Road Less Traveled is the name of a song by Alex Genadinik and also a completely different song by Lauren Alaina. In this post, I am going to compare both songs and say what is good and bad about both songs. I am not going to say which song I prefer, but leave it to you to decide what you think. If you have a premium account on Medium, it would be good to hear your thoughts at the end of the post.
The Music Videos
Firstly, here is Lauren’s version of Road Less Traveled…
And then let us see Alex’s version…
Yesterday, we saw the third anniversary of the Parkland School Shootings. On 14th February, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz gunned down 17 students and staff at his former school,
Why a Song Against Gun Violence?
Alex believes that people who do these terrible things are not bad people. They are just caught up in society. Cruz lost both parents a couple of years before the massacre. Therefore, at the time of the massacre, he was living with foster parents. His only next of kin in his birth family was his brother. The latter blamed himself for the atrocities of 14th December 2018.
Magic Dandelion is an…
Alex Genadinik has produced over 130 courses and generated over 300,000 enrolments on Udemy. His courses are all business and technical-related. Therefore, if you want to make a serious income from the internet, Alex provides the ideal education for you.
Advantages of Licensing Courses
Licensing these courses means you can…
- Sell these courses on your own website
- Keep 100% of the sale price.
- Position yourself as an expert in your niche
- Generate more popularity with your customers
Advantages of Licensing Alex Genadinik’s Courses
There are some important reasons why you should license Alex’s courses…
- Support from Alex whenever you need it.
- Free lifetime updates. Alex’s promise to you as to…
The meaning of Girl and Balloon by Bulat Okudzhava is unclear. However, one thing we do know is that it is a very sad song. It is also definitely about lost love. Maybe the husband of the woman in the song went off to war and was killed. This seems to be roughly what it was about.
It is also a hauntingly beautiful song. Only short, but very beautiful.
Alex’s Translation of Girl and Balloon
Just as with other songs that I have reviewed recently, Alex translates Girl and Balloon into English, thereby opening appreciation of the song up to a much wider audience. According to…
Welcome to this new series. In this series, I will be dissecting rants to bring you the most interesting insights and the best ways to build your music brand.
Today we are looking at the secret to a successful album. Everyone who makes music is capable of creating fantastic work. You just need to follow the guidance set out in this post and in the video below.
This series starts off with a video called “The Secret to a Successful Album”. This video is from a channel called Musician on a Mission. They currently have 190,000 subscribers — so doing really well.
Another of Bulat Okudzhava’s songs that Alex has translated is Georgian Song (also known as Grapeseed Song.
Georgian Song is a beautiful, yet sad song about unrequited love. It has a lot of imagery in it and is considered to be one of the most beautiful Russian folk music songs of the 20th century. Just as the late and great, Bulat Okudzhava was considered to be one of the most popular Russian musicians of the last century.
Videos of Georgian Song
This first version is Alex’s translation. In this version he opens it up to much more appreciation and brings Bulat’s music to a…
If you are looking for a playlist especially for Valentine’s Day, this could be the one for you. This playlist features three songs. They are all from Alex Genadinik and includes three songs which are all recently published on YouTube.
The Playlist Link
If you watch the video immediately below, it will play the entire playlist in the order that we have it.
Enchanting Woman
Enchanting Woman is a sad song with a sad meaning. It is about someone who has had love and lost it. The woman has passed on to the next life and this is reflected in the words of…
The poem by Robert Frost, Road Less Traveled, is now set to music by Alex Genadinik. This has been set to music several times before. This post is a review of Alex Genadinik’s version of Road Less Travelled.
The Meanings of Road Less Travelled
Road Less Travelled is about having different options in life. Each road we take is also a different decision on what we want to do with our lives. For instance, do you want to get a job, write a book, start a business, go to University, etc. …
The words of Enchanting Woman were initially a poem by Russian poet, Oleg Pogudin. Since it was written Bulat Okudzhava has written music around those words. This is something the latter artist is known for.
Bulat died in 1997, but much of the work he did was setting poetry to music. He is a guitarist and you can see him perform in a video below.
The version of Enchanting Woman that Bulat initially wrote has been covered more than once. However, now Alex has translated it into English. Therefore, it is open to a much bigger audience.
According to Amazon…
In this post, we review Magic Dandelion by Alex Genadinik. This is an anti-gun, anti-mass shooting song that promotes peace among all people wherever and whoever they may be.
The song offers another suggestion for those who are caught up in mass shootings. Furthermore, it tries to understand the people involved.
Could it be loneliness? Could it be isolation or neglect? It offers the possibility that people who commit such crimes are not merely bad people, but just misunderstood.
Magic Dandelion Lyrics
In heaven, there is a magic dandelion Spreading petals of love You were waiting for your petal too long Didn’t…
David Verney
Author of Complete Guide to Music Marketing, music blogger, music producer and multi-instrumentalist. Graduate from UWL, husband and father.
