Thursday, 1 September 2016

MECO211 - Exercise 2 - The peace

Exercise 2: Describe a piece of music or recording


You know your friend has expressed his music talent in high school, but maybe not to the extent of composing a song. Or maybe you just don’t believe in your luck of getting to know such a talent.

‘Lullaby’ is Lucas’s  composition for his final assessment at university. It’s not the first time he has written something, but this song has gone out of an assignment submission to become something bigger, like having published by few local press, or even used in a musical play.

Lullaby songs everywhere mostly don’t use heavy metal music material and this particular ‘Lullaby’ is of no exception. The composer always has this ambition of bringing his country’s music style to the world and in this song, he features a combination of traditional Scottish and Vietnamese lullabies. Just for 7 minutes, the song evokes a stream of memories, of the moments when you were sleeping tight in your mother’s arms. And when she started singing, luring you to sleep, you felt as if nothing can compare to a minute of staying besides her.

Inspired by millions of stories of children in his country back in the war time, who was born without men’s presence at home, Lucas’s song is centred around this theme. The lyrics is about the hope of a mother to her new son. With the country is still being in the war, she hopes her son will grow up safely and be free from grief and nightmares. After all, she wants him to remember the people who have sacrificed their lives for him to live without gunfire.

Songs about motherhood will always easily capture your attention and it is 100 times better when your favourite type of topic is made into a song by your friend. 

 

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