Music Stirs My Soul
18. Jun, 2008 
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There is so much one can say about music. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like music. Think about it. Have you ever met someone who just doesn’t like music? It’s almost not human to not like music.
Music has always been the underlying force that has taken me through every stage of life. From my first 8 track to my little turn table in 6th grade I used to play the theme song from Dukes Of Hazzard on. Such a great song! It still warms my heart to this day. 
Music mesmerizes me. At times it can stop me in my tracks. The world around me ceases to exist and all I hear is music. I sometimes get that dear in the headlights look when sitting in front of a TV as it draws me in like a tractor beam and holds me till it’s done with me. Why does music takes my mind on a journey that I can never lead myself? It captivates me and I love every minute of it.
Yesterday I asked for some help from you to give me ideas of new music to listen too. WOW!!! You guys are rockin’ on the suggestions and I love it!!!! So much to listen too!!!
Lately, my mind has been wrapped around songwriting, music, and the experience of it. I go through these phases where I want to drown myself in the pure experience of music…it really does something to me…
For as long as I can remember I’ve been going to concerts. My first concert I remember was Elvis Presley in 1976. I was 6. My mom and aunt took us to see him in Pine Bluff, AR…of all places. I remember a lot of screaming women, scarfs, and the song Hound Dog which was all that my little 6 yr old brain could handle. Since then, I couldn’t even begin to count the number of concerts I’ve been too.
During some concerts I’ve been too, something happens. I get lost in the music, I watch the players morph into one unit and bring the music into a life of it’s own that is full of celebration, happiness, sadness, rage, and clarity. The emotions of music pour through as a musician gives all they have to their part to bring me the listener into another world.
Because I am a musician, when I play, at times I feel the music so much that I become overwhelmed with emotion – happy tears that I can’t explain. I have no idea why it happens but I experience this oneness and intimacy with what is happening one stage. It’s like nothing I have ever felt.
I can listen to a song and think of someone and just cry. I can listen to a song and want to conquer the world or I can listen to a song and see myself perched in a villa in Italy or watching the sunset in Santa Fe…
Music…it makes my spirit dance and I wonder…What does it do to you?
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music is amazing isn’t it? How I longed to chase it when I was in high school… The older I get, the more about music I learn, the more I desire to be a part of it.
Have you ever heard of the “Square Peg Alliance” ?
These guys have captured my musical attention for about two years now!
check it out
http://www.squarepegalliance.com
I have actually met two people that didn’t care for music much, my mother and my mother-in-law. Both like a very very small section of music (hymns), all else was just noise.
Me on the other hand, I have a pretty extensive collection I add to almost every week. I agree with you, it stirs my soul at the very core.
It is a part of my life every day and I can’t imagine a day without music.
My husband and I have loved music since ever we can remember.
As parents, it’s been amazing to watch that love be passed on to the next generation.
Even my 2 year old will hear a measure of a song and know what’s about to come through the speakers.
One of their favorites is by a California band, Mars Hill Revisited.
I entered their URL above. They’re still on the local scene, but recently collaberated with Bob Kilpatrick on an Indie Release album…It’s No Mystery.
Let me know what you think?!
Blessings.!
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