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How to Make a Song Go Viral – An Example of a Social Commentary Song
Sometimes songs by an unknown songwriter go viral, such as “Rich Men North of Richmond” about a working class man struggling to get by while rich enjoy their elite moneyed life. And now, another song is going viral: “I’m a Country Man in a Digital Age” which is about a man who wishes for a return to a simpler way of life where people were easy to meet and call. But now he feels the world is moving too fast, and there’s so much hatred and conflict.
He describes how the world is full of smart gadgets, such as phones and robots that can talk, and he worries about a future where AI’s all the rage, but it’s taking away the human touch.
Videos
Dan Janal Podcast Interview with Gini Graham Scott
Gini Graham-Scott, author of “the Big Con” and “I was Scammed” talks with Dan Janal about how to spot a scam and how to avoid being scammed on this episode: The “Make My Book A Movie Scam” All Authors Need to Know About
Media & Press Releases
After Debate, Close White House Race Inspires a New Song & Book about the Harris-Trump Dog Fight
After the debate, the very close battle between Trump and Vance versus Harris and Walz is like “dog fight” as NBC News once characterized it. So now there’s a White House Dog Race song about Kamala and Trump, as well as a song that could apply to the battle between anyone running for office. The song features the personality traits that they each bring to the dog-versus-dog fight, in response to the comment by Bill Burton, a political consultant who said “I still think it’s fundamentally a dog fight.”
Immigration Reform
The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant?
Liberals are trying to do virtually anything to show that immigrants do not increase crime, and that cities are really safer when immigrants move there. They even trotted out a new study from the Marshall Project, to prove this contention. The study was featured on an...
The Opioid Crisis
My Own Suggestions For Dealing With the Opioid Crisis
Some recommendations of how to overcome the current problems with opioids and other drugs. Some of these suggestions include creating a drug sales court, setting up separate wings in the prisons for drug traffickers, and publicizing the names of individuals sentenced under drug laws.
The Citizen-Police Divide
When Films Glorify Criminals and What to Do About It
Unfortunately, there has been a spate of recent films and TV series which glorify criminals and put cops, prison officials, and other law enforcement professionals as either background characters, or worse, corrupt and otherwise unsympathetic characters.
Author Paul Brakke is a scientist based in Central Arkansas. He became interested in studying the criminal justice system when his life was turned upside down after his wife was falsely accused of aggravated assault