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Summertime on the Rick Vargas Southfield Blog

We are in the middle of summer and music is at full swing.

Music and Summer

Music and summer go hand in hand. The biggest hits are always released during the hot summer months, and there are so many times a song triggers a summertime memory. Songs of the summer are typically upbeat, light, and positive. One could say summertime is the best time to release a new song and really have it hit the charts and become a blockbuster of a song.

Song of the Summer

When hits are released in early summer, they become the song of the summer. When someone thinks about a particular summer, the hit song of the summer might pop into that same memory. Conversely, when you hear an older song that was released during a summer, you might come into a flood of memories just by hearing that summertime song for a few seconds.

The Sound

The sound of the music for a summertime hit is very important. You cannot have a heavy, sad, down sounding song and think that would be good for the hot, sunny days. The song needs to be light, fresh, catchy, motivating, and upbeat to become that year’s summer song. To reach the top of the charts, these qualities are imperative for that summer jam. Without them, the song will get lost and will not be the popular song someone thought it would be.

Long summer days and summer nights are the best time to listen to the perfect summer song. Keep your ears open and listen for the next summer song that will pair with your summer memories this year.

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Spring Time on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog

It is officially the start of spring. On the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield blog, today’s blog post is about the freshness that spring brings. You can read my last post about spring here: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/2021/03/07/springtime-is-in-the-air-on-the-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-blog/

What Does Spring Bring?

Spring brings a breath of fresh air to this time of year. After getting through several rough winter months, and gloomy, gray weather, it is now time to welcome spring and the newness that it brings. Grass turns green, flowers bloom, and we see new leaves on all of the trees.

Springs brings a sense of excitement, a sense of newness. A way to start fresh and start over. Upbeat music helps achieve this feeling through light, airy music with positive lyrics. Music is so important to get to a mental space where you feel like you can start fresh. Music that has sad lyrics, or an overall feeling of heaviness will not be something one wants to listen to at this time of the year.

Creating Music

Creating music throughout the year is aided by the season you are writing the music for. If you get stuck, just think about the season you want the music to be played in. Spring and summer have similar feels and you can get away with music with similar tempos. Fall and winter are bringing on the colder weather, falling leaves, and snow. Heavier feeling music, with deeper lyrics, and slower tempos are certainly warranted at that time of year.

Enjoy the season, listen to some great music, and get pumped for the summer!

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Springtime is in the Air on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog

The Time of Year

Today on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog, we look at the change in seasons, namely spring. You can read a synopsis of winter here: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/2021/01/24/music-and-winter-on-the-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-blog/

Spring is most anticipated season of the year. If you live in a state that experiences all four seasons, more than likely you are waiting for spring to begin. After a very long four months of winter, we are ready for the spring weather. With spring, it brings a sense of newness and a fresh start after the gloomy, cold winter months.

Fresh Music

At this time of the year, we begin looking for music that gets us excited for the warmer months that summer brings. The anticipation of the excitement of warm weather, long sunny days, and the carefree moments that come with the warmer months all call for upbeat, exciting music. Music that we can dance to, music that you can play on a drive to the beach, and music that you can listen to as you lounge by the pool.

Exciting Times

We all look forward to this time of the year. A time where there is new growth from the ground, new leaves on the trees, and more time to be outside and enjoy life. With all that has been happening in the world today, there is no better time to rejoice in the spring months and play some fresh music as part of our life’s soundtrack.

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Music and Winter on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog

Today on the Ricardo Vargas Southfield blog, I write about music and the winter season. I also write about Music and Seasons here: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/2020/10/25/music-and-seasons/

In the Winter

In the winter, we are surrounded by the cold, frosty blanket of the season. There is nothing we want more than to stay indoors, surrounded by a warm fire. Music comes into play – when you are sitting by a warm fire, more than often you are relaxing and want some calm music to play in the background. Music helps set the mood and warms your soul.

The Snow

When the snow blankets the ground, it may bring with it times of sorrow. There are people who despise the winter season and want nothing more than the summer to be here. The cold and the snow and Seasonal Affective Disorder might cause a person to listen to dark, moody music to get through the days. On the other hand, there are others that thrive in winter sports or may have a job that depends on the snow – this might bring upon cheerful music to get them through practice or their day at work.

The Seasons

Every season brings with it a fresh perspective and it is important to have a soundtrack to go along with that season, no matter how it may make you feel. Music will only help you get through the tough seasons and the good seasons.

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Music and Holidays

Today on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield blog, the topic at hand is music and the holidays.

Traditions

The end of every year brings a lot of traditional music. Jingle Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and Auld Lang Syne to name a few. The holidays are synonymous with music. Not only that, but there are radio stations that play holiday music nonstop beginning with the first day of November. We expect music at this time of the year, and it brings along a familiar coziness when the weather gets colder.

Memories

This approach to music allows it to bring upon memories during those end of year holidays. People gather around a piano while someone plays and sings a traditional Christmas song. One might enjoy drinking a hot cup of cocoa, while sitting in front of the fireplace, while listening to a classical rendition of their favorite Christmas song. These simple acts year over year will produce memories for one to think back to when that song comes on the radio. Music has a special quality when it comes to this.

The Magic of Music

When music is written, the intent is for it to become catchy enough, or sentimental enough for one to remember the song and associate it with a memory. When these traditional songs were written, no one at the time probably thought they would become longstanding songs associated with holiday tradition. No one ever knows if the song they are writing will become a classic song that needs to be played year over year, or if it might become a song that a professional sports team uses to get everyone excited for a sport.

This is the magic of music and the holidays help one to reflect upon this.

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Grateful for Music

Today on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield blog, the topic is being grateful, specifically about music.

Time of the Year

At this time of the year, it is important to think back and reflect on the previous twelve months. People look back at the events that occurred, people they may have met, and memories that were made. It is also important to think back at the things that shaped your life and shaped you. For that reason, we should be very thankful for music.

Why Music?

Music tends to be the soundtrack of our lives. You might hear a song on the radio and think back to a point or event in your life that the song may remind you of. When you think back on the previous twelve months, do songs come to mind? Is there a song that you might think of that takes you back to some memories you made over the summer? Or is there a song you can think of that helped you transition into the fall months?

Being Grateful

Continue to be grateful for all things in your life – this is a given. With that said, be grateful for the music that is composed, the lyrics that are written, and the beats that are produced to continue to provide you with a soundtrack for your life.

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Music and Seasons

Today on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield, Michigan blog, I write about different genres of music and the seasons of the year.

You may remember a previous blog post about music and stories here: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/2020/08/02/music-is-a-story-on-the-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-blog/

Depending on the time and season of the year, music that people want to listen to will vary. In the summertime, one wants to hear light, fresh, upbeat music. In the fall, a nice dance song or a pop song will do. In the wintertime, when everyone is hunkering down for the cold, snowy days, a slow song is what people might prefer. And finally, in the springtime, a nice upbeat instrumental to showcase the growth of new leaves, plants, and flowers could be what people want to hear.

Creating the right type of music people want to hear depending on the time of the year takes some thought and practice. When music is created, think about when the music will be released and played so you can better think out how the music should send to grab the right audience and the right amount of people.

This can become tricky if the client wants upbeat pop music and it is snowy and cold on the outside, so one might even need to think outside of the box when it comes to the time of the year, which again, takes time and practice.

What if the client wants a slow, moody track and it is at the beginning of summer? Take yourself out of the warm sun and go into a room that is dark with no windows – this can help put you in the frame of mind you need to be in to write the right music.

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Creating Music on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield, Michigan Blog

Creating Bad Music

You might ask yourself “why would I want to know about how to create bad music?”, and you may have also read the blog post about creating good music here: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/2020/06/17/creating-good-music-on-the-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-michigan-blog/

Creating bad music is the opposite of creating good music. A lot of popular musicians have created bad music just like a lot of actors and actresses have created bad movies. It can happen. You might not mean for it to be bad, but you could be in a rush, in a rut, or just not thinking through a project. You need to get an end results out quickly, and unfortunately, the end result ends up being bad.

How do you fix it?

How do you fix bad music? Luckily, we live in a technologically savvy world where it is easy enough to modify a track and fix it to sound better. It could be as easy as fixing the audio, changing a beat, or lowering the bass. But what if the overall sound is just not good? Maybe you had to meet the client’s needs but it is not necessarily a track you would write for yourself. Sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and bear it. It might not be pleasing to your ears, but someone out there will like it and will be pleased with the sound.

No one wants to make bad music

No one sets out to make bad music. It can just happen. Sometimes you just need to own it. There have been many times where we have gone back to a track months later and tweaked it with a better sound, a better voice, and a better beat. Tastes change and what we like to listen to can change too.

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Music and Nature on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog

Today, on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield blog, I am writing about music and nature.

Nature and Music

Nature can influence the music that is made, which might be surprising to you. You may ask “how in the world can nature influence music?”. Not only can nature influence music, but so can current events in the world. I have recently written about creating good music and you may find more inspiration there too: https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/category/good-music-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-michigan/

I have been told by many people that when they are stuck with finding some sort of inspiration, taking a walk and taking in the beauty of nature is so inspiring. You could be sitting on a bench, watching the world go by and taking in the sounds of the birds chirping, and the leaves rustling, and suddenly, a lyric pops into your head or a melody comes to you. Perhaps it is that you have a clear mind and are completely present, or that nature has literally inspired you.

Need inspiration?

Imagine this – you are sitting next to a flowing waterfall, the sun is shining and there is a light breeze. You close your eyes for just a moment to let inspiration come over you and you are simply listening to the sounds and feeling the sunshine and breeze on your face. And just like that – inspiration comes.

It has also been told to me that current global events can inspire certain music to be made. Perhaps the music is more somber if we have been through a tragic event, or more upbeat if we have been through a congratulatory moment. Inspiration is all around us – it is important to open your eyes and open your ears to what is happening in the world, whether it be true nature or just what is going on in the world.

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Music is a Story on the Rick (Ricardo) Vargas Southfield Blog

What’s in a Story?

Songs are a story. They use lyrics to emotionally bring you in. The lyrics tell you how the singer is feeling, what is on their mind. The music behind the lyrics works in the same fashion. Music itself is a story. I’ve wrote about music and life here:
https://rick-vargas.com/index.php/category/creating-background-music-rick-ricardo-vargas-southfield-michigan/

Music can ebb and flow and it can be loud, aggressive, or soft and melodic. All of these changes in a song is on purpose, for the composer of the music to tell a story. That story could be about a particular event, an emotion, a way he or she wants the audience to feel. The listener brings the story to light with the thoughts that can come to mind while listening to the music.

No Words

There are no lyrics in music. It is up to the composer and the listener to make up the story by putting the notes together, by putting the sounds of the music together, and creating a story in their mind. What is even stranger about this is that two people can come up with different stories because the sound is in the ear of the beholder. The composer might want the listener to feel a particular emotion, and instead the user feels something completely different.

Power of Music

This is the power of music. Music is a story and it can be a storybook, a chapter book, or a fiction novel. It can be magical, it can be powerful, it can be emotional. Music is a story.

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