People, work and Music. These are the three priotities necessities in my life. You take any of them away, then you'll find me slowly turning into one of those half dead blood sucking zombies with two word vocabulary. And music is particularly special to me, even though I have zero talent in music(my family and friends can testify here). It is something that grew on me very late in life, now to the point it has now turned into an addiction. I always have a song stuck in my head. I put my headphones before logging onto my machine. I sing every chance I get(refer to earlier comment about my musical talent). I cannot control it. Its just become part of how I am.
I believe music transcends our senses. And no words can ever express the way you feel, the way music does. For many its alcohol, for me its music. It gets me high. It is my drug. It is what keeps me sane, it is what keeps me fun..
Now to the main story. Me and my friend, we have similar taste in music. We used to listen to radio when we were in college(good old days), and message each other whenever there was a good song on radio resulting in the other one scampering across the home to get to the nearest radio. It was fun. And we still do it from time to time(only this time we pass youtube links).
So few months ago my friend forwarded to a song from a band I've never heard of. I've never restricted to any particular genre of music, so this was a good opportunity to explore. What I heard just blew me away. I expected it to be good (we have the same taste in music best described as "Awesome"), but not this good.
I started listening to other songs by the artist. And I started to go though the suggestions and similar artists. And I kept discovering one amazing song after another. I'd always been listening to mainstream music, and I used to think all the music in the world comes from a handful of people on tv. This changed everything. These were not celebrities with all their record labels, money and fan following, but they were just people like you and me. And I'm astonished how few people know they even exist.
I was and still am really excited about what I've discovered so far(again thanks to my friend who started it all). This has kept me from company when I was going through a phase where everything in my world was out of sync. So I thought of share a few of the songs I liked.
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Best way to listen to these songs is to
- Turn off the lights
- Turn up the volume
- Relax and let go all your thoughts
- Try to imagine a moment that describes the title. Try to live in that moment.
- Close your eyes
- Enjoy the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGMeToAspk&feature=related
(Like I said, imagine yourself to be in the lady's shoes. Just walking, on a journey. A hint of excitement to explore something new, and a hint of anxiousness unsure of what to expect. It is an amazing feeling, and the song best describes it)
Sleep dealer - the
way home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nngbv6829Fg&feature=related
Air - Alone In Kyoto
[lost in translation]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUjAtYQkFm8
God Is an Astronaut
- Parallel Highway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeozsys0moA
God is an Astronaut
- Golden Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5ZeC7vecM&feature=related
God Is an Astronaut
- Fall from the Stars
Feel free to abuse
the suggestions bar in youtube.
