Blog posts about meaningful music.
Music that has deep poetry has always inspired me. I’ve always loved musicians who write songs with poetry like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen. Their music is touching…
Bulat Okudzhava wrote his music roughly between 1950s and 1990s, but his music is still enjoyed by contemporary audiences because it’s soulful and touching, which is something lacking in contemporary…
The first inspirational song on our list is The Road Less Traveled Song, which as the name suggests is inspired by Robert Frost’s famous poem The Road Less Traveled. It’s…
A simple and powerful song about loneliness is called “The Road Song” and it’s a song I translated from a Russian poet and songwriter Bulat Okudzhava. It’s a song about…
The first song about not giving up on life is a play on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony mixed with a contemporary song. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony has the famous 4-note motif that…
I want to start with one optimistic and little-known to English-speaking audiences song that I translated from Russian poet Bulat Okudzhava. Optimistic Song: Keep Your Heart Open This song is…
This song about keeping your heart open feels like it should be relatable. While it isn’t initially so, as the listener, you quickly realize that, yes, this is exactly how…
My name is Alex Genadinik, and I’m a songwriter and poet. If you find beauty and meaning in powerful lyrics, you’re in the right place. Together, let’s explore songs with…
This page has a sister page with examples of songs with similes. After this page, you may be interested in checking that out too. Metaphors and similes are powerful writing…
Songs about living life are easy to identify with and feel for. After all, we’re all trying our best to do just that. In this post, I’ve compiled a number…