on the radio

SISTER HAZEL - (HARD TO SAY) ALL FOR YOU - 1997

...Somewhere More Familiar

how has my taste in music changed since i first heard this song?
i still like it, but i don't like everything i used to
and i like music now that i would never have listened to when i was young - and not just because of parental and peer influences

Waking up to Simple Gifts

Snowbuds ~ chrissy

Music is the perfect way to start the morning.

A song or piece helps set the mood for the day - whether clam, energetic, mellow, upbeat, motivating, anything!

The other morning I awoke to a recording of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring from the Seattle Music Orchestra (1997).  Uplifting melodies and harmony, the chirping of birds - like waking up in a forest, not my dorm room, thoughts of nature filling my head as I lay there a while longer.  Although classes had not started yet, I had somewhere to be - the building excitement of the piece helped urge me out of bed and prepare for the day.  And what a day it turned out to be!