"But if I make
The pearly gates
Do my best to make a drawing
Of G-d and Lucifer
A boy and girl
An angel kissing on a sinner
A monkey and a man
A marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swingers"
- Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Trapeze Swinger, 2009
The other day I found myself engulfed in a conversation about authors from all walks of life. Novelists, musicians, poets, from all over the world creating different forms of art throughout history. We shared communal laughter discussing William Wordsworth, whose last name sounds like it ironically predetermined that he would become one of the world’s most famous poets. This conversation sparked the idea that would become this website.
The Ancient Greeks were known for many things: great wartime victories the olympic games, and of course, unimaginable architecture feats like the Parthenon. But perhaps their greatest contribution to the world is their poetry. Stories of Homer and Hercules, mythology that has lasted and been prevalent for thousands of years now. Within this lives the God of Music, Apollo, to whom this website got its name. They set the foundations which have brought us to the Western modern music that we love and know so well today.
From Greek poetry, we moved to the Elizabethan Era which brought the world great poets like Shakespeare. Things continued to evolve, and authors like Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost emerged. But in my eyes, the world wars and the invention of the 8-track would change poetry forever. Of course, music has existed for many centuries, but the interesting thing about post-20th century music is its emphasis on not only composition, but also its lyrics. In my eyes, writers like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and more recently, musicians such as Gregory Alan Isakov have shaped poetry into music more than ever before. I believe this to be the reason music is so prominent and important today, and I believe that many of these musicians, lyricists, producers, and composers alike will eventually be in history books next to legends like Homer and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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