{"id":1351,"date":"2013-11-07T04:35:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2015-04-16T01:30:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T01:30:01","slug":"soldiers-melodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/soldiers-melodies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Soldier’s Melodies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Duke

Duke Sherman<\/p><\/div>\n

When my good friend and previously featured artist, KeV Atomic<\/a> from Atomic Honey, told me about his project to record five songs from Duke Sherman\u2019s poetry collection A Soldier\u2019s Thoughts<\/i> <\/a>and donate proceeds to United States war veterans, I jumped at the chance to help. I reached out to Duke Sherman and his manager Dawn D, founder of #ShoutOutWithLove.<\/p>\n

I interviewed both KeV and Duke as co-featured artists. Amused Now plans to distribute Atomic Honey\u2019s album, A Soldier\u2019s Melodies<\/i><\/a>, on Amused Now. Dawn will distribute A Soldier\u2019s Thoughts<\/i><\/a> through her distribution channels: http:\/\/shoutoutwithlove.blogspot.com<\/a>, http:\/\/Xlibris.com<\/a>, Barnes and Noble and Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Duke wrote his poetry collection because he\u2019s plagued with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Writing poetry became a creative outlet for Duke. \u201cI opened a site to help the veterans, because they\u2019re my brethren and I can relate to them. I know what\u2019s happening out there. I\u2019ve got problems myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duke and KeV met on Twitter over two years ago. KeV\u2019s father was also a veteran; he shared with Duke the story about the bullet he wears around his neck from his dad\u2019s funeral. KeV wrote a poem for Duke\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

\"KeV

KeV Atomic<\/p><\/div>\n

KeV describes the start of their project: \u201cWe just kind of bonded, connected after that. He was kind enough to send me a copy of his book. I was reading through the poems and I was inspired by so much. It gave me a whole new perspective about what our soldiers go through. \u201d It all began with the song Black Horse<\/i>, which is \u201cextra special to Duke. I wanted to thank Duke for all that he had done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Black Horse is Duke\u2019s unit in Vietnam. \u201cOnce a trooper, you\u2019re always a trooper. Everything in that song is reality. The war poems, the battle poems, they\u2019re real battles. I love the Black Horse. I\u2019m Black Horse until I die.\u201d Duke really liked the KeV\u2019s rendition of Black Horse<\/i>, so KeV thought, \u201cIt would be really neat if we could do something for Veteran\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

KeV chose another poem, Something Different<\/i>, to record (my personal favorite). That song is about his manager Dawn D. “I call her Angel. I don\u2019t know how to explain it, but we connected too. She\u2019s in Florida and I\u2019m in Louisiana, but we talk every night. She calls me Papa.\u201d KeV informed us that Something Different <\/i>is getting radio air play right now. Awesome!<\/p>\n

KeV picked the remaining three songs on the album \u201cbecause they jumped out at me for different reasons. Some were chosen because of the way the words were constructed; they seemed more fitting to go into a song. My Life is at an End<\/i> just was so meaningful to me, it just had to be a song.\u201d KeV gave My Life is at an End <\/i>a light melody to take some of the darkness out of the lyrics.<\/p>\n

Duke gave KeV artistic freedom to record the songs as he felt they should be musically experienced. Get your very own copy of Soldier\u2019s Melodies<\/i> on Amused Now and support our veterans.<\/p>\n

To watch the YouTube interview:\u00a0http:\/\/youtu.be\/fapJmPZDsNk<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Amused Now Featured Artist Series<\/p>\n

\"AtomicDuke Sherman
\nhttp:\/\/www.duketheman1.com\/<\/a>
\n@DukeTheMan1<\/a><\/p>\n

KeV Atomic
\nhttp:\/\/www.atomichoney.net\/<\/a>
\n@Atomic_Honey<\/a><\/p>\n

Cynthia Kahn, Founder of Amused Now
\n@Amused_Now<\/a>
\nFacebook<\/a>
\nGoogle+<\/a>
\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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