TALENT SHOWS AND PLASTIC ARTISTS: DREAMS' BUTCHERY AND MUSIC IMPLOSION. Ok, I agree, debates against talent shows got boring, unoriginal and out of date. Everybody knows that these are painstakingly planned TV shows, giving no added value, etc. etc. But then, why do these shows still exist? They give false hopes of becoming artists [...]
DIALLELE
"DIALLELE", is the third single from the album "Her Snakeness". In this song Silversnake Michelle talks about the vicious cycle of an endless life repeating itself. Events recur in an “equally different” way. Silversnake feels out of this world, locked in a "white room" and smashes the mirror where she sees an image [...]
The birth of the universe according to Silversnake Michelle
DNA (Denial Normal Abduction), the new single, tells about the birth of the Universe. The Universe comes to life. I like to imagine that life of celestial bodies is animated, and that both matter and atoms feel emotions and sensations similar to ours. Atoms get bored, stars play somersaults on the Milky Way, and the Big Bang [...]
DROPS OF TIME: Entrapped in the unreality of time
A lyrics stating the strong feeling of relentlessness of the passing. A sensation of anxiety and restlessness surrounds me and I feel what is the great lie of life: we think we exist but we're just an image’s projection, of an incredibly distant light. Life is so fast that I can't realize [...]
My very first song: SILVERSNAKE
Alhaji Abubakari Lunna, a great African percussionist playing talking drums, claimed that Western music is perceivable, that is based on sensations and it releases emotions. On the opposite, the "singing drums" create "understandable" music. With these the music already speaks for itself and everyone understands its meaning... lyrics are redundant [...]