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Collection of Poems

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This is a collection of poems created in early 2020, during the early onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Simultaneously, this was created during the writing of a This City Called Earth album entitled, "IV". Originally the idea was that there would be a 'zine, featuring these poems, a set of pages taken from my music theory book that I had been working on, specifically the Neapolitan Major series, and a collection of illustrations/images. Upon the 2/3 mark, I had decided to try and outsource the illustration/photo side of things but it didn't pan out, likely a mismanagement of time or resources on my end, again. Oops. Anyways, these are a lot more personal on an emotional level for me and it's always been hard and slow to get this side of me out without inebriation, time to process and the correct environment to speak - or feel. I don't know. Some of these are more hopeful, whereas others are in-fact incredibly dark stemming from some childhood traumas that I'...

Anthony's Scales Book

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 ' Esoteric Encyclopedia of Musical Scales with Polygons and Chord to Time Signature Conversions' by Anthony Vargas ***This was written for Major Thirds players and Astrologers in mind*** Legend Chord Conversion Process This process borrowed from the Esoteric practice of Numerology. In this system all integers(numbers) are added together to form numbers between 1 and 9. The exception being "Master Numbers" such as, 11, 22, 33. These master digits take on their own unique aspects, having the qualities of both their added-up forms and their signature numbers. To convert a chord into a time signature, sum each interval of your chord, add 1 for every sharp(#) interval and subtract 1 for every flat(b) in your chord. For example: major triad  1 + 3 + 5 = [9] once you derive this top number (9), round this integer to the nearest subdivision. Typically subdivisions are formed with the integers of: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, etc. In the case of this Major triad, 9 is cl...