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Writers

How do you write? Keyboard, touchpad, or good ol’ pen and paper?

Writers, writing in the night.
Dickens, writing in ink and pen I suppose.images
A quill and a bottle of ink.
At his desk.
Three candles burning,
The great man writes on.

Hugo, writing reams of prose.images-1
Spewing it out.
Writing by day, writing by night.

Dostoevsky, writing deep, deep into the night.images-2
Feverishly of course.

All of them.
I see them writing in the night.

Screenwriters, hecklers, princes and poets.
Writing late into the night.
All of them, all of us.
Writing into the night.

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Bumba

Shown on a recent visit to the Big Apple, Bumba has written two literary novels and has recorded two CD soundtrack albums to accompany them. Check it out on Bumba Books.

39 responses to “Writers”

  1. gamillerlasvegas Avatar
    gamillerlasvegas

    Good song Bumba! I always grab a piece of chalk and write on my dog. He does not seem to mind too much. Even bald dogs can be useful, Of course, he hates it when I write songs about cats.

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      I always thought your prose was a bit Spotty.

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  2. Writers’ Blues | Flickr Comments Avatar
    Writers’ Blues | Flickr Comments

    […] https://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/writers/ […]

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      I don’t know how you did it. I didn’t think it possible to incorporate the little Writers poem into a blues song, but you did it! Thank you for the honor of being cited, quoted etc.

      Reply
  3. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    hi Stephen, I threw out off my apartment my daughters, wife and grandchildren for one hour to have silence recording your writers’ blues :
    1
    http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/writers-blues/
    2
    http://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-19346.php
    3
    or listen to my music via
    https://soundcloud.com/fingerstyle_guitar
    4
    I’ve sent an e-mail to you

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  4. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    it would be an honor for me if you would add your blues harp to my mp3 track when I try to perform your song, I’ll upload that to soundcloud and ‘ll send the track via e-mail to you, wait some days!

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  5. 76sanfermo Avatar
    76sanfermo

    This post really “captured”me….
    …and the music will be staying in my ears/mind forever!

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Thank you. It’s just a straight-up blues.

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  6. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    it’s two o’clock in the morning
    and the moon is shining bright ://
    I would like to have the lyrics written down explicit
    then I would like to sing that fine Bumba blues too…

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      to continue…
      It’s two o’clock in the morning and the moon is shining bright.
      I’m just wondering where my baby is tonight.

      I been walking all night, can hardly keep my feet
      There’s nothing at home and there’s nothing in the street.

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    2. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Thank you Frizz for a very fine compliment. I couldn’t ask for a better compliment than for other people to play my songs. Especially you.

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      1. frizztext Avatar
        frizztext

        hi Stephen,
        actually our house is filled with visitors, but in ten days, when I’m alone again, I’ll be happy to record a version of your blues, will set some links to your blog of course too!
        P.S.:
        Technically I have two possibilities:
        1 – I add my vocals to your voice, guitar and blues harp
        2 – I start a new turn with own guitar, without your voice and harp
        which to choose??

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        1. Bumba Avatar
          Bumba

          If you choose the second option, can I add a harp track?

  7. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    hello Blues Bumba the Baum boom boom:
    http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/writers/

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  8. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    Reblogged this on Flickr Comments and commented:
    I always like to listen to Bumba / Stephen in L.A.!

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  9. frizztext Avatar
    frizztext

    a WWWonderful song – by yourself or a cover?
    I couldn’t resist reblogging your work of ART!
    http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/tagged-w-2/#comments

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      It’s one of mine.

      Reply
  10. Bumba Avatar
    Bumba

    Cheers to you! I’ve never been successful at switching to the keyboard. It takes a lot longer this way: to write and then to copy onto the computer.

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  11. Dilip Avatar
    Dilip

    Not being a great writer the key board suits me fine! 🙂
    Cheers!

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  12. Ste J Avatar
    Ste J

    The daytime just has to much in the way of annoying distractions. Nighttime is so much better, more brooding, Where would we have been without Roskolnikov, Bill Sykes and Claude Frollo. Somehow it would diminish my love of their nefarious ways if I found out they were created in the day.

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Of course in Russia you have the White Nights.

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  13. Bumba Avatar
    Bumba

    Good to hear from you Mira. Glad to add a drop of tranquility. Love, light, and peace to you!

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  14. Mira Jay Avatar
    Mira Jay

    It’s such a tranquility-shot, I get everytime I step into your world; I shall confess.
    Missed your beats & nothing’s better than pouring your heart on paper; personally soft copies are only a way of storage but never a way of painting my ideas..

    Love & Light

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  15. marina kanavaki Avatar
    marina kanavaki

    …2’o clock in the morning here [almost] and even though heavy clouds are hiding our moon your tune is shinning bright! 😉

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      You should have seen the red moon and sky we had here in North America the other night. 🙂

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      1. marina kanavaki Avatar
        marina kanavaki

        🙄

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  16. tornadoday Avatar
    tornadoday

    Love this, Stephen. My very best writing (or what I consider the best) is that which wakes me up……….to where I’m running through the house in search of anything (anything) to write on. A magazine, a deck of cards, whatever I can find before the words are gone. I know these guys – I see them sometimes – standing watch from the edge of the woods……. i love these guys…….and you. ~ Bobbie

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Thanks, Bobbie. It sure works for you.

      Reply
  17. penpusherpen Avatar
    penpusherpen

    Through your words I see them too…. and for me? whatevers handy Bumba, but more often that not, the keybord… Just bought a Tablet, (his name’s Norbert) so practising with finger touch!! 😀 xPenx

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Norbert, huh?

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      1. penpusherpen Avatar
        penpusherpen

        Oh yes, … ‘he’ looks like a Norbert, 😉 and last week he had a stroke. (stock still for ages, seeming dead as a doornail ’til I read the ‘destructions’ about holding the on/off for ten seconds..) Phew!! x

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  18. silkpurseproductions Avatar
    silkpurseproductions

    It does seem like more creative writing does get done at late at night. Whether it be by one bulb burning or a single candle lit it is how we think of writers weaving their stories. Alone, in the quiet.

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Actually, there is an entire class of writers who write while they’re on the bus. Of course you get what you pay for.

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      1. Bumba Avatar
        Bumba

        And that ain’t always fare (sorry).

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  19. Dinesh Kumar Radhakrishnan Avatar
    Dinesh Kumar Radhakrishnan

    That’s cool thing to have a song… I wonder how you embedded that here 🙂 Can you let us know if you don’t mind?

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    1. Dinesh Kumar Radhakrishnan Avatar
      Dinesh Kumar Radhakrishnan

      I got it.. 🙂 Just upload and add the code.. 🙂

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    2. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Good thing you’re resourceful. I’m not sure I could have explained it. I use the Add Media option and then upload files that are already on my hard drive.

      Reply
  20. Eric Alagan Avatar
    Eric Alagan

    Must be dark stories – all 🙂

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    1. Bumba Avatar
      Bumba

      Hah!

      Reply

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Bumba’s real name is Stephen Baum, and he was born and raised in the Bronx, a product of the NYC school system. All the same, he has written two fine, literary novels – one is called Up in the Bronx, and the other is called One Life or the Lives of Chester Knowles. Check them out on Bumba Books. Also included in this blog are a number of Bumba’s original songs, plus a lot of traditi0nal country music – all played by Bumba and his friend Maybank. You’ll also find some poems, odes, stories, humorous pieces, and a lot of didactic stuff about science, especially paleontology, and numbers.Lots of stuff about numbers. Watch out.

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