ni**er at his rivals mud hut. Way to show off that incredible talent you keep talking about but have yet to bring to the table. Maybe if you finished high school, and didn't drop out with a 1.2 GPA, maybe you'd have had a better chance. Too bad you blew it to play some shitty guitar and write some shitty words that have no meaning outside of that delusional little mind of yours. People like you make me sick. You think you have the world figured out, but wen it comes to make something of yourself you can't get past the most basic of stages, give up and then write home about how much you ruled until your family and friends cream their pants. The only people who care about you are your family and friends, and they don't count due to bias..

Go back to school, stop flinging shit like an involved chimp and grow a pair. You can't go around thinking you know everything when you obviously don't. Try ITT Tech, even their standards can't be THAT hight for the likes of you.

The simple meaning of prose is what you get when you read the words on the line. The simple meaning of poetry is what you get when you read between the lines. In other words, poetry is, by this definition, written in a sort of hidden manner, designed to evoke emotions and prod you into thinking deeper about what it really means.

The point I was trying to make is that if the author of the free verse chose that format (broken lines with missing punctuation) because he/she felt that it would make his/her point better than straight prose would, yes, that is what defines it as poetry.

My take on free verse vs. prose is similar to artistic photography vs. candid photography. Poetry doesn't just use the words that say what the writer means (as strict definition) but rather they are selected on there essense and sound. Also, the image that the words bring to mind are important.

For instance:

"The mischeivous balloon man blows a whistle that can be heard from several blocks"

vs.

"the goatfooted balloon man whistles far and wee" - Cummings

The imagery is more pronounced in cummings' version. It says more in fewer words than a prose version ever could.

I'll grant you that there are other forms of artistic wordplay than rhyme and meter. But try the following:

The mischeivous ballon man blows a whistle that can be heard from several blocks.

vs.

The mischeivous man
Who sells balloons blows a
Whistle that
Can be heard from several blocks

Chaim Mattis Keller

A poet can use forms diverse
Like lim'ricks or haikus quite terse
When true to the letter
The ode sounds much better
Unmetered and rhyme-free, verse.

I think the artists I mentioned are a lot better than the tripe you're posting. Not ever poem needs to rhyme or have rhythm. Some are just a few lines of imagery. It's not lazy, and for the record, Rhime of the Ancient Mariner is a rhyming, rhythmic poem. Not free verse. You clearly have no understanding of what poetry is if all you can understand about it is:

a) must rhyme
b) must have a boopy boppy rhythm
c) is written like a 1st grader

Seriously, most poems that follow those rules strictly are shit and are a struggle to read as they are so hard to stomach. As long as the expression and art is conveyed, than it is a successful writing. End of story.

Looking at what you posted, you seem to have no emotional value and have scarified meaning in order to fit rules that nobody in the 21st century cares about anymore and we haven't since the end of World War 2. If you had ever taken a writing course in college, or listened to your literature teachers, maybe you'd have a better understanding of what constitutes poetry and literature, rather than what you learned from a Hallmark card.

My advice to you, upon seeing your lyrics and listening to your music is simple. Don't quit your day job. EVER. Seriously, if it's not making you that much then find a new career because you're not going to be getting anywhere with that tripe. If you lack the experience, nows a good time to go back to school. Maybe you could actually pay attention to Writing 101 this time around too while you focus on getting a career you don't suck at.

Apologies for the double post, but prose is prose. Poetry in free verse is still poetry as it relies on emotion, imagery, metaphor and symbolism. Prose with broken lines is prose with broken lines. Prose has a plot, characters, a story arc, character development and multi-dimensional characters. Free verse poetry is not about telling a story, as poetry is designed to be abstract, and when it does tell a story, it usually tells of just one small event out of the whole (epic poems aside). Look up Ezra Pound for how this works.

Better yet, finish grade school, learn something in high school English then take some basic writing courses at the only community school that accepts you. Like I need the advice of 14 year old who's only ambition is to play Pico games, write "epic fail" on lousy YouTube videos and have no understanding of anything beyond your sheltered view of literature, art and the world.

Grow up, learn something, dig deeper and actually grow an opinion once you have the tools in order to, then come back.

^ You may want to talk to Frost, Ginsberg, and Whitman about free verse being lazy and shitty.

^ Apparently this one never heard of free verse.

I dare anyone not to like this poem. This is the greatest peom written of this day. if you don't like don't try to spear my feelings, it's not like i actually care about what you people think. You don't know what true poetry is so stop pretending you do.

I close my eyes to see your face
Hint of perfume with a moving trace
My mind is lost in your migrating labyrinth
Nothing goes with your migrating labyrinth
We tend to talk, although far apart
Nothing could be, but I am not smart
I refuse it give up what a slim chance I have
If you will the way, the way I'll have
Life isn't life with out the risks we risk
Win to the loss as dog to the tick
Though wise words I have always spoke
I have not listened to the words I spoke

No fear idiots like you are all alike. If you don't fear death, then prove it by killing yourself right here, right now.

Since this kid's so hot, tell him to try setting off a ton of fireworks inside his house when his parents are away. Sure he'd love the fun of that.

This guy here.

You can get Logic Express. It lacks a lot of features Logic Pro has but is much more affordable and just as powerful, you just don't get some of the more detailed synths like Sculpture, or the Space Designer reverb tool amongst other things. That, Pro Tools and Cubase are probably really good options. Cubase 6 just came out and I hear a lot of great things, lots of improvements to make it on par with other industry standard software.

Post a pic of her first to prove she's real. Next, tell her you're in control, not her and you'll have sex the way you want. Be a man and show her her place.

Save a little more, wait until May 2 and buy Native Instrument's Komplete direct line interface. High quality and low cost, it's around 300 to 400 bux.

Reaper is uncrippling shareware. It costs no money to download at first. You are "required" to puchase a license after 30 days which is actually only $40 and not $150 (I doubt many people here are making $20k a year from audio production). Reaper is actually pretty incredibly powerful aside.

And Pro Tools is poo, and massively overpriced. ANYWAYS. Always glad to help out.

I'm sure The Rack does with his oh so many fans ;) To think that this moron even condones the use of non Pro Tools programs for professional work is sickening as he blabbers about while shaking his tits here. When people enter a studio, whether it be commercial or project, they expect to see Pro Tools and a lot of hardware. I've seen plenty of people lose clients because they don't have PT, a hardware mixer or outboard gear. That's just how it works. No studio that uses Reaper is taken seriously, and The Rack proves it.

At 4/5/11 12:41 PM, BanglaBoy96 wrote: I was wondering is there any other good FREE recording programs for Windows.

I use Audacity which is fine but since I've taken an Interest in voice acting I was wondering which is the best to use? Or am I fine with Audacity?

Invest in Pro Tools, there's no other way really, especially if you're voice acting. You'll need to send PT files to your clients and collaborators about 98% of the time, the other 2% you're fine with just audio files. If you can't afford PT, Reaper is ok, rather weak and shitty and has no reputation professionally but it's only 150 dollars for direct download.

Any red state.

Aladdin 4. Jaffar May Need Glasses

Here my relief song:

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I'm half-Japanese too.

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Other than that, this is just shameless self-promotion.

Learn how to design 8-bit styled songs in your current DAW or get a copy of Reason. There is a free Refill available that has all the classic 8 bit sounds made for you and it includes samples for the triangle (used in bass parts) and entire sets of 8-bit drums. You can find it here

Lame and pointless. Let's see how long this thread will last before closing.

You're better off with a MIDI controller, preferably with 49 keys unless you're taking it with you a lot, then go with the 25 key models. Make sure it has aftertouch so you can assign and trigger a lot of expression to that function. Sliders and pads are optional, you can assign drums to keyboards and some come preprogrammed to work with your DAW such as the M-Audio Axiom (Oxygen lacks the aftertouch feature). You can easily do scratching effects with the pitch bend if you know how to assign it to the desired sound and that is usually just assigned a CC# (continuous controller, and the number corresponding to the pitch bend [most other knobs and pads and sliders are assignable, pitch bend and mod wheels are definitive in their #]) and use bends to scratch.

This gives you what you and and the ability to use a keyboard input rather than drawing in information or using the QWERTY keyboard.

At 3/10/11 03:18 PM, Rahmemhotep wrote:

At 3/10/11 03:13 PM, brokendeck wrote: KICK is a type of drum

BASS is a type of guitar

No way nig, BASS is an instrument from the violin family!

The double bass is part of the Viol family, since it is tuned in 4ths, the violin family is tuned in 5ths:

Violin: GDAE
Viola: CGDA
Cello: CDGA (one octave lower than viola)

The average bass is EADG, so it's tuning and construction make it a viol and it is one of the last viol instruments used in the orchestra and contemporary music, the rest are isolated mostly to historical performances.

At 3/11/11 12:56 PM, Henchman1028 wrote: Stop being a arrogant arse, I am British! So is liljim!!!!!!!

In that case, suck a lime and get some braces.

At 3/11/11 12:46 PM, Henchman1028 wrote:

At 3/11/11 12:43 PM, MillsApparatus wrote: Who cares, this is blessing: less anime and hentai coming to America. I may be half-Japanese so, but that stuff is shit.

You Americans make me sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

America is evolutionarily superior, countries like yours can't even have democracy as you are not evolutionarily fit to hand it since you sound like a Middle-Eastern loon. How's your Libya doing by the way? Oh well, not my business. The only issues we have here are "women's rights", the Tea Party and a race war.

Who cares, this is blessing: less anime and hentai coming to America. I may be half-Japanese so, but that stuff is shit.