MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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Here is an interesting fun fact: What does Elvis, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Bob Dylan have in common?
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Elvis Presley: He was known to have a collection of Montblanc pens and was particularly fond of fountain pens.
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John Lennon: He was a known enthusiast of handwriting and calligraphy. He appreciated different types of pens and was passionate about his handwriting.
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Paul McCartney: Like Lennon, McCartney had an interest in calligraphy and handwriting. He valued the art of writing and was known for his handwritten lyrics.
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Neil Gaiman: While primarily a writer, Gaiman, known for his work in comics and novels, has a fondness for fountain pens and has mentioned using them for writing.
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Bob Dylan: Dylan is known for his love of writing and has been associated with using quality pens for his songwriting and personal correspondence.
These artists may not be exclusively known for their pen and calligraphy interests, but they have expressed an appreciation for these aspects of writing.
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Hi Peter
I’ve always enjoyed New Age music since the early 90s. This genre evokes so much beauty and tenderness for me. George Winston is one of my favourites with his piano. He not only did new age renditions of classic songs, but also wrote his own music and was very good. I have a few of his albums on CD. His version of Walking In The Air was my absolute favourite version of that song, until Mona and Lisa did theirs that blew me away even more eclipsing George’s version. Other New Age groups I enjoyed in the past were Enya, Lorenna Mckinnit, Sarah Brightman. I really got into Engima, with the Gregorian feel to their music.
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Hi guys,
Like Sheryl Crow too, I think about the only artist post 90s I followed a bit. She wrote some nice songs like “If It Makes You Happy”, “Steve McQueen”, “Soak Up The Sun”….
That documentary looks interesting. Will try to check it out.
Another one coming out this year I’m looking forward to is about Bob Marley. A heroic artist who stood for social change and opposition to oppression, in the same vein as John Lennon. Tried to change the world through his music.
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I’ve been a little distracted the last few days. My friends cancer has taken a turn for the worse. What comforting words can you give someone when they are running out of runway and options.
Ordered him the Duo Sessions II CD/calendar/notebook bundle just before Christmas. Hope that will cheer him up a bit when it arrives. He loves music.
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Thank you Tom, Bud, Jacki and all for your kind words and thoughts.
I’ve tried to prepare myself for this inevitable outcome with my friends terminal illness for a few years, but when the time comes, it is never easy. We made many fond memories in the last few years, including the Alaska cruise we did together last June. Every moment was a gift. Perhaps a reminder, how we should see our lives, every moment with the ones we love and care for is a gift to cherish and never take for granted.
Jung
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Hi Chris
That’s great to hear, more power to Taylor Swift for standing up to the music industry big wigs.
I don’t know enough about Taylor Swift to say she is a good artist or not, her music and most modern pop artists in the last 2 decades have not really been on my radar. She must have merit as a singer and artist to have risen to the top.
I remember waking to Taylor Swifts version of Little Drummer Boy Christmas morning in stark contrast to MLTs, and remembering it was such a pale version that I could not get excited about, as well as a bunch of other current pop artists Christmas renditions, and feeling MLT with their amazing talent should be on the radio instead . The world is missing out big time.
MLT is leaps and bounds better than the current crop of mediocre artists dominating the mainstream and charts, it is an injustice to music.
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Bud
That is such a delightful version, and I think so fitting, sung by a child. This song I think pulls at the inner child inside, when the world can be harsh, it reminds you are a wonderful and beautiful creation, and nothing can change that. I always feel that when I hear this.
Another one in the same realm sung by a child that give the song a special magic is this one, by Atlantic Canada’s Aselin Debison.
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Hi Bud
Thanks for sharing that. That Lennon book sounds like an interesting read. Will have to look it up and see if I can get one. I think it’s awesome they have the original handwritten compositions of great people like Beethoven and Mozart and others. When it is handwritten by them physically, I think a part of them is in those pages, and that’s what make it special. Just like original signed autographs. I have an old check with my mom’s handwritten signature that is very special, and my dad’s old business card with his handwriting on it. Items I will always cherish, because it was written by their hand.
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Hi Daryl
I think you make a good point, there is a common thread amongst the great music legends and their attraction to handwriting things down on paper that fosters their creativity in the process.
Back in 1989 I started my career in my new job at a telephone company. My older sister gifted me a congratulatory gold filled Cross ballpoint pen for completing telcom school and getting my new job. I worked in a telecom plant office where I had to climb up on to wiring racks where we connected different equipment to complete a data circuit for customer’s. Each tech usually had a screwdriver, wire punch down tool, a clipboard/notepad and a pencil. Well I needed to be different and did my writing down with that fancy gold pen. I don’t know what it was, it just made it feel more special to do my job climbing those bays/racks, slowing down to carefully write something with this nice pen, taking care not to damage or lose it. Maybe this extra attention to detail and care, made me slow down and do things right and not be sloppy in my job. 30 years later on my last day in 2020 at the same job/company, I still had that gold Cross pen (well the 3rd iteration as I lost it a couple times over the decades, but replaced it each time with an identical one). It accompanied me for 30 years, that tradition, and always reminded me along the way in my job what excellence is, as these fine pens are made of the highest craftsmanship and attention to detail. That’s why I guess I like special pens and using them.
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Hi Jurgen
Wow that is just great, thank you for posting these.
I am really impressed and even moved that Beethoven kept portraits of his influences, Bach, Handel, Hayden, Mozart, Gluck on his wall. Creativity most certainly doesn’t exist in a vacuum, but from sources of Beethoven’s inspiration. He took all his inspiration and created something original and new, all his own, that changed music forever, elevating it to the stature of the other arts, and even eclipsing them, and influencing all musicians, composers and artists that would come after him for all time. He is the greatest Maestro of all time! What a treasure trove to have Beethoven’s journal, and to witness his thoughts. Would be so wonderful to have a full translated version of Beethoven’s journal.
Bach was an amazing penman, and in his early days he did fantastic anigrams and beautiful transcriptions and hand written art. Seeing his handwriting sample from his journal, I can’t make out a word of it being in German, but his script is so beautiful, with near perfect slant and consistency throughout. Just looking at his handwriting, it’s like his music, so beautiful, symmetric, patterned perfection.
While on the topic of Bach, I will leave you with what is considered Bach’s greatest solo violin piece, a monumental work. I like this and MLTs instrumental strings section in Why? Both so magnificent!
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Hi Tim
No worries Tim, enjoyed those 2 videos by Sade, she is a great musician, especially in the second video.
The MLT Livestream are priceless. I also loved their first live performance of Song Bird on one of their earlier livestreams, so beautiful. Looking forward to Sunday.
Hi Daryl
Yeah, Bob Marley is credited for popularizing Reggae and bringing it into the mainstream. Bob Marley is really the only reggae music I follow.
This one reminds me of MLT whenever I hear it, the 3 of them with little gosling Neve, such a beautiful and charming song.
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Daryl, this song is so moving isn’t it. The song comes from a real place of love, all the emotions it evokes by the writer is all so real, as he wrote it in memory of his father. This song really underscores the power and timeless beauty a song is capable. Music can express so much for us, and it can be different for each of us, and it can change for us with time. When I first heard this in the 90s it was a beautiful song, today it has so much more meaning.
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Hi Daryl, I was quite fascinated when I learned of this. Our music heroes are into handwriting, calligraphy, nice pens etc… goes along with MLT Studio Scribbles, hand written lyrics, notebook, pens….
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Hi Roger
Never heard of this band in Mexico. Great to see new talent doing well down there. They sound like good rockers. Will check out the video.
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Hi Dave
That was a great video by Al Yankovich, in his usual hilarious style. Love his satires.
Yeah definitely there is that homogenization across the different periods in music that you can immediately identify. As artists of the day got inspired, the creativity progressed the music to the next plateau. Problem today, is that creativity and progression is missing for all of the reasons pointed out in the that video with the music industry forcing new artists to conform to the formula that will maximize profits. For me the music of Brittney Spears or Justin Bieber from the last couple decades sound pretty similar to what is still being played in the charts today, “Baby One More Time” and again and again……Popular music today is like a stagnant pond, and it’s getting more smelly every year.
