A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Cueing

Performance
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The use of agreed signals to coordinate performers or technical elements. Cues help a reading proceed smoothly and intentionally.

Detailed Definition
Cueing is essential when poetry performance involves multiple speakers, sound, lighting, music, or projected text. A cue may be a word, gesture, breath, glance, or timed silence that tells another performer when to enter, move, or change vocal role. In ensemble work, clear cueing preserves rhythm while allowing performers to appear naturally responsive. It is a practical technique, but it also supports artistic precision by making transitions feel integral to the poem.
Example
Example in poetry:
In a two-person poem, one performer nods after the phrase "I remember" to cue the second performer to begin the next stanza; A group rehearsing a chorus agrees that the leader's raised hand will cue everyone to speak the repeated line together; During a performance with projected images, the poet pauses after a key line so the technician can change the slide at the planned cue; In a poem accompanied by a drummer, the reader gives a clear final-word cue that tells the musician when to begin the next rhythm
Additional Notes
Cueing coordinates performers, lighting, sound, or projected material through rehearsed signals. Effective cues are clear, timely, and agreed upon in advance, reducing distractions during performance.
Also Known As
Cue Calling Prompting
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