Reseña del libro "My Life as a Song: The History of Recorded Music (en Inglés)"
What would it be like to live the life of a popular song? "My Life as a Song" is the story of a popular song, which takes readers on a journey that began near the end of the 19th Century, 1892 to be exact. The journey takes a reader through the history of recorded music by continuing to the present with a determined reach into the future. The main character of the story, as the title suggests, is a song. The song was much more than a century old when "My Life as a Song" was written. It was older than any living human being. While the song has witnessed many historical changes via the recording industry, it has also witnessed the many changes in music and the music business. Most of the song's experiences have been good throughout the years. However, some experiences have been very challenging. It is difficult to designate a definite literary term to the main character in "My Life as a Song." While terms such as personification and anthropomorphism come to mind, by definition, those terms do not exactly fit a story in which a song is telling the story. The reason is because a song is intangible. A more correct term for "My Life as a Song" through the eyes of its main character is an embodiment. The song, as the main character, is an embodiment turned into an anthropomorphism. An embodiment, in this instance, is a tangible form of an idea or concept. That is how the song is presented. The song telling the story is an embodiment that has become anthropomorphic because, in its tangible form, it has human characteristics. As a reader will experience, the song tells its story through a human's words and has the ability to be in different places. Most importantly, the song has human emotions, which are revealed when it reacts to its own incredible life and the life of its fictional songwriter, Charles Williamson. Through "My Life as a Song," travel through recorded music history while learning about the successes and tribulations of the song's lyricist and composer. While the story entertains as a fictional writing, it also informs factually. It gives a reader a complete history of recorded music and much more. "My Life as a Song" gives one an appreciation of lyrics and music as well as an insightful appreciation for the lyricists and composers who have created songs in the past and the lyricists and composers who still create the songs of which people enjoy performing and hearing. Appropriately, the book is dedicated to songwriters of all eras and of all musical genres. No one has ever read a story like this before. Live the incredible life of a popular song by experiencing "My Life as a Song: The History of Recorded Music," a historical fiction novel by Scott Paulson.
