Birds on the wire song strikes a chord with listeners

Music is literally everywhere. You just have to know where to look for inspiration. Wether it be raindrops on your car window on a long drive home from work, or the noisy construction work driving you crazy on your street- You can find music in it. Sometimes all it takes is taking the time to step back and take in your surroundings. Frustrated by TTC being slow and lousy? Take a second to listen to all the melodies and rhythms coming from a squeaky subway coming to a stop in your station. Make something from nothing. Thats what Jarbas Agnelli did! Have a listen to how he transformed a simple photo of birds sitting along telephone wires into a song.   Jarbas Agnelli from Brazil, 46, spotted a picture of the birds in a newspaper and noticed they were arranged like notes on a musical score. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.' Listen to the composition here... Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo He arranged his score using a xylophone, bassoon, oboe and clarinet. A musician has proven he is quite the songbird by creating a composition inspired by a feathered flock perching on some telephone wires. A still from Jarbas Agnelli's music video. He used the birds and wires as notes and the musical stave in his piece Mr Agnelli made the song using the Apple Logic Studio and created the video using Adobe After Effects 'I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes,' he said. 'I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.' Listen to the composition here... He arranged his score using a xylophone, bassoon, oboe and clarinet. However, he was reluctant to take credit for the beautiful piece. 'The pleasing melody is not my invention. It was the birds' idea,' he said. 'The notes are the exact position of the birds (in between the lines). The rhythm is a interpretation of their position, since there are no bar lines.' Via dailymail.co.uk   Stop Waiting For Inspiration, Create It Yourself Instead! If you don't feel like going, you don't have a choice. When it comes to writing or practicing, music gets the short end of the stick. How often do you actually sit down and write something when you really don't feel like it? Via therealmusician.com 11 Ways to Find Immediate Inspiration for Your Next Composition - Tuts+ Music & Audio Tutorial In this tutorial we'll discover eleven techniques that you can use to consistently generate new ideas from the inside out. Even if it's not the most fascinating story you can come up with, the prompt will give you enough to go on to get your storytelling juices going. The blank page can be a writer's worst nightmare, but in a professional situation you can't wait around for lightning to [...]

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