Comments on: What Eminem Taught Me About Writing For Children

By: Ryanrich1016

Ryanrich1016 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:09:21 +0000

Great Post!

I encourage you to listen to his first CD Infinite, if you haven’t already. The word play and rhyming schemes are unbelievable. Here is a link to a youtube video with the single from that CD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtRbEgoTqQs.

This is eminem in his purest form. Enjoy!

By: Frank Marcopolos

Frank Marcopolos — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:55:18 +0000

Hi Sean, It's weird, I had a similar experience of connection with Em's music. I'm more of a classic/alt rock fan, so it was definitely unexpected. Personally, I think the guy's a genius. This new album has been somewhat of a disappointment for me, too. My only hope is that the end of the album, with songs like Beatiful, My Darling, and Careful What You Wish For, points toward Relapse 2 being more of what we're hoping for in terms of artistic growth. He is definitely one of my surprising influences for sure. As a podcaster, I also take some of the kinds of things he does with background sound effects and use them in my stories. Frank Marcopolos’s last blog post..Podcast Length Poll

By: Nobody

Nobody — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:04:38 +0000

If you’d like more inspiration for children’s rhymes, check out the work of Howard Ashman. He’s probably best known for being the lyricist behind the Little Mermaid/Beauty and The Beast/Aladdin “trilogy” that revitalized Disney. There is an entire generation of kids that have grown up with his lyrics set to Alan Menken’s catchy melodies, but their best work is arguably the decidedly more adult Little Shop of Horrors.

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By: Rosa

Rosa — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:50:54 +0000

I’ve always considered Eminem as one “smart rebel”, he can be rough but he has his reasons most of the time. I guess we always have to be open about other people, because, as you experienced, you never know who we might help us learn about something or inspire us.

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William Shakespeare — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:41:26 +0000

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme

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By: Randi

Randi — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:42:16 +0000

Sean: High five to you and Cindy too, for spending the time to hand select some tracks for me. I just found out I have to teach high school this year instead of elementary so the Eminem experience may score me some points with my students.

I appreciated, and agreed with Paisley’s review as well.

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