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Music - do you love it?
Music surely saved my life. When I was a teenager and suffering all the problems of that age, I found drugs, and life became very dark. Many people retire to that place in our minds where hope is lost; some make it back out and some do not.
I found music; I would lie on the floor with my ear next to the speaker and play the slow movement of the Beethoven emperor concerto. The music was sad, but it touched my heart and I was no longer alone. That same music eased the pain of TX for me. It calmed me down and helped me deal with the problems of the real world while I was working.
I love music of almost all genres. Perhaps not elevator music and pop music that sounds as if it was designed by the people that design ugly cars specked out by a marketing survey. If it comes from the heart, I love it; be it the cerebral notes of a Bach cello sweet -- almost mathematical in form; the passion of a choral and, at the opposite end, the pounding beat of rock and reggae -- music that stirs a different kind of passion.
So -- what kind of music do you like?
I found music; I would lie on the floor with my ear next to the speaker and play the slow movement of the Beethoven emperor concerto. The music was sad, but it touched my heart and I was no longer alone. That same music eased the pain of TX for me. It calmed me down and helped me deal with the problems of the real world while I was working.
I love music of almost all genres. Perhaps not elevator music and pop music that sounds as if it was designed by the people that design ugly cars specked out by a marketing survey. If it comes from the heart, I love it; be it the cerebral notes of a Bach cello sweet -- almost mathematical in form; the passion of a choral and, at the opposite end, the pounding beat of rock and reggae -- music that stirs a different kind of passion.
So -- what kind of music do you like?
Joan Baez -- I know that. I made a typo. I make lots of them since I bought a new keyboard.
I was listening to a jazz radio station while driving to my daughter's yesterday. A tune from Peggy Lee came on - "I love the way you're breaking my heart" .. had tears running down my face. Love Harry Connick Jr., that man's voice is magic. Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz man, is in a class of his own.
Canadian guitarist Colin James - that man can swing AND rock n' roll. His Big Band albums are fabulous stuff - that'll get you moving. Check out Colin James and the Little Big Band on YouTube. Some great stuff there.
Went to hear the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with a girlfriend last year, sat near the front. Now I know why they call it a "symphony". It was stunning visually and musically and left quite an impression on me. I had never been to a symphony before that and I would love to go again.
There is a group out of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia called Men of the Deeps. A group of coalminers who sing a capella, they wear mining caps on their heads with the head lanterns. They sing some lovely haunting tunes, some in tribute to the miners who have been lost over the years in the "deeps" ..
And of course...Celtic music, particularly the kitchen party variety. I cannot keep still to that. I'll be sitting in my chair and my feet will start tapping, then both my feet are dancing away, my hands join in clapping to the beat and sometimes I lose all inhibitions and I'm up on the floor doing my own unschooled version of step dancing and footwork, remnants of my brief Highland dancing education. When my kids were little, I used to dance them all over the house to that. That fills my soul with joy and at those moments I am reminded of the richness there is in life.
And then... of course...for me... pipe band music and the bagpipes in general. My god...there is not much else that moves my soul the way the massed bands at the closing of the Highland Games moves my soul. A hundred or more bagpipers playing in unison, the sound of the large drums - "boom-boom, boom-boom" at precise moments, swirling their toms in the air before each strike - all the big drum players together - and the small drum corps starting into their own tat-tat and growing louder and louder and louder...and then the pipes are lifted up, the chanters to the mouths and suddenly all at once, the hundred or so pipes begin...all unified leading into the inevitable Amazing Grace. I have not yet ever been able to have a dry eye while they play that. And the visuals watching them march off the field one one massed band, kilts swinging, drummers in unison, pipers playing all together, fingers flying on their chanters... the air is just *filled* with the sound of it all and it fills my soul and overflows ... that's a little piece of heaven right there.
Yeah...I know. To each his own though, eh?
So much eclectic and interesting music out there .. such riches.
Canadian guitarist Colin James - that man can swing AND rock n' roll. His Big Band albums are fabulous stuff - that'll get you moving. Check out Colin James and the Little Big Band on YouTube. Some great stuff there.
Went to hear the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with a girlfriend last year, sat near the front. Now I know why they call it a "symphony". It was stunning visually and musically and left quite an impression on me. I had never been to a symphony before that and I would love to go again.
There is a group out of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia called Men of the Deeps. A group of coalminers who sing a capella, they wear mining caps on their heads with the head lanterns. They sing some lovely haunting tunes, some in tribute to the miners who have been lost over the years in the "deeps" ..
And of course...Celtic music, particularly the kitchen party variety. I cannot keep still to that. I'll be sitting in my chair and my feet will start tapping, then both my feet are dancing away, my hands join in clapping to the beat and sometimes I lose all inhibitions and I'm up on the floor doing my own unschooled version of step dancing and footwork, remnants of my brief Highland dancing education. When my kids were little, I used to dance them all over the house to that. That fills my soul with joy and at those moments I am reminded of the richness there is in life.
And then... of course...for me... pipe band music and the bagpipes in general. My god...there is not much else that moves my soul the way the massed bands at the closing of the Highland Games moves my soul. A hundred or more bagpipers playing in unison, the sound of the large drums - "boom-boom, boom-boom" at precise moments, swirling their toms in the air before each strike - all the big drum players together - and the small drum corps starting into their own tat-tat and growing louder and louder and louder...and then the pipes are lifted up, the chanters to the mouths and suddenly all at once, the hundred or so pipes begin...all unified leading into the inevitable Amazing Grace. I have not yet ever been able to have a dry eye while they play that. And the visuals watching them march off the field one one massed band, kilts swinging, drummers in unison, pipers playing all together, fingers flying on their chanters... the air is just *filled* with the sound of it all and it fills my soul and overflows ... that's a little piece of heaven right there.
Yeah...I know. To each his own though, eh?
So much eclectic and interesting music out there .. such riches.
I love the Sirius XM Satellite radio in my new car. I'll come home and just sit there in the parking space listening instead of going in. I have a button on my steering wheel that will navigate through the satellites and channels. God there are so many choices and so many niche stations. One of my favorites is Willie's Place. I like Boneyard, Classic Vinyl, Sinatra, Spa, "The 80's Channel", NPR, CNBC, the french station, "The Village"(folk music).
I've been listening to music on earphones some lately as well, but I'm concerned that it might make the ringing in my ears worse.
I don't usually have the volume up very high (I do this at work and need to hear the phone or if anyone is talking to me).
I used to sing Joan Biaz songs with my mom. In fact, I just got her another song book, it is the same one we had back in the 60's, but this one is new.
I don't usually have the volume up very high (I do this at work and need to hear the phone or if anyone is talking to me).
I used to sing Joan Biaz songs with my mom. In fact, I just got her another song book, it is the same one we had back in the 60's, but this one is new.
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