musicallyyours

Every now and then I wake up feeling really grateful. Not to say that I am not grateful every morning that I am alive, it’s just some mornings the feeling is so powerful I feel the need to share. On these occasions I turn to different songs to help me communicate the feelings that I awoke to. I call these songs my food for my soul. These are songs written by different artists, in all different genres, and sometimes in different languages.

That is one of the most inspiring and beautiful things about music, if it is good, you will know it, your soul will know it. That is why my own music is so important to me. Through music you can communicate a vast array of emotions, thoughts, and states of being. Do you realize how powerful that is? To be able to communicate with any and everyone who comes in contact with your music know matter what you are saying.

On these mornings, when I awake with such gratitude, I am also humbled. I am humbled that I am lucky enough to be born with the gift of song. I feel it is my duty to share this gift. Not for fame or fortune, but for my gratitude to be known to the highest authority.

Feeding your mind is a lot like feeding your body. If you put crap into it, you won’t be able to function. So if your depressed, listen to songs that make you feel light hearted not songs that make you feel sad. Feed your soul the things it needs and you too will awake with a greater sense of gratitude.

There is no question that we live in a great country. We set the standard for music today, through almost all of the genres. However, I feel that we have gotten away from meaningful music. The human experience is one of many mysteries because there is no one alike. If you take one bank robbery, with twelve hostages, all twelve of those hostages will relay a different experience. Of course there will be similarities, but as individuals the experience in itself will affect each one differently.

That is how music is supposed to be. The content of a lot of today’s songs are extremely blah. The song that you just listened to on your radio is just like the one that followed. A tempo change here, interchange artist A with Artist B, and PRESTO CHANGEO! you have got a new song. This really saddens me to the point that I rarely listen to the radio.

Yet, the saddest part is that the music with heart, with soul, and depth gets lost in the shuffle. You have to have XM radio in order to get specialty stations so that you can find quality music. I, for one, am seriously tired of this rampaging epidemic of garbage. I want to be moved. I want to feel as if I am personally being spoken to because I can identify with what the song is about.

Here in America, we are looked at as trendsetters. But what does it take to come out of the current trend into a new one? The big labels put so much into already established artists, as they should for profit sake, but they don’t seem to realize that people are bored.

In examining my own preferences I realized that I have not been as open, in the last year or so, to new artists and genres as I have in the past. So I have embarked on a new journey of discovery. Each week I am going to visit a independent music site and I am going to listen. When I hear something I like I am going to try and support that artist. I will also feature their music through a review on this site.

This is my call to action people. Now is the time to do the same, find the next big thing, and do it based on quality of content, style, vocal ability, instrumental ability, production style, etc. Do it until the new trend of meaningful music starts.