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Edel Dieringer
BUT THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD.. not your wings.. not your song, not your ability, not what you do, not where you live, not how you should be heard, not how everyone should just get you.. BUT.. those who trust/wait on the Lord will FIND new strength. Can you use that?
I didn't know this initially as it wasn't in the materials the group furnished to us as reviewers, but when I saw the tracklist, which really features only two songs (almost) in their entirety with the rest being snippets, I knew something was up. And a little poking around on the group's website confirmed my suspicions.
As luck should have it, this album is not the first time I've heard Maize Mirchi perform these songs, as Maize Mirchi performed these songs as their ICCA competition set. I happened to watch this University of Michigan-based Hindi-fusion group perform at their semifinal. When I first heard this set, I was amazed at how well the story was presented. The arrangements were well performed in a way that let soloists shimmer through and the story stay present. When I started listening to this album, I realized that I was given a chance to hear this musical story again. However, the story feels different now. What I originally thought to be four songs became seven tracks, with the original four songs not as explored as I remembered them. With the recorded release of Clipped Wings, the story is broken out into too many smaller parts that work well enough together, but leave a large number of concerns individually.
Any way you shake it, twelve minutes for seven songs is dangerously little time. There's an inherent risk of ideas not being fully explored, or that an idea is too long but not fully effective and thus a waste of precious seconds. Originally, I believe there was four songs in the ICCA set (Past Lives, O... Saya, Bird Set Free, and Haunted), but these four songs are shortened to be supplemented by extended transition tracks. That's largely what drives some of the moments I truly dislike about this album. Free is an exaggerated transition that could have either been more embellished into a full song or avoided completely. With the tightly knit choral harmonies sandwiched between the empowerment of Bird Set Free and the ethereal drive of Haunted, the transition almost feels choppy. Haunted and Past Lives (Reprise) could be combined into one track, and the transition would be perfectly smooth. I can understand all of the thought processes that went into giving a strong presentation at a competition level and trying to have an array of emotions, but translating the array of emotions into an album is a feat that results in some confusion to the listener if an idea is neglected or overindulged.
However, aside from the issues I have with the flow of the album, there are some amazing moments. Anu Vora and Alicia Kalsi deliver top-notch solos in Bird Set Free and Haunted. Vora gives drive to the ballad, providing raw power in the moments where she stands alone and also when against a wall of sound. Kalsi's style is entirely different. The control she has over her voice lets her begin the song with a haunting aura before exploding in the final chorus. Credit is also due to Deepak Kumar, who arranged the entirety of the album which lets every soloist play to his or her strengths. The album has a wide array of sounds that play to the Hindi-fusion Maize Mirchi is known for. The group branches out and presents its ideas in many different ways, including sneaking in Eric Whitacre's Sleep into the song Free. There's so much going on in this album that I just want more of everything. I want more of the colorful chords. I want to hear more of the amazing soloists. Most importantly, I want every track to be a fully-explored song.
In short, the concept of the album is spectacular, but the presentation is flawed. The overall story arc, ending with the opening track transitioned into a minor key, presents a large number of highs and lows. There are moments of strength and moments of weakness. However, these moments don't always transition well. The transitions are lengthened into individual tracks that don't have enough standalone value and shorten the songs that are the main point of the story. By failing to ever fully explore an entire song and supplementing this flaw with extended transitions that add more ideas than thought resolutions, Maize Mirchi gives a great presentation of ideas that tell a great overarching story, but leaves minimal standalone value to each song.
The next part of the album is focused on the themes freedom and haunting past lives (presumably reincanation). Bird Set Free, Free, and Haunted is the "main event" of the album, complete with adorable solos, punching vocal percussion, and intricate background vocals. It's astonishing how these three songs are seamlessly integrated into the theme. The chord choices are great, especially the ending chord of Bird Set Free where it almost sounds like a movie fanfare.
The song "Vultures with Clipped Wings" by We Came as Romans explores themes of personal growth, resilience, and the struggle against external pressures and manipulations. The lyrics reflect a sense of disillusionment and frustration with the idea of conforming to societal expectations and sacrificing one's own happiness for the benefit of others.
The song begins with the line, "This is an end, so I'm starting again to return to form," indicating a desire to break free from past limitations and reinvent oneself. It suggests a willingness to let go of old patterns and embrace personal transformation.
The verses convey a sense of frustration and a realization that the speaker has been living a lie. They have been trying to meet the expectations of others, becoming a "hollowed cut puppet" and lying to themselves to continue on that path. The imagery of vultures and clipped wings suggests a metaphorical battle against those who feed off the speaker's efforts and leave them drained and bleeding. By catching every vulture and clipping every wing, the speaker is taking control of their own destiny and refusing to allow others to benefit from their dreams and passions.
Clipped Wings was inspired by a personal experience of a failed relationship. R. Kelly drew from his own emotions and heartbreak to create a song that captures the pain and longing associated with lost love.
Yes, the lyrics of Clipped Wings delve into the universal themes of love, heartbreak, and the longing for personal growth. The song serves as a reminder to listeners that even in the face of heartache, there is always the potential for healing and self-discovery.
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The newspapers usually ran feature articles about the first birth, marriage, and death that occurred at the relocation center. Yuki Shiozawa and Taro Katayama were the first couple to wed at the Central Utah relocation center. The Topaz Times reported that several musical performances preceded the wedding, including Goro Suzuki's (the bride's cousin) rendition of the song "At Dawning." Protestant minister Rev. Joseph Tsukamoto officiated; Yuki's father, Tetsushiro Shiozawa, gave her away; and Taro's best man was his brother, Jerry Katayama. The article also describes the couple's wedding attire:
No, a bird will not feel its wings being clipped if the clipping is done properly. What happens during wing clipping is the feathers on the outside of the wing, the primary feathers, are clipped short. This prevents the bird from displacing enough air to lift off of the ground.
It is interesting to note that all the normal swarm preparations occur within a colony, regardless of whether the queen is clipped. The queen ceases egg laying, she gets skinnied down by the workers, cells get backfilled to reduce the nest size, nectar and pollen collection are reduced. With her or without her the colony will swarm, so little or nothing is gained by mutilating the queen.
Furthermore, accidents happen when queens are clipped. Legs have been accidentally deleted and the occasional abdomen has been nicked. It remains my emotional and irrational opinion that there are better ways to mark a queen or stop a swarm.
I agree! I use to work for a guy who wanted me to clip the queens wings and I refused to. The 5 times I saw him do it every hive took off leaving the queen behind alone in the hive box wondering around. It broke my heart. I am a strong believer in leaving the queen alone.
Rusty
I totally agree with you regarding the clipping of queen wings. It is a useless practice designed solely to aid the beekeeper not the bees. I see it as little to no benefit even to the beekeeper.
You are correct that many famous beekeepers of the past clipped wings religiously, just as many famous physicians of the past practiced bloodletting to cure disease. I read that doctors practiced bloodletting for over 2000 years, and some cultures still do. Still, if I were to come down with a disease or infection, I would prefer my doctor skip that part.
Chopin drew on a long history of bird imagery in women's writing to establish The Awakening's opening image: the green-and-yellow parrot. Women writers since the 1700s had used caged birds as symbols to represent the limitations of their own domestic lives. Chopin's parrot, which symbolizes Edna, not only voices a desire for solitude (a condition necessary for creation of art and pursuit of self-knowledge) but at the same time represents the pressure exerted by both individuals and society in general for everyone to follow the same rules and display the same behavior. When her story begins, Edna obeys this implicit rule to go along with the crowd but later, as she begins to come into contact with her true self, she behaves as her moods and whims dictate rather than doing what everyone else does, such as when she abandons her reception day. Chopin herself detested parrots because they imitate what they hear instead of singing their own song.
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