Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois What is a lyric? Does it have to rhyme? How is it different from a poem? Does a lyric have to be deep and meaningful? Does the music give it meaning? Do the music or the words come first? Does it have to be… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Sorry, people, but fantasy often gets mixed up with reality and people end up chasing the wrong  things. It all has to do with the media. I’ve been looking to the TV for my dreams all my life. But it… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Call it what you want. It is a great way to stimulate ideas. Lyricists want to drink from the source, but for everyone that source is different. Lyrics are supposed to be about life so the more variety there is –… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois I was afraid to talk about musicians like Gill-Scott Heron. Music should be sterilized and emasculated, made safe.  Sing about sex and violence, but don’t go pointing fingers. Be about passion, but only if it… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois media/blogs/a/PaulB/Image112.jpg"> It has been 14 years since Tupac Shakur’s death, and ten years since The Rose That Grew from Concrete, and I don’t know what’s going on with stuff, or if other… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois There’s a reason I don’t own a TV. I envision a nightmare world of doers and watchers. Life isn’t lived by watching it. But then again, maybe – just like I traveled about a lot in my twenties and now… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Sometimes the desire, pain and frustration hits me so intensely – everything has to be right and perfect, and I have to be willing to do anything to achieve – I get IT for one instance.  What right do I have to… more »