Sally on Music

The amount of music out there to download, purchase, listen to etc is overwhelming to say the least. Just browsing through one genre on a website such as emusic amazes me every time. So many bands I’ve never heard of (doesn’t mean much) and then there are genres I will probably never even think of browsing. Who are these bands? Is it that easy to produce and distribute an album these days? How come one band makes it to emusic or pandora and my favorite local band “that has so much talent and is totally going to make it” never even comes close? How does one keep up with the influx of releases each week? I used to try and keep up with the new releases and hot up and coming small bands but lately if I can listen to half the albums on the 2008 best of lists I feel current. What happened to me?? How can I survive and keep up with the amazing artistry being produced when i can hardly manage to listen to the album I downloaded a month ago? I suppose just chilling out and being content with waiting until the best of 2009 list fills the music mags and websites to treat myself to new and interesting sounds will be adequate at this stage of my life. Can never go wrong with old favorites in the meantime or being lucky enough to download a “recommended” new artist from emusic and love it.

no, not that eckart tolle guy. sorry oprah, probably spelled his name wrong.
the power of now as in being 100% completely in the moment. some achieve this through meditation, yoga, 420 etc. for me it’s live music. i have tried to explain this to others and they give me a blank, “you’re weird/crazy” look. in the past few years my happiest, most spiritual and powerful moments have been during concerts. music from such bands as arcade fire, u2, wolf parade, maximo park just to name a few have mesmerized and engaged me to a level unattainable from any other activity. it makes me feel lost in a bubble. so invigorated with energy and passion all else is forgotten. it’s a state in which i wish would last for hours and when it’s over it is not sad. i can relish in it’s awesomeness without grief of it’s abrupt end. extreme calm in a sea of bouncing souls and bodies. no inhibitions or worries. all i hear is joy all i see is the band and all i want is more. living in the moment and can’t wait for next time.