Aoife Donovan: Blurring Lines Between Poetry and Music in āBulls Frog Croonsā
Editing and revision can be a very different process altogether. In some aspects, revision is all about envisioning and getting key insights from the poem itself. Believe it or not, but poems start in imagination and end there as well. The process is best done by looking for an exact folk singer/songwriter who can bring a poem to life. Aoife OāDonovanās, three of five tracks on her new EP- āBull Frogs Croonā is the adaption of Searās poems. Today, you can listen to a studio version of songs.Ā
Aoife OāDonovan was hired/commissioned to create a musical art piece for Britt Festival Symphony with Teddy Abrams. Teddy is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States Of America. He is also the one who helps the artist to break free from barriers. Teddy suggested to Aoife to look into the current poet laureate of the state of Oregon. Aoife found her inspiration within a text and everything else unfolded pretty naturally. Needless to mention, poems and songs are two very different genres. In poems, you cannot change anything you like. Or repeat anything whenever it suits you. On the other hand, in songs, you can play with rhymes and melodies. If you want more people to listen to your music then you have to make sure that you keep an unbreakable connection to its origin. Overall, Bull Frogs Croon is a premium collection of Searās visions as a poet and OāDonovanās vision as a songwriter.
