If there is one thing I hate, it’s being told to do
something that I do not want to do! I
have a part of me that wants to revolt against anything and anyone who forces
me to do something against my will. This
music blog is being forced upon me… and I don’t like it! Damn you Mason!!!
Sorry to disappoint you, but I just don’t have the energy
& motivation for writing about music at this point in time. Now another apple blog, that I could get on
board with… but I digress… and I promised you (Mason (Jason)) that I would
write something. I apologize in advance
to those of you who might have expected more than the unorganized mesh of
random thoughts that are about to follow.
I enjoy music, I think I can play guitar, & I can’t
sing. This is what I know to be
true. My Pandora account consists of the
following playlist/channels: Garth Brooks, Foo Fighters, Mos Def, Of Monsters
& Men, Drake, Mumford & Sons, Dwight Yoakam, Frank Sinatra, Boston, Fleet Foxes, Metallica,
Atmosphere, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Dave Matthews Band,
Soundgarden, Beastie Boys, Chevelle, Notorious B.I.G., & a few others I
think. But from these channels I get
most everything else in between. And as
Pandora gets to know what I like, I’ve found that I will occasionally get hip
hop music on my rock stations, rock music on my country stations, and country
music on my reggae station… I might as well just have it all on shuffle,
because that’s what happens when you listen for 3+ hours… it all becomes the
same. There’s a lesson in there
somewhere… but I’m too tired to run with it.
I listen to a wide variety of music. I don’t have favorites overall, but I do pass
from genera to genera depending on my mood.
I often listen to Pandora at work, only to get distracted by new songs (or
great ones that I have not heard in a while).
This causes me to forget what I’m working on and go watch the music
video on youtube (apparently I feel that helps me to understand the song… even
though most music videos do the complete opposite… especially for TOOL songs), which
then causes me to look up a guitar tab for that song and print it off. Now you would think the next logical step
would be to learn that guitar tab and rock out to a sweet cover of that awesome
song I was so captivated by… but no… I just put it in a pile next to my guitar
cases and tell myself that I will get to it after baseball season, then after
football season, then next year, then once I get a free weekend… the excuses go
on and on. Point being… I need to make a
better effort to play guitar more, and I probably make to many excuses in
general with everything! I actually used
to be half decent (or at least I think I was), but over the last 10 years (wow
that seams like a long time!) I haven’t practiced enough to just pick it up and
rip off an entire song from memory. This
leaves me feeling like I’ve lost a part of myself. Playing guitar had always centered me and kept
me from losing my mind in the chaos of life.
I wonder how I got so “busy” that the hobby I used to enjoy the most
became an afterthought... something I stumble across when I’m downstairs
cleaning. Tossed aside to collect dust
while I catch up on laundry & make sure the dishes don’t pile up on the
sink. Left in the corner of a spare
bedroom while I concentrate on my adult responsibilities and my job! Peter Pan said it best “Growing up blows!” (that’s
a real quote).
I’m reminded of the lyrics in so many songs that I’ve heard
over the years… the inspiration you feel and the power they give you to
overcome difficulty & cope with heartbreak.
Music is there for you when others are not… with songs that can carry
you up over anything… it’s often what get you through a long day/week &
keeps you from loosing your sanity while traveling from point A to point B.
So enjoy it, create it, or if you have the sweet, alcohol
induced moves of Pat… dance your ass off to it!
BLOG DONE!
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