humanity

Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.

The Making of an A.R.M.Y
This paper could trigger anyone with depression and/or suicidal thoughts. PLEASE be advised, and do not read this if you don’t think you can handle these themes.
By Catt McCartney6 years ago in Beat
The fate of my soul
You never know how music will hit you and what it will do to you until the moment it stops everything you're doing in your tracks and really makes you listen, possibly putting you in your feels. It's always at unexpected times but when it happens its magical. The moment i listened to Indie rocker Taylor John Williams, his remastered version of The Mates of Soul touched me in a way i never thought it would. Before i met Ray i was in a previous relationship for six years, oh did i think i was inlove with this boy but i was just infatuated with him you see. I gave this boy everything i had, i was ready to be his wife and he was ready to slip into the next chick who was ready to spread his legs for him, until he got another girl pregnant. I never would have known that he was cheating just always felt it in my gut if it was for the blessing in disguise, Stephanie.
By Dr. X6 years ago in Beat
Behind Warren Zevon’s ‘The Hula-Hula Boys’
I knew something was wrong from the moment he spoke. In fact, there had been a lingering wrongness for some time. “C’mon son, let’s go on a trip,” Dad said.
By Walter Rhein6 years ago in Beat
Linkin Park Songs That I Can Relate To
Linkin Park Songs That I Can Relate To The songs that got me through my darkest times Greetings, Vocal readers. I decided to take a break from talking about cosplay and instead, talk about one of my other favorite hobbies. This is my first article about music and I’m going to talk about a band that I grew up listening to. That band is none other than Linkin Park. I’m a huge fan of theirs and I first started listening to them, dating back to middle school. It was around 2001, almost a year after their debut album, Hybrid Theory, was released. I was 13 years old about to start the 7th grade. In fact, in October, it’ll be 20 years since that album first came out. Yes, time sure flies. When the news broke back in 2017 that Chester Bennington died, I was in shock and in tears. It was like my heart came out of my chest and cracked in two. His loss hit me so hard and millions of LP fans everywhere. Even though he’s no longer with us, he’s spiritually here in our hearts. Whenever I listen to a specific Linkin Park song, I get emotional, because it’s something that I can relate to. Below are some songs from them that got me through life, in no specific order.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 6 years ago in Beat
My Gospel Soliloquy: His Eye Is on the Sparrow
As a singer, I have to be able to connect to a song. I can not imagine singing a song without singing from my heart. Also, I believe that a dull performance with no emotion is a poor performance.
By Zari's Diary6 years ago in Beat
Glitter in the Air
The first time I listened this song, I was alone in the dark. The silence surrounded me, streetlights shone their way into my bedroom. Using the shadows from naked trees and the haphazard spaces between my blinds as a guide. I could feel the tears as they dropped from the corner of my eyes, into cold surface of my pillow, warming them with what little of my happiness they had trapped inside.
By Sally B6 years ago in Beat
Stand By Me
Play “in the night, mummy” said my youngest daughter earnestly, “Play in the night” I looked at her heart shaped face, her beautiful grey green eyes pleading with me. I smiled at her as I reached for my guitar, it was a favourite and a song that I loved from way back. Its actual title is Stand By Me and it invoked in me a confidence that life would be ok. The song basically says if everything goes to shit, that someone or something will be there to count on.
By Jemma J6 years ago in Beat
The songs that connect me to you..
Using Music as a connection to my life and feelings each day, It's hard not to relate to songs that flood me with pride, belief and unbreakable love for you. Words are not always easy for any of us to share how we feel, it can be that sometimes another tool is needed to show our emotions towards someone or a situation. Sometimes it's gifts, written words in a card or hearing a song that speaks to their heart and shares our aching expressions through the artist beating with the feelings within, that help us say everything we have wanted too but maybe couldn't find the words yourself.
By Samuel-James 6 years ago in Beat
Music and Podcasting
I am a creative person. I have always been involved in projects and hobbies that have something to do with some kind of music or writing. I have been a musician and a singer/songwriter since I was seventeen years old. I played in rock and metal bands around the Detroit area for many years.
By Vince Smith6 years ago in Beat
Bluer Than Blue
I'm the kind of person who has dedicated songs to most of the major events in my life. I have named all of my daughters after favorite songs. So when I married my husband, I was eager to commemorate my new relationship with my stepson with a carefully selected anthem. He was thirteen and completely uninterested in sharing a special song with his "stepmonster". He told me flatly, "I already have parents."
By Heather M Stuebe6 years ago in Beat
The Risks of Falling in Love
In essence, I am and will always be terrified of love. Halsey’s "Finally // beautiful stranger" encapsulates the fear I will always associate with the word “love”.
By Tika Budianti6 years ago in Beat
"What do the waves have to say now?"
It's 2009 and my grandfather died. We all knew it was coming, but that knowledge could not prepare us for that sinking feeling of losing someone you love. I run on auto pilot for the next few months. I am disconnected from my mind and body. Reality mixes with dreams. Everything is a blur. Time loses all meaning. This is not the first time I dissociated (and it certainly wouldn't be the last), but it feels like it lasts forever.
By Zoe6 years ago in Beat