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Walking Tall — A Song From My Heart

I just finished writing a song that has completely moved me, and I wanted to share a little about it with this community. It’s called “Walking Tall.”

This song isn’t just music to me. It’s a piece of my heart, my life, and my values. It came through me fully form...

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Walking Tall — A Song From My Heart

I just finished writing a song that has completely moved me, and I wanted to share a little about it with this community. It’s called “Walking Tall.”

This song isn’t just music to me. It’s a piece of my heart, my life, and my values. It came through me fully formed — a duet with soaring male and female vocals, powerful 1970s soul energy, and lyrics that speak to dignity, resilience, unity, and standing up in the face of injustice.

The lyrics are about refusing to be held down, about walking tall with pride and courage, about honoring one another as sisters and brothers, and about the hope for a better, more loving world. Writing it brought me to tears. It’s one of those rare songs that feels bigger than you, that feels like it came through you rather than from you.

I don’t know how much this song will earn, but I do know that it leaves a permanent mark of love and intention for my son, Glenn. When he hears it, he will know exactly where my heart was — full of love, hope, and the belief in standing up for what’s right.

I wanted to share this with you because sometimes our work as songwriters isn’t just about hits, streams, or recognition. Sometimes it’s about capturing truth, spirit, and love in a way that can be felt for generations. Walking Tall is that song for me.

Thank you for letting me share it. If anyone has advice or insight on sharing music that carries this kind of personal and emotional weight, I’d love to hear it.

— Wyman

https://wymanbrent.bandcamp.com/track/walking-tall

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Maurice Vaughan

6 hours ago

The "Bloom" remix sounds incredible, Geoff Hall! Thanks for sharing the video. I thought about 2WEI feat. Edda Hayes - "Survivor" as I watched the video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0iC10hKsi20...

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Libby Wright

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2 days ago

I love moving around in generes - it keeps my ideas fresh!

Haley Mary

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- Wyman Brent
- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

Hi Wyman. I'm a poet and songwriter and I love to blend genres together. I've been a fan of Spanish music for several decades and love writing lyrics in Spanish. I also love writing in Russian, Ukrain...

Wyman Brent

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

Libby Wright, I totally agree with you.

Maurice Vaughan, you are so right.

2 days ago

Haley Mary, hi from here to there. Very impressive with your writing. I can only write in English. However, I have translated some of my songs into various languages and then recorded them using A.I....

Kat Spencer

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6 days ago

Ville Hilden What is your musical about?

Ville Hilden

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- Maurice Vaughan
6 days ago

Kat Spencer: Oh, the one I´m concentrating now is set in Cuba just before and after the revolution - basically a love story, since that´s what life is all about!

5 days ago

Thanks, Kat Spencer. I'm rooting for you to finish the Beautiful Addiction video! I'm looking forward to seeing it! Hope it gets a lot of views!

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

My goal is to clear my plate of lots of "tasks" so that my brain is free to be creative again :)

I hope to write some new lyrics and some more stand up comedy material.

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- Kerry Kennard
7 days ago

Excellent job on the score, Kerry Kennard! I really like it! "It's the weird sound in the middle, as well as near the end." That's my favorite sound in the score.

Kerry Kennard

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- Maurice Vaughan
7 days ago

Thanks Maurice Vaughan !! appreciate it. It's the IBRIDO from Sonokinitics.

They have a big library of different kind of sounds !! - for different type of genres to write in.

Here's their main page:

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7 days ago

You're welcome, Kerry Kennard. Thanks for the link!

Mark Gosney

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- Maurice Vaughan
4 days ago

Nice job Kerry Kennard sounds great. I do like those sounds!!

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5 days ago

Yes, two old sci-fi stories — The Cosmic Blood Connection (age 14) and The Eclipsians (age 18) — have come back now at age 29 with new depth, more details, and far richer layers.

I can say the logic of both worlds has completely flipped upside down.

1 week ago

Thanks for sharing the video, Ashley Renee Smith. I didn't know composers made sketches for music. That's interesting, and it makes sense since a composer can look at the sketches and visualize where...

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I think that he unfairly may get compared to John Williams who has running woodwinds and counter melodies running all through his pieces Amanda Toney. Hans Zimmer is very simplistic but that doesn't m...

Hannah Woolmer

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Alessandro Sicardi I would credit him with more than that. In the 80s he was all about electronic music but since working with top scorers on the Lion he has really mastered orchestration. Violin-cent...

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Hannah Woolmer it’s totally normal in Hollywood having orchestrators working after composers, so I honestly wouldn’t bet he orchestrated something… And if so, it’s anyway all so pop and without moveme...

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Alessandro Sicardi Well he claims he does, so I guess it's your word against his

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Hannah Woolmer as they're not very sophisticated, no wonder if he does them :)

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