Hello guys,

As you may or may not know, I don't really post much of my songs or promotional material here because my songs are on other sites and not really relevant to our discussions. I am more interested in offering suggestions for those of you who might be able to benefit rather than blowing any of my own horns. And there is far more than enough music out there anyway. My stuff is availible in a number of places.

But in the interest of this particular discussion, I thought I would offer an example of how I dealt with the subject. A few years ago, several friend's of mine had Fathers diagnosed and die of Cancer. Also another friend of mine personally contracted Cancer and was trying to comfort his family.

In an attempt to help them, I thought of my own Father, who was one of my best friends but passed away from Heart disease in 1998. He was a big fan of Mark Twain and always quoted some passages from a book called "Letter's from the Earth." I used it and some other basic information, along with poetic liscense to construct a story about death. the point being that many people, myself included, feel that death is not the end, but the "Beginning" of another existance.

It is my example of what we are talking about here, taking a somber subject yet using a "twist" in the subject, making death not seem so final. It seemed to help them. I hope it helps explain what I am talking about. For those of you interested, it is on my My Space page. The song is called "The Beginning."
I hope it helps.

www.myspace.com/marcalanbarnette