Tag: “All the Things You Are” (1939)
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On Writing & Storytelling: Music that Inspires Me While I’m Working on ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Wednesday, September 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi all. As you know, I love listening to music when I write. It doesn’t matter what I’m writing; it could be a blog post such as the one you’re reading now, or a first draft of a screenplay, or a prose story, but unless I have…
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Weekend Musical Interlude, Sunday, September 3, 2023
Early Afternoon, Sunday, September 3, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on the second day of the long Labor Day weekend, and it’s a hot third day of both the new month and the new (meteorological) autumn season. Here in the Tampa Bay area, the weather is still summer-like, although if my…
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Weekend Musical Interlude: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Early Afternoon, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Even though I’ve gotten some rest over the past few days, I’m still a bit tired today and don’t feel like writing too much at the moment. It’s the weekend, anyway, so I am going to take some time to rest, read for a while,…
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On Music & Melodies: A Loving Look at ‘All the Things You Are’
If you’re a regular visitor to this space (Thank you for that, by the way.), you may have noticed that I have developed an affinity for the song “All the Things You Are.” Originally written in 1939 by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway musical Very Warm for May, “All…
A Certain Point of View, Too 