Become happy and get soothed.
A. My Grand Father
In a week or two, my great grandfather told me to go and write because I am a writer. He even told me to draw because he knows that I can do it. I then decided to do this again because I thought I was done. When the world turn your back against your work you become sad and decide to quit. The truth is that, it is not world but the people who take care of our living. Most of our physical and soul problems come from them. To them there is nothing called abuse. When something needs to be published for, you get punished. If you listened and do as they asked while growing up, you became safe. Those around you thrive without knowing how they became successful.
My great grandfather was Mbulawa. He grew at Umbumbulu , Kwambovu. Mbovu is the eldest In the family. Or maybe I should say my knowledge goes as far as him. In their time they wore amabheshu and walked on foot. They rode horses.
Today, when Mbulawa talks about the horse, he is referring to the car. He was clean. But, he also was not afraid to get involved in a fight. Listening to Mbulawa Makhanya talk, one thing you feel in his voice is pride. He was proud to be Makhanya. He still is not afraid that he belongs to chieftaincy. The guy is outspoken. He loves his surname, Makhanya. He will go on and on about chieftaincy of our surname. He wants us to rebuild that legacy. He does not care about the gloom and glamour of the world today. I don’t know how many sons did he have. I know one:
Nkelele Makhanya. He had many names. Others say he is Snqindi. He was tall and yes handsome. Mbulawa calls him iBhunguka. That is because he left home to stay in Durban. He also says that he influenced:
Ngevane Makhanya to leave home to stay in Durban. Mbulawa does not like these actions as according to him, they led to the separation of home.
KwaMbovu. This was the sector that belonged only to Makhanya. People belonged together. They loved one another. They did things as one big family. I believe he wants to restore that reputation.
I write this to connect you to the person who told me to write. You wonder why am publishing music and talk about writing? That is because:
B. Music and writing hand in a glove.
Don’t worry about me saying I was told to write and draw. In fact music is written. To do all that you have to draw a plan of how you will reach the end of the song. This also includes planing the number of verses, chorus,etc. That is song arrangement.
I have been studying music under Busyworksbeats.com and Shaw Academy, AP State University. The Game, Mr King is a great teacher. In their website, there are many courses of music writing and editing including mixing and mastering. If you take your time and learn you become the greatest musician. Even people like Dre will refer you to these guys for music courses, music samples, etc.
It was Shaw Academy that took my music to another level. I learned first hand music engineering.
C. Elements of Music
There are notes, from C to B and Back to C. These notes together if put together make a harmonious sound. Take for instance C-E-G. This is a triad. It makes a harmonious sound. It can be interchangeable like E-G-C and lastly G-B-D. These notes put together also form a Scale.
You can say that these give you sound, harmony, texture, melody, rhythm, tempo and dynamics. These are elements of Music.
(i) Sound
Hitting any note will give you a sound. How you feel the sound depends on the instrument. Same notes sound differently on different instrument.
(II )Harmony
How you put together various notes will give you a triad, 7th, a 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th, etc. So long the notes are such that they sound good, we say they sound harmoniously. These are also known as chords.
(III) Melody
While chords are harmonic, melody scan be said to be a sing along. Mostly 5 notes that sound harmoniously will give you a melody.
(IV) Rhythm
How the music flows will give way to the rhythm of song.
(v) Tempo
The speed of the song is the tempo. How fast and how slow the song goes also work hand in hand with the rhythm of the song.
(vi) Dynamics
We said the different instruments will sound differently. Them and effects will give you ups and downs of music also known as dynamics of music.
(vii) Texture
I like to call the one the fabric of a song. How you feel it. Heavy or light.
Conclusion
Use all what I have given to you so far. Doing that, you will end up singing a song that makes us happy. A song soothes. A song that reminds us of our loved ones. A song that moves you according to tempo and its rhythm. A song that will sometimes cause sorrow because of the love that you miss.
Do you have any genre? Talk to us to help you make it reach the world.
