Wednesday, September 27, 2006
dearth of posting...
Sorry for being so slow about kicking off this new blog, but things have been topsy turvy for me lately, and I just haven't gotten around to it...well, not around to a proper review, but I'm going to say a few words today about music.
I've been using music lately like a drug. A happy drug. Music keeps me sane in tough times, and helps me find a sort of zen-like center when I'm away from the house. A few artists in particular help me in this way.
The Flower Kings' album Adam and Eve is especially good at lifting my spirits for some reason. The unfortunately named track Love supreme is my favorite on this album. (unfortunate name because the title sounds like something you'd order at Taco Bell, but hey, they're from Sweden, what do they know about Taco Bell anyway?).
The music on this prog masterpiece is, to be sure, some of the finest I've heard. The arrangement, the orchestration, along with the happy lyrics lifts me out of my depressive hole many days on my drive home. I sing along, a feel that warm happiness in my chest (something other than indigestion is nice now and then, you know?), and I smile that slight little contented smile.
I wish I had better words to express how music sometimes makes me feel, for feeling is what music is all about, right? At least it is to me. The sound of a Taurus foot pedal brings me joy. The arching sound of a Prohpet 10 keyboard solo makes me sway my head to the rhythm.
What things bring you joy when you are away from hearth and home? What things do you use as 'happy drugs' in your daily battle with the workaday world? Me? I use music.
