On the one side its totally awesome on the other side I have problems with the title. "Journey" is an euphemism amd I don't think that veterans think of their experiences as a journey. War is not and never should be a journey.!
Yes it was most certainly commissioned but I would think a title like "Brave but often forgotten" would be much more appropriate. In this case you would not only honor the often forgotten veterans but also e.g. the civil victims.
And sometimes it also very brave to not take part!
On the one side its totally awesome on the other side I have problems with the title. "Journey" is an euphemism amd I don't think that veterans think of their experiences as a journey. War is not and never should be a journey.!
Yes it was most certainly commissioned but I would think a title like "Brave but often forgotten" would be much more appropriate. In this case you would not only honor the often forgotten veterans but also e.g. the civil victims.
And sometimes it also very brave to not take part!
"The title was to describe the journey that the soldier has to take, often against his will of being recruited into the army, leaving his family and loved ones, what they experience during the war and the difficulty returning home after what they had seen and gone through. what is why the term journey. Also this piece is specifically dedicated to American soldiers in honor of the event that emily composed it for."
On the one side its totally awesome on the other side I have problems with the title. "Journey" is an euphemism amd I don't think that veterans think of their experiences as a journey. War is not and never should be a journey.!
Yes it was most certainly commissioned but I would think a title like "Brave but often forgotten" would be much more appropriate. In this case you would not only honor the often forgotten veterans but also e.g. the civil victims.
And sometimes it also very brave to not take part!
"The title was to describe the journey that the soldier has to take, often against his will of being recruited into the army, leaving his family and loved ones, what they experience during the war and the difficulty returning home after what they had seen and gone through. what is why the term journey. Also this piece is specifically dedicated to American soldiers in honor of the event that emily composed it for."
"There were also military drill team performances, music from the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Chorale, and a performance from pianist Emily Bear, who composed a piece called "The Bravest Journey" specifically for the event."
It was quite an evening, Emily's “The Bravest Journey” was just brilliant and the crowd of 6000 or so gave her a standing ovation, Also there was about 30 more minutes of Emily's music in the form of background music, the scores of the picture she posted so there was alot of new stuff from Emily last night, Now the bad news, I was to far away to get any reasonably good video of her new symphony, but the good news is they are making a DVD of the entire event but I wont get it till November. Emily didn't do her signing after the event but I did get a chance to talk to her and her mom and get a couple pictures
It was quite an evening, Emily's “The Bravest Journey” was just brilliant and the crowd of 6000 or so gave her a standing ovation, Also there was about 30 more minutes of Emily's music in the form of background music, the scores of the picture she posted so there was alot of new stuff from Emily last night, Now the bad news, I was to far away to get any reasonably good video of her new symphony, but the good news is they are making a DVD of the entire event but I wont get it till November. Emily didn't do her signing after the event but I did get a chance to talk to her and her mom and get a couple pictures
I hope the make the DVD encoded free or at least upload "The bravest journey" on youtube/vimeo etc. so fans world wide are able to listen to it.
eulenspiegel2: most things have some delay because of the custom service...and very likely Emily and Abigail did not pay for speed shifting/transport...
Feb 11, 2022 16:47:40 GMT -6
eulenspiegel2: we all don‘t know anything...in recent weeks only speculation...we all have just to wait...
Sept 1, 2022 16:11:04 GMT -6
Ursula: Unfortunately I can't read the German forum. Sigh. Too bad they haven't said anything. You'd think their lawyers would come out with a statement at the least. And they keep posting on social media like everything is normal.
Sept 7, 2022 23:14:39 GMT -6
Ursula: Also why is that other forum in German. Why not English?
Sept 7, 2022 23:15:55 GMT -6
eulenspiegel2: it is a German forum...about German pop singer... you may be surprised...but the USA is not the center of the world - it is like US people coming to Europe wondering why not signs in English ..
Sept 8, 2022 5:30:36 GMT -6
ursus: Ursula, Google Translate works very well if you translate from German into English and you just need to understand the meaning of what was written. It does still require an understanding of German if you want to use it to post in that language.
Sept 14, 2022 1:53:26 GMT -6
ursus: IIRC B&B's lawyers have until 9/23 to respond to the lawsuit. It would not make sense for them to make a public statement before that. B&B themselves have undoubtedly been instructed not to say anything either. That makes sense to me.
Sept 14, 2022 1:59:52 GMT -6
eulenspiegel: Happy New Year!!!
Dec 31, 2022 18:14:37 GMT -6
mastersgttom: For the benefit of all the members and the guests who visit this site be advised that there is a You Tube video out there of Barlow and Bear doing a live stream. The video was posted by Epic Wonderland. Where she got it I have no clue.
Mar 8, 2024 12:53:33 GMT -6
mastersgttom: The video of the live stream cannot be found on any of their social media platforms. At least from any of my feeble attempts. The video is a bit hard to watch because the audio is totally out of sync with the video.
Mar 8, 2024 12:58:25 GMT -6
mastersgttom: What I got out of the video was that it had nothing to do with Moana. They were very mum about their work on that movie. Bling Ring came up in some of the comments. A bit odd that they have a live stream out there, writing music, and not making it public.
Mar 8, 2024 13:02:27 GMT -6
mastersgttom: Wow! I just noticed that it has been a little over a year since anyone has posted anything in this Shoutbox. Eluenspiegel was the last one. I messaged him this discovery a week ago but haven't heard back. He used to be the most active member here.
Mar 8, 2024 13:08:36 GMT -6