Songwriting and the Future of Music — Aloe Blacc
Future of StoryTelling (FoST)
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The Power of Song in Storytelling
I've always thought about songs as one of the very original forms of storytelling. I think we're hardwired for receiving message and information through song. Scientists are considering the aboriginals from Australia to be the oldest living culture, 80,000 years they're saying no. And they have a system of song lines which are oral mappings of land. So rather than drawing a map, they offer songs, strings of words and melody that help to dictate movement,. how to traverse physical space. It's a beautiful telling of how far back song goes to helping us survive.
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