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Just Another Stripe On The Tiger

23 Nov 2021 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Until yesterday, I didn't know what "praise and worship music" meant.  Most "praise and worship" music grates on my ears, and I never listen to it.  I usually see (or hear) it as bad art, and not truly capable of praising or worshiping anything.  It'...

An Audience of One (You Are The World)

20 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I feel like I do when a beloved celebrity dies.  While looking for images to use as a thumbnail for this article, I did an image search for "We Are The World," and was horrified to learn that they remade the song sometime in the last decade or 2 for...

Nigerian Songwriting Visa

26 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Hello, My name is Amoobi.  I am a Nigerian songwriting student, currently studying at the Escuela de Cantautoristas de Pablo Smog in the dangerous port city of Veracruz, Mexico.  I arrived several months ago on a songwriting visa supposedly issued by...

The Furnace of All Fiction

16 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

To Whom It May Not Entirely Disinterest,   I have a theory about love songs.  It isn't ironclad.  The theory is that any song that claims to be about love but fails to express the pain and horror of sliding downward toward hell is disingenuous pap th...